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Proofpoint Threat Protection Alternatives

4.6(1385 Ratings)
Email Security

Considering alternatives to Proofpoint Threat Protection? See what this market Proofpoint Threat Protection users also considered in their purchasing decision. When evaluating different solutions, potential buyers compare competencies in categories such as evaluation and contracting, integration and deployment, service and support, and specific product capabilities.

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1. Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration

By Check Point Software Technologies

4.7
(937 Ratings)
We've been using Check Point Harmony Email and Collaboration for a while now, and the overall experience has been quite positive. The setup was smooth, and the interface is simple to understand even for new users. It has definitely helped in reducing phishing attempts and suspicious emails in our environment. The support team is also quite responsive whenever we raise a query. Overall, it's been a reliable and value-for-money solution for email protection.Read all insights and reviews for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration
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2. Mimecast Advanced Email Security

By Mimecast

4.5
(612 Ratings)
The Mimecast team has been a great pleasure to work with, from answering questions during our initial presentation demo, to the deployment and configuration phase and with support assistance post-launch. We are truly impressed!Read all insights and reviews for Mimecast Advanced Email Security

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  • Better at service and support
  • Easier to integrate and deploy
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3. Barracuda Email Protection

By Barracuda

4.6
(437 Ratings)
Barracuda provides solid peace of mind. If a suspicious email reaches the email client inbox then it's usually an internal phishing test. In that sense maybe it's too efficient and can lead to a complacent userbase. I jest. Overall, it does what it needs to and is still fairly user accessible when the average person needs to be dig up an email that was quarantinedRead all insights and reviews for Barracuda Email Protection
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4. Sophos Email

By Sophos

4.8
(351 Ratings)
Been using Sophos Email mainly with our Microsoft 365 environment. It's been a dependable choice for the most part. It didn't take much effort to get the initial setup, and it reduced phishing and spam for our end users noticeably. I do wish that the message tracing part could've been improved, as it needs more clicks to get the details I need.Read all insights and reviews for Sophos Email
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5. Abnormal Behavior Platform

By Abnormal AI

4.8
(348 Ratings)
Abnormal Email Security has been very effective in reducing phishing, business email compromise and socially engineered attacks that bypass traditional email security tools. The tool was very easy to deploy, provides great visibility to all the potential threats and significantly reduces at a great price/value for the moneyRead all insights and reviews for Abnormal Behavior Platform
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6. Darktrace / EMAIL

By Darktrace

4.8
(345 Ratings)
We have been using Darktrace for just about 2 months now, the platform has been brilliant so far and it was picking up things that our old provider was missing. We have a team of people from Darktrace that are helping us with training, issues and questions and so far they have been able to resolve everything. Our users haven't complained about the new service and it's now protecting the company more with the identity module and the dmarc module as well which all tie in together to fully protect the company. The platform itself is brilliant and so easy to use, the mobile app is one of the features that made us go with Darktrace as you can remediate issues straight away if needed as the AI will automatically block or lock users out if it thinks their account is doing something it doesn't usually do etc. Read all insights and reviews for Darktrace / EMAIL
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7. KnowBe4 Cloud Email Security

By KnowBe4

4.6
(305 Ratings)
KnowBe4 Email Security is very reliable in preventing threats that other services haven't managed to detect.Read all insights and reviews for KnowBe4 Cloud Email Security
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8. FortiMail

By Fortinet

4.8
(278 Ratings)
Lightweight, multifunctional security agent solution, which we are using to protect our end-users against phishing, spam, malware, and data loss. It integrates with our Fortinet Security Fabric, which is a big plus given we were already part of the ecosystem.Read all insights and reviews for FortiMail
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Top Alternatives to Proofpoint Threat Protection

  • Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration
  • Mimecast Advanced Email Security
  • Barracuda Email Protection
  • Sophos Email
  • Abnormal Behavior Platform
  • Darktrace / EMAIL
  • KnowBe4 Cloud Email Security
  • FortiMail

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