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Mimecast Advanced Email Security vs Palo Alto Networks DNS Security 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

Mimecast Advanced Email Sec...
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.9
Number of Reviews
44
Ranking in other categories
Email Archiving (2nd), Secure Web Gateways (SWG) (10th), Office 365 Protection (2nd), Secure Email Gateway (SEG) (3rd)
Palo Alto Networks DNS Secu...
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
Domain Name System (DNS) Security (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

Mimecast Advanced Email Security and Palo Alto Networks DNS Security aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Mimecast Advanced Email Security is designed for Secure Email Gateway (SEG) and holds a mindshare of 15.2%, up 12.0% compared to last year.
Palo Alto Networks DNS Security, on the other hand, focuses on Domain Name System (DNS) Security, holds 9.5% mindshare, up 9.4% since last year.
Secure Email Gateway (SEG) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Mimecast Advanced Email Security15.2%
Proofpoint Email Protection18.6%
Microsoft Defender for Office 36515.3%
Other50.900000000000006%
Secure Email Gateway (SEG)
Domain Name System (DNS) Security Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Palo Alto Networks DNS Security9.5%
Cisco Umbrella17.8%
Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection6.8%
Other65.9%
Domain Name System (DNS) Security
 

Featured Reviews

Avinash Mishra - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager - EUC at Finthrive
Advanced email filtering has blocked massive spam volumes and prevents unauthorized data leaks
Improvements for Mimecast Advanced Email Security include enhancing the user interface and accessibility, particularly regarding admin capabilities to add or modify user accounts. Streamlining this could improve overall usability and security management for users. Reporting is another area needing improvement in Mimecast Advanced Email Security, as the reports provided are not very easy to decipher. With artificial intelligence being integrated into various tools including Mimecast Advanced Email Security, I believe there is potential to enhance functionality, enabling users to ask specific questions and retrieve concise answers instead of overwhelming data. I choose a nine for Mimecast Advanced Email Security because improvements such as better user interface and artificial intelligence integration features would greatly enhance its usability. While no tool is perfect, these adjustments could greatly elevate Mimecast Advanced Email Security's capabilities.
Andres Briceño - PeerSpot reviewer
Cybersecurity Coordinator at Pronaca
Comprehensive security protects networks effectively while support excels
The main feature of the Palo Alto Networks DNS Security protects our network from external attacks, malware, and data theft. I use the DNS Security's real-time threat intelligence, as it's a feature that works in real-time in the firewalls. Because we configured this real-time help feature in our firewalls, this feature works during internal navigation to the internet. If we have a virus or malware in our network, the firewall detects this threat and protects our network. DNS Security protects us against threats, malware, and malicious domains or malicious navigation to the internet. The threat analytics has helped us because it works together with the SOC analytics and the platform manager, so this has affected our approach to zero-day vulnerabilities and threat updates. The reporting and analytics tools help provide insights into trends and threat vectors. We configured a dashboard where we can see all threat preventions and DNS Securities. If the SOC analytics detect threats or anomalies in the dashboard, we work quickly to prevent these threats.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The initial setup is easy."
"The product's most valuable features are impersonation protection and phishing countermeasures."
"The reviewer gave Mimecast Email Security a rating of 10 out of 10."
"Mimecast has some good support services in place."
"The product is good. To date, we have not faced any challenges."
"The solution is stable and reliable; there are no bugs or glitches, and it doesn't crash or freeze."
"Mimecast is pretty good, even if you're on Office 365."
"The solution offers good technical support."
"Palo Alto Networks DNS Security is a stable solution."
"The most valuable features of DNS Security include its ability to protect against command and control traffic, anonymizers, newly registered domains, and DNS tunneling."
"I would rate the scalability a nine out of ten."
"The most valuable feature is DNS filtering."
"A lot is working well."
"The solution's most valuable features are data exfiltration and DNS tunneling."
"The stability is excellent and the product is very mature."
"The product is easy to install."
 

Cons

"The lock in is very, very tight. It is impossible to move out of Mimecast to a different product, like Proofpoint or 365 ATP, and keep the chain of custody for every email that I've archived."
"The solution is very expensive."
"The installation is not so straightforward."
"Its pricing can be improved. It is a bit expensive."
"They could provide a unified licensing model, including all the security features."
"I don't think it's ideally suited for maybe a smaller business environment, like, for example, for companies with less than 100 seats."
"As a user, the user interface of the management console could be upgraded, for example."
"They should improve the cookies management feature."
"I'm not really sure what needs improvement. The only hiccup I've really seen is a couple of the DNS requests get flagged as the Sophos traffic instead of DNS traffic, but that's more of their app detection in the DNS Security. I haven't really seen any issues with the DNS security."
"The solution can capture more market if made more cost-competitive than Infoblox or Cisco Umbrella."
"The product is not as stable as other solutions, such as Cisco Umbrella, Infoblox, and EfficientIP."
"The solution’s scalability could be improved."
"The product should provide email protection."
"The installation is more complex because the solution has another approach to security."
"The scalability can be improved."
"I have found customer service to be quite problematic. The support is often outsourced, leading to delayed response times."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I'm always going to say the price needs to be lower, but it's reasonable."
"It's an expensive solution."
"For what it is, the product is overpriced."
"The price of Mimecast Mailbox Continuity is expensive."
"The solution is expensive."
"The product price is moderate. I rate the pricing a five out of ten."
"The product has good pricing in terms of return on investment."
"The customers can select the license packages as per their requirements."
"It is not an expensive solution."
"There aren't many vendors offering DNS security solutions, but generally, Palo Alto subscriptions tend to be more expensive than other security vendors."
"If one is very cheap and ten is very expensive, I rate the tool's price as two."
"Palo Alto Networks DNS Security is an expensive product. I rate the product's pricing an eight on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten points are expensive."
"The product is expensive compared to Fortinet."
"There is an annual license for the solution and I am satisfied with the pricing."
"The solution's pricing is equal to Cisco AMP or Cisco Umbrella."
"The product is expensive. My company makes payments on a quarterly basis towards the solution's costs."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Construction Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Computer Software Company
9%
Healthcare Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business19
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise18
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Large Enterprise10
 

Questions from the Community

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...
What needs improvement with Palo Alto Networks DNS Security?
DNS Security protects us against threats, malware, and malicious domains or malicious navigation to the internet, which is where it can be improved the best. Palo Alto helps us with support, so I d...
What is your primary use case for Palo Alto Networks DNS Security?
I can describe my use cases for Palo Alto Networks DNS Security, which is used for protecting our network. I use this product, Palo Alto Networks DNS Security, with Palo Alto firewalls.
What advice do you have for others considering Palo Alto Networks DNS Security?
I don't have experience with Palo Alto Networks AutoFocus. Regarding the DNS Security, I have firewalls with the DNS Security module in the firewall. DNS Security is something we configure in our f...
 

Also Known As

Mimecast Email Security with Targeted Threat Protection, Mimecast Web Security, Mimecast Mailbox Continuity, Email and Collaboration Threat Protection
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Sample Customers

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