We performed a comparison between Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection and SonicWall Email Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet and others in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)."It has a dynamic runtime engine, which gives it an advantage over Prisma that has a static engine. In Prisma, we have to do additional malware analysis, which is not required in Proofpoint."
"This solution provides very good email security that protects us against spamming and malware."
"Setup was easy. It took about 30 minutes."
"Beside a few issues with specificity in the email protection controls, this product is very good at handling email security."
"The most valuable features are the anti-spam, anti-phishing, anti-virus, and anti-spoofing."
"The product is easy to manage in terms of configurations."
"The anti-spam aspect of the solution is its most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature of SonicWall Email Security is the blocking of emails using keywords. If there are any particular keywords in the subject, that we want to block from receiving from a particular person we can do it. Additionally, the blocking of emails is easy. we can release that one and we can block some of the keywords also like that."
"According to our customers, the product's most valuable feature is the ability to detect spam and reduce phishing emails."
"We are using the TRAP console that has a Linux-based UI, which is not user-friendly. The TAP console looks very advanced. Currently, we are maintaining three different consoles, and it is sometimes hard to switch between them or try to grab the data."
"They need well-trained partners in Nigeria."
"A lot of spoofed emails are still coming to the end-user, so the configuration for this option needs to be improved."
"We would like to see more information on a dashboard about what is happening when it comes to spamming and malware."
"The technical support from the company is not always very good at solving issues, but they offer access to a good community of users where problems are easily solved."
"Updates could be released more frequently."
"The platform's control panel needs enhancement."
"They should integrate the solution with third-party platforms."
"There could be definition updates included in the subscription."
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Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection is ranked 23rd in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) while SonicWall Email Security is ranked 19th in Email Security with 12 reviews. Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection is rated 7.0, while SonicWall Email Security is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection writes "Dynamic runtime engine and good protection, but needs better support and a single console". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall Email Security writes "Effective threat prevention, reliable, and beneficial keyword blocking". Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Avanan, IRONSCALES, Palo Alto Networks WildFire and Microsoft Defender for Identity, whereas SonicWall Email Security is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Fortinet FortiMail, Barracuda Email Security Gateway, Sophos Email and Fortinet FortiMail Cloud.
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