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Proofpoint pricing
Proofpoint publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
- Entry price
- $6/month
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Not on record
Proofpoint plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Email Protection | $6/month | 4 | Entry tier |
| Compliance | $8/month | 4 | +$2/month, 4 more features |
| Advanced Threat | $10/month | 4 | +$2/month, 4 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Email Protection
$6/monthThe entry tier. It covers per user, advanced threat detection, data loss prevention, encryption.
Compliance
$8/monthOver Email Protection, this tier adds:
- All Email Protection
- Archive & search
- eDiscovery
- Compliance reporting
Advanced Threat
$10/monthOver Compliance, this tier adds:
- All Compliance features
- Targeted attack detection
- Behavior analytics
- Sandbox isolation
What the product covers
The full Proofpoint feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Core
- Advanced threat detection
- Anti-phishing
- Data loss prevention
- Archive and search
- eDiscovery
- User behavior analytics
- Threat intelligence
- Compliance reporting
Integrations
- Microsoft 365
- Google Workspace
- Slack
- Salesforce
- Okta
- Splunk
Security
- SOC2 Type 2
- ISO 27001
- GDPR
- HIPAA
- PCI-DSS
Deployment
- Saas deployment
- Cloud deployment
Platform
- Email support
- Cloud support
- Web support
Localization
- English language support
- German language support
- French language support
- Spanish language support
- Japanese language support
People bring Proofpoint in for email security, dlp, user behavior analytics. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Proofpoint are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Security & Cybersecurity
Across the 3 security & cybersecurity tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $19.99/month. Proofpoint starts at $6/month, which puts it below the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proofpoint (this page) | $6/month | subscription | - | |
| Keygen | On request | subscription | - | vs Proofpoint |
| Authy | Free | free | - | vs Proofpoint |
| Cisco Duo | Free | freemium | - | vs Proofpoint |
| Bitdefender VPN | On request | subscription | - | vs Proofpoint |
| Burp Suite | Free, then $449/year | subscription | - | vs Proofpoint |
| Bitdefender Total Security | $19.99/year | - | - | vs Proofpoint |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Proofpoint badges page.
Before you pay for Proofpoint
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 3 tiers between $6/month and $10/month, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Proofpoint against the tools that do have one before committing.
Proofpoint runs on email, cloud, web, and is published by Proofpoint, Inc. of Sunnyvale, California, USA. The full record is on the Proofpoint review, and the rest of the category is under best security & cybersecurity tools.
Proofpoint pricing questions
- How much does Proofpoint cost?
- Proofpoint publishes 3 tiers, from $6/month for Email Protection up to $10/month for Advanced Threat. The cheapest paid tier is $6/month.
- Does Proofpoint have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Proofpoint is listed as subscription. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Email Protection and Compliance on Proofpoint?
- Compliance costs $8/month against $6/month, and adds all email protection, archive & search, ediscovery, compliance reporting.
- Is the Advanced Threat plan on Proofpoint worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is all compliance features, targeted attack detection, behavior analytics, sandbox isolation. It costs $10/month against $6/month for Email Protection. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Is Proofpoint expensive for a security & cybersecurity tool?
- It starts below the middle of its category. Across the 3 security & cybersecurity tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $19.99/month; Proofpoint starts at $6/month.
- Which security & cybersecurity tools can I use without paying?
- 4 of the 8 security & cybersecurity tools listed alongside Proofpoint have a free tier: Authy, Cisco Duo, Burp Suite, Avast One.
- What am I actually paying for with Proofpoint?
- The record lists 29 features across 6 areas: core, integrations, security, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for email security, dlp, user behavior analytics.
- Does Proofpoint charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Proofpoint prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Proofpoint against before paying?
- The closest security & cybersecurity tools in this directory are Keygen, Authy, Cisco Duo, Bitdefender VPN. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Proofpoint covering price, platforms and features.