We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks WildFire and Proofpoint Email Protection based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Proofpoint has an edge over WildFire in this comparison. Compared with WildFire, it is easier to set up and has a proven ROI.
"The technical support is good."
"What I like about Palo Alto is that it is a complete product, with everything in it."
"The solution is easy to use and the Panorama feature is good. The software management or the malware blocking and some authentication management system are good."
"Their technical support is outstanding and top-notch."
"It is stable and pretty much scalable."
"The most valuable feature of Palo Alto Networks WildFire is its ability to adapt to environments and its robustness."
"I give the initial setup an eight out of ten."
"The most valuable feature is the cloud-based protection against zero-day malware attacks."
"The solution scales quite well."
"It's very good at identifying threats."
"URL scanning and online relay service are the most valuable features of Proofpoint Email Protection."
"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 most valuable feature of Proofpoint Email Protection is the blocking capabilities, it blocks a lot of potential threats."
"The spam filter for email is good."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to remove bad messages that were delivered, prior to being classified as unwanted."
"The most valuable features of Proofpoint Email Protection are ease of use, data loss prevention, antivirus, and spam protection."
"There are more specialized solutions that compete with Wildfire. Therefore, they need to work on their machine learning and AI to be more competitive."
"The free version does not have real-time updates. It is slow."
"As a firewall and 360 degrees of security, there needs to be more maturity."
"Any enhancements should likely be focused on the firewall appliance to further strengthen overall security capabilities, such as refining app and user identity features."
"Our main concern is that everything has to be synced with the WildFire Cloud and has to be checked through the subscription."
"The configuration should be made a little bit easier. I understand why it is as it is, but there should be a way to make it easier from the user side."
"High availability features are lacking."
"The data analytical system for deployment needs to improve."
"Some use cases haven't been dealt with yet."
"It's scalable, but the devil's in the details — you have to know your email volumes."
"The email DLP portion could be a bit easier."
"The high cost of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The scalability can be improved, and the solution can be optimized."
"We find the cost to be prohibitive."
"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 initial setup is complex."
Palo Alto Networks WildFire is ranked 3rd in ATP (Advanced Threat Protection) with 21 reviews while Proofpoint Email Protection is ranked 1st in SEG (Secure Email Gateway) with 30 reviews. Palo Alto Networks WildFire is rated 8.4, while Proofpoint Email Protection is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks WildFire writes "Intuitive, stable, and scalable zero-day threat prevention solution with a machine learning feature". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Proofpoint Email Protection writes "Powerful data analysis with robust algorithms, machine learning, and strong rules". Palo Alto Networks WildFire is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Fortinet FortiSandbox and Check Point SandBlast Network, whereas Proofpoint Email Protection is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Cisco Secure Email, Fortinet FortiMail and KnowBe4.
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