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| Product | Cisco Secure Email by Cisco View product | FortiMail by Fortinet View product | Egress Secure Email by Egress View product |
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| Overview | |||
| What it is | Cisco Secure Email delivers dynamic file analysis for phishing prevention. Explore its Email Security capabilities, deployment choices and top competitors. | FortiMail offers anti-spam, anti-phishing and malware protection. Use it for inbound email security and phishing defense. See Secure Email Gateway alternatives. | Egress Secure Email covers unified email security suite, AI phishing detection and contextual DLP prompts for Email Encryption. Compare top Email Security tools. |
| Product type | Secure Email Gateway & Anti-Phishing Platform | Secure email gateway and email security platform | Integrated Cloud Email Security & Inbound/Outbound DLP |
| Best for | Cross-industry, Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Retail, Technology | Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers | Global Enterprise, Banking, Legal, Healthcare, Government |
| Pricing | |||
| Pricing model | Contact Vendor | Contact Vendor | Contact Vendor |
| Free trial | Free trial: yes | Free trial: no | Free trial: yes |
| Deployment | |||
| Deployment options | SaaSCloudHybridOn-Premise | Cloud | SaaSCloud |
| Deployment details | Cloud; Hybrid; On-premises appliance; Cloud gateway SaaS; Virtual appliance (ESXi, KVM); Physical hardware appliance; Cloud Mailbox Defense API | Physical appliance, virtual appliance and cloud service; Physical appliance, virtual appliance and cloud service | Cloud (SaaS); API & Add-in Architecture; Cloud SaaS; API & add-in architecture |
| Data residency | Multi-region cloud options (US, EMEA, APAC); customer-selected data regions | Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/region | UK; US; EU; Global |
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| Platform & access | |||
| API access | API access: yes | API access: yes | API access: yes |
| Single sign-on (SSO) | SSO: yes | SSO: yes | SSO: yes |
| Role-based access (RBAC) | RBAC: yes | RBAC: yes | RBAC: yes |
| Multi-tenant | Multi-tenant: yes | Multi-tenant: yes | Multi-tenant: yes |
| Mobile app | Mobile app: no | Mobile app: no | Mobile app: yes |
| Supported platforms | Microsoft 365Microsoft ExchangeGoogle WorkspaceLinuxCloud | Hardware applianceVMware ESXiMicrosoft Hyper-VKVMCitrix XenServerAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud+1 more | Microsoft 365ExchangeGoogle WorkspaceOutlookWebmail |
| Compliance | SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, GDPR | Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment | SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001NCSC CPAHIPAAGDPR |
| Integrations & coverage | |||
| Integrations | Microsoft 365Microsoft ExchangeCisco SecureXCisco Secure EndpointCisco TalosSplunkQRadarServiceNow | FortiSandboxFortiAnalyzerFortiSIEMFortiSOARFortiAuthenticatorFortiGateFortiGuard | Microsoft 365Google WorkspaceMicrosoft Entra IDSplunk |
| Industries | Cross-industryFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentRetailTechnology | EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more | Global EnterpriseBankingLegalHealthcareGovernment |
| Regions | Global | GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region | GlobalUKUSEU |
| Vendor | |||
| Company | Cisco | Fortinet | Egress |
| Headquarters | San Jose, California, USA | Sunnyvale, California, USA | London, United Kingdom |
| Company size | 80,000+ | 10,000+ | 500+ |
| Founded | 1984 | 2000 | 2009 |
Overview
What it is
Cisco Secure Email
Cisco Secure Email delivers dynamic file analysis for phishing prevention. Explore its Email Security capabilities, deployment choices and top competitors.FortiMail
FortiMail offers anti-spam, anti-phishing and malware protection. Use it for inbound email security and phishing defense. See Secure Email Gateway alternatives.Egress Secure Email
Egress Secure Email covers unified email security suite, AI phishing detection and contextual DLP prompts for Email Encryption. Compare top Email Security tools.Product type
Cisco Secure Email
Secure Email Gateway & Anti-Phishing PlatformFortiMail
Secure email gateway and email security platformEgress Secure Email
Integrated Cloud Email Security & Inbound/Outbound DLPBest for
Cisco Secure Email
Cross-industry, Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Retail, TechnologyFortiMail
Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providersEgress Secure Email
Global Enterprise, Banking, Legal, Healthcare, GovernmentPricing
Pricing model
Cisco Secure Email
Contact VendorFortiMail
Contact VendorEgress Secure Email
Contact VendorFree trial
Cisco Secure Email
Free trial: yesFortiMail
Free trial: noEgress Secure Email
Free trial: yesDeployment
Deployment options
Cisco Secure Email
SaaSCloudHybridOn-Premise
FortiMail
Cloud
Egress Secure Email
SaaSCloud
Deployment details
Cisco Secure Email
Cloud; Hybrid; On-premises appliance; Cloud gateway SaaS; Virtual appliance (ESXi, KVM); Physical hardware appliance; Cloud Mailbox Defense APIFortiMail
Physical appliance, virtual appliance and cloud service; Physical appliance, virtual appliance and cloud serviceEgress Secure Email
Cloud (SaaS); API & Add-in Architecture; Cloud SaaS; API & add-in architectureData residency
Cisco Secure Email
Multi-region cloud options (US, EMEA, APAC); customer-selected data regionsFortiMail
Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/regionEgress Secure Email
UK; US; EU; GlobalKey features
What it offers
Cisco Secure Email
- Multi-layered anti-phishing
- Talos threat intelligence
- DMARC/DKIM authentication
- URL rewrite and analysis
- Dynamic file analysis
- Cloud mailbox defense
- Email encryption
- Data loss prevention
FortiMail
- Anti-spam
- Anti-phishing
- Malware protection
- Email authentication
- DLP
- Content inspection
- Sandbox integration
- Encryption
Egress Secure Email
- Unified email security suite
- AI phishing detection
- Contextual DLP prompts
- AES-256 encryption
- Message revocation
- Unified analytics
- Email Security
- DLP
Platform & access
API access
Cisco Secure Email
API access: yesFortiMail
API access: yesEgress Secure Email
API access: yesSingle sign-on (SSO)
Cisco Secure Email
SSO: yesFortiMail
SSO: yesEgress Secure Email
SSO: yesRole-based access (RBAC)
Cisco Secure Email
RBAC: yesFortiMail
RBAC: yesEgress Secure Email
RBAC: yesMulti-tenant
Cisco Secure Email
Multi-tenant: yesFortiMail
Multi-tenant: yesEgress Secure Email
Multi-tenant: yesMobile app
Cisco Secure Email
Mobile app: noFortiMail
Mobile app: noEgress Secure Email
Mobile app: yesSupported platforms
Cisco Secure Email
Microsoft 365Microsoft ExchangeGoogle WorkspaceLinuxCloud
FortiMail
Hardware applianceVMware ESXiMicrosoft Hyper-VKVMCitrix XenServerAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud+1 more
Egress Secure Email
Microsoft 365ExchangeGoogle WorkspaceOutlookWebmail
Compliance
Cisco Secure Email
SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, GDPR
FortiMail
Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment
Egress Secure Email
SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001NCSC CPAHIPAAGDPR
Integrations & coverage
Integrations
Cisco Secure Email
Microsoft 365Microsoft ExchangeCisco SecureXCisco Secure EndpointCisco TalosSplunkQRadarServiceNow
FortiMail
FortiSandboxFortiAnalyzerFortiSIEMFortiSOARFortiAuthenticatorFortiGateFortiGuard
Egress Secure Email
Microsoft 365Google WorkspaceMicrosoft Entra IDSplunk
Industries
Cisco Secure Email
Cross-industryFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentRetailTechnology
FortiMail
EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more
Egress Secure Email
Global EnterpriseBankingLegalHealthcareGovernment
Regions
Cisco Secure Email
Global
FortiMail
GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region
Egress Secure Email
GlobalUKUSEU
Vendor
Company
Cisco Secure Email
CiscoFortiMail
FortinetEgress Secure Email
EgressHeadquarters
Cisco Secure Email
San Jose, California, USAFortiMail
Sunnyvale, California, USAEgress Secure Email
London, United KingdomCompany size
Cisco Secure Email
80,000+FortiMail
10,000+Egress Secure Email
500+Founded
Cisco Secure Email
1984FortiMail
2000Egress Secure Email
2009