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CybeReady vs Proofpoint Email Protection comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 2, 2025

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
7.1
CybeReady boosts phishing awareness and security resilience efficiently, providing ROI and time savings with minimal effort and maintenance.
Sentiment score
5.1
Proofpoint Email Protection enhances efficiency, reduces breaches by over 50%, decreases costs, and proves a valuable investment.
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
7.7
CybeReady's support is exceptional, offering responsive, collaborative assistance with quick issue resolution and clear communication, rated 9-10/10 by users.
Sentiment score
7.0
Proofpoint Email Protection's support is often praised for effectiveness but criticized for slow responses and unclear documentation.
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
8.2
CybeReady is scalable, effectively managing vast employee data, email delivery, and performance despite heavy simulated attack loads.
Sentiment score
7.5
Proofpoint Email Protection excels in scalability through cloud architecture, despite high cost, supporting seamless integration and configuration.
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
8.0
CybeReady demonstrates excellent stability, reliable cloud availability, and responsive performance with no significant outages or technical issues reported.
Sentiment score
8.3
Proofpoint Email Protection is reliable, stable, and efficiently manages email traffic with minimal downtime and well-received maintenance communication.
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

CybeReady users seek improved email design, customization, better KPI assistance, and personalized guidance for large company adaptation challenges.
Proofpoint Email Protection needs better UI, faster searching, improved security, easier integration, cost efficiency, and enhanced support services.
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

Proofpoint Email Protection is costly, but its strong security features justify the investment for some, despite cheaper alternatives.
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

CybeReady enhances cyber threat awareness through automated phishing, tailored tips, performance feedback, and insightful data for continuous learning.
Proofpoint Email Protection offers comprehensive security features, enhancing threat detection, phishing prevention, and seamless Office 365 integration for improved email safety.
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

CybeReady
Average Rating
9.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
Security Awareness Training (16th)
Proofpoint Email Protection
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
99
Ranking in other categories
Email Security (1st), Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) (3rd), Digital Risk Protection (3rd), Office 365 Protection (1st), Secure Email Gateway (SEG) (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

CybeReady and Proofpoint Email Protection aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. CybeReady is designed for Security Awareness Training and holds a mindshare of 1.4%, down 2.3% compared to last year.
Proofpoint Email Protection, on the other hand, focuses on Secure Email Gateway (SEG), holds 19.5% mindshare, down 22.3% since last year.
Security Awareness Training Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
CybeReady1.4%
KnowBe413.7%
Riot8.0%
Other76.9%
Security Awareness Training
Secure Email Gateway (SEG) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Proofpoint Email Protection19.5%
Microsoft Defender for Office 36517.0%
Mimecast Email and Collaboration Threat Protection15.9%
Other47.6%
Secure Email Gateway (SEG)
 

Featured Reviews

it_user1692306 - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Awareness Manager at Natwest
Allows us to see the effects of what simulated phishing can do
It is not difficult to do the customization. While you can customize the email, we would like there to be just a bit more upfront conversation about the types of emails that month. Because if there is one thing I get asked about in the bank, it is about the types of emails. I don't know if that's particularly needed, but it's something that I get asked about. We have the generic reporting that comes out so we can download that at any time or at the end of the three month campaign. So, we have two generic reports. If we could section up the data in multiple, different ways, then we could create a report from that instead of just those two options. That would be helpful.
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
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Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

Company Size

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

Questions from the Community

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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

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Proofpoint Enterprise Protection, Proofpoint Digital Protection
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Teva Pharmaceuticals, RBS, Skoda, SentinelOne, Avid, Payoneer, SodaStream, StitchFix, NatWest, DHL, Check Point, City and County of San Francisco, Strauss, Appsflyer, BNP Paribas, Elementor, eToro, Air Astana, El Al Airlines, Arkia, Israir, Wizz, Fox Group, BDO Italia, Swiss Life and many more
Blocket, University of Waterloo, Lincoln Memorial University, WellSpan Health, U-Haul, Carestream Health, Westinghouse
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