2 categories · RankedProofpoint Email Protection
Proofpoint Email Protection is an email security product from Proofpoint that provides threat protection for organizations, deployable via API or gateway · proofpoint.com ↗
Leads at enterprise. Ranked 7 of 87 for small business buyers.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is first at 43%.
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is first at 45%. 1 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Ranked first. Next is Microsoft Defender for Office 365 at 24%.
Why models recommend it
“Proofpoint Essentials ~$3.03/user/mo is the most frequently recommended "best overall" for small business.”Muse Glimmer 30B · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“Proofpoint is widely considered the gold standard for heavy-duty email security in large organizations.”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Comparative question · first choice
“Start with Proofpoint, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, or IRONSCALES for a 500-person company”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Scale-constrained question · first choice
“Top Overall Pick | Proofpoint | Best balance of power, protection, and market presence.”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Direct question · first choice
What gives them pause
“Pure "MX-Record Only" Secure Email Gateways (SEGs) for Cloud Email ... Traditional SEGs (like older implementations of Proofpoint, Mimecast, or Cisco)”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Negative question · warning
“Unlike legacy Secure Email Gateways (SEGs) like Mimecast or Proofpoint Enterprise, ICES solutions deploy via cloud APIs in minutes”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Paraphrase question · warning
“Use Caution with Proofpoint/Mimecast unless you have a dedicated security operations center (SOC) to manage their complexity.”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Negative question · warning
“Pricing (~$35–65/mailbox/year list) can be steep for smaller mid-market budgets, and it's more complex to administer.”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Direct question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Proofpoint Email Protection, over the 187 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 154 | 60 | Compare → | |
| 142 | 7 | Compare → | |
| 99 | 16 | Compare → | |
| 81 | 4 | Compare → | |
| 78 | 10 | Compare → | |
| 51 | 4 | Compare → | |
| 37 | 0 | View → | |
| 22 | 1 | View → | |
| 22 | 0 | View → | |
| 17 | 2 | View → |
What the models named instead of Proofpoint Email Protection →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Proofpoint Email Protection's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- organizations
- Free plan or trial
- 데모 요청
- Customers named
- Goosehead Insurance, Perrigo
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 164 of the 187 answers that named Proofpoint Email Protection and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
427 of the 476 domain citations in answers naming Proofpoint Email Protection 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 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |