Fortinet FortiMail Cloud vs Perception Point Advanced Email Security comparison

The compared Fortinet and Perception Point solutions aren't in the same category. Fortinet is ranked #6 in CE , with an average rating of 7.4, and holds a 3.1% mindshare in the category. Perception Point is ranked #15 in Email Security , with an average rating of 9.0, and holds a 2.2% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of Fortinet users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Perception Point users who would recommend it.

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiMail Cloud and Perception Point Advanced Email Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Cloud Email solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed Fortinet FortiMail Cloud vs. Perception Point Advanced Email Security Report (Updated: January 2024).

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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:

Categories and Ranking

Fortinet FortiMail Cloud

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Email (6th), Secure Email Gateway (SEG) (7th)

Perception Point Advanced E...

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Email Security (15th), Internet Security (8th)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Messaging and Collaboration solutions, they serve different purposes. Fortinet FortiMail Cloud is designed for Cloud Email and holds a mindshare of 3.1%, up 1.5% compared to last year.
Perception Point Advanced Email Security, on the other hand, focuses on Email Security, holds 2.2% mindshare, up 2.1% since last year.

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Pravin Mandlik

Director at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Provides enhanced email security with potential agent compatibility issues

There are definitely features that Fortinet should work on. I'm not the right person to implement those features. For a portable cloud solution, a customer has more affinity towards a solution where endpoint security is already in place. In endpoint security, they are not at the latest quadrant. That is why a customer with existing endpoint security solutions like Trend Micro might prefer a main security solution from that vendor. If we go for FortiMail Cloud and have a separate endpoint security solution, there are two agents that have to sit on a customer endpoint. From that perspective, Fortinet policies add an extra load to the endpoint. Maybe other solutions have an advantage when it comes to Fortinet.

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Fabio Amorim Araujo

Founder at Envisionare Solucoes em Tecnologia

Has good detection and response capabilities

The solution is very easy to use. We don't have any difficulty with transactions. Finding information, customizing configurations, and getting support or documentation is simple. I don't have any negative points to mention. I would recommend this solution to others. On a scale of one to ten, I'd give it a ten. It's amazing for us—the protection, the analysis time compared to Microsoft 365, and the pricing are all good. We're using both solutions—spam and protection channels. Recently, we presented two-week results to a customer, and they liked them and wanted to buy the solution. Our feedback is positive. We're developing a strategy to increase sales of the solution. When we deliver executive summaries to customers, we present good news about our company and discuss how Perception Point Advanced Email Security can help improve their security.

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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 return on investment for us was achieved since we did not have similar incidents again in our environment."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the ability to check to see if the email is real."

"The quarantine feature of FortiMail is the most valuable, as it quarantines emails based on my policies."

"Fortinet and other software ensure that my company's email remains safe, helping to avoid access issues at some cost in production."

"It has the best feature for processed mail analysis."

"Fortinet's support is really good."

"This is a solid email monitoring and security system that learns and maintains a two-way dialog with email system administrators."

"Overall, it is a comprehensive and reliable solution."

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"The most valuable feature is the ability to identify malicious content and phishing emails and reduce the workload we have to do in terms of security."

"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."

"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."

"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."

"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."

"The most valuable feature I have found is the speed of scanning emails."

"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."

"The most valuable feature is the technical support services."

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Cons

"The tool's UI can be simple since it's cluttered now and you can't understand where you are going. It's not obvious to find out the menus or things that you are looking to find."

"The dashboard could use improvement."

"This solution is slow and it should be made faster."

"The downside of this solution is that it is difficult to implement policies on FortiMail."

"In endpoint security, they are not at the latest quadrant. That is why a customer with existing endpoint security solutions like Trend Micro might prefer a main security solution from that vendor."

"I would like to see more advanced sandbox features, where you can actually download to a machine where you can test."

"The customer service and technical support from Fortinet could improve. While they rate between seven and eight, reaching support can sometimes be challenging and time-consuming."

"Fortimail Cloud should include more advanced AI features that can analyze every traffic type."

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

"Coming from products in the Microsoft stack, Perception Point doesn't really give you, as an admin, a lot of options to make changes yourself. It's more on their side to make changes in the back end. That's something they could improve on in the future."

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

"To improve the solution, maybe a portal for end users to consult their emails would be helpful. The end user could access the portal and see their emails or events. They could also refresh the names."

"From a forensics point of view, it could improve a bit more from a threat intelligence aspect. So, if I find a malicious email, they could have more investigations about sources, headers, where it comes from, if they have seen it in other campaigns before, etc. I would like a little bit more from a threat intelligence point of view so I can understand who else might be affected and attacked as well as the vectors of attack."

"There is still room for improvement with BEC. There is more work to be done by Perception Point on machine learning and neuro language as well. BEC is very difficult if you don't have a computer language looking into the content of the email and trying to make a determination through that. With BEC you often don't have an attachment or a URL."

"They just don't do a good job of promoting themselves. They seem like a typical busy IT company who is just working on fixing problems and making technology better. However, they are not fantastic at marketing themselves to existing partners, which is not a bad thing. It is just something for improvement."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"A license for our company using FortiMail and FortiCare (filtering and support) was $4000."

"You only have to purchase one license for multiple participants."

"It's on a subscribed basis."

"I rate the price of Fortinet FortiMail Cloud a five on a one to ten scale, where one is the low price, and ten is the high price. It is an averagely priced product."

"The product's price is reasonable."

"The pricing depends on various factors, including the type of licenses and subscriptions you have procured"

"When we're talking about pricing, other products have about the same price. That is normal."

"The licensing is for three years. In the beginning, we did not pay monthly, it was paid once for three years."

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"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."

"The price of the solution is high."

"We would always like it to be cheaper and save more money. However, we are getting the value from it."

"The pricing was fair in comparison with the other solutions. We have received good value for what we paid."

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

"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."

"Pricing is lower in comparison to Proofpoint."

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

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Computer Software Company

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Hospitality Company

Non Profit

Computer Software Company

18%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Fortinet FortiMail Cloud?

Content disarming and analysis are essential features in our email security setup

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortinet FortiMail Cloud?

The pricing for Fortinet FortiMail Cloud seems a bit high, although it is considered acceptable for the product's value. The solution provides cost-saving and scalable options, especially in a clou...

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What needs improvement with Fortinet FortiMail Cloud?

The flexibility of the product is an area that could be improved. It would be beneficial to enhance flexibility for better adaptation to various customer environments.

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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 expensive.

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What needs improvement with Perception Point Advanced Email Security?

There are always places for improvement, but this needs deeper thought and planning. Integration and end-user interaction can be improved as the current system does not allow end-users to send back...

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Overview

Fortinet FortiMail Cloud is a comprehensive email security solution that protects organizations from advanced threats and ensures secure email communication. It offers robust features such as anti-spam, anti-malware, and data loss prevention to safeguard against email-borne attacks. With its cloud-based deployment, FortiMail Cloud provides scalable and flexible email security without the need for additional hardware or software.

It offers real-time threat intelligence and advanced analytics to detect and block sophisticated threats, including zero-day attacks. FortiMail Cloud also includes encryption capabilities to secure sensitive data and comply with regulatory requirements. With its user-friendly interface and centralized management, organizations can easily configure and monitor email security policies across multiple domains.

FortiMail Cloud provides comprehensive protection against email threats, ensuring business continuity and peace of mind.

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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.

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Black Gold Regional Schools, Amadeus Hospitality, Jefferson County, Chunghwa Telecom, City of Boroondara, Dimension Data

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