We performed a comparison between Proofpoint Email Protection and Sophos Email based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Office 365 Protection solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The initial implementation is pretty easy to handle."
"The solution scales quite well."
"It is a very scalable solution."
"The most valuable feature is the option to edit the inbound security."
"The solution offers very good flexibility. You can blacklist or whitelist with ease."
"A one-stop shop for email protection"
"The most valuable features are the business email compromise protection and targeted attack prevention."
"It's very good at identifying threats."
"I find the comprehensive features of Sophos Email most valuable."
"Sophos Email is a stable solution."
"The anti-malware, risk scanning has been pretty spot on."
"The platform is scalable when installed on server-based systems."
"Sophos Email is in the cloud and integrated with its firewall."
"I found the user interface friendly."
"The solution's identity proxy feature is very good and reliable."
"Sophos Email offers encryption and malware protection, provides visibility into emails, has 99% accuracy in catching spam, enhances organizational safety, integrates with various vendors like Microsoft, is deployable with any email service, prevents data loss, features authentication rules, synchronizes with Active Directory and Azure, and includes a self-service portal. The product is very flexible."
"Proofpoint Email Protection could improve on the training. Every organization is different and to fine-tune it to block everything properly there needs to be better training. Sometimes it can block some of the information it shouldn't."
"Proofpoint Email Protection could improve the Mail Trace feature and make navigation easier."
"We'd like to have the ability to create more customized reports."
"Unfortunately, the whole product is going downhill right now, ever since they were sold to Thoma Bravo. We're constantly having problems with stability and the product in general."
"The email DLP portion could be a bit easier."
"The solution's server console and cluster dashboard have been the same for four years so need to be upgraded."
"We find the cost to be prohibitive."
"The high cost of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The tool’s stability should be improved."
"There have been some issues with compatibility and effectiveness, particularly when integrating it with our firewall. The main challenge has been email protection, especially due to compatibility issues and difficulties with log access and email relay configuration."
"The tool's pricing is expensive. In its future release, the tool should make reporting easier to view."
"The security of the solution could improve."
"The main drawback is regarding the technical support."
"A lot of legit emails get quarantined."
"The solution's sandboxing and spam control features could be improved."
"The solution's technical support is slow and unresponsive. You need to book time in order to get support."
Proofpoint Email Protection is ranked 2nd in Office 365 Protection with 46 reviews while Sophos Email is ranked 4th in Office 365 Protection with 28 reviews. Proofpoint Email Protection is rated 8.4, while Sophos Email is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Proofpoint Email Protection writes "A reasonably priced product that offers protection to emails, along with spam filters". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Email writes "Provides good identity proxy features, but sandboxing and spam control features could be improved". 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, whereas Sophos Email is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Fortinet FortiMail, Barracuda Email Security Gateway and Hornetsecurity 365 Total Protection. See our Proofpoint Email Protection vs. Sophos Email report.
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