MX Guarddog vs Forcepoint Email Security Cloud

MX Guarddog8.7Visit Forcepoint Email Security Cloud7.9Visit

Higher score MX Guarddog #3 in Email Anti-Spam Software 8.7/10 Free plan · 30-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 2 of 3 features Visit MX Guarddog

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Forcepoint Email Security Cloud #5 in Email Anti-Spam Software 7.9/10 Pricing on request ✓ 3 of 3 features Visit Forcepoint

• MX Guarddog fits best

  Budget-conscious domain owners

• Forcepoint Email Security Cloud fits best

  Businesses needing cloud gateway sandboxing

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Side by side

Feature	MX Guarddog 8.7/10 Visit ↗	Forcepoint Email Security Cloud 7.9/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.7	7.9
Ranking	#3 in Email Anti-Spam Software	#5 in Email Anti-Spam Software
Best for	Budget-conscious domain owners	Businesses needing cloud gateway sandboxing
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Paid
Starting price	$0.25/unit/mo	Pricing on request
Free plan	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Free trial	30 days	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Email, Docs	Tickets, Phone, Docs
Integrations	3 integrations	3 integrations
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features MX Guarddog 2/3 · Forcepoint Email Security Cloud 3/3
Phishing detection	✓	✓
Malware scanning	✓	✓
Attachment scanning	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Specs
Quarantine access	User_and_admin	User_and_admin
Supported mail platforms	Standard SMTP email servers for owned domains; not consumer Gmail or Hotmail accounts	Microsoft Exchange, Gmail for Business, and other email providers
Quarantine retention	7 days	30 days (best)
Deployment type	Cloud_gateway	Cloud_gateway
Our review
Pros	Spam, phishing, malware and virus scanning Quarantine access with message release and reports 168-hour outage spooling with TLS encryption	Cloud sandboxing and advanced malware analysis Quarantine workflows for administrators and end users Supports Exchange, Gmail for Business and other providers
Cons	Does not support consumer Gmail or Hotmail accounts Designed for owned domains using standard SMTP servers Free access requires visible website text links to earn tokens	Pricing requires contacting Forcepoint sales End-user quarantine access depends on administrator enablement Web platform with no listed endpoint software option
Our verdict	MX Guarddog is a hosted email security service for organizations, individuals and domain owners operating their own email servers. It routes incoming mail through MX Guarddog data centers, scans messages for spam, phishing, malware and… Read the review →	Forcepoint Email Security Cloud filters inbound and outbound external email before it reaches an organization’s network. It combines antivirus and antispam filtering with phishing detection, malware analysis, attachment and image analysis,… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• MX Guarddog — where it wins

  • Spam, phishing, malware and virus scanning
  • Quarantine access with message release and reports
  • 168-hour outage spooling with TLS encryption

  Where it doesn't

  • Does not support consumer Gmail or Hotmail accounts
  • Designed for owned domains using standard SMTP servers
  • Free access requires visible website text links to earn tokens

• Forcepoint Email Security Cloud — where it wins

  • Cloud sandboxing and advanced malware analysis
  • Quarantine workflows for administrators and end users
  • Supports Exchange, Gmail for Business and other providers

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires contacting Forcepoint sales
  • End-user quarantine access depends on administrator enablement
  • Web platform with no listed endpoint software option

• MX Guarddog8.7/10 · Free plan · 30-day trial

  A low-cost cloud gateway for domain owners who run their own email servers.

  Visit MX GuarddogFull verdict →
• Forcepoint Email Security Cloud7.9/10 · Pricing on request

  A cloud gateway combining email filtering, sandboxing, quarantine and routing controls.

  Visit ForcepointFull verdict →