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Mimecast Email Security vs Proofpoint Email Protection comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 6, 2024
 

Categories and Ranking

Mimecast Email Security
Ranking in Office 365 Protection
5th
Ranking in Secure Email Gateway (SEG)
4th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
28
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Proofpoint Email Protection
Ranking in Office 365 Protection
2nd
Ranking in Secure Email Gateway (SEG)
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
49
Ranking in other categories
Security Awareness Training (2nd), Digital Risk Protection (3rd)
 

Featured Reviews

Frank Rawson - PeerSpot reviewer
May 26, 2023
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.
Pranay Gurrapu - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 16, 2024
Beginner -friendly tool and simplifies the process of adding new domains
We use it for user queries. For example, if a user flags that they're not receiving emails from a particular sender, we investigate where it got blocked in Proofpoint, if it was delivered successfully, or if it was quarantined.  We also onboard new domains, adding SPF and DKIM records to the DNS…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The initial setup is easy."
"It offers an easy initial setup."
"It's really quite user-friendly. In terms of technical superiority and the product itself, there are no complaints. It is really cutting edge."
"The solution's performance is good."
"The platform's most valuable features are journaling and email archiving, effectively stopping phishing attacks."
"It does a good job for us, and its admin console is easy to use."
"In the current environment that the world is in, everyone is trying to hack everyone else, so Project+ definitely helps a lot there."
"URL inspection works pretty well."
"A one-stop shop for email protection"
"The most valuable features of Proofpoint Email Protection are ease of use, data loss prevention, antivirus, and spam protection."
"The anti-spam features are excellent on the email firewalls."
"I like all the features with Proofpoint, such as how it filters the spam and marketing mail, lost reality mail, blocks phishing attacks, blocks malicious attachments, and stops phishing links. Also it can defend against the business email compromise impersonation technique. It is a complete solution for all email attacks. It filters for the bad, malicious attachments. If there is any executable file, it can be deleted. It is a good, complete solution."
"It is a very scalable solution."
"The solution offers very good flexibility. You can blacklist or whitelist with ease."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to remove bad messages that were delivered, prior to being classified as unwanted."
"The tool has improved our workflow by ensuring people receive only the emails they need for work rather than being inundated with hundreds or thousands of unnecessary emails daily."
 

Cons

"Lately, Mimecast's outbound mail servers have been regularly blocklisted by spam filters. That didn't happen a few years back, but it seems to be a more frequent problem these days. When a server is blocklisted, it means all of my outgoing mail ends up in the recipient's junk mail. That affects my reputation and business confidence."
"They could provide a unified licensing model, including all the security features."
"I'd like to have better support from the product in the future."
"From an administrative point of view, Mimecast is a little bit cumbersome and difficult. It's not something that the end-user can easily find navigate themselves."
"The installation is not so straightforward."
"The detection rates are an area for improvement."
"The reaction time between a new threat being identified and Mimecast picking it up needs to be narrowed a bit."
"The solution is very expensive."
"Sometimes it detects false positives."
"The price could be improved."
"We'd like to have the ability to create more customized reports."
"Integration and filtering out who you want and don't want to have integrated ID could be improved."
"Proofpoint Email Protection is an expensive solution."
"Some use cases haven't been dealt with yet."
"Proofpoint Email Protection could improve the Mail Trace feature and make navigation easier."
"The largest complaint that we hear from our customers is that there is no local support."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Compared to the other solutions in the market, Mimecast Email Security with Targeted Threat Protection's pricing is fine."
"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."
"For what it is, the product is overpriced."
"The licensing costs are per-user for the product that you get with them."
"The product price is moderate. I rate the pricing a five out of ten."
"There are additional costs beyond the standard licensing fee."
"I'm always going to say the price needs to be lower, but it's reasonable."
"The solution is expensive."
"The price is reasonable."
"The end customer is buying our solution, which can be for monthly or annual usage depending on our payment and business model."
"It is multiple times more expensive, which made it very much less attractive."
"I rate the price of Proofpoint Email Protection a four out of five."
"Proofpoint Email Protection has comparable pricing."
"The licensing model for Proofpoint Email Protection is simple. It's based on the number of users. Price-wise, Proofpoint Email Protection is a five out of ten because it's a pretty expensive solution."
"It is expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Retailer
6%
Educational Organization
29%
Computer Software Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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 needs improvement with Mimecast Email Security with Targeted Threat Protection?
The product's interface could be improved to be more user-friendly.
What needs improvement with Proofpoint Email Protection?
The support team was a bit slow. It takes months to implement the next feature. So I'd like to see faster support.
 

Also Known As

Mimecast Email Security with Targeted Threat Protection
Proofpoint Enterprise Protection, Cofense PhishMe, Proofpoint Digital Protection
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Azizi Developments, Affinity Credit Union, Aftercare, Al Abbar Group
Blocket, University of Waterloo, Lincoln Memorial University, WellSpan Health, U-Haul, Carestream Health, Westinghouse
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