Proton Mail vs. Webroot Email Security Powered by Zix

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Proton Mail
Score 10.0 out of 10
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Proton Mail, from Proton Technologies, boasts being the world’s largest encrypted email provider. An email server, the vendor states their mission is to defend the right to privacy by making end-to-end encrypted email easy enough for anyone to use, and offers free email accounts without ads, and fully encrypted storage wtih servers hosted in Geneva. The ProtonMail high-tier Visionary plan also includes VPN, via the inclusion of Proton Technologies' ProtonVPN service.
$0
Up to 1 GB total storage & 150 messages per day
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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Editions & Modules
Proton Free
$0
Up to 1 GB total storage & 150 messages per day
Mail Plus
$4.99
per month 15 GB total Storage and 10 email addresses
Proton Unlimited
$12.99
per month Access to all Proton apps and premium features
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
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Secure Email Gateway
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Proton Mail
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Ratings
Webroot Email Security Powered by Zix
7.7
Ratings
8% below category average
Anti-malware00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Customizability00 Ratings5.30 Ratings
Data Loss Protection00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Threat Detection00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Sandboxing00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
End-to-End Encryption00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Management Tools00 Ratings5.50 Ratings
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User Ratings
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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
10.0
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7.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Proton MailWebroot Email Security Powered by Zix
Likelihood to Recommend
Good if you like privacy and not having your data mined for advertizing and AI training.
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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
  • Secure encrypted email hosting
  • Connection with Outlook works well
  • Works well on all platforms: web, Windows, MacOS, Android, iOS
  • Low monthly cost for email plus all the associated apps
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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
  • Exporting email (which I like to do for archiving) is awkward and slow.
  • Proton Mail Bridge (which allows access from other email readers like Outlook) sometimes has synchronization issues. Lately these just resolve themselves.
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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
Mostly intuitive and easy to use. A bit harder if you stick with two passwords (one for the account and one for the encryption).
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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
Proton had a wider offering of products like vpn and drive. I ended up paying for a yearly subscription, I liked it so much.
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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
  • Easy to link with my business domain and email.
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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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