WHICH SOLUTION WORKS FOR YOU?

Material Security 
vs. Mimecast

Many email security tools only focus on stopping threats at the perimeter. Material Security provides deeper protection with a single platform that combines threat detection and response across email, files, and accounts.

Material Security is best for cloud-first organizations that want broad protection across email, files, and accounts in Google Workspace or Microsoft 365. Material is designed for companies that need:

  • Protection before and after messages are delivered
  • Resilient account controls like MFA step-up authentication for suspicious sessions
  • One integrated console instead of managing a patchwork of point solutions

Mimecast is best for organizations standardized on a secure email gateway model and comfortable changing MX records, tuning quarantine flows, and focusing security efforts on pre-delivery filtering. Teams may prefer Mimecast’s approach if they have:

  • On-prem email that requires a traditional gateway
  • Established email-only security teams
  • Dedicated operations personnel to maintain a gateway

Differentiators Between Material Security & Mimecast

01.

Ease of Deployment

Material Security connects to Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 by API, and setup takes less than ten minutes to establish a secure, read-write connection to email and files.

Mimecast centers on a gateway architecture that has been adapted for the cloud. SEG implementation requires DNS changes, traffic rerouting, and ongoing maintenance.

02.

Less Time to Manage

Material Security offers features designed to reduce admin overhead:

  • No gateway, no shadow mail store, and no daily queue triage
  • Single platform for phishing, posture, DLP, and incident response
  • Messages aren’t detained by default, so deliverability stays clean
  • Precise remediation rather than blunt quarantines

Mimecast workflows operate around a quarantine, which requires constant oversight:

  • Queue review and end-user releases
  • Policy tuning for false positives and graymail
  • Deliverability disruptions when settings tighten
03.

More Coverage at a Faction of the Cost

Material Security provides coverage that spans email, files, and accounts in Google and Microsoft, reducing the total cost of ownership versus Mimecast:

  • Lower subscription vs. suite of point solutions
  • Reduced person-hours required to maintain the platform

Mimecast’s strength is pre-delivery email security at the perimeter, leaving gaps in file and account security. There are limited options for post-delivery email remediation, leaving companies open to risk from account takeovers.

Features
API Deployment
No Change to MX records
Phishing Protection
Phishing Simulations
Post-Delivery Email Protection
Outbound Email Encryption
Account Takeover (ATO) Resilience
Agentless Data Loss Prevention
Agent required
Google Drive Integration
Posture Management
All-in-One Console (no separate modules to manage)

Why do security teams choose Material Security?

It’s simple: it provides protection beyond just email at a better value.

Email Security

Material runs on auto-pilot to remediate sophisticated email attacks that bypass traditional controls—without disrupting operations or wasting resources managing rulesets

File Security

Understand where sensitive data exists, if it is exposed, and reduce the risk. Material detects sensitive content in files and automatically remediates excessive permissions and inappropriate sharing.

Account Security

Detect account takeovers, contain their impact, and proactively harden your accounts. Material prevents attackers from establishing their presence, moving laterally, and exfiltrating sensitive data.

The most innovative organizations trust Material

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Fredrick "Flee" Lee, CSO, Gusto
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Alex Bynum, Information Security Manager, Color
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