Avanan vs. Proofpoint Email Protection

Avanan

172 Reviews and Ratings

Proofpoint Email Protection

217 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Avanan	Score9.4 out of 10	N/A	Avanan, from Check Point since the August 2021 acquisition, connects security technologies to enterprise cloud applications in order to improve protection of sensitive corporate data and IP. According to the vendor, Avanan's one-click deployment allows customers to deploy a new security solution in seconds. Because it requires no appliance, agent or gateway proxy, Avanan can begin protecting any cloud application immediately, with no effect on users.	$4 per user per month
Proofpoint Email Protection	Score8.4 out of 10	N/A	Proofpoint Email Protection is available as an on-premise or cloud based solution and blocks unwanted, malicious and impostor emails with granular search capabilities and visibility into all messages. Outbound controls include encryption and data loss prevention, while continuity capabilities ensure business communications can continue as normal in the event of an email outage. With Proofpoint's Email Protection, you can protect your people, data, and brand from today’s threats…	N/A

Pricing

Avanan

Proofpoint Email Protection

Advanced Anti-Phishing: $4.00
per user per month
Complete Malware Protection: $5.00
per user per month
Full-Suite Protection: $8.00
per user per month

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Pricing Offerings
Avanan	Proofpoint Email Protection
Free Trial
Yes	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

Prices for fewer than 500 users.

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Avanan	Proofpoint Email Protection
Considered Both Products	Check Point Software Technologies Verified User Chose Avanan Avanan comes with many advanced features which can be very user-friendly. The overall cost is slightly cheaper than Proofpoint Email Protection. Technical support from Avanan is quite responsive and able to resolve the reported issue in timely manners. Anomaly detections are … Incentivized Helpful? Pradum Kumar Software Engineer in Engineering at Capgemini (Computer Software, 10,001+ employees) Chose Avanan I have used Cisco's secure Email, one of the major dislike is User Interface that is buggy and not user friendly. It does not update it's database for spam sites. Integration process takes much time whereas Avanan takes very less time. Cisco Secure Email sometimes deletes the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Avanan Easy deployment Automated AI quarantining and mitigation Simple UI and block and allow policies Incentivized Helpful? Daisy Cooper Restaurant Manager in Finance and Accounting at Hilton (Hospitality, 10,001+ employees) Chose Avanan Avanan is easy to implement and to use with an excellent intuitive user interface and a team of professionals for a quick response and quality support. Avanan meets our requirements and we are able to manage quarantine on emails mistakenly released or change an email and … Incentivized Helpful? Valarie Thomas Software Engineer in Finance and Accounting at Nordnet Bank AB (Banking, 501-1000 employees) Chose Avanan Avanan is excellent for the control of attacks on cloud-based applications like malware and ransomware. The anti-phishing feature is excellent ensuring business continuity with good reporting to problem identification within the organization. Good for an organization supporting … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Avanan Better dashboard, easier to use, more simple deployment and maintenance. Ease of understanding the product, intuitive, yet powerful, and effective without too many false positives. The restore workflow was easier and more straightforward compared to the others as well. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Avanan I did web comparison and benchmarking using a website like TrustRadius. I also asked for some advice within my direct work network. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Avanan Avanan provides a nonstop service, which I really appreciate, as the other providers did not. This is really important to me because otherwise, emails wouldn't be able to go through. Avanan was easy to deploy and manage, and overall, it is a great product that I highly … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Avanan Significantly more effective and easier learning curve Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Avanan Besides offering some of the best data protection and privacy features, Avanan is also affordable. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Avanan We felt that Avanan was a better solution with easier implementation and better cloud management. Liked the fact that Avanan uses an API versus a gateway, for more direct access to the Gmail and Drive, even after the delivery. Incentivized Helpful?	Proofpoint No answer on this topic
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	Delivers good value for the price
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	Happy with the feature set
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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Features

Avanan

Proofpoint Email Protection

Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Avanan and Proofpoint Email Protection
Feature	Avanan 8.5 111 Ratings	Proofpoint Email Protection 8.0 79 Ratings
Anti-malware	10.0106 Ratings	10.077 Ratings
Customizability	8.0107 Ratings	7.076 Ratings
Data Loss Protection	8.094 Ratings	6.049 Ratings
Threat Detection	10.0107 Ratings	8.076 Ratings
Sandboxing	6.594 Ratings	7.058 Ratings
End-to-End Encryption	7.276 Ratings	10.059 Ratings
Management Tools	10.0107 Ratings	8.075 Ratings

User Ratings
	Avanan	Proofpoint Email Protection
Likelihood to Recommend	10.0 (113 ratings)	10.0 (96 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	9.1 (5 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	10.0 (34 ratings)	9.0 (3 ratings)
Availability	9.1 (1 ratings)	9.1 (1 ratings)
Performance	6.4 (1 ratings)	8.2 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	9.3 (35 ratings)	8.3 (5 ratings)
In-Person Training	1.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Online Training	8.2 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	9.0 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Configurability	9.1 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Product Scalability	9.1 (1 ratings)	8.2 (1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	9.1 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	9.1 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)