Perception Point Advanced Email Security vs SonicWall Email Security comparison

Perception Point and SonicWall are both solutions in the Email Security category. Perception Point is ranked #15 with an average rating of 9.2, while SonicWall is ranked #34 with an average rating of 7.3. Perception Point holds a 2.3% mindshare in Email Security, compared to SonicWall’s 0.5% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Perception Point users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 86% of SonicWall users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 3, 2024

SonicWall Email Security and Perception Point Advanced Email Security compete in the email protection market. While SonicWall is favored for ease of use and cost-effectiveness, Perception Point is often seen as having the upper hand in advanced threat protection due to its innovative threat detection capabilities.

Features: SonicWall Email Security offers comprehensive features like anti-spam, virus protection, and email security for both inbound and outbound emails. It is known for its seamless integration with existing infrastructure and easy management. Perception Point excels with its advanced threat detection, capable of guarding against sophisticated phishing and ransomware attacks. Its multi-engine scanning process and comprehensive analysis provide superior protection.

Room for Improvement: SonicWall could enhance its ability to block attachments by extension type; currently, it's a challenge with their Email Security solution. Its macro blocking also needs improvement. Perception Point can improve by offering a more streamlined initial setup and reducing the need for extensive resources for full configuration. Additionally, enhancing its false positive rate reduction could be beneficial.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SonicWall is straightforward to deploy, integrating smoothly with existing email systems, and is supported by responsive customer service. Perception Point offers quick cloud-based deployment with minimal manual configuration, which is praised for speed and simplicity. Its customer service is noted for in-depth technical expertise.

Pricing and ROI: SonicWall is seen as a cost-effective choice with lower initial setup costs, appealing to budget-conscious businesses. It provides a steady ROI. Perception Point, though requiring a higher initial investment, offers robust threat detection that justifies the cost through protection against costly security breaches and improved ROI over time.

To learn more, read our detailed Perception Point Advanced Email Security vs. SonicWall Email Security Report (Updated: January 2025).

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Review summaries and opinions

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Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Email Security category, the mindshare of Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is 13.7%, down from 20.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Perception Point Advanced Email Security is 2.3%, up from 1.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SonicWall Email Security is 0.5%, down from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Tolu Omolaja

Head of Department of Network Communications at Eko electricity

Great URL scanning and attachment scanning, but I would like more proactive threat analysis

The two main features that prove most beneficial for us are URL scanning and attachment scanning. URL scanning involves an automatic scan of links and emails. When a user clicks on a link within an email, the system promptly checks the link's safety. If the link is deemed safe, access is granted automatically. However, if it is flagged as unsafe, we receive feedback and notification to caution us about the potentially harmful link. At this point, we are presented with the option to proceed or return. I have personally witnessed the system identify a few unsafe links, making this the primary advantage of using the solution. The second crucial aspect is the scanning of attachments. When an email containing an attachment arrives, we receive a notification of the new email, along with information that the attachment is being scanned for threats. This additional layer of security provides peace of mind for our organization. While Microsoft Defender for Office 365 offers numerous features, these two stand out as particularly impressive and valuable to us.

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Jijin Joseph

Technical Director at Channelnext

Gives in-depth analysis reports to end users for any malicious content found in emails

Our users would like the solution to scan outgoing emails. So, if my system is compromised, and I have malicious content in my system, then there is a possibility that I send malicious email to my colleague. There is a dependency on AWS cloud.This means if the cloud service is down, which may impact the perception point's email delivery.So it would be great if there is any HA for the solution. I would like a user-friendly configuration, like APIs. This solution is API-friendly configuration by following the steps provided. It would be great if it could be automate it, like the Avanan.Also, it would be good if Perception Point Advanced Email Security could have an MSP model. During the early stages of working with this solution, there were some constraints and issues.

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ArunKumar1

IT Administrator at a healthcare company with 51-200 employees

Effective threat prevention, reliable, and beneficial keyword blocking

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.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The risk level notifications are most valuable. We get to know what kind of intrusion or attack is there, and we can fix a problem on time."

"Microsoft Defender has a feature to protect each and every attachment. Even if it's an encrypted attachment, it will check for any potential threats."

"Microsoft Defender for Office 365's most valuable features are safe attachments and safe links."

"The product is not resource-intensive."

"Threat Explorer is an invaluable tool for me, and it plays a crucial role in helping me discern the origins of various email campaigns, pinpointing where they emanate from, and identifying the individuals within our organization who are affected."

"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is its spam filter."

"The most valuable aspect of Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is its ability to protect us from malware."

"The most valuable feature is protection against malicious links, fishing, and impersonation. You can train people to be aware of these threats, but they're not always careful. When they're using their phones between meetings, they click on a link, and it's game over."

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"Their security engines are very effective at stopping malware and potential attacks before they reach a user's mailbox. They have the best detection engine."

"I see from time to time that Perception Point is being proactive. They approach us, and say, "Can you check this, and this?" So, it does seem that they are an extension of my incident response."

"It has modules to detect malware and that is a strong point. It has a very nice way of showing you, directly in the product, a lot of details about certain pieces of malware. It goes very deep and even shows you the assembly code. It also does detonations on files and shows you the results in different operating systems. That is very useful."

"The most valuable features of the solution are the ones that are related to finding impersonation attacks and detecting attempts to steal credentials. In scenarios where attackers get you to follow URLs to a malicious site that looks similar to a good site, and then ask for the user credentials to try to steal them, it is very useful."

"We can use it to perform detection and analysis of emails. For any malicious content found in emails, it gives in-depth analysis reports to end users. If you log into the console, you can see in-depth detection and how it happens."

"The Perception Point Incident Response team acts as an extension of our SOC team. This is very important for us. This is a benefit provided for their main product of scanning our emails. If Perception Point can give me IR, this is really good versus other products that do not provide this kind of service. Perception Point's service is great. They are very professional. That reduces the time that my internal SOC has to deal with my internal IT person. They just send an email to the IR team at Perception Point, who continues the investigation and blocks any emails, if necessary. This is very good because it can reduce a lot of time and effort from my team. It is like an extension of my SOC, but external."

"It really works well on SharePoint when you upload a file or save a file. Advanced Email Security scans if it is malicious and identifies issues. It can do some forensics on its console, which is nice."

"One is the hardware-assisted platform that provides more insight into the threat scenarios. And the other is their instant response team's availability, 24/7, for identifying and responding to incidents. These are the two main things that everyone likes."

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"Beside a few issues with specificity in the email protection controls, this product is very good at handling email security."

"The most valuable feature is that it protects from spam."

"It is a very scalable solution."

"SonicWall Email Security uses multi-layer cloud security."

"The anti-spam aspect of the solution is its most valuable feature."

"According to our customers, the product's most valuable feature is the ability to detect spam and reduce phishing emails."

"The most valuable features are the anti-spam, anti-phishing, anti-virus, and anti-spoofing."

"SonicWall Email Security uses multi-layer cloud security."

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Cons

"One area for improvement is support, in terms of being able to reach them and, especially, technical support for configuration."

"The changes to customer service, specifically the new model for support agreements, are not favorable."

"Sometimes, phishing emails manage to pass through the filter, so the system needs to enhance its phishing email detection capabilities."

"The product must provide better malware detection."

"The phishing and spam filters could use some improvement."

"Several simulation options are available within 365, and the phishing simulation could be better."

"Microsoft wants its well-paying customers to finish testing some of its half-baked products, find bugs, and report bugs back to Microsoft's team, which is a little frustrating for those who have to manage it and roll it up to thousands of people across the organization."

"One area for improvement is integration. For example, when it comes to external SaaS platforms, we were not able to get a lot of information on integrations with such apps for security and authentication."

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"This is an option to preview an email in their console, and that could be improved. If you open the preview, then it auto scrolls. Therefore, it is hard to look at the email when it is going to the next page or scrolling. It should not have the auto-scroll."

"Perception Point Advanced Email Security should make available more use cases."

"Dashboard is an area of concern in the solution where improvements are required."

"I think the interface could be improved in the next release."

"In terms of architecture, and I know that they're going to improve this, the solution needs to be much more redundant. There was an outage a month ago in AWS, and that basically stopped the service for two or three hours. Although in two years, this was the first time that something like that happened, our expectation from a company like Perception Point is that it should work with either a multi-cloud or multi-region architecture, to improve the resilience."

"They can do better on the spam. Today, Perception Point is not our only solution. We have two solutions, and they are the second in line because the spam filtering is not yet the best."

"They could provide additional data loss prevention features as we encounter different kinds of attacks in today's scenario."

"There is room for improvement in terms of adding the DLP (Data Loss Prevention) solution, which would be a good option for Perception Point to look into."

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"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."

"The technical support from the company is not always very good at solving issues, but they offer access to a good community of users where problems are easily solved."

"There could be definition updates included in the subscription."

"The protection level for email security isn't 100%. I'm still getting some spam and junk mail."

"They need well-trained partners in Nigeria."

"The pricing could be improved."

"We would like to see more information on a dashboard about what is happening when it comes to spamming and malware."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Defender for 365 comes in various plans and licenses, along with other Microsoft security solutions. Purchasing this kind of package or security bundle gives good value for money, and that's what I recommend."

"Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is an add-on to the Office license. Many customers are purchasing this solution."

"From the pricing point of view, like any other product in the market, there is scope for negotiation."

"The product is expensive."

"The pricing has become expensive."

"Microsoft Defender is expensive. I typically recommend it only if clients have the budget. Otherwise, I would suggest an alternative."

"The license is expensive because the cost is based on the number of users."

"The solution could be better by simplifying the business model of their licensing. It was hard to figure out how to get the licensing done for the environment, initially."

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"The price of the solution is high."

"In Brazil, the dollar price affects the cost. Perception Point Advanced Email Security is about 50 percent less expensive."

"Pricing is lower in comparison to Proofpoint."

"When compared to other solutions on the market, it is relatively fair."

"It fits every budget. It has a low price. I can't go ahead and sell it for any price I want. They are quite strict. They say, "This is the price that you can sell it for and this is the price for you as a reseller." That is it. It is not a lot of money. I will not become rich from it, but I like that they keep a standard for everyone. They are a fair company."

"They are not the most expensive vendor. There are much more expensive vendors. They are not cheap, but they are not the most expensive. They are somewhere in the middle."

"The pricing compared to the value Perception Point brings is super-competitive. They're not the cheapest in the market, but the value and the quality of the product are superior to anything else in the market, so we don't mind paying more for it."

"The solution is neither cheap nor expensive. There are no additional costs to the standard license."

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"The cost is cheaper than Sophos. I would rate it as five out of ten."

"The overall price of SonicWall Email Security should be reduced and there should be an option to purchase one or two licenses more instead of their current policy of bulk increases only. There should be more flexibility in the licensing model. Each license cost approximately $33 annually."

"We have a two-year license subscription and the price is very high."

"When compared with Cisco, it is very well priced. Cisco is very expensive."

"I rate the application’s pricing a five out of ten."

"The platform offers a yearly license."

"Our customers purchase the solution's yearly license."

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Microsoft Defender for Office 365?

Threat Explorer is an invaluable tool for me, and it plays a crucial role in helping me discern the origins of variou...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Defender for Office 365?

I don't have detailed specifics on pricing, setup cost, or licensing.

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What needs improvement with Microsoft Defender for Office 365?

I am generally satisfied with how it currently is. If I could improve anything, I would reduce the cost.

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What do you like most about Perception Point Advanced Email Security?

The most valuable feature is the technical support services.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Perception Point Advanced Email Security?

In Brazil, the dollar price affects the cost. Perception Point Advanced Email Security is about 50 percent less expen...

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What needs improvement with Perception Point Advanced Email Security?

To improve the solution, maybe a portal for end users to consult their emails would be helpful. The end user could ac...

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What do you like most about SonicWall Email Security?

According to our customers, the product's most valuable feature is the ability to detect spam and reduce phishing ema...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SonicWall Email Security?

The platform offers a yearly license. I charge additionally for deployment services. I rate the pricing a six out of ...

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What needs improvement with SonicWall Email Security?

The platform's control panel needs enhancement. At present, many control options are allotted to individual users. It...

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Overview

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is a comprehensive security solution designed to protect organizations against advanced threats in their email, collaboration, and productivity environments. It combines the power of Microsoft's threat intelligence, machine learning, and behavioral analytics to provide real-time protection against phishing, malware, ransomware, and other malicious attacks.

With Microsoft Defender for Office 365, organizations can safeguard their email communication by detecting and blocking malicious links, attachments, and unsafe email content. It employs advanced anti-phishing capabilities to identify and prevent sophisticated phishing attacks that attempt to steal sensitive information or compromise user credentials.

This solution also offers robust protection against malware and ransomware. It leverages machine learning algorithms to analyze email attachments and URLs in real-time, identifying and blocking malicious content before it reaches users' inboxes. Additionally, it provides advanced threat-hunting capabilities, allowing security teams to proactively investigate and respond to potential threats.

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 goes beyond email protection and extends its security features to other collaboration tools like SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams. It scans files and documents stored in these platforms, ensuring that they are free from malware and other malicious content. It also provides visibility into user activities, helping organizations detect and mitigate insider threats.

Furthermore, this solution offers rich reporting and analytics capabilities, providing organizations with insights into their security posture and threat landscape. It enables security administrators to monitor and manage security incidents, track trends, and take proactive measures to enhance their overall security posture.

Microsoft

Perception Point Advanced Email Security is a comprehensive solution designed to protect organizations from advanced email threats. Leveraging cutting-edge technology, it offers multi-layered defense mechanisms to detect and block sophisticated attacks such as phishing, malware, and ransomware.

With its advanced threat intelligence capabilities, it can identify and neutralize zero-day threats in real-time. The solution also provides robust data loss prevention features, ensuring sensitive information remains secure. Its user-friendly interface allows for easy management and monitoring of email security, while its seamless integration with existing email platforms ensures a hassle-free deployment process.

Perception Point Advanced Email Security is a reliable and efficient solution that safeguards organizations against the ever-evolving landscape of email-based threats.

Perception Point

SonicWALL Email Security Platform offers powerful protection to keep email threats out. And sensitive data in. With innovative protection techniques for both inbound and outbound email plus unique management tools, the Email Security platform delivers superior email protection today while standing ready to stop the new attacks of tomorrow.

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