We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiMail Cloud and Proofpoint Email Protection based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Secure Email Gateway (SEG) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features are filtering and sandboxing."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the ability to check to see if the email is real."
"The scanners with FortiMail are valuable."
"The encryption features are most valuable to us."
"The deployment is simple."
"The most valuable features are email ATB and Malware Analysis."
"The product's initial setup is straightforward and simple, making it an easy-to-use tool."
"This solution is easy to install. The deployment takes about forty-five minutes."
"Proofpoint is the main tool for blocking spam because it denies the connection altogether."
"It's detection of true positives are great, as it's cloud based it's very scalable and stable."
"The most valuable feature is the option to edit the inbound security."
"The most valuable features are the business email compromise protection and targeted attack prevention."
"The most valuable feature of Proofpoint Email Protection is the blocking capabilities, it blocks a lot of potential threats."
"The stability is very good."
"The solution scales quite well."
"There is no downtime."
"It is slightly difficult to configure FortiMail in the cloud with Exchange on-premise, especially the quarantine mailbox access for end-users."
"The URL filtering and handling should be enhanced because it doesn't support all languages. I believe that this would be easy to enhance in the future."
"The dashboard could use improvement."
"Its GUI needs improvement."
"I've not been able to use more than two domains in the back end. I like to view logs for the different domains. If I add any other domain I'm not able to get a proper cPanel for that domain. I am talking about the login factors. I'm not able to see logs for different domains in a different Window. Basically, it's an issue in the login process."
"I can't see the feedback to the FortiMail gateway."
"I would like to see more advanced sandbox features, where you can actually download to a machine where you can test."
"They could look at strengthening anti-spam with the newly observed domains."
"The price could be improved."
"Pricing for the platform could still be cheaper."
"Some use cases haven't been dealt with yet."
"Integration for reporting needs to be improved, it's too complex."
"Proofpoint Email Protection's interface is confusing and could be improved."
"The solution's server console and cluster dashboard have been the same for four years so need to be upgraded."
"Proofpoint has a lot of false alarms."
"The solution could be improved with the addition of PLP and email encryption features."
Fortinet FortiMail Cloud is ranked 8th in Secure Email Gateway (SEG) with 18 reviews while Proofpoint Email Protection is ranked 1st in Secure Email Gateway (SEG) with 46 reviews. Fortinet FortiMail Cloud is rated 8.2, while Proofpoint Email Protection is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiMail Cloud writes "A reliable email security solution with deep integration capabilities and exceptionally strong support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Proofpoint Email Protection writes "A reasonably priced product that offers protection to emails, along with spam filters". Fortinet FortiMail Cloud is most compared with Fortinet FortiMail, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) and SonicWall Email Security, whereas Proofpoint Email Protection is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Cisco Secure Email and Fortinet FortiMail. See our Fortinet FortiMail Cloud vs. Proofpoint Email Protection report.
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