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Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange vs. Proofpoint Core Email Protection

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

MetricSymantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange

by Broadcom

Proofpoint Core Email Protection

by Proofpoint

Overall rating4.34.6
Review count13628
Ease of use9.38.7
Ease of setup9.38.6
Quality of support9.49.0
Meets requirements9.59.4
NPS46.15384674.471545
Small Business7.7%4.6%
Mid-Market53.8%29.5%
Enterprise38.5%65.9%
Total page views1262,102
Total LLM citations3117,373

Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange

Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange (SMSMSE) combines Symantec anti-malware technology with advanced heuristics and file reputation to provide real-time protection for email against viruses, spyware, phishing, and other malicious attacks. For additional protection, SMSMSE offers Symantec Premium AntiSpam (additional license), powered by Brightmail technology. Together, these protections help to stop 99 percent of incoming spam with less than one false positive per million.

Pros

    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