We performed a comparison between Symantec Messaging Gateway and Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Secure Email Gateway (SEG) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Symantec Messaging Gateway has a good GUI, and it is very powerful in detecting viruses and spam."
"Symantec is a secure product."
"Symantec’s spyware and malware signature database is very good compared to other products."
"Messaging Gateway is stable."
"Symantec Messaging Gateway has a huge knowledge base about phishing, spamming, spoofing, etc."
"The solution is highly customizable. You can make rules for domains and configure policies for spam or malware. Messaging Gateway is an on-prem solution, so it's useful for companies without a cloud presence."
"The feature that I like the best is the fingerprinting concept."
"It is a solid and stable product."
"The solution provides protection with its Email Track Records and Machine Manual features."
"The technical support services are excellent."
"Messaging Gateway's advanced malware detection could be improved."
"It is a nice product but is not user friendly in terms of the graphical interface. It is poor and is not rich in terms of the human interface."
"The biggest problem is it's an on-prem product and we're trying to get out of having equipment in data centers."
"The documentation could have more detailed examples of how to use the product in various situations. As more companies shift to the cloud, they could better integrate the on-prem and cloud versions through an on-prem client."
"Sometimes the solution picks up false positive for viruses during scans."
"Symantec Messaging Gateway should include better exclusions and exceptions for better administration."
"We've had issues in the past where the user finds spam, and Symantec does not recognize it as spam."
"The product must improve the user dashboards."
"The product's pricing could be more flexible."
"The solution's pricing could be improved."
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Symantec Messaging Gateway is ranked 6th in Secure Email Gateway (SEG) with 20 reviews while Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security is ranked 15th in Secure Email Gateway (SEG) with 2 reviews. Symantec Messaging Gateway is rated 8.2, while Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of Symantec Messaging Gateway writes "A stable and reasonably priced solution that performs well and has a very good malware database". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security writes "Has good technical support services but could have flexible pricing ". Symantec Messaging Gateway is most compared with Cisco Secure Email, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Fortinet FortiMail, Microsoft Defender for Office 365 and Trend Micro Email Security, whereas Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security is most compared with Trend Micro Email Security and Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP). See our Symantec Messaging Gateway vs. Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security report.
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