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Proofpoint Core Email Protection vs. Mimecast Advanced Email Security

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricProofpoint Core Email Protection

by Proofpoint

Mimecast Advanced Email Security

by Mimecast

Overall rating4.64.4
Review count628375
Ease of use8.78.3
Ease of setup8.68.2
Quality of support9.08.6
Meets requirements9.49.1
NPS74.47154560.762943
Small Business4.6%17.1%
Mid-Market29.5%65.5%
Enterprise65.9%17.4%
Total page views2,1021,143
Total LLM citations17,3739,257

Proofpoint Core Email Protection

Proofpoint Collaboration Security tackles multichannel, multistage attacks with 99.999% detection accuracy. It identifies and remediates advanced email threats including BEC, ransomware, phishing, ATO, and exec impersonations. The solution blocks threats across email and other digital communication and collaboration platforms, i.e. MS Teams, WhatsApp, Slack, LinkedIn, OneDrive, protecting users anywhere they work, on any device. Customers get protection against both internal and supplier account compromise, and strengthens human resilience against emerging threats.

Pros

  • Protection
  • Email Security
  • Ease of Use
  • Effective
  • Security
  • Customer Support

Mimecast Advanced Email Security

Email Security, Cloud Integrated (CI) protects organizations against all forms of email-based attacks, from phishing and credential theft to ransomware and zero-day threats. This solution deploys behind M365 to collect emails after they have passed through Microsoft security, reinspect them, and take action as needed. With a setup time of just four minutes and out-of-the-box settings designed to optimize security immediately, Email Security CI delivers best-in-class efficacy in the simplest way possible.

Pros

  • Email Security
  • Ease of Use
  • Security
  • Features
  • Spam Blocking
  • Customer Support