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Check Point Infinity vs Proofpoint Email Protection comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
5.8
Check Point Infinity enhances security and ROI with streamlined management, remote connectivity, and justified pricing for Portuguese businesses.
Sentiment score
5.1
Proofpoint Email Protection enhances efficiency, reduces breaches by over 50%, decreases costs, and proves a valuable investment.
When I use different Check Point tools, I save support time overall.
IT at a security firm with 51-200 employees
The value is in the capacity to protect against problems or attacks with technology, developing and strengthening cybersecurity policies and administration.
PM at SECURE SOFT
I would say we can save about 90% of our budget with Check Point Infinity.
Advisor at Rossell Techsys (Division of Rossell India Limited)
The ideal situation would be to have all these portals combined into one unified dashboard.
Information Security Architect at Loews Hotels
After Proofpoint Email Protection, phishing has been completely eliminated, so it is working very efficiently.
Security Engineer at News Corp
The time required for email investigations and responses has changed with Proofpoint Email Protection's visibility and automation.
Sr Security Engineer at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.2
Check Point Infinity's customer service is praised for responsiveness and knowledge, but some users experience delays and slow ticket processes.
Sentiment score
7.0
Proofpoint Email Protection's support is often praised for effectiveness but criticized for slow responses and unclear documentation.
As soon as we raise a ticket, they engage promptly, indicating strong vendor support.
Network Engineer at Insa
The technical support is excellent with quick response times.
PM at SECURE SOFT
Check Point support is very responsive.
Advisor at Rossell Techsys (Division of Rossell India Limited)
I am familiar with the granular policy control feature of Proofpoint Email Protection, and I find their support excellent for modifying those policies.
Senior Cybersecurity Specialist at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Even the engineers have been helpful, and if we open a case, they get back to us right away.
Information Security Analyst at a government with 11-50 employees
We always contact them if we need support, whether it's for setting up features or technical support, which is very responsive.
System Administrator at Tutt Bryant Group
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
Check Point Infinity offers scalable flexibility, efficiently managing growth and diverse requirements for businesses of all sizes and capacities.
Sentiment score
7.5
Proofpoint Email Protection excels in scalability through cloud architecture, despite high cost, supporting seamless integration and configuration.
The Infinity Portal lets us manage on-premises, cloud and edge environments from a single elastic console.
Human Toxicology Engineer at Arrow PC Network Pvt Ltd
We have not faced any issues with scalability.
Team Lead, Network & Security at Max international
Check Point Infinity is scalable because Check Point has a deployment ecosystem with technical support and the quality of the final information from these tools.
PM at SECURE SOFT
Proofpoint is scalable for multi-site organizations with thousands of users.
Products and solutions director at ITVikings
The solution provides a graphical representation and dashboard view showing how many threats are getting blocked on a daily and monthly basis.
Information Technology Team Lead at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees
Proofpoint Email Protection is considered to be highly scalable, designed for large enterprises, with a cloud-based architecture that offers an enormous number of options, including multi-organization support and high-volume email handling.
Senior Solution Delivery Lead Cybersecurity at International Olympic Committee – IOC
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.5
Check Point Infinity is highly rated for stability, with mature components and minimal issues, often scoring 8-10 out of 10.
Sentiment score
8.3
Proofpoint Email Protection is reliable, stable, and efficiently manages email traffic with minimal downtime and well-received maintenance communication.
Check Point Infinity is a very stable solution; I don't remember experiencing any downtime.
Private User at a educational organization with 5,001-10,000 employees
Check Point Infinity is very stable for our company.
IT Support at a security firm with 51-200 employees
Check Point Infinity has achieved a 99.9% block rate on zero-day malware in the 2025 Miercom test.
Human Toxicology Engineer at Arrow PC Network Pvt Ltd
If Proofpoint Email Protection has an outage, we are either not receiving emails or not blocking the right threats.
Senior Security Engineer at Cloudflare
Regarding the stability and performance of Proofpoint Email Protection, I have not experienced any crashes, downtimes, or performance issues.
Cyber Security Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Proofpoint Email Protection is very stable and reliable, as it remains accessible at all times without issues, ensuring that data is available in real time.
Principal Consultant at Infosys
 

Room For Improvement

Check Point Infinity suffers from slow support, high costs, unclear documentation, confusing licensing, and a cumbersome user experience.
Proofpoint Email Protection needs better UI, faster searching, improved security, easier integration, cost efficiency, and enhanced support services.
A more guided setup process or contextual help within the dashboard would make it easier for new team members to get up to speed.
Cloud Support at a security firm with 51-200 employees
I would recommend having more comprehensive documentation, including a guide for installation and configuration of Check Point Infinity.
Network Engineer at Insa
I would improve Check Point Infinity by embedding some sort of analytics that indicates which attacks are coming from specific IP addresses very often so that we can block those IP addresses.
Advisor at Rossell Techsys (Division of Rossell India Limited)
The older legacy user interface just took a little to work with, and the new unified interface, as it was able to do more and more of the functionality of the old one, the product just got easier and easier to use.
Sr Security Engineer at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees
In addition to the UI improvements, I would appreciate an increase in the speed of the tasks being processed on the pod.
Security Specialist at a leisure / travel company with 10,001+ employees
There are pros and cons to that, but I would suggest maintaining a good balance between security protection and operational impact.
Senior Security Engineer at Cloudflare
 

Setup Cost

Enterprises have mixed views on Check Point Infinity's pricing, appreciating flexibility but finding costs high for certain features.
Proofpoint Email Protection is costly, but its strong security features justify the investment for some, despite cheaper alternatives.
In terms of pricing, I find Check Point Infinity to be an expensive product.
Advisor at Rossell Techsys (Division of Rossell India Limited)
The setup cost or license is very high.
Cloud Support at a security firm with 51-200 employees
We received a relative discount for this.
Team Lead, Network & Security at Max international
Customers pay around $90,000 yearly for a 1,000-user organization, with the subscription license being the main expense, apart from implementation fees.
Products and solutions director at ITVikings
Given my other experience with other vendors, I think they are a bit on the high end and a bit on the pricey end for the email security functionality that we were using.
Sr Security Engineer at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees
Although it is a bit costly compared to Mimecast, Defender, and Cofense Vision, it is efficient and strong in security, so I do not mind the cost because I will not reduce my security risk.
Senior Solution Delivery Lead Cybersecurity at International Olympic Committee – IOC
 

Valuable Features

Check Point Infinity provides centralized security management with AI-driven threat prevention, enhancing efficiency and reducing complexity across platforms.
Proofpoint Email Protection offers comprehensive security features, enhancing threat detection, phishing prevention, and seamless Office 365 integration for improved email safety.
Check Point uses robust AI software to detect and recognize all cyber-attacks, giving me the ability to prevent these attacks.
PM at SECURE SOFT
Check Point Infinity has positively impacted my organization by making everything better, including the speed of the network and the security.
Private User at a educational organization with 5,001-10,000 employees
We have seen a faster response time and reduced effort from the network and security engineers while going through logs.
Team Lead, Network & Security at Max international
Without Proofpoint Email Protection, most of these emails would have come through, slipped through Exchange, gotten into the user's mailbox, and created a lot of trouble for the organization.
Cyber Security Engineer at IT Naturally
Proofpoint Email Protection has positively impacted my organization by ensuring we are not at risk of a breach through email.
Release lead at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
TAP alerts, where Proofpoint Email Protection scans emails and sends alerts, provide the ability to review suspicious emails and validate them in a sandbox environment.
Infrastructure Analyst at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Check Point Infinity
Ranking in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)
9th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
40
Ranking in other categories
AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms (7th), AI Security (4th), AI Observability (5th)
Proofpoint Email Protection
Ranking in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)
3rd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
99
Ranking in other categories
Email Security (1st), Digital Risk Protection (3rd), Office 365 Protection (1st), Secure Email Gateway (SEG) (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) category, the mindshare of Check Point Infinity is 2.7%, up from 1.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Proofpoint Email Protection is 3.9%, down from 12.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Proofpoint Email Protection3.9%
Check Point Infinity2.7%
Other93.4%
Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)
 

Featured Reviews

Chetan Bhati - PeerSpot reviewer
Human Toxicology Engineer at Arrow PC Network Pvt Ltd
Improves daily threat prevention with real-time detection and requires better alert tuning for faster prioritization
Check Point Infinity is powerful, but there are a few areas that could improve. The learning curve for new users can be steep, especially when managing multiple modules like CloudGuard, Quantum, and Harmony together. Some alerts can be overwhelming, making it harder to prioritize without fine-tuning. While automation helps, occasional manual adjustments are still needed. Overall, it is strong, but simplifying onboarding and alert management would make it even better. Integration with third-party tools could be smoother. The reporting dashboard could be more customizable for quick insights. Performance on very large networks can sometimes slow during updates. Overall, while the platform is strong, improving user experience, alert management, and integration would make it even more efficient for daily operations.
Vivek_Jaiswal - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Senior Specialist at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Advanced email defenses have protected healthcare staff and simplified incident response
There are many things that could be improved, but once you are very well-known about this application, you could perform that improvement plan. There are many scenarios where I have worked with Proofpoint Email Protection where a requirement was not fulfilled due to the limitation of the product. For example, we have Report Phish automation. With Proofpoint Email Protection, we can configure Report Phish and forward the email to any email addresses or shared mailboxes that we provide in the configuration. That email is forwarded as is with whatever the user reports as a phishing email. However, some organizations do not want the reported phishing email to go as is into their ticketing tool because it might contain malicious attachments and malicious links that are not required to go into their internal organization. Proofpoint Email Protection has that limitation. They cannot forward or restrict, but could forward only limited information such as some header information, sender subject details, or only limited information. As it is, the email can be forwarded, not as limited information. Proofpoint TRAP solution also has limitations. It cannot create alert notifications for some specific requirements because Proofpoint works the way it is designed, and if you want it to work based on our requirement, that should not be possible. There is a scope of limitations here. There are many improvements that should be made. First, they should work on their false positive minimization. Proofpoint generally takes all emails, investigates them, and classifies them. There are many situations where legit emails are blocked because that domain is found to be under a malicious category somehow, but actually it is not. False positive minimization could be improved, and they could enhance their other applications or solutions. There are many things that they could improve from each application and each portal.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Security Firm
16%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business40
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise10
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business28
Midsize Enterprise24
Large Enterprise53
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Check Point Infinity?
Check Point Infinity's threat prevention capabilities benefitted our organization.
What needs improvement with Check Point Infinity?
Check Point Infinity could be improved with more intuitive documentation.
What is your primary use case for Check Point Infinity?
Check Point Infinity is used primarily for consolidating security across networks, including cloud and on-premise, and endpoints under one architecture. It is relied upon most for unified threat pr...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Proofpoint Email Protection?
This is not something that I deal with regarding pricing, setup cost, and licensing.
What needs improvement with Proofpoint Email Protection?
For a beginner level, someone who is very new to email security might find it difficult to manage as an admin. Navigation can be concerning because Proofpoint Email Protection has different console...
What is your primary use case for Proofpoint Email Protection?
Proofpoint Email Protection serves as our email security solution. The entire SOC team uses Proofpoint Email Protection. The granularity in admin access is different, so each team has their own acc...
 

Also Known As

R80, Infinity
Proofpoint Enterprise Protection, Proofpoint Digital Protection
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Edel AG
Blocket, University of Waterloo, Lincoln Memorial University, WellSpan Health, U-Haul, Carestream Health, Westinghouse
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