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Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention vs Mimecast Insider Risk Management and Data Protection comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 11, 2026

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
Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention assures compliance, offering quick ROI, cost savings, and effective data protection for banking clients.
Sentiment score
7.5
Organizations find it challenging to quantify ROI from Mimecast but emphasize savings, security benefits, and reduced admin time.
I have seen a return on investment, and the biggest one is saving time.
Neetwork Security Engineer at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.0
Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention's support is efficient but response times and quality vary, with UK rated best.
Sentiment score
8.8
Mimecast Insider Risk Management's support is praised for quick, knowledgeable, and courteous service with proactive communication and minimal wait times.
They conduct sessions to check logs and policies, unlike Symantec, where engineers may temporarily check and ask for logs, causing delays.
Cyber Security Technical Engineer at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
We were very happy with the technical support engineers that are supporting us.
Senior CyberSecurity Consultant at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.3
Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention excels in scalability, offering effective centralized management for enterprises of all sizes with ease.
Sentiment score
7.9
Mimecast offers smooth scalability and ease in license and storage expansion, with minimal difficulties across diverse environments.
The key principle of a scalable DLP uses a single policy engine across multiple data channels such as endpoint, email, web, cloud, and network.
Data Security Specialist at BOK
It is easily scalable because it is purely deployed on on-premises and with less downtime.
Senior CyberSecurity Consultant at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention is stable with occasional upgrade issues, strong support, minimal downtime, and potential UI improvements.
Sentiment score
7.8
Mimecast Insider Risk Management is stable and reliable, with minor issues typically linked to external factors or unsupported setups.
The stability of Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention is reliable, with minimum crashes, errors, or performance issues.
Data Security Specialist at BOK
 

Room For Improvement

Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention struggles with integration, complexity, high costs, resource demands, and poor support, impacting overall usability.
Mimecast's usability is hindered by limited reporting, confusing interface, Java dependency, and inadequate backup features and speed.
While Forcepoint is mostly on-premises, I suggest that to compete with Symantec, they should consider cloud solutions.
Cyber Security Technical Engineer at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention is already capable enough to integrate with data classification tools such as Boldon James and Microsoft MIP.
Senior CyberSecurity Consultant at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
It is sometimes very critical as it is not a plug-and-play solution, which can make IT teams struggle without professional services.
Senior Network Engineer at Anthology
 

Setup Cost

Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention offers flexible licensing and negotiable pricing, with potential additional fees for specific features.
Mimecast offers scalable pricing, multi-year discounts, and robust support, providing good value despite initially high costs.
There have been situations where the license expired before the purchased license was sent, resulting in the DLP being out of service.
Information Security Officer at Kustodian Sentral Efek Indonesia (KSEI)
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention is that the pricing was reasonable.
Neetwork Security Engineer at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
The pricing is reasonable and medium, not very low, but fair for the product offered.
Cyber Security Technical Engineer at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
 

Valuable Features

Forcepoint DLP provides robust protection and advanced analytics, with easy configuration and integration, earning praise for its intuitive interface.
Mimecast offers seamless, low-impact data protection with intuitive management, real-time backups, customizable risk scoring, and cross-platform functionality.
It provides multiple customization options for policies, which makes it superior to Symantec.
Cyber Security Technical Engineer at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
It supports 50 file types and continuously improves accuracy with user feedback, enabling auto-discovery across cloud, endpoint, and on-premises data stores without extra cost of repeated scans.
Data Security Specialist at BOK
Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention's email workflow checks whether emails sent from the office are forbidden by DLP rules and sends a notification to the manager accordingly.
Information Security Officer at Kustodian Sentral Efek Indonesia (KSEI)
 

Categories and Ranking

Forcepoint Data Loss Preven...
Ranking in Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
2nd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
63
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Mimecast Insider Risk Manag...
Ranking in Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
20th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
78
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Data Loss Prevention (DLP) category, the mindshare of Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention is 5.9%, down from 10.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Mimecast Insider Risk Management and Data Protection is 2.5%, up from 1.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention5.9%
Mimecast Incydr2.5%
Other91.6%
Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
 

Featured Reviews

MuhammadJunaid7 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Security Specialist at BOK
Data protection and feature-rich capabilities have improved with room for reducing false positives
Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention is a good product that provides deep fingerprinting capabilities in data exploring and data discovery. They have an excellent feature for discovering data automatically through policies available in their portal, and they excel in data discovery and classification. The solution offers database fingerprinting, file fingerprinting, and script-based policies, along with automatic data discovery exploration. Fingerprinting automatically discovers customer data in our database and, based on sensitivity, detects and blocks the data if someone attempts unauthorized access. Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention is a web threat security product offering content inspection and URL filtering with built-in DLP capabilities. It proactively identifies web-based threats using tools such as advanced classification, browser isolation, and malware detection. Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention's solution focuses on internal risks and monitoring user activity to identify abnormal behavior, offering forensic tools such as login and video replay to understand intent. Data classification is an advanced tool we have used for classifying our data. The main feature is AI-powered, called DSP. The classification capability leverages a distributed AI architecture feature and GenAI small language models to classify both structured and unstructured data. It supports 50 file types and continuously improves accuracy with user feedback, enabling auto-discovery across cloud, endpoint, and on-premises data stores without extra cost of repeated scans.
Chuck_Mackey - PeerSpot reviewer
Director, Cybersecurity Consulting at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Provides comprehensive visibility and protection, helps in identifying the gaps in security, and comes with excellent onboarding support
In a couple of instances, we had a little bit of trouble in getting it distributed throughout the organization. We ultimately managed to do it, but they talk about it being a pretty simple process, and it became a little laborious. It would just turn away. The agents were not being distributed. It was just churning and churning and churning. When we were looking for specific categories of data, it was getting bogged down, but that was not even so much Code42, although some of it was their issue. It really has to do with the overall infrastructure and what the organization is prepared to do. If the infrastructure or the networking is a little hinky or you don't have a really finely tuned network infrastructure environment and your patches aren't up to date on your servers and your endpoints, it could get a little sticky. Other than that, it was okay. We really didn't have much problem beyond that. It took a couple of days to sort that out, but it was no big deal.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
5%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Performing Arts
7%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Outsourcing Company
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business33
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise28
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business24
Midsize Enterprise24
Large Enterprise30
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention?
The technical support for the solution is very good.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention?
Regarding pricing and setup cost for Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention, I do not have any issues, but I do have concerns with the licensing, particularly for the regional Indonesia licensing. Forcepo...
What needs improvement with Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention?
Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention is a most critical and complex solution because the deployment models include on-premise solutions, on-cloud solutions, and hybrid solutions. It has a scalable multi...
What is your primary use case for Code42 Incydr?
Data Leakage Protection on large scale environments. This can be to protect against leakage on endpoints and servers that consist of highly classified or propriety information. It can be added on a...
 

Also Known As

Forcepoint DLP, Forcepoint Data Security Suite, Websense Data Security Suite
Mimecast Incydr, Code42 Next-Gen DLP, Code42 Next-Gen Data Loss Protection, Code42 Forensic File Search, Code42 Backup + Restore
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Alphawest, Betsson, Cellcom Israel Ltd., Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, Confartigianato Vicenza, EverBank, Finansbank, iGATE, Landa Digital Printing, Northern California Bank, Reliance Capital, Remosa, Toyota, Scavolini, Zim Integrated Shipping Services
Adobe, Okta, Samsung, Taylormade, Boston University, Lending Club, North Highland, Stanford University, Ping Identity, Qualcomm, Pandora.
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