Proofpoint Essentials for Small Business vs. Webroot Email Security Powered by Zix

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Proofpoint Essentials
Score 7.0 out of 10
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Proofpoint Essentials provides protection against spam, phishing and other email threats, as well as social media protection, user roles and restrictions, and other protections oriented around the needs of small business.N/A
Webroot Email Security Powered by Zix
Score 6.4 out of 10
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Webroot Email Security Powered by Zix (formerly Zix Email Threat Protection) solution provides a suite of productivity, email security, and compliance tools built on a secure, easy-to-manage platform designed to help users meet these challenges. It combines Microsoft 365 services, advanced email security, email encryption, large secure file sharing, and unified information archiving. The solution boasts users among more than 80,000 organizations, including institutions in healthcare, finance,…N/A
Pricing
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Proofpoint Essentials for Small BusinessWebroot Email Security Powered by Zix
Features
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Secure Email Gateway
Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Product A and Product B
Proofpoint Essentials for Small Business
9.7
Ratings
15% above category average
Webroot Email Security Powered by Zix
7.7
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8% below category average
Anti-malware10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Customizability9.00 Ratings5.30 Ratings
Data Loss Protection10.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Threat Detection10.00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Sandboxing10.00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
End-to-End Encryption10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Management Tools9.00 Ratings5.50 Ratings
User Ratings
Proofpoint Essentials for Small BusinessWebroot Email Security Powered by Zix
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
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6.4
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Likelihood to Renew
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10.0
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Usability
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7.0
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Support Rating
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9.0
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User Testimonials
Proofpoint Essentials for Small BusinessWebroot Email Security Powered by Zix
Likelihood to Recommend
Proofpoint Essentials for Small Business is well suited for users up to 500, for Office 365 (Microsoft’s cloud-based email and collaboration platform).
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I have already recommended Zix to a number of our coworkers in the home healthcare industry, and a number of those coworkers also use Zix, which makes it quite simple to connect with one another. Because it pertains to health care, which is an industry in which it is vital to maintain confidentiality and sensitivity, we also utilize it within our own organization to communicate with one another.
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Pros
  • Proofpoint catches all the junk emails (spam, phishing, etc.).
  • Light-weight solution, easy to deploy, configure and manage.
  • Fast and easy tracking of inbound and outbound emails.
  • Quarantine Digest emails - makes reviewing of junk emails to be very simple process
  • Analysis of URLs and attachments makes email system to be more safe.
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  • Makes it easy for those receiving emails to create an account and retrieve the email.
  • Peace of mind knowing emails are secure, and can be tracked.
  • Monitoring inbound email threats is easy.
  • Support has been very quick resolving or explaining support tickets I've created.
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Cons
  • It will be great to have a TAP Dashboard in Essentials
  • Export data to the SIEM
  • Customized Policy
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  • Ease of use. Other competitors platform is WAY easier to use and customize.
  • You have to cover THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION with coverage, even though only a handful will need to use email encryption
  • The Zix Protect platform is a complete joke to customize and use.
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Likelihood to Renew
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It did delivers exactly what is needed, what was promised, is cost effective, and is incredibly easy to use and manage.
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Usability
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It is much simpler to configure and operate in comparison to other anti-spam applications. Zix's customer usage is comparable to that of other spam filters on the market; but, in terms of convenience of use, Zix comes out on top. Daily delivery of logs is provided, and the user is not required to sign in order for an email to be sent.
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Support Rating
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Zix is very good about response times and information. They even proactively e-mail us about known issues. I have never had an issue go unresolved, and the support team tends to answer quickly unless it's a strange, complicated request. The only time that happened was doing a search through logs, and that was entirely on me and my unfamiliarity with their flavor of Linux.
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Alternatives Considered
As already wrote, Proofpoint is perfect solution to be deployed quickly without requiring any additional resources or services. Good email tracking logs, excellent reporting features. Great filtering mechanism. Cost effective pricing.
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Proofpoint is a major player in this space, and I believe their product is overall superior to Webroot Email Security. However, the price is much higher for products like Proofpoint, which has made it difficult to fit that into our budget. We really like using the outbound email encryption feature of Zix, and I think that has some serious competitive advantages over something like Proofpoint, and so it is nice to have that all in one platform.
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Return on Investment
  • It has helped capture malicious emails trying to get company logins and info
  • It has helped stop viruses that were sent to emails
  • I am not a financial type but I think it has been worth the price
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  • Users have improved at identifying spam.
  • Fewer false positives are coming through.
  • It has identified a lot of security holes from vendors (e.g. most vendors using outdated extensions that we are now able to block, creating a discussion with our users).
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