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Fortinet FortiEDR vs Proofpoint Email Protection comparison

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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
4.5
Cortex XDR enhances security, reduces costs, improves efficiency, and delivers ROI by automating threat remediation and preventing ransomware spread.
Sentiment score
2.8
Fortinet FortiEDR boosts ROI by reducing risk management, saving time, improving security, and increasing customer satisfaction and staffing efficiency.
Sentiment score
5.0
Proofpoint Email Protection reduces phishing, streamlines operations, improves email hygiene, lowers security incidents, and enhances financial management.
With Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks' incident correlation, behavioral detection, and process tree visibility, similar initial triage can often be completed in roughly 10 to 20 minutes, depending on the incident.
Cybersecurity Engineer at Gigabit Technologies Pvt Ltd
They appreciate the rich telemetry data from the solution, as it provides in-depth threat identification.
Cyber Security Manager at Welab bank
Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks helps to reduce my total cost of ownership significantly.
Detection and Response Consultant at Inovasys
The ideal situation would be to have all these portals combined into one unified dashboard.
Information Security Architect at Loews Hotels
After Proofpoint Email Protection, phishing has been completely eliminated, so it is working very efficiently.
Security Engineer at News Corp
Instead of individually logging into five portals, we can log into one and they all connect as if we had logged into all of them.
SOC at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.0
Palo Alto Networks' support is praised for expertise and speed but needs improvement in responsiveness and problem resolution.
Sentiment score
7.3
Fortinet FortiEDR's customer service is mixed, with varied responsiveness; engaging local distributors and resellers can aid support experience.
Sentiment score
7.2
Proofpoint Email Protection receives high praise for support, with minor suggestions for improving response times and consistency.
The technical support from Palo Alto deserves a mark of ten because they reach out within an hour whenever assistance is needed.
Head of data centers at a non-profit with 10,001+ employees
There is no back and forth, and they know what we are asking for and come up with the best resolution for a solution.
Senior Process Expert at A.P. Moller - Maersk
If any of these services are missed, it becomes a problem in terms of support tickets, follow-up, or special configuration that needs to be done in the system.
Chief of IT Architecture at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
The technical support from Fortinet is excellent.
Technical Lead at Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
For setting up some proper solutions for issues at the customer site, it can take about one week.
Security Team Lead at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I believe the support from Fortinet is very good based on my experiences asking for help.
Pre Sales/ Cybersecurity Engineer at Contacta
I am familiar with the granular policy control feature of Proofpoint Email Protection, and I find their support excellent for modifying those policies.
Senior Cybersecurity Specialist at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Even the engineers have been helpful, and if we open a case, they get back to us right away.
Information Security Analyst at a government with 11-50 employees
We always contact them if we need support, whether it's for setting up features or technical support, which is very responsive.
System Administrator at Tutt Bryant Group
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
Cortex XDR scales efficiently across endpoints, offering seamless cloud-based expansion and integration for diverse enterprise environments.
Sentiment score
5.6
Fortinet FortiEDR is scalable and adaptable but may face integration issues and high costs for additional services.
Sentiment score
7.4
Proofpoint Email Protection is praised for its scalability, flexibility, and seamless integration, effectively supporting large enterprises and diverse environments.
You can onboard 10,000 endpoints in just hours, which demonstrates the excellent scalability of this product.
Assistant Security Architect at Cloudnomics
Activating the newly purchased licenses is instantaneous, allowing installations without adjustments since it's cloud-based.
Junior Security Analyst at ITSEC Asia
Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks can be expanded anytime by purchasing another license without any issues related to scalability.
Head of data centers at a non-profit with 10,001+ employees
When implemented in a Fortinet environment with an existing firewall, FortiAnalyzer, and FortiManager, it is straightforward to install and scale by adding more EDR for endpoints.
Security Team Lead at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I can give it nine points in terms of scalability.
Technical Lead at Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
Proofpoint is scalable for multi-site organizations with thousands of users.
Products and solutions director at ITVikings
The solution provides a graphical representation and dashboard view showing how many threats are getting blocked on a daily and monthly basis.
Information Technology Team Lead at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Proofpoint Email Protection is considered to be highly scalable, designed for large enterprises, with a cloud-based architecture that offers an enormous number of options, including multi-organization support and high-volume email handling.
Senior Solution Delivery Lead Cybersecurity at International Olympic Committee – IOC
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.0
Cortex XDR is stable, with high ratings, improved over time, minimal issues, and consistent performance, recommended regular updates.
Sentiment score
8.4
Fortinet FortiEDR is reliable with some memory and integration issues; praised for seamless updates but needs ecosystem improvements.
Sentiment score
8.3
Proofpoint Email Protection offers reliable performance, handles high volumes well, and ensures dependable stability with minimal disruptions.
Cortex remains fast and responsive, even with increasing data and alerts.
Final Year Student at Gitam University
The thresholds we've seen on our firewall boxes at some instances reached 80% to 85%, but even at that level of utilization, we don't observe any latency or any issues reported with respect to accessing the application.
Senior Process Expert at A.P. Moller - Maersk
Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks can be trusted completely.
Soc Analyst at Softcell Technologies Limited
After that, I stopped scanning the Cisco AnyConnect and switched to Fortinet VPN. Everything worked fine afterward.
Security Team Lead at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
For stability, I would give it a score of ten, as we are not having any issues with that currently.
Technical Lead at Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
If Proofpoint Email Protection has an outage, we are either not receiving emails or not blocking the right threats.
Senior Security Engineer at Cloudflare
Regarding the stability and performance of Proofpoint Email Protection, I have not experienced any crashes, downtimes, or performance issues.
Cyber Security Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Proofpoint Email Protection is very stable and reliable, as it remains accessible at all times without issues, ensuring that data is available in real time.
Principal Consultant at Infosys
 

Room For Improvement

Cortex XDR needs improvements in usability, integration, automation, reporting, resource efficiency, and support for diverse systems to enhance appeal.
Fortinet FortiEDR needs improvements in cloud security, usability, integration, machine learning capabilities, and enhanced scalability to better meet user expectations.
Proofpoint Email Protection requires better AI, usability, and support, addressing high costs and inefficiencies to improve security and productivity.
Improving reporting and dashboard customization, along with the addition of real-time and exportable reports, would help SOC teams greatly.
Final Year Student at Gitam University
When a Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks incident is confirmed, it would be useful to automatically create a ServiceNow or Jira ticket with the incident summary, including affected endpoints, user indicators, process tree, severity, and recommended response actions.
Cybersecurity Engineer at Gigabit Technologies Pvt Ltd
The inclusion of this feature would allow the application of DLP policies alongside antivirus policies via a single agent and console, making it more competitive as other OEMs often offer DLP solutions as part of their antivirus products.
Pre Sales Architect at network techlab
Fortinet could consider reducing the minimum order quantity for EDR, currently set at 500 pieces.
Security Team Lead at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The older legacy user interface just took a little to work with, and the new unified interface, as it was able to do more and more of the functionality of the old one, the product just got easier and easier to use.
Sr Security Engineer at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees
In addition to the UI improvements, I would appreciate an increase in the speed of the tasks being processed on the pod.
Security Specialist at a leisure / travel company with 10,001+ employees
There are pros and cons to that, but I would suggest maintaining a good balance between security protection and operational impact.
Senior Security Engineer at Cloudflare
 

Setup Cost

Cortex XDR offers advanced features with premium pricing, flexible licensing, easy setup, but incurs extra costs for comprehensive security.
Fortinet FortiEDR's pricing is mixed, seen as competitive by some, expensive by others, offering long-term value and scalability.
Proofpoint Email Protection costs $2-$7/user/month, seen as high, but justified by its robust security features.
The pricing on SentinelOne is far more reasonable and cheaper than Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks.
Consultant at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I would say it is definitely not a cheap product, considering how mature it is and how scalable all Palo Alto products are together.
Senior Process Expert at A.P. Moller - Maersk
Compared to CrowdStrike, which is very costly, and SentinelOne, which is also very costly, Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is a medium cost-efficient solution.
Soc Analyst at Softcell Technologies Limited
It's reasonably priced compared to other vendors' similar products.
Security Team Lead at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The pricing is moderate; I cannot label it as cheap, but it is moderate compared to other main solutions.
Technical Lead at Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
Customers pay around $90,000 yearly for a 1,000-user organization, with the subscription license being the main expense, apart from implementation fees.
Products and solutions director at ITVikings
Given my other experience with other vendors, I think they are a bit on the high end and a bit on the pricey end for the email security functionality that we were using.
Sr Security Engineer at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees
Although it is a bit costly compared to Mimecast, Defender, and Cofense Vision, it is efficient and strong in security, so I do not mind the cost because I will not reduce my security risk.
Senior Solution Delivery Lead Cybersecurity at International Olympic Committee – IOC
 

Valuable Features

Cortex XDR provides AI-driven threat detection, seamless integration, and efficient management for comprehensive, scalable, and cost-effective cybersecurity.
Fortinet FortiEDR excels in deployment, integration, threat response automation, and scalability, with strong security measures and user-friendly management.
Proofpoint Email Protection enhances security with advanced threat detection, customizable policies, and integration, reducing phishing and administrative workload.
It incorporates AI for normal behavior detection, distinguishing unusual operations.
Cyber Security Manager at Welab bank
The product provides automation responses in case of a threat attack, severity assessments, centralized manageability, and comprehensive compliance features, resulting in reduced costs.
Pre Sales Architect at network techlab
It includes machine learning to easily analyze data and detect complex threats across endpoints, networks, or clouds.
Final Year Student at Gitam University
The four pillars of the solution are security access via VPN, ZTNA, attack surface protection, and automatic incident response, integrating with Fortinet Security Fabric.
Pre Sales/ Cybersecurity Engineer at Contacta
This is especially relevant for government projects where the SD-WAN solution is within their private network, not touching the Internet or any other access.
Technical Lead at Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
Without Proofpoint Email Protection, most of these emails would have come through, slipped through Exchange, gotten into the user's mailbox, and created a lot of trouble for the organization.
Cyber Security Engineer at IT Naturally
Proofpoint Email Protection has positively impacted my organization by ensuring we are not at risk of a breach through email.
Release lead at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
TAP alerts, where Proofpoint Email Protection scans emails and sends alerts, provide the ability to review suspicious emails and validate them in a sandbox environment.
Infrastructure Analyst at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Net...
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Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
121
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (4th), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (5th), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (3rd), Ransomware Protection (2nd), AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms (1st)
Fortinet FortiEDR
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
40
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (14th)
Proofpoint Email Protection
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
111
Ranking in other categories
Email Security (1st), Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) (2nd), Digital Risk Protection (3rd), Office 365 Protection (1st), Secure Email Gateway (SEG) (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Fortinet FortiEDR2.2%
CrowdStrike Falcon6.9%
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint5.4%
Other85.5%
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
Secure Email Gateway (SEG) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Proofpoint Email Protection17.7%
Mimecast Advanced Email Security14.1%
Microsoft Defender for Office 36513.2%
Other55.0%
Secure Email Gateway (SEG)
 

Featured Reviews

ABHISHEK_SINGH - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Process Expert at A.P. Moller - Maersk
Gained full visibility and streamlined threat detection through behavior-based insights and AI integration
Initially, we got to have a lot of false positives when we onboarded, but nowadays it's quite smooth. We have fine-tuned our security policies and allowed different levels of policies to get rid of those false positives. Currently, we are getting a fairly good amount of incidents that are not false positives or benign, but actionable items. The process is streamlined. In the initial days, the operations used to get involved in a lot of benign and other activities, but now the process is streamlined. We are leveraging the auto-detection and remediation plans. The operations teams are now more involved in other business roles as well, not just looking into the logs and fetching out what's happening there. They have fixed a lot of things. Initially, they didn't have IAC code drift detection, cloud posture management, or security posture management, but they have those now. They purchased different vendors and did a merger with that. They have now Prisma Cloud that gets integrated and now they are working with Cortex Cloud. Everything that was negative has now been addressed, and the product altogether looks to be in a very better and mature shape now. Currently, it's more or less detecting the workloads with AI-based best practices. Since most organizations are consuming AI agents and other things, we are looking forward to seeing what other feature enhancements Palo Alto can support in that.
Anoop K Jayan - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Lead at Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
Has strengthened endpoint protection for on-premise networks and supported migration to Linux environments
What really stands out in Fortinet FortiEDR is that we are integrating it with some private clouds at the customer's premises with secure SD-WAN networks. I don't know how much it contributes to this SD-WAN network in the own premises cloud solution, but that is what we are doing. This is especially relevant for government projects where the SD-WAN solution is within their private network, not touching the Internet or any other access. Their first requirement is centralized management. Additionally, they need antivirus updates and other things to be done through a centralized platform within that private cloud. That is their requirement, and currently, we temporarily allow internet access, but it is not preferred. We are moving towards a complete air gap, providing full isolation from the internet for that. We have started to work with machine learning capabilities in Fortinet FortiEDR. We are not that well-versed yet, but we have begun using machine learning for intrusion detection and other purposes. Regarding forensic analysis in Fortinet FortiEDR, it is useful in understanding attack vectors because our projects are based on the voice side, such as cloud PBX solutions and call center management. There are media activities and many attacks coming from the outside, as well as vulnerabilities from endpoints. In those cases, we need detailed analysis through an AI platform to inspect how these attacks are coming. We also require a proactive protection mechanism, including an alarm system for threat detection before attacks occur.
Siva_Prasad - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Email defenses have reduced phishing incidents and protect sensitive data across our enterprise
As things are evolving and threats develop in unpredictable ways, Proofpoint must adopt AI solutions and agentic solutions more aggressively and provide them to customers as part of service offerings. Inbuilt AI solutions would add more value and make Proofpoint a more premium choice for customers. With the help of AI solutions, agentic AI, and generative AI capabilities, the product would be more efficient than it currently is. Filtering false positives is highly challenging because it is impossible for humans to identify which emails are genuine and which are spam. Proofpoint should focus more on this area with back-end agents or other tools. Proofpoint should decide which emails are genuine and which are spam so it is not a challenge for end users. When receiving an email, end users should not have to determine whether to respond or not. Proofpoint should not release such spam emails and should strictly block such spam and spoof emails based on connection IPs. Currently, false positives occur in the product, and while this occurs in every product, it is an area where Proofpoint can focus on improving and reducing false positives. One email is enough for an end user to be deceived and lose money, so addressing this area is critical.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
13%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Construction Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
13%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business49
Midsize Enterprise21
Large Enterprise56
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise14
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business31
Midsize Enterprise24
Large Enterprise62
 

Questions from the Community

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Comparing CrowdStrike Falcon to Cortex XDR (Palo Alto)
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How is Cortex XDR compared with Microsoft Defender?
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is a cloud-delivered endpoint security solution. The tool reduces the attack surface,...
What's the difference between Fortinet's FortiEDR and FortiClient?
I suggest Fortinet’s FortiEDR over FortiClient for several reasons. For starters, FortiEDR guarantees solid protectio...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortinet FortiEDR?
The pricing is moderate; I cannot label it as cheap, but it is moderate compared to other main solutions.
What needs improvement with Fortinet FortiEDR?
I will have my team provide more details about disadvantages via email later.
What needs improvement with Proofpoint Email Protection?
To improve Proofpoint Email Protection, I suggest breaking down the URL into one versus three different GUIs. Regardi...
What is your primary use case for Proofpoint Email Protection?
My main use case for Proofpoint Email Protection includes phishing emails, spam, URL isolation, and training. I utili...
 

Also Known As

Cyvera, Cortex XDR, Palo Alto Networks Traps
enSilo, FortiEDR
Proofpoint Enterprise Protection, Proofpoint Digital Protection
 

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Sample Customers

CBI Health Group, University Honda, VakifBank
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