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Exabeam vs Proofpoint Threat Response comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 2, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Exabeam
Ranking in Security Incident Response
5th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (15th), User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (3rd), Threat Intelligence Platforms (7th), Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (7th), AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms (9th)
Proofpoint Threat Response
Ranking in Security Incident Response
4th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Security Incident Response category, the mindshare of Exabeam is 3.4%, up from 3.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Proofpoint Threat Response is 17.2%, up from 7.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Security Incident Response
 

Featured Reviews

Stephen-Armstrong - PeerSpot reviewer
The SIEM provides a user-friendly UI experience
When events come into the system, the dashboard categorizes them by the highest risk score, not when they appear on the system. When you've got multiple ongoing incidents you can only see the highest risk score at the top of the list rather than the most recent detection. Exabeam's reporting dashboard could have included a filtering option to filter by the most recent detection.
Giuseppe Sgroi - PeerSpot reviewer
Blocks potential spam emails efficiently and integrates well with our security framework
We use the product to verify and manage emails sent and received through our Microsoft Exchange server, focusing on blocking potential spam emails The platform's most valuable include the ability to check emails and block potential spam. The platform's technical support services and pricing need…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The platform is not extremely expensive compared to its direct competitors; I would rate its pricing around six out of ten."
"The setup is not difficult. It was easy."
"The solution's automation capabilities are great."
"The solution's initial setup process is easy."
"The Exabeam SIEM has a user friendly UI interface."
"The most valuable feature of Exabeam is the timeline creation based on log sources, which helps in security investigations."
"Exabeam Fusion SIEM has a good performance and more advantages than traditional solutions."
"The user interface and the timelines they use are the most valuable features. The price model is very simple so that one can understand it easily and there are no surprises within it."
"Support is very responsive."
"The platform's most valuable include the ability to check emails and block potential spam."
"The best part of Proofpoint Threat Response is the Auto-Pull feature. Being able to pull an email back from a user's mailbox is very useful, yet I have noticed that not a lot of organizations use this kind of feature."
"It has reduced our manual efforts to remove emails from each user's inbox, and in this case we do not have to ask our IT department or users to do so."
"If something's pulled and then it's later declared a false positive, it will automatically restore. They also take automatic feeds from their advanced threat detection modules."
 

Cons

"I believe if it were more flexible it would be a better product."
"Exabeam needs to improve its adaptive nature towards rules and its capability to understand the entire client environment faster."
"Exabeam needs to improve its documentation and provide more customization for dashboards and case management."
"Adding to the number of certifications that they have, for example, ISO 27001, would be helpful."
"Exabeam should be a bit faster, especially in loading and vulnerability scanning."
"We still have questions surrounding hardware deployment."
"One area for the solution's improvement is integration capabilities, particularly out-of-the-box integration which sometimes requires additional professional services."
"We use the on-prem Exabeam product and face limitations using the web UI and administration of custom models and rules."
"The platform's technical support services and pricing need improvement."
"The interface within Threat Response could be made simpler."
"If the reporting gets improved then it would be better, but the product is running amazing as it is."
"The on-premise version doesn't scale well for large companies."
"Has some quirks."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is expensive."
"Exabeam Fusion SIEM's pricing is reasonable."
"They have a great model for pricing that can be based either on user count or gigabits per day."
"There is an annual license required to use Exabeam Fusion SIEM. The price of the solution should be reduced."
"The platform is not extremely expensive compared to its direct competitors; I would rate its pricing around six out of ten."
"Exabeam is not a cheap solution."
"It's quite affordable to have it with this much functionality and ease to administrate."
"The way most big companies work with Proofpoint is that they try to tie everything into an enterprise license. I can't comment on the actual costs, however I do know that alternative solutions such as Abnormal Security can be much more expensive than Proofpoint Threat Response."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
6%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Healthcare Company
15%
Energy/Utilities Company
12%
Computer Software Company
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

What are the biggest differences between Securonix UEBA, Exabeam, and IBM QRadar?
It mostly depends on your use-cases and environment. Exabeam and Securonix have a stronger UEBA feature set, friendlier GUI and are not licensed based on capacity (amount of logs and information in...
What do you like most about Exabeam Fusion SIEM?
The solution's initial setup process is easy.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Exabeam Fusion SIEM?
I do not have much information about the pricing. However, I am aware that Exabeam is cheaper than Palo Alto based on discussions in meetings.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Proofpoint Threat Response?
I have a vague idea because I don't know what others are charging. But we felt that putting up with the pains and having to spend more time keeping it running than we expected is still better than ...
What needs improvement with Proofpoint Threat Response?
The platform's technical support services and pricing need improvement.
What is your primary use case for Proofpoint Threat Response?
We use the product to verify and manage emails sent and received through our Microsoft Exchange server, focusing on blocking potential spam emails.
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Hulu, ADP, Safeway, BBCN Bank
University of Waterloo, Akorn, Fenwick and West LLP
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