We performed a comparison between Barracuda PhishLine and Proofpoint Email Protection based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Proofpoint, KnowBe4, Sophos and others in Security Awareness Training."Barracuda PhishLine continues to evolve because as the attacks get more sophisticated, they get integrated into the campaigns. Then the users are exposed to the latest attacks in the form of a training session rather than in real life. They're much better prepared for these real-life ransomware attacks that come through via email."
"The most valuable features of Proofpoint Email Protection are the performance from being on the cloud."
"Proofpoint is the main tool for blocking spam because it denies the connection altogether."
"Proofpoint Email Protection is the best solution from the perspective of email security."
"It's a mature product. It does a good job in detection."
"The Phish Alarm button allows users to submit questionable emails for review and complete analysis."
"Proofpoint Email Protection is a good product, and its most beneficial feature is the Threat Response Auto-Pull. I also like that it's an integrated email security solution."
"As a cloud-based product, it can scale well."
"Proofpoint Email Protection is stable enough and does its job of virus, malware, and email scam detection. Setting it up is not too complicated."
"The initial setup of Barracuda PhishLine is very easy. All of it can be set up in approximately one hour with someone that has some IT training and previous exposure to Barracuda."
"The solution's server console and cluster dashboard have been the same for four years so need to be upgraded."
"Integration and filtering out who you want and don't want to have integrated ID could be improved."
"Some use cases haven't been dealt with yet."
"The solution could be improved with the addition of PLP and email encryption features."
"The high cost of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Proofpoint Email Protection is an expensive solution."
"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."
"The flexibility of the solution can be improved."
Barracuda PhishLine is ranked 9th in Security Awareness Training while Proofpoint Email Protection is ranked 1st in Security Awareness Training with 44 reviews. Barracuda PhishLine is rated 0.0, while Proofpoint Email Protection is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Barracuda PhishLine writes "Efficient threat repelling, continual updates, and friendly 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". Barracuda PhishLine is most compared with KnowBe4, 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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