IRONSCALES vs Trellix Collaboration Security comparison

IRONSCALES and Trellix are both solutions in the Email Security category. IRONSCALES is ranked #12 with an average rating of 9.2, while Trellix is ranked #11 with an average rating of 8.7. IRONSCALES holds a 2.0% mindshare in Email Security, compared to Trellix’s 2.3% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of IRONSCALES users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Trellix users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 5, 2024

Trellix Collaboration Security and IRONSCALES are key players in the cybersecurity industry, focusing on protecting collaborative environments. The data comparison indicates that Trellix has advantages in pricing and customer support, while IRONSCALES is favored for its specialized features.

Features: Trellix offers robust threat detection that integrates well with various collaboration tools, boasting scalability and IT infrastructure compatibility. Conversely, IRONSCALES is celebrated for its advanced phishing protection, AI-driven threat intelligence, and specialized capabilities addressing evolving security threats.

Room for Improvement: Trellix could enhance its specialized threat protection features and bolster advanced threat intelligence capabilities. IRONSCALES, while highly effective in its niche, might broaden its range of integration options and improve its scalability within larger IT frameworks.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Trellix provides a flexible and straightforward deployment process, supported by a responsive customer service team, resulting in a positive implementation experience. IRONSCALES also enables efficient deployment with an emphasis on quick adaptability to organizational needs, enhanced by thorough customer support services.

Pricing and ROI: Trellix offers an economical pricing model with a strong return on investment, appealing to budget-conscious buyers. IRONSCALES, despite higher initial costs, compensates with superior security efficiency and risk reduction, resulting in long-term ROI through effective threat mitigation capabilities.

To learn more, read our detailed IRONSCALES vs. Trellix Collaboration Security Report (Updated: May 2026).

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IRONSCALES vs. Trellix Collaboration Security

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Review summaries and opinions

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Cloudflare One

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Email Security category, the mindshare of Cloudflare One is 1.6%, up from 1.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IRONSCALES is 2.0%, up from 1.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Trellix Collaboration Security is 2.3%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Email Security Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Trellix Collaboration Security	2.3%
IRONSCALES	2.0%
Cloudflare One	1.6%
Other	94.1%

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Featured Reviews

Cobe Van Coller

Network Architect at IP Dimension

Cloud security has improved remote access and has reduced costs for smaller client sites

I have used Cloudflare One's Identity-Aware Proxy, and it is quite straightforward from what I have seen so far. The app registration on the Azure side integrates fully into Cloudflare, and I am very satisfied with that part because it is easy to set up. The integration of Cloudflare One's Secure Web Gateway and Zero Trust Network Access works without any issues. That part is pretty automatic, and if you complete the rest of the setup, it comes together by itself with no issues from my side. What makes it nice is that we can actually start replacing on-site firewalls at this stage for the smaller clients because it does not matter if they go to a coffee shop or work from home; they are still secured by the same connection. The hops get shorter and you get better latency. We have done testing to see if it is better. One thing that we did notice with our proof of concept with our current client is that they have people connecting from the UK. When they used their previous VPN solution, uploading CAD drawings and other files to the server took a long time. They mentioned that it is much quicker on Cloudflare One's solution. I definitely believe that is part of the improved performance, and I am satisfied with that as well. What is nice about Cloudflare One is that it makes the setup easier and also easier to train technicians to maintain it. Compared to legacy systems, we do not need to get fancy firewalls in place that are costly. That is definitely also a cost-saver with Cloudflare One.

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reviewer2770017

Email Security Analyst at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

Has improved threat analysis by providing clear email correspondence history and reporting tools

The best features IRONSCALES offers are the investigation tabs, headers, and correspondence history, which stand out the most for me. The investigation tabs are valuable for my work because reporting goes a long way in terms of playbooks and having a full investigation. The investigation tab knows exactly how to put the information in a way that makes it very easy for reports to get done fast. Security awareness training is a big part of IRONSCALES. The platform offers a broad spectrum in terms of what campaigns can be run for security awareness for users as well as reporting back on how users interact with their mails and understanding where the vulnerabilities lie. IRONSCALES has positively impacted my organization by making email security simple in terms of controlling mails, understanding where the threats are, and protecting the organization itself.

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Felipe Antoniazzi

Cyber Security Lead at Johnson and Johnson

Real-time threat response has boosted detection accuracy and reduces manual investigation work

I have had challenges in the past with Trellix Collaboration Security for implementation because of issues related to compatibility. Since we worked in a global company with different operating systems, it was necessary to create different plans and different actions to implement the product.One thing I really do not prefer in Trellix Collaboration Security is not related to the console. I am a McAfee fan since the McAfee tool, and I find the console of Trellix Collaboration Security to be very user-friendly and easy to use. However, I do not know if it is related to the architecture of the product. Of course, we have modern threats based on behaviors and zero days. We have today CrowdStrike and SentinelOne, where we have better results based on threats and behavior, where it is possible to create a simulation environment based on the file detected and based on it, confirm if it really is malicious or not. In general, I believe Trellix Collaboration Security improved the console based on the last console of McAfee, but I think it is possible to improve more. It really is a good product, but in my view, it needs to improve detection based on behaviors. Regarding automations, I have implemented Trellix Collaboration Security here at Johnson & Johnson, and I implemented it in the same situation at Santander Bank and BNP Paribas Bank, where I created automations to export data for different metrics, including malicious detections, compliance, baselines, scans, last scans based on the seven days, and checking of patterns. I export everything to CSV files. Based on that, I create Power BI dashboards, and in these Power BI dashboards, I have a more executive view for different metrics to provide to myself, my manager, or director to create an executive view based on it. Another important point we use here at Johnson & Johnson and other companies is a data hub or a SIEM solution, such as Elastic or ArcSight, where we select some logs to be sent and use it to build reports and metrics.

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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

"Cloudflare is by far the most effective solution that I have come across."

"The best feature is rate limiting. If I'm expecting 500 visits per hour, Cloudflare will limit the requests if I suddenly get 50,000."

"The tool also offers good scalability, and the dashboard, along with real-time analytics, is very good."

"We mostly use Cloudflare WAF, and gets basic Cloudflaire DDoS, caching as extra bonus . We like the factor these features are all integrated into 1 console, simple to manage."

"For Cloudflare Access, I am using the free plan...The most valuable feature is their protection."

"The capabilities of the software are strong enough for me to do what it's supposed to do. For me, we don't need to do a lot of configuration on our site. We just enable it and monitor it."

"It is a stable solution."

"Cloudflare Access is a stable solution."

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"For what was being offered with IRONSCALES, I feel like we got an incredible deal."

"IRONSCALES offers a sense of security and confidence from being well protected."

"I would say the most valuable feature is what they call Themis. It's like a virtual analyst that uses the decisions that system admins make to generate a score for whether an email is legitimate, spam, or phishing. It gets better based on the decisions that we make over time. The automation piece is great as well. The integrated approach of email security combined with employee awareness training is excellent."

"The most valuable features of the solution are that it is easy to set it up, install, and manage the product."

"There is buzz around phishing awareness training. When I make a campaign, all of a sudden people in our organization are talking, thinking, and wondering about it. Therefore, it keeps people on their toes. That is perfect because it does exactly what we want it to do."

"It is just good to know that it is watching when we don't have to watch; I can go to sleep, and it is still working."

"If a company is looking for something that is extremely robust, that has the ability to catch zero-day incidents, and they're not looking to spend an arm and a leg, there's no other choice."

"The biggest benefit is that we get fewer phishing and spam emails, so using IRONSCALES has made our environment much safer."

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"The solution offers almost every feature that customers need in one solution, for example, spam filtering, antivirus, et cetera, with almost zero false positives."

"The product helps reduce the number of malicious emails reaching the user's inbox."

"I like FireEye's filtering, spam digests, and its advanced threat review of email flow. It also has a broad range of riskware rules you can deploy."

"One of the valuable features of the product stems from the fact that it is easy to implement the tool in our environment."

"The initial setup is simple."

"The accessibility is one of the features that I love; we can control it from the cloud and we can access it from anywhere."

"Trellix Collaboration Security has positively impacted our organization by making our collaboration environment very safe, allowing our team to share files and links without worrying about threats."

"What I find most valuable with the solution is that it can integrate with cloud solutions, such as Google and Microsoft. Additionally, the solution is easy to use."

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Cons

"The free plan has limitations. For example, I can only set up three rules, and the application firewall is unavailable."

"The onboarding process can be improved a little bit."

"The response time for support must be reduced."

"For the topic of improvement, providing some training material is one of my suggestions."

"Our customers no longer use Cloudflare because its service is subpar."

"Feedback could be enhanced."

"I would like them to include a VPN feature to provide a secure connection to the data center."

"The pricing is an area that can be improved. Pricing, as far as I recall, was the source of our problems."

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"I would really prefer to drill down more on correspondence history. It provides detailed background information to actually understand what's going on."

"The tool supports 15 to 16 languages, but the content it uses in the training in Spanish has certain limitations."

"There's room for improvement in the campaign management. IRONSCALES has many built-in templates that I use, but you can also build templates from scratch. However, the interface for creating custom templates needs to be updated."

"The user interface could be more attractive to users. The UI is not brightened or appealing."

"There's room for improvement in the campaign management."

"There is a feature called Account Takeover, which isn't what I want it to be able to do."

"IRONSCALES should bundle more features together instead of separating them and charging additional licensing fees."

"Its UI could be improved. My pet peeve with a lot of these cloud-based systems is that a lot of times, the interface for the management is a little clunky."

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"Sometimes, integration can be challenging, impacting its stability, which is why I rate it a five out of ten."

"The reporting aspect of the solution needs improvement."

"It really is a good product, but in my view, it needs to improve detection based on behaviors."

"The cloud product is not open to the customers. If the system itself could be more open to the customer, I'd be able to configure it more specifically."

"I would like the solution to be able to automatically quarantine the malicious emails before getting to the user's mailbox and continue with regular email operations. This could result in the user clicking the email before the purge operation is completed."

"There is a need for improved integration with totally different products, such as a rapid server."

"The custom tailoring is limited."

"I would like to see this solution become more flexible."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution's pricing lacks transparency."

"My company has to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs attached to the solution. There are no hidden charges apart from the licensing costs of the solution."

"The solution is not that expensive."

"The price tag is no longer $200,000, but rather $300,000 to $400,000. It's twice."

"Cloudflare Zero Trust Platform's pricing is good."

"The pricing is somewhere in the middle. I would rate the pricing a seven out of ten."

"The pricing of the solution is cheap. The licensing cost is also very low. I rate the cost and pricing a three out of ten."

"The prices are slightly expensive."

"As compared to everything else we looked at, it was good. It was the best value for the dollars."

"I don't know about its pricing because I don't run the budget or pay the bills, but if it was extortionate, we probably would be looking to scrap it, and because we are not, I assume its price is okay."

"IRONSCALES is an expensive solution."

"The product is available as a middle-priced tool. I think it is not the cheapest solution."

"There is an installation cost. Since we have this as a managed service, we pay for licensing and the managed service itself. Other than that, there are no additional costs."

"The tool is not very cheap, but it is affordable."

"We pay $3000 plus a little more a year for the number of employees we have, and we're not even that big. The solution is at the higher end in terms of cost. It's not the most expensive product, but I would say it's worth the price if you have a high volume of email traffic. In our case, the solution has inspected over 162,000 emails between three and four months. It saved us a lot of time and money. It's a worthwhile investment because a bad actor only has to succeed once; we must defend against everything in our business. IRONSCALES offers a sense of security and confidence from being well protected."

"They are pretty much the same as all the other competitors in the market."

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"The cost is very high."

"The licensing is on a yearly basis."

"The solution requires a license to be purchased for every user."

"I rate the product price as nine out of ten, where ten is the most expensive, and one is the cheapest. There is no need to pay any extra charges apart from the licensing costs."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Construction Company

19%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Construction Company

Government

Manufacturing Company

14%

Construction Company

13%

Healthcare Company

13%

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	10
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	12

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	7
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	4

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	13
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	15

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Also Known As

Cloudflare Area 1 Email Security, Cloudflare Bot Management, Cloudflare Gateway, Cloudflare Zero Trust Platform, Cloudflare DDoS, Cloudflare SASE & SSE Platform

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Overview

Cloudflare One is a comprehensive platform for security, performance, and connectivity. It provides features like rate limiting, DDoS protection, and application access, tailored to enhance user experience while securing internet access and accelerating communications.

Designed to integrate security measures with ease of use and scalability, Cloudflare One offers a secure web gateway and zero trust network access. These features ensure seamless setup and operation, making connectivity reliable and protected. Users appreciate its integrated console, intuitive interface, and the ability to manage risk effectively. It offers straightforward deployment, improves latency, and boasts cost-effectiveness. While its onboarding process and documentation need enhancement, its value in content delivery and application shielding is notable. Despite challenges in integrating Cloudflare Access with existing VPNs and the need for better automation and support, it remains vital for DNS and infrastructure protection.

What features make Cloudflare One stand out?

Rate Limiting: Controls the traffic rate to prevent abuse.
DDoS Protection: Shields applications from distributed denial-of-service attacks.
Secure Web Gateway: Provides secure internet access with seamless operation.
Zero Trust Network Access: Ensures secure, application-based connectivity without relying on traditional VPNs.
Access for Connectivity: Facilitates access to internal applications securely.

What benefits should users look for in reviews?

Security: Robust measures for DNS and browsing protection.
Performance: Enhanced site accessibility and communication speed.
Cost-Effectiveness: Offers competitive pricing for its features.
Ease of Deployment: Straightforward and efficient setup process.

In industries like finance, retail, and technology, Cloudflare One is crucial for enabling secure remote access and protecting web applications against dynamic threats. It supports compliance access policies and enhances content delivery, playing a key role in safeguarding digital infrastructure.

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IRONSCALES delivers cutting-edge AI-driven email phishing detection and prevention, seamlessly integrating with Microsoft 365 for enhanced security.

IRONSCALES, with its advanced AI capabilities, focuses on email security by detecting phishing threats, mitigating business email compromises, and preventing impersonation. Its integration with Microsoft 365 strengthens spam filters, automatically responding to suspicious emails. The platform is used globally for threat inspection, quarantine, and end-user incident reporting. Staff training is enhanced through simulated phishing campaigns, offering an extra layer of protection beyond Microsoft's spam filters. Areas for improvement include better Google Suite integration, pricing adjustments, and enhanced reporting features.

What features make IRONSCALES stand out?

AI Phishing Detection: Advanced algorithms for identifying phishing threats.
Microsoft 365 Integration: Seamless enhancement of email security within Microsoft systems.
Mobile App: Manage email threats on the go.
Anti-Phishing Training: Simulated campaigns for staff education.
Multi-Organization Management: Centralized administration for multiple entities.

What benefits and ROI should you consider?

Time-Saving: Automated detection and response to threats improve efficiency.
Comprehensive Security: Offers an additional protection layer beyond standard spam filters.
Ease of Use: Intuitive integration and user-friendly design streamline operations.
Risk Reduction: Minimizes potential email security breaches through proactive threat management.

In finance, IRONSCALES plays an essential role in safeguarding sensitive data from phishing attacks, ensuring compliance with industry standards. Educational institutions use IRONSCALES for training faculty and students on recognizing phishing attempts, thereby enhancing overall cybersecurity awareness. IT sectors leverage its capabilities for managing complex threat landscapes.

IRONSCALES

Trellix Collaboration Security enhances communication platforms with robust protective measures, utilizing threat intelligence, secure file sharing, customizable dashboards, and cloud compatibility. Its design fosters real-time threat prevention with features like deep packet inspection and automatic mail scans.

Established to secure communications, Trellix Collaboration Security employs advanced technologies like GTI threat intelligence and SSL to ensure data safety. Users benefit from real-time threat detection, streamlined cloud integration, and a responsive interface. Its functionalities include automatic email scanning, firewall and anti-spam capabilities that build a reliable security infrastructure revered for its scalability and straightforward deployment. Trellix also integrates threat intelligence tools and enhances control over security operations, encouraging efficient prevention strategies.

What are the essential features of Trellix Collaboration Security?

GTI Threat Intelligence: Provides insights into potential threats.
Deep Packet Inspection: Examines data packets to detect malicious activities.
Secure File Sharing: Facilitates secure exchanging of files.
Customizable Dashboards: Offers adaptable views for tailored monitoring.
Automatic Mail Scans: Identifies and filters threats in emails.

Which benefits and ROI should be considered?

Real-Time Threat Response: Ensures immediate action against detected threats.
Cloud Platform Compatibility: Supports hybrid environments for flexible operations.
Scalability: Adapts to the growing security needs without compromising efficiency.
User-Friendly Interface: Enhances user interaction and ease of use.

In distinct industries like finance and healthcare, Trellix Collaboration Security plays a crucial role in ensuring email protection and secure data exchange. It helps these sectors combat threats like phishing and unauthorized access by leveraging advanced scanning methods and integrating management tools such as LDAP. Organizations value its ability to safeguard network communications and manage large-scale endpoints effectively, whether on-premise or in the cloud. The solution's customization and configuration capabilities allow tailored implementations, ensuring optimal protection across diverse operational needs.

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Sample Customers

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Allegheny Millwork, Ayrshire College, Nium, Orris, Paramount School District, Pres Les, PRT Staffing, Recovery Unplugged, Telit, WebHelp

Northshore Utility District, Luz Technologies, Air Academy Federal Credit Union, Bank Gutmann, Bank of Thailand, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, State of Missouri, City and County of San Francisco, Denver Public Schools, Vodafone, Go Auto, Stater Bros. Market

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