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 feature of this solution is the ability to check to see if the email is real."
"The most valuable features are email ATB and Malware Analysis."
"The most valuable feature is the advanced threat protection."
"I am impressed with the tool's ability to setup rules and destinations. It also helps to monitor suspicious items."
"The implementation was very professional. There are a lot of features I can get through Fortinet and FortiMail, such as security. FortiGuard is the most reliable and professional mitigation center to handle incidents and risk that I have to face."
"This solution is easy to install. The deployment takes about forty-five minutes."
"The most valuable features are filtering and sandboxing."
"The deployment is simple."
"The solution scales well."
"The most valuable feature of Proofpoint Email Protection is the dashboards and their visibility, easy configuration, and artificial intelligence. Additionally, the reports are very important and helpful."
"The archive feature is valuable."
"The anti-spam features are excellent on the email firewalls."
"Its main defense is to stop malicious emails from coming through. There is a sandbox environment where you can open malicious or suspicious emails to make sure that they're not malicious, instead of taking the risk of having your employees do it. This is definitely something that everybody needs nowadays, especially with the rise in cyber attacks."
"The most valuable features are the business email compromise protection and targeted attack prevention."
"The solution blocks malicious emails containing viruses and malware and reduces them out of spam."
"A one-stop shop for email protection"
"The dashboard could use improvement."
"Fortinet FortiMail Cloud doesn't have AI features, making it an outdated tool for me."
"The setup of the rules can be improved. I think it should be simplified and would be the best improvement in the system."
"It is slightly difficult to configure FortiMail in the cloud with Exchange on-premise, especially the quarantine mailbox access for end-users."
"The tool's UI can be simple since it's cluttered now and you can't understand where you are going. It's not obvious to find out the menus or things that you are looking to find."
"The downside of this solution is that it is difficult to implement policies on FortiMail."
"Networking should be simplified."
"This ease of use and user-friendliness is something we believe could be improved in FortiMail."
"Proofpoint Email Protection could improve the Mail Trace feature and make navigation easier."
"The stability and UI are the two areas of the solution with certain shortcomings that need improvement."
"The solution could be improved with the addition of PLP and email encryption features."
"Proofpoint Email Protection is an expensive solution."
"The reporting section could be enhanced. I like some reports but if they could allow us to create custom reports with more flexibility it would enhance the reports more."
"The solution should add post-sales training."
"The flexibility of the solution can be improved."
"The accessibility of Proofpoint Email Protection, particularly access to product trials, could be improved. It's hard to get a trial for Proofpoint Email Protection, and many customers prefer not just to do the POC or demo but try the product out."
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 44 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, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, 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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