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Exabeam 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:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
6.3
Exabeam Fusion SIEM provides cost savings, a seven out of ten ROI rating, and enhanced security with machine learning.
Sentiment score
8.3
Proofpoint Threat Response boosts ROI, saves time, cuts costs, and improves efficiency and satisfaction for management and the SOC team.
I have seen a return on investment with Exabeam Fusion SIEM, and it is worth the money.
Enterprise Account Manager South at a outsourcing company with 201-500 employees
Exabeam offers more machine learning models that detect anomalies.
Analyst at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
Now, it is all taken care of by Proofpoint with zero human error, allowing hours of work to be completed in minutes.
Assistant Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.3
Exabeam's customer service is praised for responsiveness but faces concerns over response delays and regional support limitations.
Sentiment score
9.7
Proofpoint offers responsive, professional customer service with effective support and documentation, ensuring user satisfaction and high-quality assistance.
Even with TAM support from Exabeam, many issues go unresolved.
Lead Technical Engineer Security at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
I would rate Exabeam Fusion SIEM support team a nine out of ten; I do not give anyone a perfect score.
Enterprise Account Manager South at a outsourcing company with 201-500 employees
I also had the chance to look at the documentation, and the documentation is good.
Solution Architect at CTC
I would rate customer support a ten because they are prompt with solutions, provide advice during troubleshooting, and their documentation is excellent.
Assistant Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.3
Exabeam is praised for scalability, ease of expansion, and SaaS benefits, despite minor performance concerns with filters and latency.
Sentiment score
6.8
Proofpoint Threat Response scalability is mixed, dependent on hardware and integrations, with potential for improvement, especially in cloud deployment.
I believe Exabeam Fusion SIEM is excellent regarding scalability, and I would rate it at approximately an eight out of ten.
Enterprise Account Manager South at a outsourcing company with 201-500 employees
Regarding Exabeam's scalability and how well it adapts to its customers' needs, I would rate it an eight.
Solution Architect at CTC
Scalability is currently limited, as it only integrates with Proofpoint Email Protection, Proofpoint TAP, and the Abuse Mailbox.
Assistant Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
Exabeam is stable, meeting user expectations, with minor issues like errors and patch-related downtime resolved swiftly.
Sentiment score
8.1
Proofpoint Threat Response is praised for robust stability, though some users cite database-related scalability issues in large deployments.
These problems were not frequent, and the last six to eight months have been stable.
Lead Technical Engineer Security at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Regarding stability, I would rate Exabeam Fusion SIEM at approximately eight to eight and a half out of ten because it is very stable.
Enterprise Account Manager South at a outsourcing company with 201-500 employees
Overall, I think Exabeam's stability level is good.
Solution Architect at CTC
 

Room For Improvement

Exabeam needs improved real-time analysis, customization, and integration, alongside better UI, documentation, and quicker updates and response times.
Enhancing support, integration, and interface design, while considering scalability and user interaction improvements, would benefit Proofpoint Threat Response.
The correlation rules are excellent.
Enterprise Account Manager South at a outsourcing company with 201-500 employees
Exabeam's integration capabilities are not good, as Exabeam has a very limited number of integrations and no out-of-box integration.
Solution Architect at CTC
Exabeam needs to improve its documentation and provide more customization for dashboards and case management.
Lead Technical Engineer Security at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
I suggest adding support for other email protection services such as Cisco IronPort, IronMail, and Abnormal, which would enhance its capabilities.
Assistant Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
 

Setup Cost

Exabeam's pricing is seen as reasonable and flexible, competitive against pricier rivals, with no extra costs beyond licensing.
Proofpoint Threat Response is considered cost-effective with good value and relatively low cost compared to alternatives like Abnormal Security.
The pricing for Exabeam Fusion SIEM is not cost prohibitive, but it was a little more than I initially thought.
Enterprise Account Manager South at a outsourcing company with 201-500 employees
For pricing, setup cost, and licensing, it is necessary to purchase Proofpoint professional services if assistance is desired during setup, which is quite easy.
Assistant Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
 

Valuable Features

Exabeam offers user-friendly analytics, automation, clear dashboards, and strong integration, excelling in security investigations and incident response.
Proofpoint Threat Response enhances email security with auto-pulling, phishing protection, integration, and efficient spam and false positive management.
I appreciate that Exabeam Fusion SIEM has so many rules built in, approximately eight hundred and fifty, and almost five hundred fifty integrations along with the behavior histograms.
Enterprise Account Manager South at a outsourcing company with 201-500 employees
Exabeam's UEBA is the most valuable feature that I have found so far.
Solution Architect at CTC
The product offers useful features like the dashboard, timeline, and session views, which enhance our security tools.
Analyst at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
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.
Assistant Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Exabeam
Ranking in Security Incident Response
6th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
21
Ranking in other categories
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (15th), User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (1st), Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIP) (10th), Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (10th), AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms (11th)
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 Exabeam is 4.1%, down from 4.3% 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%
Exabeam4.1%
Other89.8%
Security Incident Response
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2265966 - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Account Manager South at a outsourcing company with 201-500 employees
Advanced analytics have transformed our threat detection and streamlined incident investigations
I would appreciate seeing additional dashboards in Exabeam Fusion SIEM or perhaps more options or the ability to customize them further. While we can customize them currently, there may be additional options available. I value the outcomes navigator because it matches the log piece to the use cases, which is helpful. The correlation rules are excellent. I am interested in whether there are additional threat intelligence feeds available that we could use, whether we can integrate our own, or if we could ingest different ones.
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.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Construction Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Outsourcing Company
9%
University
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business12
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise7
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

What are the biggest differences between Securonix UEBA, Exabeam, and IBM QRadar?
It mostly depends on your use-cases and environment. Exabeam and Securonix have a stronger UEBA feature set, friendlier GUI and are not licensed based on capacity (amount of logs and information in...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Exabeam Fusion SIEM?
I would say the pricing for Exabeam Fusion SIEM is not cost prohibitive, but it was a little more than I initially thought.
What needs improvement with Exabeam Fusion SIEM?
I would appreciate seeing additional dashboards in Exabeam Fusion SIEM or perhaps more options or the ability to customize them further. While we can customize them currently, there may be addition...
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...
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Hulu, ADP, Safeway, BBCN Bank
University of Waterloo, Akorn, Fenwick and West LLP
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