We performed a comparison between Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection and Symantec Messaging Gateway based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks, ESET 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."
"The feature that I like the best is the fingerprinting concept."
"Symantec’s spyware and malware signature database is very good compared to other products."
"The most valuable features of Symantec Messaging Gateway are advanced content filtering, malware, and antivirus defense."
"It is a solid and stable product."
"The solution is "set and forget". You pay for it and everything is done for you."
"Symantec Messaging Gateway has a huge knowledge base about phishing, spamming, spoofing, etc."
"The solution is highly customizable. You can make rules for domains and configure policies for spam or malware. Messaging Gateway is an on-prem solution, so it's useful for companies without a cloud presence."
"Symantec Messaging Gateway is stable and scalable. Installation is easy, and the deployment and maintenance can be done by one administrative person."
"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."
"What's lacking when you compare it with Proofpoint and other threat protection solutions is that it does the basic stuff, but we need more advanced threat handling."
"We've had issues in the past where the user finds spam, and Symantec does not recognize it as spam."
"The solution takes up a lot of memory."
"It will provide Excel reports and PDF reports, but it would be great if they supported the concept of Crystal Reports."
"This product would benefit from better integration with Symantec Endpoint Protection."
"Symantec Messaging Gateway should include better exclusions and exceptions for better administration."
"The product must improve the user dashboards."
"Sometimes the solution picks up false positive for viruses during scans."
Earn 20 points
Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection is ranked 23rd in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) while Symantec Messaging Gateway is ranked 6th in Secure Email Gateway (SEG) with 20 reviews. Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection is rated 7.0, while Symantec Messaging Gateway is rated 8.2. 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 Symantec Messaging Gateway writes "A stable and reasonably priced solution that performs well and has a very good malware database". Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Avanan, IRONSCALES, Microsoft Defender for Identity and Palo Alto Networks WildFire, whereas Symantec Messaging Gateway is most compared with Cisco Secure Email, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Fortinet FortiMail and Trend Micro Email Security.
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