6 categories · RankedProofpoint
Proofpoint is a security software product used to address phishing, business email compromise, insider threats and data loss · proofpoint.com ↗
Why models recommend it
“Particularly suited to forensic investigations and human-centric risk”Perplexity Sonar · Comparative question · alternative
“They include basic TI feeds in their enterprise tiers.”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Paraphrase question · alternative
What gives them pause
“phishing-awareness vendors that offer "developer modules" as an add-on (e.g., standard KnowBe4 or Proofpoint employee modules)”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Negative question · warning
“Enterprise platforms (DTEX, Varonis, Proofpoint) will likely cost 2–3x more.”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Paraphrase question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Proofpoint, over the 36 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 9 | View → | |
| 18 | 3 | View → | |
| 14 | 0 | View → | |
| 9 | 0 | View → | |
| 9 | 0 | View → | |
| 9 | 0 | View → | |
| 8 | 0 | View → | |
| 8 | 0 | View → | |
| 7 | 0 | View → | |
| 4 | 1 | View → |
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Proofpoint's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- every organization
- Free plan or trial
- Free Demo Request
- Certifications
- FedRAMP
- Customers named
- Accenture, Wyndham, 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, Informatica, Australian Football League, Guardian, Webster Bank, California Department of Motor Vehicles
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
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Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 28 of the 36 answers that named Proofpoint and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
Eighty-eight of the eighty-eight domain citations in answers naming Proofpoint came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 4,408 | 50 | 2026-09-24 | Awareness training, DLP | |
| Webinar or virtual event | 818 | 23 | 2026-09-21 | DLP, Email security | |
| News or press | 418 | 16 | 2026-09-21 | Email security, DLP | |
| Report or ebook | 326 | 8 | 2026-09-03 | Email security, DLP | |
| Case study | 248 | 4 | 2026-09-03 | Email security, DLP | |
| Podcast or video | 90 | 4 | 2026-09-17 | Awareness training, Email security | |
| Conference or event | 75 | 2 | 2026-09-22 | Awareness training | |
| Comparison | 63 | 1 | 2026-09-09 | DLP, Awareness training | |
| Template or tool | 13 | undated | |||
| Glossary or explainer | 2 | undated |
Most recent
- 2026-09-24Signals significance agentic ai platform blog
- 2026-09-24Signals significance agentic ai platform blog
- 2026-09-23Proofpoint named pace setter september 2026 gartner emerging market quadrant ai blog
- 2026-09-22Protect series conference or event
- 2026-09-22Protect series conference or event
- 2026-09-21Proofpoint stops attacks traditional defenses miss ai era news or press
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page proofpoint.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. Of its titles that name a category, most name email security (157); 0 name its categories the models place it in. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.