Forcepoint DSPM vs Proofpoint DSPM

Check differences in scope, deployment and cost. Use the evaluation questions to resolve what the sources leave open.

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Capabilities, coverage, deployment, pricing and evaluation questions for Forcepoint DSPM and Proofpoint DSPM
Compare	Forcepoint DSPMUpdated 3 Oct 2026	Proofpoint DSPMUpdated 3 Oct 2026
Approach	Forcepoint DSPM discovers and classifies data, while streaming integrations support activity monitoring. Its Microsoft 365 labeling integration writes classification results to Purview sensitivity labels. [2] [3]	Proofpoint DSPM discovers sensitive data and supports data-access analysis. Its Snowflake documentation describes different scan deployments, so require the architecture for the version being quoted. [1] [2]
Discovery & classification	Documented [2]	Documented [1]
Access governance	Unconfirmed	Documented [1]
Data loss prevention	Unconfirmed	Unconfirmed
Detection & response	Documented [3]	Unconfirmed
Encryption & tokenization	Unconfirmed	Unconfirmed
Microsoft 365	◐ Partial OneDrive and SharePoint Online support classification and Purview labels. SharePoint activity streaming needs additional API permissions and auditing. [2] [3]	◐ Partial The account documentation includes OneDrive and SharePoint scan accounts. Confirm Exchange, Teams and permission-remediation scope. [3]
AWS	◐ Partial AWS appears in the supported-provider catalog. Confirm exact services and scan limits. [1]	◐ Partial Snapshot-based scanning is documented for Amazon RDS. Confirm the supported engines and infrastructure costs. [4]
Google Cloud	? Unconfirmed	◐ Partial Snapshot-based scanning is documented for Google Cloud SQL. Other GCP data services need confirmation. [4]
Snowflake / Databricks	● Full Databricks and Snowflake appear in the supported-provider catalog. Verify the supported objects and classifier setup. [1]	◐ Partial Snowflake classification, access analysis and native tags are documented. Databricks coverage is not established by these sources. [1]
On-prem shares	? Unconfirmed	? Unconfirmed
SaaS apps	◐ Partial Box, Dropbox and iManage connectors are listed. Confirm account editions and scan scope. [1]	◐ Partial Google Drive is a documented scan-account type. [3]
Deployment and data handling	Not established in the reviewed sources.	The product page describes a Snowflake-native app. The onboarding guide also documents a scanner in a customer-owned AWS sidecar account. [1] [2] Deployment check Have Proofpoint identify which workflow and permissions apply to your quote.
Pricing	Pricing was not established in the reviewed sources.	Pricing was not established in the reviewed sources.
Test in the evaluation	Quote DSPM, activity monitoring and DLP enforcement separately. Confirm whether structured-data classification requires vendor-assisted configuration. Test the delay between a SharePoint event, an alert and an operator response.	Is the proposed Snowflake scanner a native app or a sidecar in your AWS account? Which findings can trigger a native access change rather than a notification or ticket? List scan, snapshot and warehouse compute charges outside the subscription.

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