| Gartner Magic Quadrent |
Gartner Visionary Quadrant |
Not rated by Gartner |
Gartner Leaders Quadrant |
Gartner Vivisionary Quadrent |
Gartners Challenger Quadrant |
| Anti-Virus |
Proprietary engines |
Eset, Avira, AhnLabs |
F-Secure, McAfee, proprietary engines |
3rd party engines |
Proprietary engines |
| Spam Filtering |
Proprietary engine plus 3rd part RBL |
Proprietary engine plus proprietary RBL |
Proprietary engine plus proprietary RBL |
Proprietary engines, plus 3rd part RBL |
Proprietary engines, plus 3rd part RBL |
| DOS/DHA |
Yes |
Add on |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Challenge Response |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Grey Mail |
Yes |
No |
Bulk Mail Filters |
No |
Yes |
| Content Filtering |
Yes |
Outbound Only |
Flexible DLP options |
Yes |
Yes with preloaded dictionaries |
| Outbound Filtering |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Regular Expressions |
Add on |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Link Protection |
Yes |
No |
Add on |
Yes |
No |
| Attachment Filtering |
Can be filtered by extension, mime type and size |
Extension only |
Can be filters by extension and mime type |
Can be filters by extension and mime type |
Can be filtered by extension, mime type and size |
| Image Scanning |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Country Blocking |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| End User Quarantine |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Admin Quarantine |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Admin White/Black Lists |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| End User White/Black Lists |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Custom Notifications |
Yes |
No |
Yes for groups |
Yes |
No |
| Message Spooling |
60 days |
30 days |
30 days |
30 days |
5 days |
| Message Continuity |
Yes |
Add on (30 rolling days) |
Yes, also has Message Replay as add on |
Yes, with Outlook integration as add on |
Add on (30 rolling days) |
| Global Threat Center |
Yes |
24 hour threat center |
24 hour threat center |
24 hour threat center |
Threat center on 3 continents |
| Email Encryption |
Add on |
Add on |
Add on |
Add on |
Add on |
| Supports TLS |
Yes |
Opportunistic |
Yes |
Yes |
Add on |
| Email Archiving |
Add on |
Add on |
Add on |
Add on |
Add on |
| Console Overview |
Tab dependent control organization is often inconsistent |
Clean console some reduced functionality |
Tab dependent control console can be cluttered |
Policy Drive with |
GUI is older and functionality is often burred |
| Set up Fee |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| User Creation |
Individual, Bulk, LDAP |
Individual, Bulk, LDAP |
Individual, Bulk, LDAP |
Individual, Bulk, LDAP |
Individual, Bulk, LDAP |
| LDAP |
Populating users and passwords |
Populating users |
Populating users |
Populating users |
Populating users and passwords |
| Auto Account Creation |
Populates user after 8 valid emails in 24 hour period |
No |
Populating user thresholds configureable |
No |
No |
| SQR Configurable Time |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Adjustable Spam Settings |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Domain Validation |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Group Admin |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Individual Setting |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Outbound Disclaimers |
One global disclaimer can be implemented |
Yes |
Customizable down to the user level |
Yes |
Yes |
| Time customization quarantine report |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Multi SQR per Day |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Reporting |
20 preloaded reports by console or email |
Portal |
Downloadable and portal |
Portal |
Fully customized reports by email and portal |
| Social Media Account Protection |
No |
No |
Add on |
No |
No |
| Spam Reporting |
Via email or Outlook plugin |
Via email |
Yes via admin portal |
Outlook plugin |
Yes |
| False Positive Reporting |
Via email |
No |
Yes via admin portal |
Outlook plugin |
Yes |
| Provisioning Time Frame |
Less than 1 hour |
Less than 1 hour |
Less than 1 hour |
24 hours |
Less than 1 hour assuming txt validation is in place |
| Trail |
30 day money back guarantee |
30 days |
30 days |
Yes |
30 day money back guarantee |
| Monthly Terms |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
