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, Fortinet and others in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)."The dynamic behavior analysis is excellent. We have many attacks caught by the FortiSandbox as zero-day attacks. Additionally, the administration is simple and can be customized to fit your companies needs."
"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."
"Overall, it works fine. Its interface is also fine."
"Performance is a valuable feature."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The most valuable feature was the EDR, endpoint detection and response."
"What I find most valuable, is that it is easy to use."
"Integration is one of the solution's most valuable aspects. You can integrate even third-party solutions so that they can send the information or files they quarantine through the FortiSandbox"
"It's detection of true positives are great, as it's cloud based it's very scalable and stable."
"The initial implementation is pretty easy to handle."
"The spam filter for email is good."
"Proofpoint Email Protection offers an additional layer of protection compared to other brands like Microsoft, Mimecast, and Barracuda. While these major companies excel at detecting malicious attachments, the solution goes further by analyzing the context of emails, allowing for more nuanced decision-making."
"The archive feature is valuable."
"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 feature of Proofpoint Email Protection is the central location dashboard for viewing all the related information for risk."
"There is no downtime."
"The integration is limited. The solution needs to offer better integration with multiple vendors."
"Fortinet FortiSandbox can improve by decreasing the time of analysis response. Other solutions have a better response time, such as WildFire."
"In future releases, I would like to see more automation capabilities."
"Most people are confused about how to use the right integration of the right Fortinet product."
"The main area of concern in Fortinet FortiSandbox is its detection capabilities."
"I would like to have machine learning added to the solution in a future release."
"When you reach the maximum capacity, you cannot upgrade the solution because its hardware is very expensive."
"The reporting tools could be improved in Fortinet FortiSandbox."
"The incident reporting on offer needs to be improved. It's lacking right now. It should be on the platform somewhere."
"The scalability can be improved, and the solution can be optimized."
"There is room for improvement in detecting and preventing phishing attacks. While the solution performs well in some aspects, it struggles with phishing threats."
"Proofpoint has a lot of false alarms."
"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 product's deployment is complex and requires technical knowledge."
"The stability and UI are the two areas of the solution with certain shortcomings that need improvement."
"Proofpoint Email Protection has a new approach to email security with its API feature. Currently, it only works with Office 365. In the future, it would be beneficial if it also works with Gmail, as Check Point is currently the only brand that has API email security for Gmail. It would be beneficial if Proofpoint Email Protection could add this integration, they would be more competitive with other vendors."
Fortinet FortiSandbox is ranked 4th in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) with 36 reviews while Proofpoint Email Protection is ranked 1st in Secure Email Gateway (SEG) with 44 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 and Microsoft Defender for Office 365, 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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