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Kaspersky Security Awareness vs Proofpoint Email Protection comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 2, 2025

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

Categories and Ranking

Kaspersky Security Awareness
Average Rating
6.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
Security Awareness Training (7th)
Proofpoint Email Protection
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
110
Ranking in other categories
Email Security (1st), Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) (5th), Digital Risk Protection (5th), Office 365 Protection (1st), Secure Email Gateway (SEG) (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

Kaspersky Security Awareness and Proofpoint Email Protection aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Kaspersky Security Awareness is designed for Security Awareness Training and holds a mindshare of 2.6%, up 2.5% compared to last year.
Proofpoint Email Protection, on the other hand, focuses on Secure Email Gateway (SEG), holds 16.7% mindshare, down 20.5% since last year.
Security Awareness Training Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Kaspersky Security Awareness2.6%
KnowBe411.0%
Riot6.8%
Other79.6%
Security Awareness Training
Secure Email Gateway (SEG) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Proofpoint Email Protection16.7%
Mimecast Advanced Email Security14.5%
Microsoft Defender for Office 36512.4%
Other56.4%
Secure Email Gateway (SEG)
 

Featured Reviews

MB
Founder, Director at Tres Infosol Pvt. Ltd.
Empowers security training through customizable modules and gamification
The integrated learning and management system is very useful as it allows both predefined and custom training modules. The assessment through simulated phishing attacks is a strong feature, enabling checks on the effectiveness of training. Gamification adds value as many organizations appreciate this approach, and the training templates offer a high level of customization. Unlike others, Kaspersky provides this without additional costs, which is remarkable.
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Kaspersky Security Awareness is a little cheaper and easy to use, allowing us to remotely install and control the PC while giving the administrator great flexibility to control remote PCs and disable them when users try to disable their antivirus for some software."
"It is pretty detailed and covers very small points across the security domain, which I appreciate about it, and it's very easy to onboard with features such as SSO and enterprise level administration."
"The Kaspersky Awareness program supports the Arabic language, which is one of the good points."
"Kaspersky Security Awareness is a little cheaper and easy to use."
"Overall, I rate Kaspersky Security Awareness a ten out of ten and actively recommend it to others."
"The nice thing about it is, if you want to try it, there is a POC available, so you can have a proof of concept."
"We have been providing this solution to our customers for approximately three or four months, and our customers are really happy with it."
"The gamification aspect of Kaspersky Security Awareness is appreciated by many organizations, including mine, as it offers a fun learning experience."
"The pricing is great, it has a nice interface, the features are very good, the stability is very good, and the solution is scalable."
"I recommend Proofpoint Email Protection because it provides everything in one place, such as security control."
"Using Proofpoint Email Protection has significantly improved SOC analyst workloads for my customers by enhancing response times and adding value through built-in threat investigation tools."
"The most valuable features are the business email compromise protection and targeted attack prevention."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to remove bad messages that were delivered, prior to being classified as unwanted."
"URL scanning and online relay service are the most valuable features of Proofpoint Email Protection."
"The most valuable feature of Proofpoint Email Protection is the blocking capabilities, it blocks a lot of potential threats."
"In terms of detection of spam, malware, and virus, the detection is 99.9% accurate."
 

Cons

"We face difficulties in configuring it, and other vendors may be more user-friendly."
"Kaspersky Security Awareness could improve its user interface since it looks outdated, even though the content is top-notch."
"There should be more of a drive from their side to promote the product."
"While we have achieved compliance, the control over the program is limited."
"The GUI could be improved."
"Kaspersky Security Awareness needs improvement in its ability to detect unknown attacks or unknown zero traffic attacks."
"Proofpoint Email Protection could improve by reducing the price."
"There have been a few cases where an obvious phishing email has not been blocked, but perhaps Proofpoint Email Protection was still learning and needed some extra time to figure out that the email was malicious."
"There are a couple of pain points regarding uploading false negatives and other related issues."
"We'd like to have the ability to create more customized reports."
"Proofpoint Email Protection is an expensive solution."
"The accessibility of Proofpoint Email Protection, particularly access to product trials, could be improved. It's hard to get a trial for Proofpoint Email Protection, and many customers prefer not just to do the POC or demo but try the product out."
"The flexibility of the solution can be improved."
"Phishing detection could improve further to match some of the capabilities offered by competitors."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The more users there are, the cheaper the product is."
"Although the price is acceptable and somewhat competitive, it would be better if it were cheaper."
"Proofpoint Email Protection is a reasonably priced product, which means that it is neither too low nor too high in terms of price."
"The licensing model for Proofpoint Email Protection is simple. It's based on the number of users. Price-wise, Proofpoint Email Protection is a five out of ten because it's a pretty expensive solution."
"It is expensive."
"Pricing has recently been increased and the cost is a downside"
"It is multiple times more expensive, which made it very much less attractive."
"Proofpoint Email Protection has comparable pricing."
"The licensing cost of Proofpoint Email Protection is a lot higher than other solutions, such as Barracuda."
"I rate the price of Proofpoint Email Protection a four out of five."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
24%
Outsourcing Company
14%
Hospitality Company
10%
Construction Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business31
Midsize Enterprise23
Large Enterprise62
 

Questions from the Community

What is your primary use case for Kaspersky Security Awareness?
We have been using Kaspersky Security Awareness mostly for compliance. The benefit we have seen is in terms of compliance. We have been able to be compliant, but the control over the program was ve...
What needs improvement with Proofpoint Email Protection?
To improve Proofpoint Email Protection, I suggest breaking down the URL into one versus three different GUIs. Regarding Proofpoint Email Protection's AI capabilities, I think its governance and sec...
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 utilize the email protect portal to ensure that none of our employees in any of the b...
 

Also Known As

No data available
Proofpoint Enterprise Protection, Proofpoint Digital Protection
 

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Sample Customers

Insolar, Goods.ru
Blocket, University of Waterloo, Lincoln Memorial University, WellSpan Health, U-Haul, Carestream Health, Westinghouse
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