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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.
As of 30 August 2026, Proofpoint pricing is $6/month across 3 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- 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.
Other
- Inline secure email gateway
- Attachment sandboxing
- URL rewriting and click-time analysis
- Threat Response Auto-Pull
- Email Fraud Defense
- Security awareness training
- Insider Threat Management
- Enterprise DLP
- Archiving and supervision
- Very Attacked People analytics
People bring Proofpoint in for a regulated organisation that needs a filtering layer, dmarc enforcement and archiving with an auditable trail across all three, an organisation that suffered a business email compromise and must show its board a control that stops delivery rather than remediating afterwards, concentrating stronger controls and training on the specific individuals who actually receive targeted attacks rather than applying uniform policy, retracting a phishing message from thousands of mailboxes after the verdict changes, including copies that were forwarded internally. 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 Cybersecurity
Too few cybersecurity tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proofpoint (this page) | $6/month | subscription | - | |
| Hanwha Vision | On request | One-time purchase | - | vs Proofpoint |
| BeyondTrust | On request | quote | - | vs Proofpoint |
| Feedzai | On request | quote | - | vs Proofpoint |
| IDnow | On request | quote | - | vs Proofpoint |
| Eagle Eye Networks | On request | Per camera per month | - | vs Proofpoint |
| iDenfy | On request | Per verification | - | 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 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.
- Which cybersecurity tools can I use without paying?
- 1 of the 8 cybersecurity tools listed alongside Proofpoint have a free tier: Google Authenticator.
- What am I actually paying for with Proofpoint?
- The record lists 10 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a regulated organisation that needs a filtering layer, dmarc enforcement and archiving with an auditable trail across all three, an organisation that suffered a business email compromise and must show its board a control that stops delivery rather than remediating afterwards, concentrating stronger controls and training on the specific individuals who actually receive targeted attacks rather than applying uniform policy.
- 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 cybersecurity tools in this directory are Hanwha Vision, BeyondTrust, Feedzai, IDnow. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Proofpoint covering price, platforms and features.