{"question": "best email security gateways for remote teams", "category": "email-security-gateways", "category_name": "email security gateways", "audience": "remote-teams", "audience_name": "remote teams", "engine": "Claude (Anthropic) with web search", "model": "claude-opus-5", "asked_at": "2026-10-17T21:36:22Z", "permalink": "https://bikoosh.com/answers/s/email-security-gateways-remote-teams-2026-10-17", "question_page": "https://bikoosh.com/answers/q/email-security-gateways/remote-teams", "brands_named": [{"position": 1, "brand": "API-connected", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 2, "brand": "Microsoft", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 3, "brand": "Microsoft 365", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 4, "brand": "Google", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 5, "brand": "Google Workspace", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 6, "brand": "Sublime", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 7, "brand": "Abnormal", "label": "recommended"}, {"position": 8, "brand": "Microsoft Defender", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 9, "brand": "Defender", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 10, "brand": "Check", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 11, "brand": "E5", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 12, "brand": "Avanan", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 13, "brand": "Slack", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 14, "brand": "SharePoint", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 15, "brand": "Proofpoint", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 16, "brand": "DLP", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 17, "brand": "Proofpoint Essentials", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 18, "brand": "Mimecast", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 19, "brand": "Abnormal AI", "label": "compared"}], "sources_cited": [{"url": "https://sublime.security/articles/api-based-email-security-vs-traditional-seg/", "domain": "sublime.security", "source_type": "vendor"}, {"url": "https://expertinsights.com/email-security/top-email-security-solutions-for-office-365", "domain": "expertinsights.com", "source_type": "other"}, {"url": "https://www.g2.com/compare/abnormal-ai-vs-sublime-email-security-platform", "domain": "g2.com", "source_type": "review"}, {"url": "https://costbench.com/best/best-email-security-for-smb/", "domain": "costbench.com", "source_type": "other"}, {"url": "https://www.itechguides.com/best/email-security-gateways/", "domain": "itechguides.com", "source_type": "other"}, {"url": "https://www.g2.com/compare/abnormal-ai-vs-sublime-email-security-platform-vs-check-point-harmony-email-collaboration", "domain": "g2.com", "source_type": "review"}, {"url": "https://g2.com/products/proofpoint-essentials-for-small-business/pricing", "domain": "g2.com", "source_type": "review"}, {"url": "https://tech-insider.org/proofpoint-vs-mimecast-vs-microsoft-defender-2026/", "domain": "tech-insider.org", "source_type": "other"}, {"url": "https://mailroute.net/learn/gateway-vs-api-email-security", "domain": "mailroute.net", "source_type": "other"}], "answer_text": "## First, a framing point\n\nFor a distributed team, the classic \"secure email gateway\" (MX-record change, filter mail in transit) is mostly the wrong shape. Your people are on home Wi-Fi and personal networks, and the threats that actually hit them - BEC, vendor-invoice fraud, account takeover, lateral phishing from a compromised colleague - are things a perimeter gateway never sees, because that mail never crosses the perimeter. The modern answer is an **API-connected (ICES) layer** sitting inside Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace, usually on top of the native filtering you already pay for. This is the consensus direction the market has moved: API platforms connect at the mailbox layer via Graph API with no mail-flow changes, and see inbound, outbound, and internal mail ([Sublime](https://sublime.security/articles/api-based-email-security-vs-traditional-seg/), [Expert Insights](https://expertinsights.com/email-security/top-email-security-solutions-for-office-365)).\n\nSo the list below is \"what I'd actually deploy,\" not \"best gateways\" literally.\n\n## What I'd name, in order\n\n**1. Abnormal Security** - My default recommendation for most remote teams. It's API-only, deploys in hours wi", "answer_truncated": true, "measurement": "One answer from one engine on one date. Not a ranking and not a claim about the world; brands the engine did not name are not recorded.", "limitation": "Coverage: Claude (Anthropic) with web search. Other engines not included.", "alerts": {"name": "Answer Watch Pro", "price_usd": 79, "period": "month", "gets": "daily change alerts for up to 5 brands in what one AI answer engine says, history, CSV export. Coverage: Claude (Anthropic) with web search. Other engines not included", "url": "https://bikoosh.com/answers"}}