chat
expand_more

9 out of 10 Enterprises Choose Abnormal Over Proofpoint,

Here's Why

Proofpoint’s manual approach increases operational complexity with constant rule tuning and model adjustments. Abnormal’s AI-driven automation eliminates this burden, streamlining email security and reducing manual effort.
Get Started Today:
Attacks Targeting Microsoft Are Everywhere
688
advanced attacks missed per week.*
Source: Verizon DBIR
5
full time analysts required to manage Proofpoint email security.*
Source: Verizon DBIR
$131,354
in added risk weekly from missed attacks.*
Source: Verizon DBIR

*Source: Abnormal customer data for typical 10,000 employee enterprise

OUR IMPACT

With our previous SEG, the features got shinier, the knobs turned a bit differently, but the core technology had been the same for quite some time. Abnormal’s AI is constantly learning and retraining, getting updates in near real-time, with auto-remediation and automation we can trust. We went from 12 FTEs for email security to 1/4 FTEs with Abnormal.”

— Director of Information Security, Fortune 50 Retailer
Why Enterprises Choose Abnormal
OUR IMPACT

We have every SEG known to man, but threat actors are targeting manufacturing more, and we never want to lose factory availability. Approximately 50-60% of those attacks are initiated through phishing, but traditional SEGs can’t look at the context of what’s in an email to block them…The only way to combat that social engineering is with a product like Abnormal that uses AI to understand email content and context.”

— Jeff Deakins, Director, Information Security and Infrastructure at Marmon Holdings
Read the Full Story
OUR IMPACT

The realization of value [with Abnormal] was almost immediate—real-time visibility into attacks going on in the environment that are bypassing the traditional defenses. Abnormal provides the ability for us to scale with confidence, because we know that we’re going to get the same quality of protection at one person as at 28,000.”

— Ryan Fritts, CISO at ADT
Read the Full Story
OUR IMPACT

From day one, Abnormal has made it simple. They have been consultative and proactive, showed quick value upon integration, and the decision to switch was easy when we realized the time savings and greater protection we got from a better partner.”

— CISO, Fortune 200 FinTech
See the AI Automation
OUR IMPACT

Abnormal provided a clear improvement over Proofpoint in both detection and cost savings. The transition was smooth, and the results speak for themselves.”

—CISO, F1000 Manufacturer
Read the Full Story

Proofpoint requires its users to manually manage multiple aspects of email security, including:

Manual Rule Adjustments & Tuning

AES uses behavioral AI but still requires policy refinement to adjust detection parameters and minimize false positives.

Source: Verizon DBIR

Threat Investigation & Remediation

Security teams must manually review and validate alerts, investigate false positives, and pull malicious emails from inboxes.

Source: Verizon DBIR

Abuse Mailbox Management

Analysts must manually assess user-reported emails and apply remediation actions like updating blocklists.

Source: Verizon DBIR

Threat Intelligence Integration

AES analyzes 250+ data points per email but may require admins to supplement detection with additional threat intelligence sources.

According to Gartner® ‘Proofpoint’s integration of Tessian emphasizes a need for customer experience roadmap items, such as a unified dashboard, which may impact the delivery of new functionality.

Why Customers Choose Abnormal Over Proofpoint

Deep Behavioral Understanding

Abnormal’s AI analyzes tens of thousands of behavioral signals per email, detecting hyper-personalized, advanced attacks without requiring manual rule creation​.

Fully-Automated Threat Remediation

Abnormal automatically triages, investigates, and removes malicious emails—preventing user engagement without security team intervention​.

AI-Driven Abuse Mailbox

Abnormal’s AI Security Mailbox automates user-reported phishing analysis and remediation—eliminating manual triage and blocklist updates​.

Vendor Compromise Protection

VendorBase continuously monitors vendor email behavior, detects compromised accounts, and blocks vendor-based attacks before they reach inboxes.

A Gartner-Recognized Leader: Why Abnormal Outshines the Competition

As a 2024 Gartner®️ Magic Quadrant™️ Leader, Abnormal outperforms the competition with its API architecture and behavioral AI capabilities. Abnormal delivers superior threat detection, simplifies remediation, reduces costs, and` eliminates the need for legacy tools—offering a truly modern email security solution. Discover why Gartner recognized Abnormal as a Leader and why organizations are choosing ICES over SEGS.

Download Gartner® MQ

A Gartner-Recognized Leader: Why Abnormal Outshines the Competition

As a 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™️ Leader, Abnormal outperforms the competition with its API architecture and behavioral AI capabilities. Abnormal delivers superior threat detection, simplifies remediation, reduces costs, and` eliminates the need for legacy tools—offering a truly modern email security solution. Discover why Gartner recognized Abnormal as a Leader and why organizations are choosing ICES over SEGS.

Download Gartner® MQ

Better Protect Employees with Abnormal

Product
Capability
Unwanted Mail
Spam
Graymail
Targeted Threat Protection
URL Protection
Attachment Protection
Phishing Protection
Impersonation Protection
Internal Email Protection
Account Protection
Internal Account Compromise
Vendor Account Compromise
Vendor Risk Assessment
SOC Platform
Post-Delivery Remediation
Product
Capability
Detection Efficacy
Known-Bad IOC Identification
Behavioral AI Analysis
API Ingests 40,000+ Signals
Aggregated Behavioral Intelligence
Federated Threat Intelligence
SaaS App Integrations
Holistic Email Protection
Phishing
Business Email Compromise
Account Takeover Protection
Vendor Email Compromise
Never-Before-Seen Attacks
Security Posture Management
Accelerated AI Automation
Time to Remediate
Automated Tuning
User-Reported Email Automation
Personalized Graymail Sorting
AI Employee Training
Uniform Cross- Platform Defense
Single UI for Email Security
SaaS App Protection
Cloud Infrastructure Protection

No-Cost Migration From Proofpoint to Abnormal

Turnkey SEG Migration with White Glove Support

500+ Customers

have migrated from SEGs to Microsoft + Abnormal in the last twelve months.

<18 Hours

on average for enterprise customers to migrate.

450,000

mailboxes migrated in two days for a F50 retailer.

See Why Customers Migrate

Fact vs Fiction

Separating Proofpoint’s Claims From Reality

Proofpoint Claim
Proofpoint Reality
Detection Efficacy
Proofpoint Claim
We catch more threats than competing solutions.
Proofpoint Reality
Proofpoint catches commodity threats–just like Microsoft and Google–while Abnormal offers in-depth defense with native M365 or GSuite controls.
Dwell Time
Proofpoint Claim
Our automated remediation of delivered malicious messages occurs in less than 10 seconds, on average. This can reduce a company’s time spent on remediating emails by more than 90%
Proofpoint Reality
Proofpoint’s TRAP can leave malicious emails in inboxes for hours before remediation.
Architecture
Proofpoint Claim
Inline architecture is the only way to stop advanced malicious email attacks.
Proofpoint Reality
Legacy SEG architecture has no internal email or multi-channel (e.g. chat) context to stop advanced attacks.
Platform
Proofpoint Claim
Single Email Protection platform that protects customers against every type of threat.
Proofpoint Reality
Complex UI and architecture can lead to misconfigurations and exploitation, and can’t expand to address new use cases.
AI
Proofpoint Claim
Post Tessian acquisition, our AI models are now trained with richer datasets.
Proofpoint Reality
On average, Tessian misses 532 attacks every month that Abnormal detects and remediates.
Growth
Proofpoint Claim
Added 500 new enterprise customers in Q2 2024.
Proofpoint Reality
According to MX record changes, Proofpoint has lost 1,300+ customers over the past year, while Abnormal continues to be the second fastest growing cybersecurity company ever.
DLP
Proofpoint Claim
Quickly detect and resolve data loss risk across email, cloud and endpoints.
Proofpoint Reality
Microsoft accomplishes the same data protection with native security controls while customers gain superior email protection with Abnormal.
Partnership
Proofpoint Claim
Exceptional customer satisfaction; self-learning detection system from in-product feedback; 18% of the F500; 97% renewal rate.
Proofpoint Reality
Customers feel unheard and unsupported, detection requests go into a black box.
Discover How It All Works

See How Abnormal AI Protects Humans

Product Platform
About Abnormal AI
Get a Demo