We performed a comparison between Proofpoint Email Protection and Sophos Email Appliance [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Proofpoint, Barracuda Networks, IRONSCALES and others in Secure Email Gateway (SEG)."The solution scales well."
"The most valuable feature is the option to edit the inbound security."
"Provides better control over emails, especially those sent via Office 365 on the cloud."
"The anti-spam features are excellent on the email firewalls."
"It's a mature product. It does a good job in detection."
"The most valuable features of Proofpoint Email Protection are ease of use, data loss prevention, antivirus, and spam protection."
"Proofpoint Email Protection's advantage is that, when it's working properly, it tends to catch more threats as compared to other products."
"Its anti-phishing functionality is the most valuable. Certainly, the biggest problem I have is phishing."
"Email encryption, because it fulfills our business needs."
"The filtering aspect is the solution's most valuable feature."
"The solution is very easy to use, especially the cloud version which is very, very simple. There are some good templates already built-in, so we can just select the template, and you will get all the necessary functionality. The only one thing you have to do is point all your traffic in the cloud."
"This is a stable, scalable product that provides a reliable email protection layer."
"The ease of use and the security offered by the solution are its most valuable features. It also offers good information protection."
"The interface makes it really easy to administer and configure."
"The most valuable feature is the URL relay protection because it protects users from phishing attacks."
"The stability and UI are the two areas of the solution with certain shortcomings that need improvement."
"Sometimes it detects false positives."
"The scalability can be improved, and the solution can be optimized."
"Integration and filtering out who you want and don't want to have integrated ID could be improved."
"The email DLP portion could be a bit easier."
"The product's deployment is complex and requires technical knowledge."
"The largest complaint that we hear from our customers is that there is no local support."
"Proofpoint Email Protection could improve the Mail Trace feature and make navigation easier."
"More things need to be integrated into this device, like DLP, so we can have a complete solution in one box."
"The reporting functionality is in major need of improvement."
"In the next release of this solution, I would like to see more user awareness, such as information about phishing email attacks that have been prevented."
"There are a few issues with integration that need to be addressed; this would help make deployment easier for new users."
"There aren't enough advanced settings. They should offer more advanced options."
"Reporting could have more options for users to customize desired results."
"In the advanced version, you have DLP, Data Loss Prevention, but when you buy the standard version, you don't have it."
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Proofpoint Email Protection is ranked 1st in Secure Email Gateway (SEG) with 44 reviews while Sophos Email Appliance [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Secure Email Gateway (SEG). Proofpoint Email Protection is rated 8.4, while Sophos Email Appliance [EOL] is rated 8.4. 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 Email Appliance [EOL] writes "An easy to use solution with reasonable pricing and good stability". 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 Email Appliance [EOL] is most compared with .
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