We performed a comparison between Proofpoint Email Protection and Sophos Phish Threat based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Security Awareness Training solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The Phish Alarm button allows users to submit questionable emails for review and complete analysis."
"Proofpoint Email Protection is the best solution from the perspective of email security."
"URL scanning and online relay service are the most valuable features of Proofpoint Email Protection."
"The stability is very good."
"The solution is very user-friendly."
"The spam filter for email is good."
"Provides better control over emails, especially those sent via Office 365 on the cloud."
"It is a very scalable solution."
"It is very simple to install and you can do it by yourself."
"It is simple to push tests out to a group of users."
"The installation is straightforward. You only need to upload the user's email address to the cloud and you can start using it."
"I find the solution's reports very valuable."
"The most valuable features of Sophos Phish Threat are internal web filtering and security."
"The solution is easy to integrate because it is on the cloud. We have been able to limit users to only accessing the Sophos platform by modifying the firewall and Sophos platform settings. The dashboard gives us detailed reports allowing us to be able to manage better."
"The scalability is very good."
"I have found the implementation process to be simple and straightforward."
"Proofpoint has a lot of false alarms."
"The solution could lower its price."
"The solution's server console and cluster dashboard have been the same for four years so need to be upgraded."
"The high cost of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Proofpoint Email Protection could improve the Mail Trace feature and make navigation easier."
"The solution should add post-sales training."
"The incident reporting on offer needs to be improved. It's lacking right now. It should be on the platform somewhere."
"Proofpoint Email Protection could improve by allowing more customization of the reports, such as exceptions and black-and-white lists."
"Sophos Phish Threat can improve by adding other languages, such as Mandarin or Cantonese to their online trainer video center, it would be helpful."
"Sophos should offer tests where we can emulate new attacks happening now."
"I would like to see more manager-level training that teaches what needs to be done after a phishing email attack is found."
"The pricing of Sophos Phish threat can be improved."
"Sophos Phish Threat can improve load balancing."
"The security of the solution could improve."
"It would be great if the price was reduced."
"The solution could be much more secure."
Proofpoint Email Protection is ranked 1st in Security Awareness Training with 44 reviews while Sophos Phish Threat is ranked 3rd in Security Awareness Training with 10 reviews. Proofpoint Email Protection is rated 8.4, while Sophos Phish Threat is rated 8.8. 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 Phish Threat writes "Significantly reduced phishing attacks in my customers' environments by training their users". 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 Phish Threat is most compared with KnowBe4 and Mimecast Awareness Training. See our Proofpoint Email Protection vs. Sophos Phish Threat report.
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