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Proofpoint Essentials Email Security

8.0 /10

What is Proofpoint Essentials Email Security?

Small and midsized businesses (SMBs) are targeted with the same cyber attacks as large enterprises. Proofpoint Essentials is a cybersecurity platform that provides your SMB with enterprise-class protection, security awareness training, and visibility. And it gives you a modern, simplified management experience. This is Enterprise-Class Cybersecurity for SMBs. Essentials Email Security leverages the same enterprise-class security that powers some of the world’s largest and most security-conscious companies. This visibility and security gives you the protection you need for your greatest security risk—your people.

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Proofpoint Essentials Email Security Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.

97 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

97 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Proofpoint Essentials Email Security?

0% Negative

0% Neutral

100% Positive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity

Cons

Leverages Incumbent Status

Feature Ratings

Average 86

Anti Phishing and Spear Phishing

100

Anti Spam and Bulk Email Detection

100

Encryption and Decryption

End User Spam Visibility and Controls

URL and Malware Detection

Email Retention and Archiving

Anti Malware Behavioral Detection

Anti Malware Signature Detection

Hosted Email Support

Reporting Components

Data Loss Prevention

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 86

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Data Integration

Vendor Support

Proofpoint Essentials Email Security Reviews

Sam C.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2024

Significantly improved our email security posture

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Proofpoint Essentials Email Security from other similar products?

Robust spam filtering

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Easy integration with email platforms

What do you dislike most about this product?

Can be pricey for small businesses

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

dvanced threat protection

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Ian B.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2023

Great Email Security Vendor!

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Proofpoint Essentials Email Security from other similar products?

Proofpoint essentials sets itself apart from the competition with it's reputation and record in the industry. They are one of the leading providers in the email security industry. Their filter catches almost all the threats we worry about our users seeing. It allows an easy way to administrate the setup and get users added.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It has a great filter that protects are email products from getting bad spam and phishing emails. The support staff has been very knowledgeable and helpful when we needed to reach out. There is a great feeling knowing that are emails are being protected by Proof Point. We can easily find emails in question in the portal and release if we need to. It has helped provide another layer of security that we are able to offer to our clients.

What do you dislike most about this product?

It can be hard to understand why some emails that got through when they look to be obvious phishing attempts. Support does not give out the reason their filter caught an email. The administrative portal can take some time to learn and train the engineers on. It seems like the console has not been updated for some time and new features are not released too often. It was difficult for it to get setup at first. After we setup the MX records it stopped email flow. It would be nice when we setup if there was no down time.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Look into other email security providers and test out each. Have their teams setup demos and go over all the features that they provide. Have your team provide feedback on the use and administrator aspects. Make sure you know the product well before you go live with it.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Reliable

Cons

Less Performance Enhancing
Less Efficient Service
Less Generous

Daniel M.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Finance
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2023

Excellent product. Very easy to use.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Proofpoint Essentials Email Security from other similar products?

It's very easy to use. Adminsitrative functions are also pretty straightforward.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Reducing spam and phishing emails from hitting user's inboxes.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Honestly I don't really dislike anything.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Make sure that you educate your users in advance of rolling it out.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Proofpoint Essentials Email Security

What is Proofpoint Essentials Email Security?

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Proofpoint Essentials Email Security Ratings

97 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

97 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Proofpoint Essentials Email Security?

Pros

Cons

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Anti Phishing and Spear Phishing Heuristic detection techniques that recognize common characteristics of phishing attacks.

Anti Spam and Bulk Email Detection Basic inbound blocking using multitude of triggers: IP address, content, header, and other reputation-based identifiers.

Encryption and Decryption Advanced capabilities to encode data and information with visibility and controls.

End User Spam Visibility and Controls End-user email digest release capability and client integration for fine tuning.

URL and Malware Detection Live detection and following of URL embedded links and execution of active content.

Email Retention and Archiving Inbound and outbound logging capabilities.

Anti Malware Behavioral Detection Active code detection and execution.

Anti Malware Signature Detection Comprehensive signature malware detection capabilities through threat intelligence sourcing.

Hosted Email Support Integration and support capabilities with third-party hosted email providers.

Reporting Components Lightweight controls and components that are easily embeddable and reusable. Integration with common apps such as Word, Excel, etc.

Data Loss Prevention Detection of potential data breaches by monitoring, detecting and blocking the electronic transmission of sensitive data.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

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Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Proofpoint Essentials Email Security Reviews

Sam C.

Significantly improved our email security posture

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Ian B.

Great Email Security Vendor!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Daniel M.

Excellent product. Very easy to use.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Feature Ratings

Anti Phishing and Spear Phishing

Anti Spam and Bulk Email Detection

Encryption and Decryption

End User Spam Visibility and Controls

URL and Malware Detection

Email Retention and Archiving

Anti Malware Behavioral Detection

Anti Malware Signature Detection

Hosted Email Support

Reporting Components

Data Loss Prevention

Vendor Capability Ratings

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Data Integration

Vendor Support