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Microsoft Purview Customer Lockbox vs Mimecast Email Security comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Purview Customer ...
Ranking in Office 365 Protection
9th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Mimecast Email Security
Ranking in Office 365 Protection
5th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.9
Number of Reviews
29
Ranking in other categories
Secure Email Gateway (SEG) (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Office 365 Protection category, the mindshare of Microsoft Purview Customer Lockbox is 2.6%, down from 3.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Mimecast Email Security is 15.9%, up from 8.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Mayeen Uddin - PeerSpot reviewer
Dashboard functionality and data processing offer value with an easy setup
We are using Microsoft Purview Customer Lockbox for email access The most important feature is data processing. I like the dashboard and the undo or multi-call feature of Microsoft Purview Customer Lockbox. The pricing for personal users is not cost-effective. It feels expensive for individual…
Frank Rawson - PeerSpot reviewer
It gives clients peace of mind and helps them educate their users about threats
A few years ago, our team found the implementation to be somewhat challenging. It has gotten easier as we've grown more experienced. The difficulty depends on the expertise of the person doing it. I don't work with Mimecast every day, so it might be more difficult for me than it is for one of my techs who regularly does Mimecast implementations. It requires some specific in-depth product knowledge and an understanding of email solutions. The deployment time varies. In South Africa, it depends on who you use to deploy it. If you use one of Mimecast's local partners, it can take up to two weeks because of their process. However, it's only about four to eight hours of work. After deployment, there isn't much maintenance aside from supporting and educating your customers. Users require constant education on how to use the Mimecast client and release an email that has been blocked.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most important feature is data processing."
"Mimecast certainly helped my customers reduce phishing emails."
"The platform's most valuable features are journaling and email archiving, effectively stopping phishing attacks."
"URL inspection works pretty well."
"The piece that is most valuable from the Mimecast standpoint will be the sandboxing feature."
"The product's most valuable features are impersonation protection and phishing countermeasures."
"The product is good. To date, we have not faced any challenges."
"In the current environment that the world is in, everyone is trying to hack everyone else, so Project+ definitely helps a lot there."
"It's really quite user-friendly. In terms of technical superiority and the product itself, there are no complaints. It is really cutting edge."
 

Cons

"The pricing for personal users is not cost-effective."
"Their support should be improved. They are notorious for sending you to knowledge-based articles rather than actually talking to you, but that is, unfortunately, kind of becoming a trend with everything. In terms of features, I haven't had any complaints. However, I don't like the fact they moved to a paid training subscription model. They used to have a lot of free webinars for training, but they have started to charge for them in the past year."
"The filtering needs more flexibility."
"The solution should include more AI features instead of Mimecast's more general static configuration tooling."
"The solution's console interface was recently changed for the admins, but the previous one was much better because we could open tabs on it."
"Its pricing can be improved. It is a bit expensive."
"Mimecast need to ensure that the body text format is correctly handled and that images are properly embedded in the body text."
"The installation is not so straightforward."
"The tool can be challenging because it relies on rule-based configurations, especially for addressing impersonation threats. This approach requires setting up numerous rules to ensure filtering. It should work based on behavior-based analytics."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The solution is expensive."
"There are additional costs beyond the standard licensing fee."
"For what it is, the product is overpriced."
"It's an expensive solution."
"It is a bit expensive."
"On a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I rate the pricing a ten."
"Compared to the other products in the market, it is neither cheap but nor very expensive. I would rate it somewhere in the middle, 5 out of 10."
"Compared to the other solutions in the market, Mimecast Email Security with Targeted Threat Protection's pricing is fine."
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Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Construction Company
6%
 

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What do you like most about Mimecast Email Security with Targeted Threat Protection?
The interface of this solution is very easy to navigate and user-friendly. There is no delivery in email and other communications, making it reliable. The configuration is relatively easy.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Mimecast Email Security with Targeted Threat Protection?
The pricing is higher for Mimecast, particularly for the Indian market, where it is considered expensive.
What needs improvement with Mimecast Email Security with Targeted Threat Protection?
Mimecast needs to reduce the number of false positive emails; a big pain point for us. A lot of emails were missed despite being known samples. This needs improvement to reduce the workload on admi...
 

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Azizi Developments, Affinity Credit Union, Aftercare, Al Abbar Group
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