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Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance vs Mimecast Email and Collaboration Threat 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:
 

Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Purview Communica...
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
GRC (16th), Digital Risk Protection (11th), Microsoft Security Suite (32nd)
Mimecast Email and Collabor...
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.9
Number of Reviews
39
Ranking in other categories
Email Archiving (2nd), Secure Web Gateways (SWG) (15th), Office 365 Protection (2nd), Secure Email Gateway (SEG) (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Corporate Compliance solutions, they serve different purposes. Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance is designed for GRC and holds a mindshare of 1.2%, down 1.6% compared to last year.
Mimecast Email and Collaboration Threat Protection, on the other hand, focuses on Secure Email Gateway (SEG), holds 15.9% mindshare, up 11.3% since last year.
GRC Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance1.2%
RSA Archer5.9%
MetricStream3.2%
Other89.7%
GRC
Secure Email Gateway (SEG) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Mimecast Email and Collaboration Threat Protection15.9%
Proofpoint Email Protection19.5%
Microsoft Defender for Office 36517.0%
Other47.6%
Secure Email Gateway (SEG)
 

Featured Reviews

CP
System administrator
Facilitates compliance and records management but needs user-friendly enhancements
The features I appreciate the most in Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance include the ability to build cases, give them dates, and find them based on the notes that I left behind. The importance of Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance building taking into account critical regulations from around the world is very significant. It helps us stay up to date. While I don't need the functionality, Purview delivers data protection across multi-cloud and security platform environments, including AWS and GCP. It takes into account critical regulations from around the world. It helps us stay up to date with what's going on. We can show compliance in real-time. It's very easy to pull records. The time it saves is very useful.
HS
Email Security Engineer at Logic Infosecurity
Experience high detection and user-friendly policies with reliable email security implementation
The system is not user-friendly because you have to create policies that are mapped in a dictionary. As an IT engineer, I understand how it works, but explaining it to another IT person can be difficult. Having more user-friendly dashboards would improve the work experience. In Mimecast Email Security, checking policies in the dictionary or gateway is very complicated, and not everyone understands this process. If you examine the Check Point portal, it's user-friendly with easily accessible tabs that anyone can explore. With Mimecast Email Security, making changes might impact existing mailboxes. The portal is complicated compared to Check Point's user-friendly interface.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Customer support is excellent."
"The features I appreciate the most in Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance include the ability to build cases, give them dates, and find them based on the notes that I left behind."
"Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance helps with extra collaboration and ensures communication is within the framework."
"The time it saves is very useful."
"The reviewer gave Mimecast Email Security a rating of 10 out of 10."
"The product's most valuable features are impersonation protection and phishing countermeasures."
"The setup was easy."
"Email security is the most valuable feature of the solution."
"It has all the features required for distribution, such as the ability to mail."
"Mimecast certainly helped my customers reduce phishing emails."
"In the current environment that the world is in, everyone is trying to hack everyone else, so Project+ definitely helps a lot there."
"The solution's performance is good."
 

Cons

"The product should incorporate more automation with the help of AI."
"Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance can be improved by having more tutorials available for those who aren't used to using this platform."
"Monitoring and compliance for web applications could be improved."
"Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance can be improved by having more tutorials available for those who aren't used to using this platform."
"From an administrative point of view, Mimecast is a little bit cumbersome and difficult."
"Mimecast needs to reduce the number of false positive emails; a big pain point for us."
"The interface isn't the best. How everything works on the back end is confusing."
"Its pricing can be improved. It is a bit expensive."
"We have subscribed to an archival service, and yet, when we have to get our data out, we have to pay a fee to get our own data. They charge an extraction fee."
"The price could be better, it should be reduced."
"Mimecast needs to reduce the number of false positive emails; a big pain point for us."
"Technical support has been slower than it was in the past, likely due to the pandemic."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The product has good pricing in terms of return on investment."
"Compared to the other solutions in the market, Mimecast Email Security with Targeted Threat Protection's pricing is fine."
"On a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I rate the pricing a ten."
"The product price is moderate. I rate the pricing a five out of ten."
"Two subscription options are currently offered: monthly and yearly. My suggestion is to opt for the yearly subscription as it can give some discount. The pricing isn't high as other cloud solutions are pricier than Microsoft's offerings."
"The customers can select the license packages as per their requirements."
"Compared to the other products in the market, it is neither cheap but nor very expensive. I would rate it somewhere in the middle, 5 out of 10."
"For what it is, the product is overpriced."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Construction Company
9%
Computer Software Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business19
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise13
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance?
I was talking with some engineer from Microsoft about how we can audit our web page. They create or add to Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance that part, the Layer seven of the OSI model, to...
What advice do you have for others considering Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance?
Overall, I rate Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance at a nine. I highly recommend it to anyone due to its robust system and valuable resources for IT security, risk assessment, and data mana...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance?
Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance is a bit expensive, $500 per license, but it is cheaper compared to products like ComplyAd, GeoComply, and ComplyAdvantage.
What needs improvement with Mimecast Email Security with Targeted Threat Protection?
There is room for improvement since new threats are emerging. Considering the availability of new features would be worthwhile. Mimecast Email Security is somewhat expensive compared to the competi...
 

Also Known As

No data available
Mimecast Email Security with Targeted Threat Protection, Mimecast Web Security, Mimecast Mailbox Continuity, Mimecast Advanced Email Security
 

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Sample Customers

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Azizi Developments, Affinity Credit Union, Aftercare, Al Abbar Group
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