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Symantec Messaging Gateway vs. Proofpoint Core Email Protection

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

MetricSymantec Messaging Gateway

by Broadcom

Proofpoint Core Email Protection

by Proofpoint

Overall rating3.94.6
Review count21628
Ease of use8.58.7
Ease of setup8.48.6
Quality of support7.89.0
Meets requirements8.49.4
NPS2074.471545
Small Business23.8%4.6%
Mid-Market42.9%29.5%
Enterprise33.3%65.9%
Total page views1432,102
Total LLM citations15017,373

Symantec Messaging Gateway

Secure your email with our powerful advanced threat protection and anti-spam solution for on-premises messaging environments.

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