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D3 Security 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

D3 Security
Ranking in Security Incident Response
11th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (21st), AI-Powered Security Automation (6th)
Proofpoint Threat Response
Ranking in Security Incident Response
4th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Security Incident Response category, the mindshare of D3 Security is 6.2%, up from 3.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Proofpoint Threat Response is 6.1%, down from 16.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Security Incident Response Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Proofpoint Threat Response6.1%
D3 Security6.2%
Other87.7%
Security Incident Response
 

Featured Reviews

Muhammad Aamir Riaz - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager Security Operation Center at The Bank of Punjab
Offers open API for integrating any available tools without any recurring costs
Before committing, I recommend a Proof of Concept (POC) or demo first. This way, you can see if the product aligns with your specific use cases and security needs. Knowledge transfer is key, and D3 Security's team excels in this area. During the POC, your analysts gain valuable product knowledge, putting them ahead of the curve for deployment. In our case, the learning curve was steep initially, but by the end of the POC, my team was already building playbooks independently. D3 Security also schedules dedicated knowledge transfer sessions during the POC, making it a win-win for both parties. Since technology transfer is crucial for government entities like ours, this approach eliminates the need for additional learning after deployment, unlike with certain competitors like the Fortinet FortiSOAR case. While Fortinet FortiSOAR achieved the desired tasks, its knowledge transfer process was lacking, leaving us with a shaky foundation. D3 Security's approach solidifies the learning and empowers our team. Overall, I would rate the solution an eight out of ten.
reviewer2839371 - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Automated email removal has reduced spam impact and gives the security team more time for analysis
Proofpoint Threat Response offers the best features through creating a workflow that deals with different types of emails, including identifying spam. If any user identifies an email as malicious, it triggers a workflow to the information security team, who will analyze it and determine whether to inform the user that it is not malicious or trigger a flow. A flow can be created for different types, where high spam emails are auto-pulled, low spam emails are quarantined for analysis, and integration with Proofpoint TRAP and Proofpoint TAP allows auto-pull for emails declared malicious. Additionally, I can revert changes if an email initially declared as spam is later found not to be spam, restoring it to the user's mailbox without user intervention. This complete feature encompasses threat response, prediction, activations, deletions, and sometimes restorations. I find myself using the integration with TAP and the integration with the Abuse Mailbox the most because those are utilized daily. Users often confuse whether an email is malicious or not, prompting them to use Proofpoint Abuse Mailbox via the report phishing button. As spammers grow more intelligent, Proofpoint TAP is also useful by flagging those emails. No action is required on our side because it is the collaboration between Proofpoint Threat Response and Targeted Attack Protection, making the SOC team's work easier, with reduced false positives, allowing them time for more productive tasks. Proofpoint Threat Response has positively impacted the organization by improving security posture, providing breathing space for the SOC team with fewer false positives, and offering a tool for users to report any malicious email using the Abuse Mailbox, which the SOC team can analyze. Proofpoint intelligence can then declare emails malicious or not and pull them from the user's mailbox. The solution has impacted us positively, safeguarding against spam while giving the SOC team the capacity to analyze needs without being overwhelmed by false positives. In previous days without Proofpoint Threat Response Auto-Pull, the SOC team spent more than two or three hours analyzing emails, checking hash values, verifying the nature of emails, and conducting eDiscovery for malicious emails. During mass spam attacks, the entire day was consumed in firefighting mode. Now, with Proofpoint Threat Response Auto-Pull, integration with TAP, Abuse Mailbox, CSV integration, and other data sources, the team can perform tasks that once required hours in just a minute.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution's valuable feature is its GUI. It has more than 450 connectors, which are excellent for connecting devices and automating integration. The solution has all the features we need. We deployed it in our environment, and it's fully integrated. Thanks to their open APIs, the seamless integration makes everything work well together."
"It is an out-of-the-box automated integration with our 20 departments. We perform L1 LiveOps automatically through the portal."
"Support is very responsive."
"The platform's most valuable include the ability to check emails and block potential spam."
"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."
"This is truly a top-notch feature, and I have not seen such good functionality from the same kind of feature in any other tool so far."
"Proofpoint has reduced the number of major attacks on our systems."
"Our ROI is100%. Our entire management and decision makers are very impressed and happy with this product."
"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."
 

Cons

"The reporting, especially custom reporting, needs to be improved. Additionally, it would be better if it could be hosted on Linux."
"Reporting needs improvement. MTTR and MTTD metrics aren't directly available in playbooks and require manual effort to achieve."
"The interface within Threat Response could be made simpler."
"The platform's technical support services and pricing need improvement."
"If the reporting gets improved then it would be better, but the product is running amazing as it is."
"The product has some quirks that could be improved."
"Scalability is currently limited, as it only integrates with Proofpoint Email Protection, Proofpoint TAP, and the Abuse Mailbox, although there is potential for further scalability with additional integrations."
"The on-premise version doesn't scale well for large companies."
"Has some quirks."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"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."
"It's quite affordable to have it with this much functionality and ease to administrate."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
25%
Computer Software Company
14%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Construction Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Outsourcing Company
9%
University
9%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Proofpoint Threat Response?
For pricing, setup cost, and licensing, it is necessary to purchase Proofpoint professional services if assistance is desired during setup, which is quite easy. A license is purchased, and a techni...
What needs improvement with Proofpoint Threat Response?
To improve Proofpoint Threat Response, I suggest adding support for other email protection services such as Cisco IronPort, IronMail, and Abnormal, which would enhance its capabilities. This would ...
What is your primary use case for Proofpoint Threat Response?
Proofpoint Threat Response was initially implemented on-premises as Proofpoint Threat Response Auto-Pull, integrated with Proofpoint Email Protection service and TAP, Proofpoint Targeted Attack Pro...
 

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Sample Customers

S&P Global, Scotiabank, Cybereason, Cummins
University of Waterloo, Akorn, Fenwick and West LLP
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