Managing Director, Chief Information Security Officer at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees
Real User
Top 10
Mar 24, 2026
My experience with the pricing, setup costs, and licensing is that everything is included in our enterprise licensing, so there are no particular pluses or minuses.
My experience with the pricing, setup costs, and licensing is not something I manage directly since I'm the owner operator; my colleagues might be more involved with that aspect as we have other teams to handle those details.
It is quite expensive for us as the shift to E5 licenses represents a significant increase in cost. The cost works out to about $15 per user per month.
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Though I am not a specialist, the tool is quite expensive. One of the issues is that Forcepoint is mainly used for DLP, but the license is not an enterprise license, so the cost is quite high. One of the targets of the customer I am working for was to decrease this cost. Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention is a tool included in the E5 license plan. You don't have to pay for it directly, or you are paying, but it is inside the bundle, and in it, you also have the compliance tool of Microsoft Purview, which is as important as Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention itself, so you see just two parts in Purview. One is related to security and information protection, and the other one is related to compliance. The tool related to security is well integrated with Office 365, so it means you can classify information at the source or close to the source, which is something really important. All the security is based on data classification, and Office 365 is the main security bubble because, in the past, we used perimeter security. Now, we have moved to zero trust, and for zero trust, perimeter security is no longer sufficient, and that is why we moved to Forcepoint. We have Microsoft Purview, which fits our needs very well. Microsoft is moving to NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0, and Forcepoint was closest to NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 1.0. Forcepoint's strategy is good, except for the data redundancy part.
You get the solution in a bundle if you get the E5 suite. Some additional charges are there for your endpoint DLP because that comes with your endpoint management.
We are using the E3 license for Microsoft 365 with the E5 compliance license add-on. The prices are quite reasonable, but unfortunately, I don't know the hourly rates since they are globally negotiated for the entire group, and we probably have some nice discounts. In Ukraine alone, we have five thousand users.
Cyber Security Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Nov 11, 2022
Despite some setbacks regarding the premium features for automating and integrating in Power Apps—you can only use the handiest stuff if you pay a premium price—there are many good things that come with the license that we already have. There is training as well; we can attend as much training as we want. They also provide good support. Overall, the pricing is okay.
There are some products that are available on a subscription basis. Predominantly, what I use is the one that comes with the operating system and I use other third-party products basically to cover anything that's missing.
It is a part of our Microsoft licensing. We pay for a yearly renewal. Its price is reasonable for the size of the organization we are. It is fairly competitive, and you get what you pay for. We have an E5 license, and a part of understanding the E5 license is to see what all you get with it. If you really look at it from that standpoint, you get a lot of value. You have Defender and all its security features in there as well. Their licensing is fairly flexible. They have different programs. We've seen ones where you could pay for up to three to five years in advance. There is also a monthly pay-as-you-go type of deal, but we're doing a yearly renewal and fixing the budget.
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My experience with the pricing, setup costs, and licensing is that everything is included in our enterprise licensing, so there are no particular pluses or minuses.
The pricing of Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention is acceptable for us.
My experience with the pricing, setup costs, and licensing is not something I manage directly since I'm the owner operator; my colleagues might be more involved with that aspect as we have other teams to handle those details.
It is quite expensive for us as the shift to E5 licenses represents a significant increase in cost. The cost works out to about $15 per user per month.
With the E5 license, various features of Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention are available. It offers an economical solution compared to others.
The solution’s pricing is reasonable.
Though I am not a specialist, the tool is quite expensive. One of the issues is that Forcepoint is mainly used for DLP, but the license is not an enterprise license, so the cost is quite high. One of the targets of the customer I am working for was to decrease this cost. Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention is a tool included in the E5 license plan. You don't have to pay for it directly, or you are paying, but it is inside the bundle, and in it, you also have the compliance tool of Microsoft Purview, which is as important as Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention itself, so you see just two parts in Purview. One is related to security and information protection, and the other one is related to compliance. The tool related to security is well integrated with Office 365, so it means you can classify information at the source or close to the source, which is something really important. All the security is based on data classification, and Office 365 is the main security bubble because, in the past, we used perimeter security. Now, we have moved to zero trust, and for zero trust, perimeter security is no longer sufficient, and that is why we moved to Forcepoint. We have Microsoft Purview, which fits our needs very well. Microsoft is moving to NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0, and Forcepoint was closest to NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 1.0. Forcepoint's strategy is good, except for the data redundancy part.
You get the solution in a bundle if you get the E5 suite. Some additional charges are there for your endpoint DLP because that comes with your endpoint management.
The pricing is a little bit better when compared to others on the market.
I am satisfied with the tool's pricing.
The pricing is reasonable. We have a yearly subscription.
We are using the E3 license for Microsoft 365 with the E5 compliance license add-on. The prices are quite reasonable, but unfortunately, I don't know the hourly rates since they are globally negotiated for the entire group, and we probably have some nice discounts. In Ukraine alone, we have five thousand users.
It's a little bit pricey compared to competitors, but it's not too high. On a scale from one to 10, where 10 is expensive, it's a seven.
The product has the best price-to-performance ratio. Its pricing is better than other products.
Despite some setbacks regarding the premium features for automating and integrating in Power Apps—you can only use the handiest stuff if you pay a premium price—there are many good things that come with the license that we already have. There is training as well; we can attend as much training as we want. They also provide good support. Overall, the pricing is okay.
Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention is part of a bundle and is not sold as a standalone product.
There are some products that are available on a subscription basis. Predominantly, what I use is the one that comes with the operating system and I use other third-party products basically to cover anything that's missing.
It is a part of our Microsoft licensing. We pay for a yearly renewal. Its price is reasonable for the size of the organization we are. It is fairly competitive, and you get what you pay for. We have an E5 license, and a part of understanding the E5 license is to see what all you get with it. If you really look at it from that standpoint, you get a lot of value. You have Defender and all its security features in there as well. Their licensing is fairly flexible. They have different programs. We've seen ones where you could pay for up to three to five years in advance. There is also a monthly pay-as-you-go type of deal, but we're doing a yearly renewal and fixing the budget.