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Proofpoint Essentials Pricing

Enterprise-grade email security built for small and mid-sized businesses. Protecting more than 100 mailboxes? Talk to an engineer for a customised quote.

Less than 100 users

Business

$36/yr

Per User

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Includes:

  • Anti-Spam/Malware
  • Content Filtering
  • Phishing Protection
  • URL Defense
  • Attachment Sandboxing
  • Data Loss Prevention
  • Email Continuity with 30-day Emergency Inbox

Advanced+

$62/yr

Per User

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Includes:

  • Everything in Business
  • Predictive URL Defense
  • One-Click Message Pull
  • Advanced BEC Detection
  • Email Warning Banners
  • Email Encryption
100 users+ and non-profit

Custom Quote

Custom

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Includes:

  • Volume pricing from 100 users
  • Education, government and non-profit rates
  • Multi-domain and multi-tenant configurations
  • Email archiving with extended retention
  • Multi-year terms

All 6 packages compared

Every feature across the six Essentials packages, so you can see exactly what each tier adds

Feature Business Business+ Advanced Advanced+ Professional Professional+
Anti-Spam/Anti-Virus Included Included Included Included Included Included
URL Defense Included Included Included Included Included Included
Impostor Email Protection Included Included Included Included Included Included
Email Continuity Included Included Included Included Included Included
Email Encryption - - Included Included Included Included
Attachment Defense Sandboxing - - Included Included Included Included
Predictive URL Defense - Included - Included - Included
One-Click Message Pull - Included - Included - Included
Advanced BEC Defense - - - Included - Included
Email Archiving - - - - Included Included

Frequently asked questions

What's the difference between the Proofpoint Essentials packages?

There are six: Business and Business+, Advanced and Advanced+, Professional and Professional+. All six include anti-spam, anti-virus, URL defense, impostor email protection and email continuity. Advanced adds email encryption and attachment defense sandboxing, and Professional adds email archiving. The plus versions of each add predictive URL defense, one-click message pull and, at Professional+, advanced BEC defense. Most customers land on Advanced or Advanced+.

How much does Proofpoint Essentials cost?

Pricing is per user per year and depends on the package and your user count, with the per-user rate falling as the count rises. Non-profit, education and government rates are available. We bill in USD, GBP, EUR and AUD, and we’ll send written pricing rather than pointing you at a portal.

Do we need to change our MX records?

Yes. Proofpoint Essentials is a secure email gateway, so mail routes through it before reaching Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace. That’s a mail flow change rather than an API connection, which is what makes email continuity and archiving possible. We plan the cutover with you, test before any live traffic moves and monitor delivery through the change.

What's included in Proofpoint Essentials email archiving?

Archiving is included in the Professional and Professional+ packages rather than sold separately. It provides searchable retention of inbound and outbound email for compliance and legal discovery, with export for bulk retrieval. If you need archiving, Professional is usually cheaper than adding it elsewhere.

Can we add users during the term?

Yes. Users added mid-term are prorated to your existing renewal date, so you keep one anniversary and one annual invoice rather than several at different dates. We send a renewal summary before each anniversary so the cost is confirmed in advance rather than discovered afterwards.

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