We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiSandbox and Proofpoint Email Protection based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks, ESET and others in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)."The solution has the highest stability...The solution's setup is not complex as they are already included in Fortinet."
"Fortinet FortiSandbox's most valuable feature is the security it provides against threats, such as ransomware. Additionally, it integrates well with APIs."
"The product is great. It can be deployed on the cloud or on-premises."
"One of the valuable features is its ability to detect new threats."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"Fortinet FortiSandbox puts suspicious files in quarantine, analyzes for virus risks, and lets them out of quarantine if it detects no risk."
"The scanner office document as well as PDF are useful. The most valuable thing is that you can emulate different operating systems without having the danger of getting something infected. It emulates several operating systems, and as a result, you either get the file or you don't get the file."
"You have access to a report as to what behaviors the example file entered in the registry."
"It's detection of true positives are great, as it's cloud based it's very scalable and stable."
"Proofpoint Email Protection's advantage is that, when it's working properly, it tends to catch more threats as compared to other products."
"The solution's technical support is good. I rate the technical support a ten out of ten."
"I like all the features with Proofpoint, such as how it filters the spam and marketing mail, lost reality mail, blocks phishing attacks, blocks malicious attachments, and stops phishing links. Also it can defend against the business email compromise impersonation technique. It is a complete solution for all email attacks. It filters for the bad, malicious attachments. If there is any executable file, it can be deleted. It is a good, complete solution."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to remove bad messages that were delivered, prior to being classified as unwanted."
"The anti-spam features are excellent on the email firewalls."
"Proofpoint is the main tool for blocking spam because it denies the connection altogether."
"The solution offers very good flexibility. You can blacklist or whitelist with ease."
"In future releases, I would like to see more automation capabilities."
"In general, maybe they are not updated to cover risks."
"Something that needs to improve, is the end-point protection."
"It would be better if it had support for Mac and Linux."
"The integration is limited. The solution needs to offer better integration with multiple vendors."
"Sometimes, there are issues upgrading the version of the firewall or the SD-LAN box. After we upgrade to the latest version of the software, we still have the same box. I think it's the same for every vendor."
"When you reach the maximum capacity, you cannot upgrade the solution because its hardware is very expensive."
"If we can have more dashboards, it would be good."
"Proofpoint Email Protection could improve by allowing more customization of the reports, such as exceptions and black-and-white lists."
"The solution could be improved with the addition of PLP and email encryption features."
"It's scalable, but the devil's in the details — you have to know your email volumes."
"The price could be improved."
"Some use cases haven't been dealt with yet."
"The solution should add post-sales training."
"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 largest complaint that we hear from our customers is that there is no local support."
Fortinet FortiSandbox is ranked 5th in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) with 36 reviews while Proofpoint Email Protection is ranked 1st in Secure Email Gateway (SEG) with 46 reviews. Fortinet FortiSandbox is rated 8.2, while Proofpoint Email Protection is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiSandbox writes "Light and powerful solution design; useful to have". 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 FortiSandbox is most compared with Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Trellix Network Detection and Response, Check Point SandBlast Network, Microsoft Defender for Office 365 and Fortinet FortiEDR, 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.
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