PhishingBox vs. Proofpoint Security Awareness Training

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
PhishingBox
Score 8.0 out of 10
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PhishingBox headquartered in Lexington provides a Security Awareness Ecosystem through a suite of tools and services to implement and maintain a high-level security awareness training program. Key components include a phishing simulation tool, security awareness training, a learning management system (LMS), KillPhish reporting button, and the 'Phishing Inbox,' which allows InfoSec teams to thoroughly investigate reported emails and related information.N/A
Proofpoint Security Awareness Training
Score 10.0 out of 10
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Proofpoint Security Awareness Training (formerly ThreatSim from Wombat Security) is a cloud-based training platform that simulates threat scenarios (e.g. phishing) and also provides assessment testing developed by Wombat Technologies, which was acquired by Proofpoint in March 2018.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details20% discount for yearly billing.
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Features
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Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
PhishingBox
8.0
Ratings
7% below category average
Proofpoint Security Awareness Training
9.0
Ratings
5% above category average
Single sign-on capability8.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Role-based user permissions8.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Security Awareness Training
Comparison of Security Awareness Training features of Product A and Product B
PhishingBox
7.8
Ratings
8% below category average
Proofpoint Security Awareness Training
9.4
Ratings
11% above category average
Training Content Library8.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Multilingual Training Content6.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Training Gamification8.50 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Industry-Specific Security Training6.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Individualized Security Training Plans8.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Phishing Simulations9.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Security Reporting9.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Integration with Security Tech Stack8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
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8.0
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Likelihood to Renew
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7.3
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Usability
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8.6
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Support Rating
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8.3
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User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Basically for training purposes is what we've been using it for. I understand that for expert people this program would not be much help but for the vast majority of new workers that we receive at the company is pretty well suited. The editor is good because we let the students train by creating templates.
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I think that Proofpoint is the best product on the market for Security Awareness Training. They make it easy, they have taken all the guess work out of it. You are supplied with everything you need to have a successful program and you don't have to be a "teacher" to do this. They have taken all of the guess work out of it.
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Pros
  • Training new employees.
  • Keep our workforce trained with new challenges regularly.
  • We get the latest templates of new phishing attacks what help us to stay ahead.
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  • The report phish Outlook add-in button has had a positive influence on our users. We have many users regularly reporting suspect phish emails.
  • The templates for the phish campaigns are very up to date, using real life recent phishing attacks. This makes our phishing campaigns much more realistic.
  • The training modules from PSAT are very effective and useful with our LMS system.
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Cons
  • I really don't have much constructive feedback - for us, the program worked exactly how we needed it to
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  • The platform provides options for many different reports (with some customization options), however, there are reports that I would want that are not available.
  • Adding new staff (we have a lot of turn-over) into an existing training plan can be cumbersome for the system administrator. Although End-User Sync can be set-up to "add" new users to the system, the new users still need to manually be added to the assignments and sent past assignments to complete. (NOTE: this was made more difficult because of our decision to implement a training plan the way we did).
  • Some of the ThreatSim campaigns (simulated phishing or malicious attachment emails) will only work if you are using their PhishAlarm plug-in (add-on button for Outlook, etc. for users to easily report suspected threats). Our users access email by iPhones, Android, iPads, PCs, and Macs. PhishAlarm cannot be used for all of these platforms.
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Likelihood to Renew
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  • The product is great for what we use it for
  • We have a good relationship with our vendor/Proofpoint, which I believe is needed to be successful in Security Awareness and using tools like this
  • The package/service as a whole is incredibly helpful
  • The integrations with Proofpoint's Trap is one of the most valuable things we could do. It turns your entire email user base into members of IT security, to be on the look out to report cyber attacks, and have them pulled out of everyone's email if the email is condemed/found malicious.
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Usability
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Overall, PSAT is integral to what we do. PSAT is a helpful tool to help us improve our employees ability to recognize, report, and respond to phishing. It works for us to use a longterm partner, who is incredibly helpful/supportive, and also bringing Proofpoint's greater cybersecurity & attack intelligence into PSAT. Honestly, we are pretty happy and would make the choice to go with PSAT again (we evaluated the major players in the space via Gartner's Magic Quadrant). The team behind the products are excellent and the product of itself is both intuitive and expansive. This combination allows us to reach our 10k+ employees who are located in over 20 countries
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Support Rating
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I have never had any issues with receiving support and have always had my questions answered in a timely manner. When we do have suggestions, the support has been ready to step in and provide advice or take our suggestions seriously. But normally, there aren't any issues that come up when using this product.
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Alternatives Considered
I like the ease ability of PhishingBox and I also felt like we got more training when we were using PhishingBox
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The "Managed Service" (a dedicated ProofPoint Account Rep c/w weekly status calls) significantly reduces the resource demand on the area within your company managing the program. The KnowBe4 Platform does all the same stuff (Training Modules, Reports, ThreatSim Tools), but you (or your staff) need to do considerably more work to manage the Overall Program. The uplift in cost for this service is minimal.
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Return on Investment
  • I was able to reduce clicks on fake vendors selling real (sometimes fake) products by 20% in the first year we used the program
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  • I don't think there are hard and fast numbers when it comes to Security Awareness ROI, as it would be next to impossible to come up with any defined metrics.
  • Phishing campaigns vary in their effectiveness, what I've found is that there is always something that will trigger your employees to click. Finding what that is for your company can help you train everyone to see the red flags.
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