We performed a comparison between Proofpoint Email Protection and SonicWall Email Security 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."Its anti-phishing functionality is the most valuable. Certainly, the biggest problem I have is phishing."
"It is a very scalable solution."
"The most valuable feature of Proofpoint Email Protection is the central location dashboard for viewing all the related information for risk."
"The initial implementation is pretty easy to handle."
"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."
"Proofpoint Email Protection's initial installation is straightforward. It took us less than a day to complete the implementation."
"URL scanning and online relay service are the most valuable features of Proofpoint Email Protection."
"Proofpoint Email Protection is the best solution from the perspective of email security."
"The most valuable feature is that it protects from spam."
"It is a very scalable solution."
"The most valuable features are the anti-spam, anti-phishing, anti-virus, and anti-spoofing."
"The most valuable feature of SonicWall Email Security is the blocking of emails using keywords. If there are any particular keywords in the subject, that we want to block from receiving from a particular person we can do it. Additionally, the blocking of emails is easy. we can release that one and we can block some of the keywords also like that."
"Setup was easy. It took about 30 minutes."
"The anti-spam aspect of the solution is its most valuable feature."
"There are no wasted extras and the interface is really simple."
"The product is easy to manage in terms of configurations."
"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."
"Proofpoint has a lot of false alarms."
"The solution could lower its price."
"We'd like to have the ability to create more customized reports."
"Unfortunately, the whole product is going downhill right now, ever since they were sold to Thoma Bravo. We're constantly having problems with stability and the product in general."
"Proofpoint Email Protection could improve the Mail Trace feature and make navigation easier."
"Proofpoint Email Protection could improve by allowing more customization of the reports, such as exceptions and black-and-white lists."
"The false positives are an issue."
"The reporting needs improvement."
"A lot of spoofed emails are still coming to the end-user, so the configuration for this option needs to be improved."
"They need well-trained partners in Nigeria."
"We would like to see more information on a dashboard about what is happening when it comes to spamming and malware."
"SonicWall Email Security could improve by making the file blocking and the release feature easier to use"
"The protection level for email security isn't 100%. I'm still getting some spam and junk mail."
"There could be definition updates included in the subscription."
"Updates could be released more frequently."
Proofpoint Email Protection is ranked 1st in Secure Email Gateway (SEG) with 44 reviews while SonicWall Email Security is ranked 19th in Email Security with 12 reviews. Proofpoint Email Protection is rated 8.4, while SonicWall Email Security is rated 7.8. 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 SonicWall Email Security writes "Effective threat prevention, reliable, and beneficial keyword blocking". 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 SonicWall Email Security is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Fortinet FortiMail, Barracuda Email Security Gateway, Sophos Email and Cisco Secure Email. See our Proofpoint Email Protection vs. SonicWall Email Security report.
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