Top IRONSCALES Alternatives and Competitors
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IRONSCALES is the leading cloud email security platform for the enterprise and the industry’s only solution that uses AI and human insights (HI) to stop advanced phishing. Its award-winning, self-learning platform continuously detects and remediates attacks like BEC, ATO, and VIP impersonation that bypass traditional security solutions. Powerful, simple, and adaptive, IRONSCALES helps enterprises reduce risk, boost security team efficiency, and increase cybersecurity awareness. IRONSCALES is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, and is proud to support more than 10,000 global enterprises. Visit www.ironscales.com or @IRONSCALES to learn more.
Common Features
Administrator Dashboard and Reporting | Administrator Email Processing | Email Account Protection | Anti-Spoofing Protection | Malware Blocking | O365 integration | Phishing Protection | End-User Warnings in Email Client Software | Integration with Other Security Software | Tagging | Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning | Data Loss Prevention | Managed Services Offering | Threat intelligence Information | User Flagging of Suspicious Emails | Bulk Remediation
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Best Alternatives and Competitors to IRONSCALES
Compare how IRONSCALES stacks up to the competition in the areas that matter most to real users to short list options that will best fit your business needs.

Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft Exchange Online Protection
9.3
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+100
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10
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Compared to IRONSCALES, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection is:
Easier to Customize
More Inspiring
More Innovative
Easier to Use
Better at Integrating
Worse at Support
Guard against spam and malware, maintain email access during and after emergencies, and simplify administration of messaging environments with help from Exchange Online Protection deployed across a global network of data centers.

Avanan
Avanan
9.2
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+98
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26
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Compared to IRONSCALES, Avanan is:
Easier to Customize
Better at Integrating
Easier to Use
More Inspiring
Worse at Support
Less Efficient
Avanan is a cloud email security platform that pioneered and patented a new approach to prevent sophisticated attacks. The platform uses APIs to block phishing, malware, and data leakage in the line of communications traffic. This means we catch threats missed by Microsoft while adding a transparent layer of security for the entire suite that also protects other collaboration tools like Slack.

Perception Point Ltd
Perception Point
9.1
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+100
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10
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Compared to IRONSCALES, Perception Point is:
Easier to Customize
More Inspiring
More Innovative
Better at Integrating
Worse at Support
Worse at Training
Perception Point is a Prevention-as-a-Service company, offering fast interception of any content-based attack across all collaboration channels including email, cloud storage, CRM apps, and messaging platforms. We prevent phishing, BEC, spam, malware, Zero-days, N-days well before it reaches the enterprise’s end-users. Deployed in minutes with no change to the enterprise’s infrastructure, our solution confirms with any policy and requires zero fuss from IT teams. On top of that, we offer a significant added value service through our Incident Response team that serves as a force multiplier to the enterprise’s SOC team.

TitanHq
SpamTitan
9.1
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+99
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10
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Compared to IRONSCALES, SpamTitan is:
More Inspiring
More Innovative
Easier to Customize
Harder to Implement
Worse at Support
Worse at Training
SpamTitan reduces spam, viruses, malware and other email threats by over 99.9%. We provide sophisticated email security for your business without making it complicated.

Vade Secure
Vade Secure for Microsoft 365
8.9
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Score
+98
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15
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Compared to IRONSCALES, Vade Secure for Microsoft 365 is:
More Inspiring
More Innovative
Easier to Use
Worse at Support
Harder to Implement
Worse at Integrating
Vade Secure for Microsoft 365 offers a native user experience and best-in-class protection powered by artificial intelligence. Vade Secure integrates seamlessly with Microsoft 365 via an API-based architecture, with no disruption to your customers’ email flow. As a result, MSPs are able to augment Microsoft 365 security with a complementary layer of AI-based threat detection.

Barracuda Networks
Barracuda Email Security Gateway
8.9
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Score
+99
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11
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Compared to IRONSCALES, Barracuda Email Security Gateway is:
More Inspiring
More Innovative
Better at Integrating
Less Transparent
Worse at Support
Harder to Customize
The Barracuda Email Security Gateway is an email security gateway that manages and filters all inbound and outbound email traffic to protect organizations from email-borne threats and data leaks. As a complete email management solution, the Barracuda Email Security Gateway lets organizations encrypt messages and leverage the cloud to spool email if mail servers become unavailable..

Cisco Systems
Cisco Secure Email
8.8
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Score
+93
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12
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Compared to IRONSCALES, Cisco Secure Email is:
More Innovative
Less Efficient
Less Inspiring
Harder to Implement
Less Caring
Worse at Training
Cisco Email Security offers high availability email protection against the constant, dynamic, rapidly changing threats affecting email today.

Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft Defender for Office 365
8.7
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Score
+93
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19
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Compared to IRONSCALES, Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is:
Less Transparent
Less Efficient
Less Respectful
Worse at Support
Less Inspiring
Less Caring
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 offers a comprehensive solution to protect your organization and employees from advanced, targeted and zero-day phishing, malware and business email compromise attacks.

Abnormal Security
Abnormal Security
8.7
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Score
+94
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10
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Compared to IRONSCALES, Abnormal Security is:
More Innovative
Worse at Support
Less Transparent
Less Efficient
Worse at Training
Harder to Implement
The Abnormal Security platform protects enterprises from targeted email attacks. Abnormal Behavior Technology (ABX) models the identity of both employees and external senders, profiles relationships and analyzes email content to stop attacks that lead to account takeover, financial damage and organizational mistrust. Though one-click, API-based Office 365 and G Suite integration, Abnormal sets up in minutes and does not disrupt email flow.

Proofpoint
Proofpoint Email Protection
8.5
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Score
+97
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12
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Compared to IRONSCALES, Proofpoint Email Protection is:
More Inspiring
Worse at Training
Worse at Support
Harder to Implement
Worse at Integrating
Harder to Use
Detect and block both malicious and malware-less email threats with Proofpoint Email Protection. It catches both known and unknown threats that others miss. Powered by NexusAI, our advanced machine learning technology, Email Protection accurately classifies various types of email. And it detects and blocks threats that don’t involve malicious payload, such as impostor email—also known as business email compromise (BEC)—using our Advanced BEC Defense. You can also automatically tag suspicious email to help raise user awareness. And you can track down any email in seconds. Plus, our granular email filtering controls spam, bulk graymail and other unwanted email.

Armorblox
Armorblox
8.4
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Score
+92
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19
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Compared to IRONSCALES, Armorblox is:
Worse at Support
Worse at Training
Less Efficient
Harder to Implement
Less Transparent
Less Reliable
Armorblox secures enterprise communications over email and other cloud office applications with the power of Natural Language Understanding. The Armorblox platform connects over APIs and analyzes thousands of signals to understand the context of communications and protect people and data from compromise. Organizations use Armorblox to stop BEC and targeted phishing attacks, protect sensitive PII and PCI, and automate remediation of user-reported email threats. Founded in 2017, Armorblox is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA and backed by General Catalyst and Next47.
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Mimecast Services
Mimecast Email Security & Resilience
8.3
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+85
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12
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Compared to IRONSCALES, Mimecast Email Security & Resilience is:
Worse at Support
Harder to Implement
Less Inspiring
Worse at Training
Harder to Customize
Less Innovative
Mimecast Secure Email Gateway uses sophisticated, multi-layered detection engines and intelligence to protect email data and employees from malware, spam, advanced threats and zero-day attacks.