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KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER Plus vs. Mimecast Integrated Cloud Email Security

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER Plus

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/APhishER is presented as a lightweight Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) platform to orchestrate threat response and manage the high volume of potentially malicious email messages reported by users. And, with automatic prioritization of emails, PhishER helps InfoSec and Security Operations team cut through the inbox noise and respond to the most dangerous threats more quickly.

    $0.75

    per month (billed annually) per seat

    Mimecast Integrated Cloud Email Security

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AMimecast's Cloud Integrated Email Security solution protects Microsoft 365 email and is used to block sophisticated email-based threats. Mimecast combines detection capabilities with instantaneous deployment, administration, and optimized M365 protections. It is purpose-built to augment Microsoft Defender and comes with pre-configured settings ready out-of-the-box.N/A
    Pricing
    KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER PlusMimecast Integrated Cloud Email Security
    Editions & Modules
    3001-5000 Monthly Pricing Per Seat
    $0.75
    per month (billed annually) per seat
    2001-3000 Monthly Pricing Per Seat
    $0.85
    per month (billed annually) per seat
    1001-2000 Monthly Pricing Per Seat
    $1.00
    per month (billed annually) per seat
    501-1000 Monthly Pricing Per Seat
    $1.15
    per month (billed annually) per seat
    101-500 Monthly Pricing Per Seat
    $1.50
    per month (billed annually) per seat
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    Pricing Offerings
    KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER PlusMimecast Integrated Cloud Email Security
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    96%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    94 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER PlusMimecast Integrated Cloud Email Security
    Incident Response Platforms
    Comparison of Incident Response Platforms features of KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER Plus and Mimecast Integrated Cloud Email Security
    Feature
    KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER Plus
    8.7
    94 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Mimecast Integrated Cloud Email Security
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    Ratings
    Company-wide Incident Reporting8.776 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Other Security Systems8.572 Ratings00 Ratings
    Centralized Dashboard8.793 Ratings00 Ratings
    Machine Learning to Prevent Incidents8.779 Ratings00 Ratings
    Live Response for Rapid Remediation8.680 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection (TAP)
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    Score9.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER PlusMimecast Integrated Cloud Email Security
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (99 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.3
    (6 ratings)
    -
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    Usability
    8.0
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.3
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER PlusMimecast Integrated Cloud Email Security
    Likelihood to Recommend
    KnowBe4
    PhishER comes with some good features, such as PhishML, PhishRIP, PhishFlip, etc. These features help us manage phishing email reporting incidents. From reporting emails via Phish Alert Button plug-in to collecting all reported emails in one place at the PhishER dashboard. Now, the PhishML comes into play, scanning all reported emails and tagging each as clean, spam, or threat. With the help of this machine learning-based algorithm, our investigation process becomes easier. Other features, such as PhishRip, help to search and quarantine phishing emails, and PhishFlip converts a real phishing campaign to a test phishing campaign.
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    Mimecast
    Implementation is fast and easy. It takes care of a large number of email security needs, with an established knowledgeable support team any problem or issue can be resolved promptly. As a cloud native solution the portal is easy to use and intuitive. Email archive is a great established product that is well designed and means IT have access to historical data quickly, the search feature is great. We find that there are a number of email security products like outbound DLP and signature management tools that would be great additions to Mimecast, but their offerings are weak. Missed opportunity.
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    Pros
    KnowBe4
    • One platform that integrates reported emails and using PhishFlip to educated staff.
    • Automation to remove malicious emails from mailboxes.
    • Instantly report back to users if an email is safe or malicious.
    • Easily review vital technical information to help you make a decision if an email is a threat.
    • Allow comments to be left from staff and IT.
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    Mimecast
    • Stop inbound malicious emails
    • protect end users from clicking on infected links in emails
    • Provide interactive end user training to improve cyber security awareness
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    Cons
    KnowBe4
    • Issues with Global Blocklist
    • Email Template Modification - Simplification
    • Target Specific Users vs. Groups
    • PhishRIP info tabs (i.e. if improperly check ripped emails are turned into tests. This has caused issues.) Info tabs or markers allow user to hover and get more information about what action a check box or slider provides.
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    Mimecast
    • Recent changes to the dashboard have meant you cannot see the portal in tab views, making use a little slow
    • Outbound DLP rules are static and not as impressive as competitors on the market
    • Reporting is extremely basic and limited top 20 results
    • Email Signatures is impossible to use and a missed opportunity
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    Likelihood to Renew
    KnowBe4
    When we first discovered that KnowBe4 released something like this, we saw a demo of it and were floored at what it could do and how it could help us from a security standpoint. Gone are the days of us in IT sending out a mass email saying please don't click on anything in the email from sender "X", and it allows us to quietly and easily ensure that people don't take any action on malicious emails.
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    Mimecast
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    Usability
    KnowBe4
    I give it an eight for the feature set. While I only give it an eight because the complexity and interconnectedness of the tools mean that there needs to be quite a bit of RTFM to get the most out of the products.
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    Mimecast
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    Support Rating
    KnowBe4
    Responses to questions were answered quickly and accurately.
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    Mimecast
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    Implementation Rating
    KnowBe4
    It was very simple to implement - with just a few settings needed to connect it to our O365 environment
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    Mimecast
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    Alternatives Considered
    KnowBe4
    Harmony does not provide security awareness training or simulated phishing emails like KnowB4. However, it does provide a phish alert button & workflow similar to PhishER & we may stop using PhishER because the Phish Alert reports from PhishER don't feed into Harmony to help train it from phishing emails that go through. We got Harmony after KnowB4 because we needed a tool to PREVENT phishing emails from getting to people's inboxes in the first place, which KnowB4 has very little capability for other than PhishER+ blacklists. It is a shame KnowB4 does not have the anti threat phishing prevention like Harmony considering all the email data it has & its existing AI analytic capabilities.
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    Mimecast
    Overall they are very similar products, but what elevated Mimecast Integrated Cloud email Security over Proofpoint was the people. The staff, from the prompt and knowledgeable support staff, very helpful customer success managers and always available account managers. Technology is only ever as good as the people using or supporting it, and the staff at Mimecast really give great support and assistance in getting the full value from the product stack.
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    Return on Investment
    KnowBe4
    • Phish/ER & PAD: Identifying email threats more quickly allowed us to send alert to the users' community in a timely manner based on the pattern of the threat.
    • KnowBe4 Training Campaigns have proven to noticeably increase users' awareness.
    • KnowBe4 Phishing Campaigns made users realize how dangerous and deceiving hacker can be.
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    Mimecast
    • Improved security protection on emails
    • Prevents email attacks with advanced email security
    • Creates a cyber aware workforce with url rewrite and cyber training videos
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    ScreenShots

    KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER Plus Screenshots

    Screenshot of how PhishER Plus enables a critical workstream to help IR teams work together to mitigate the phishing threat and is suited for any organization that wants to automatically prioritize and manage potentially malicious messages.