--- title: Proofpoint Email Encryption Reviews meta\_title: 'Proofpoint Email Encryption Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 18 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Proofpoint Email Encryption works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.6 review\_count: 18 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: Email Security url: https://www.g2.com/categories/email-security --- # Proofpoint Email Encryption Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by Proofpoint Email Encryption but has limited features. Are you part of the Proofpoint Email Encryption team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! With Proofpoint Email Encryption, messages and attachments are automatically encrypted with complete transparency. 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[Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ## Proofpoint Email Encryption Integrations (1) What do users say about integrations? Integration information sourced from real user reviews. [ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Microsoft Outlook ](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-outlook/reviews) Show More CM Casey M. System Administrator Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 3/12/2026 "Effortless Email Encryption, A HIPAA Compliant Solution" 5/5 What do you like best about Proofpoint Email Encryption? I like how simple Proofpoint Email Encryption is. I just hit send on my email, and it automatically encrypts it if there's patient information or anything that needs it. This feature really makes the IT's job easier, especially when employees accidentally forget to send emails encrypted, as it has our back. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Proofpoint Email Encryption? The only thing I noticed with Proofpoint Email Encryption is that it sometimes encrypts emails that are just case numbers. For support calls, it can mistakenly encrypt them, thinking some of the numbers are sensitive information when they're not. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Proofpoint Email Encryption solving and how is that benefiting you? I use Proofpoint Email Encryption to meet HIPAA requirements, automatically encrypting emails with patient info. It makes IT's job easier and ensures emails are encrypted without manual intervention, preventing accidental data leaks and having our back if sensitive info is included. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Computer & Network Security](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer & Network Security") AC Verified User in Computer & Network Security Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 12/15/2023 "Proofpoint Email Encryption" 5/5 What do you like best about Proofpoint Email Encryption? Customization of alerts is what I like with Email Security, its help us to identify and minimize suspicious email from attackers which makes our organization more secured. Also it has the best support you might get, they always on time when you need help on one of the issues encountered. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Proofpoint Email Encryption? One of the hardest part of the solution is that it may require a lot of effort to understand for non technicals, its not friendly user as I expected. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Proofpoint Email Encryption solving and how is that benefiting you? It helps the surface our organization be more secured. There is a lot of suspicious email that might actually become threats of ours and Proofpoint became our solution ever since, and we have been able to focused on the real emails and not minding the suspicious emails now. However, we still need to be more careful about clicking on the emails. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Financial Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Financial Services") AF Verified User in Financial Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 1/9/2024 "Best and Secure" 5/5 What do you like best about Proofpoint Email Encryption? Proofpoint email encryption offers several benefits for organizations looking to secure their sensitive information and communications. Data Protection Compliance and Regulatory Requirements Secure Communication Flexible Deployment Options Centralized Management Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Proofpoint Email Encryption? Should have better Userexperience and better mobile friendly UI. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Proofpoint Email Encryption solving and how is that benefiting you? Proofpoint allows organizations to set up automated encryption policies based on predefined rules. This ensures that sensitive information is consistently protected without manual intervention, reducing the risk of human error. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Hospital & Health Care](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Hospital & Health Care") UH Verified User in Hospital & Health Care Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 2/27/2019 "Easy encrypted email" 5/5 What do you like best about Proofpoint Email Encryption? This is email encryption made easy! It's frustrating getting these services as initially the steps are long and tideous. However, this system integrated with a regular email was very user friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Proofpoint Email Encryption? I'm not a huge fan of the layout. It was fine after I got used to the new look. I feel that this is always a challenge when switching from one system to another though do not necessarily an issue in the program design. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Proofpoint Email Encryption: If you want an encryption service you can rely on this is it. They have great customer support. You will be able to feel security in the privacy of confidential information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Proofpoint Email Encryption solving and how is that benefiting you? Email encryption is super important in healthcare as so many documents deal with HIPAA sensitive material. This keeps us in line without a huge hassle. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 8/31/2021 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Kyle S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Kyle S.") KS Kyle S. Senior Network Engineer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 3/31/2019 "Easy to use, robust encryption" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Proofpoint Email Encryption? I think the best part of Proofpoint Email Encryption is that you can set the system up so that the message tries TLS first and if it can't negotiate the appropriate level of encryption, or possibly none, it will fallback to use the secure messaging portal. You can also set it up so that if your recipients also use Proofpoint Email Encryption it can automatically decrypt the message as it passes through so the end user doesn't have to mess with decryption at all. Again, this is optional...it's up to you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Proofpoint Email Encryption? There isn't a whole lot to dislike here. It works well and is easy to use from an admin perspective and more importantly an end-user perspective. Probably the biggest con is that if you send email to someone and it gets send via TLS, and they know their regulations (HIPAA, etc.), they might say something. Nothing went wrong but they were expecting an encrypted message but they don't know that it was encrypted between companies via TLS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Proofpoint Email Encryption solving and how is that benefiting you? We were looking for a message encryption system that wasn't difficult to use. Many people in the medical field don't like the extra steps of mail encryption. It's getting better though. This solution bridges the gap well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Education Management](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Education Management") AE Verified User in Education Management Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 4/15/2019 "Making email security simple" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Proofpoint Email Encryption? The best part of Proofpoint is how seamless it is to integrate into yours and all your users emails. The only thing you will notice is that instead of the spam you usually receive you instead receive (from my settings) up to one email a day that provides you with all the emails that have been blocked. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Proofpoint Email Encryption? Setting up the software can take a minute if you are going to have it setup for a massive amount of people. Server maintenance is easy though and so is everything else after the initial setup is done. Other than that there is nothing that I personally dislike about the software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Proofpoint Email Encryption: If you're looking for a solution that simply filters email and does a good job with both default and custom filters then look no further. This product just works and both you and your users will hardly notice that you've done anything at all but everyone's annoying spam folders will no longer fill each day. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Proofpoint Email Encryption solving and how is that benefiting you? The main problem that is being solved is spam emails and other phishing emails harming our network and annoying staff. This issue has mostly been resolved now that everything is being filtered though. Realistically the largest solved issue is the time spent reviewing whether or not emails are spam or not have been reduced dramatically. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Education Management](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Education Management") UE Verified User in Education Management Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 3/27/2019 "Protecting employees from rampant phishing attempts" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Proofpoint Email Encryption? The fact that it filters the emails both efficiently and effectively yet still allows you to get the emails you need if they are falsely flagged. The best feature is its selling point which is protecting your users from phishing and scam attempts. It also saves the admin time because the admin will no longer get several questions as to whether or not an email is fake every day. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Proofpoint Email Encryption? I have yet to experience anything I do not like about the program, I didn't do the setup of the system so i wouldn't know. Every email that has been captured so far after about a year of use has seemingly been correctly flagged. Nobody has asked me to retrieve an email from the nets and I haven't had to go in for anything I was 'supposed' to receive either. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Proofpoint Email Encryption: My role primarily as a user and also an admin who helps to retrieve emails has lead me to have a positive outlook on this product. I get less work because less people are submitting tickets about emails and my users get more security and less unwanted emails. They still get warned about the emails so that's good too. Overall it works and it works well, I haven't had to use support yet though so I'm unsure on that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Proofpoint Email Encryption solving and how is that benefiting you? The largest benefit is how little spam and phishing attempts the end user actually receives now. That also is the problem we are solving by using it so everything is positive so far. Realistically this can't block everything but it sure tries. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 3/29/2019 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![jim b.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "jim b.") JB jim b. manager Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/10/2019 "Sensitive email safe with this" 5/5 What do you like best about Proofpoint Email Encryption? with this program we never worry about the wrong person reading sensitive info. and before using this it was a problem. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Proofpoint Email Encryption? Really no dislikes yet. Maybe the way the encryption process works could be better explained. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Proofpoint Email Encryption: If you are having issues with email privacy you need this now! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Proofpoint Email Encryption solving and how is that benefiting you? sensitive and private email issues are no longer a problem. now we don't have to worry about private emails we send out. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Computer & Network Security](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer & Network Security") AC Verified User in Computer & Network Security Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 4/9/2019 "Manage Proofpoint for Clients" 5/5 What do you like best about Proofpoint Email Encryption? The system is well made and easy to use, even for beginners just learning the system for our clients. The easy to enable email encryption is a great feature and being able to protect from spam, phishing, etc. is a benefit for all companies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Proofpoint Email Encryption? Having an updated UI for the modern age would go a long way to allow administration of the platform to be more streamlined. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Proofpoint Email Encryption solving and how is that benefiting you? Having a central location where we can manage our Proofpoint customers and end users makes the task much less laborious than it once was. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Hospital & Health Care](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Hospital & Health Care") UH Verified User in Hospital & Health Care Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 4/8/2019 "Powerful yet simple tool to defend against spam and phishing." 5/5 What do you like best about Proofpoint Email Encryption? This tool has made my life as a SOC engineer much easier. I used to devote a lot of time sifting through a mountain of data to find threats. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Proofpoint Email Encryption? I really have not seen any downside to using this product to date. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Proofpoint Email Encryption solving and how is that benefiting you? We acquired another business and merged their exchange with ours. They were breached prior to coming to us and Proofpoint has been great in catching most of the spam/phishing attempts directed to those compromised old email accounts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ##### Pricing Pricing details for this product isn’t currently available. Visit the vendor’s website to learn more. 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