Description
Essentials is the middle tier of TrendAI Vision One email security at 50 credits per user. It upgrades the protection engine to Advanced and folds in the capabilities that cost extra on Core, including inline mode, URL sandboxing, encryption, continuity and DMARC monitoring.
Essentials still asks you to choose one deployment type. API with inline mode, or MX. What changes from Core is that nothing is held back as a paid add-on within the deployment you pick. If you need API and MX running together, that is Pro.
What Essentials adds over Core
- Advanced protection engine for Microsoft 365, Gmail and apps, rather than the standard engine at Core.
- Inline mode included, where Core charges 25 credits per user for it.
- Cloud sandboxing for files and URLs, where Core sandboxes files only and charges for URL sandboxing.
- On MX: email encryption, email continuity and DMARC monitoring included, all add-ons at Core.
The arithmetic
Core is 25 credits per user and Essentials is 50. A single 25 credit add-on on Core closes that gap entirely. Two add-ons and Core costs more than Essentials. This is the tier most organizations land on once they list what they actually need.
Core, Essentials or Pro
| Included | Core | Essentials | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Credits per user | 25 | 50 | 105 |
| Deployment | API or MX, pick one | API or MX, pick one | API and MX together |
| ATP and DLP | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Collaboration apps | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Inline mode | Add-on, 25 credits | Included | Included |
| Cloud sandboxing, file | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cloud sandboxing, URL | Add-on, 25 credits | Included | Included |
| Email encryption, continuity, DMARC (MX) | Add-ons | Included | Included |
| XDR | No | No | Yes |
Who it is for
Fewer paid add-ons
Inline mode, URL sandboxing, encryption and continuity are included rather than extra.
Domain spoofing worries
DMARC monitoring is part of Essentials.
Still one deployment type
API with inline mode, or MX. For both together, choose Pro.
Upgrade path
- Email Security Core. One deployment type, API or MX, with advanced threat protection and DLP.
- Email Security Essentials (this listing). Advanced engine, inline mode, URL sandboxing, encryption, continuity and DMARC monitoring.
- Email Security Pro. API and MX together, plus XDR so email detections join endpoint and identity signals.
- Vision One MDR. TrendAI analysts watch and respond around the clock.
Related TrendAI products
| Product | What it adds | Licensed by |
|---|---|---|
| Email Security Core | API or MX deployment, advanced threat protection, DLP | 25 credits per user |
| Email Security Essentials (this listing) | Advanced engine, inline mode, URL sandboxing, encryption, continuity | 50 credits per user |
| Email Security Pro | API and MX together, plus XDR | 105 credits per user |
| XDR for Email (EmDR) | Email sensor for XDR | 5 credits per mailbox |
Frequently asked questions
What does Essentials include that Core does not?
Inline mode, URL sandboxing, and on MX deployment the email encryption, email continuity and DMARC monitoring that Core sells as 25 credit add-ons. The protection engine is also upgraded to Advanced.
Is Essentials worth the extra 25 credits per user?
If you need even one of the Core add-ons, yes, because a single add-on costs the same 25 credits and Essentials includes several. If you need none of them and you only want baseline protection on one deployment type, Core is the cheaper fit.
Does Essentials include XDR?
No. XDR arrives at Pro, along with dual API and MX deployment. Essentials is single deployment type, same as Core.
How is it licensed?
Per user, at 50 credits per user. Licensing is per user across both API and MX deployments.
Get this quoted by Nuformat
Nuformat licenses TrendAI Vision One for businesses across Canada and the United States. Tell us your mailbox count and whether you are on Microsoft 365, Google Workspace or an on-premises gateway, and we will confirm the tier and the credit total, usually in two to three business days.
Request a quoteCapabilities and credit values as published by TrendAI. Credit rates confirmed by Nuformat at the time of quotation.