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We performed a comparison between Proofpoint Email Protection and SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"They have customized security rules, mature rules, anti-virus protection, as well as email authentication similar to SPF, DKIM, and DMARC.""Proofpoint is the main tool for blocking spam because it denies the connection altogether.""Its anti-phishing functionality is the most valuable. Certainly, the biggest problem I have is phishing.""The solution scales quite well.""The setup was easy.""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.""The archive feature is valuable.""It's a mature product. It does a good job in detection."

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"I like this setup for a firewall. You can set things up very easily and you can automate items as well. It's a very robust firewall solution for enterprise as well as small businesses.""Provides good protection and security.""They have a large database of commonly known things that they can catch automatically, then they have anything which is questionable go to the sandbox and be examined there before going into our network.""The stability of the solution is good. We haven't had any breaches or crashes. It's been very stable for us.""The reporting that you get from it is the most valuable feature. You can see it via the appliance itself, and also via the MySonicWall account for the registered device. You are able to select the file if it's malicious, and you can select it in the reporting and see what triggered it, and things like that. I found that to be quite useful.""The ATP (Advanced Threat Protection) on scanning is the most valuable feature.""We use it for protection against viruses and ransomware attacks.""We get alert messages whenever there is a new threat. We are notified at the firewall level that things are blocked, which keeps us in our comfort zone."

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"The solution's server console and cluster dashboard have been the same for four years so need to be upgraded.""The scalability can be improved, and the solution can be optimized.""Pricing for the platform could still be cheaper.""Integration and filtering out who you want and don't want to have integrated ID could be improved.""The reporting section could be enhanced. I like some reports but if they could allow us to create custom reports with more flexibility it would enhance the reports more.""It's scalable, but the devil's in the details — you have to know your email volumes.""Proofpoint Email Protection could improve by reducing the price.""They do not have an on-demand scan for the internal viruses and internal users, and they don't have a scan for the exchange server against viruses and spam as Symantec does."

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"If anything at all, it would be some very minor updates that need to be done, but in terms of changes, nothing comes to mind.""It does fare well against enterprise products.""I would like to have better documentation before starting with deployment because the deployment is a bit complex.""The setup needs improvement. It needs to be made more user-friendly.""Could provide online training to allow customers to learn more about the product.""I would say the solution needs a much simpler user interface, but the functionality of the firewall is quite extensive. You need the user interface to be that way. However, if there was a way to make the user interface a little easier, that would be great.""SonicWall should promote their roadmap and improve their marketing to customers.""SonicWall had a recent layoff. This is a concern for us, because now we are missing the local presence from both the engineering and sales side."

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  • "Annually, it costs us about $92,000. This is pretty much what it costs us. There is no additional cost."
  • "The price is reasonable."
  • "Proofpoint is fairly expensive."
  • "The licensing is basically $8/user."
  • "It is multiple times more expensive, which made it very much less attractive."
  • "Pricing has recently been increased and the cost is a downside"
  • "The solution charges per user per month to use it. There are not any additional fees in addition to the standard living fees."
  • "Clients pay for an annual subscription of Proofpoint Email Protection. Every client always finds it expensive."
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  • "The best deal from SonicWall is to buy the HA pair. When you buy the initial one, you receive the second one at a significant discount. If there is an event and something happens to one firewall, then you have the second firewall to roll into. For the price, it's pretty to tough to beat and not a lot of other firewall vendors offer it. You battle for a discount on both. Where with SonicWall, if you buy one, the second one is at half price. It's pretty straightforward."
  • "When you compare it with other solutions, they are cheaper and more economical."
  • "We get our value for our money."
  • "It's thirty dollars per user and we have 30 users."
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    Proofpoint Enterprise Protection, Cofense PhishMe
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    Overview

    Proofpoint Email Protection is a machine learning email gateway that catches both known and unknown threats. Through Target Attack Protection, emails will be analyzed and potentially blocked from advanced threats while users gain visibility around these threats. The technology can also classify various types of email and can be deployed both on premises or as a cloud service. In addition, users can tag suspicious emails to help raise user awareness and track down any email quickly.

    Proofpoint Email Protection offers Advanced BEC Defense, which can precisely detect and block different types of emails, even if they don’t involve a malicious payload, such as business email compromise (BEC). Email Protection, which is powered by NexusAI, is a sophisticated detection technique developed to stop a variety of kinds of email fraud from affecting compromised accounts. It’s specifically designed to analyze message components, such as the sender’s IP address (including reputation and x-originating IP), the message header, and the message body. Using machine learning and AI, it will then determine if that message is a BEC threat.

    Benefits of Proofpoint Email Protection

    Proofpoint Email Protection is a favorite for organizations looking to utilize their cybersecurity budget accurately, and provides the user with incredible visibility. While preventing email fraud, the technology can also detect and block advanced malware as well as identifying possible risks.

    Email Protection offers many benefits, including:

    • Email warning tag - Raise user awareness and reduce the risk of possible compromises by automatically tagging suspicious emails.

    • Gain granular control of unwanted email - Gain control over low-priority emails through granular email filtering, which can pinpoint gray mail, like newsletters and bulk mail.

    • Multi-layered detection - Defend against continuous evolving threats with reputation and content analysis. Email Protection offers a dynamic classification of various emails, including malware, spam, phishing, imposter threats, and bulk email.

    • Smart search - Track down an email based on dozens of search criteria in seconds. Smart search also provides the ability to trace where emails came from.

    Reviews from Real Users

    Proofpoint Email Protection enables business continuity capabilities through their machine learning, AI-powered email gateway. With its innovative approach toward detecting, analyzing, identifying, and blocking advanced threats, users can gain unique visibility into their business data environments. Users especially like the ability to block spam, as well as the business email compromise protection.

    An anonymous reviewer who is a principal consultant at a tech company, notes, "Proofpoint is the main tool for blocking spam because it denies the connection altogether."

    Sridhar R., a security professional at Qatar Computer Services WLL, writes, "The most valuable features are the business email compromise protection and targeted attack prevention."

    SonicWall Capture, a cloud based service available with SonicWall firewalls, revolutionizes advanced threat detection and sandboxing with a multi-engine approach to stopping unknown and zero-day attacks at the gateway, and with automated remediation. Customers benefit from high security effectiveness, fast response times and reduced total cost of ownership.

    Sample Customers
    Blocket, University of Waterloo, Lincoln Memorial University, WellSpan Health, U-Haul, Carestream Health, Westinghouse
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    Computer Software Company15%
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Retailer11%
    Healthcare Company11%
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    Educational Organization26%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Financial Services Firm8%
    Manufacturing Company6%
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    Real Estate/Law Firm18%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Computer Software Company10%
    Government8%
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    Small Business44%
    Midsize Enterprise26%
    Large Enterprise30%
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    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise35%
    Large Enterprise45%
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    Small Business71%
    Midsize Enterprise29%
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    Small Business33%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise53%
    Buyer's Guide
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    Proofpoint Email Protection is ranked 1st in Secure Email Gateway (SEG) with 46 reviews while SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection is ranked 26th in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP). Proofpoint Email Protection is rated 8.4, while SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection is rated 7.8. 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 SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection writes "When compared to other solutions, it is cheaper and more economical". 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 SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection is most compared with Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Fortinet FortiSandbox and Microsoft Defender for Office 365.

    We monitor all Secure Email Gateway (SEG) reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.