We performed a comparison between Barracuda Email Security Gateway and Fortinet FortiMail Cloud 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."The feature that sets Barracuda apart from other solutions is the Office 365 cloud-to-cloud backup."
"We find the email security to be valuable."
"This product is powerful and quite simple to use."
"Barracuda Email Security Gateway has features like identify the spam source, rules to avoid some specific spams and then reschedule. And there are some other features like the email continuity, the email server and gateway site, which can relay the mail kit. The solution is user-friendly.These kind of features are the most valuable."
"The most valuable feature of Barracuda Email Security Gateway is the complete capabilities it provides. Additionally, the phishing security and sandbox features are effective."
"It is a very stable solution."
"The spam filtering, in particular, is very important for us. We have a large volume of emails each month, something like 200,000, and Barracuda filters about 85 percent of the spam, malware, and phishing that comes in. It prevents our users from receiving this content on their computers."
"All features it provides on the cloud environment are very, very useful, including the antivirus that is enabled on it."
"If there is a problem somewhere Fortinet can act on it immediately. That is very important."
"The implementation was very professional. There are a lot of features I can get through Fortinet and FortiMail, such as security. FortiGuard is the most reliable and professional mitigation center to handle incidents and risk that I have to face."
"The scanners with FortiMail are valuable."
"The most valuable features are email ATB and Malware Analysis."
"FortiMail Cloud is very fast."
"The product's initial setup is straightforward and simple, making it an easy-to-use tool."
"The most valuable features are the low price and its ability to integrate with other Fortinet products."
"The most valuable feature is the advanced threat protection."
"False positives have given us issues."
"I am not aware of the licensing costs."
"The solution could improve by adding DomainKeys (DKIM) functionality. This is something that is essentially required nowadays for outbound security. They do not have it on their on-premise solution appliance but they have alternate arrangements for their cloud solution."
"We are using the tool’s 400 model which does not offer accurate spam detection. We have also had performance issues with the tool."
"Two improvements that are needed include an enhancement in the proxy feature, as well as the ability to more fully automate patches and updates."
"The scalability needs improvement, it's the only feature that is required."
"Solution requires regular checking to ensure it's 'keeping up' with spam."
"Some customers experience issues with integration."
"Networking should be simplified."
"The product could be improved by extending reporting tools and adding options for notification."
"The URL filtering and handling should be enhanced because it doesn't support all languages. I believe that this would be easy to enhance in the future."
"The tool's UI can be simple since it's cluttered now and you can't understand where you are going. It's not obvious to find out the menus or things that you are looking to find."
"The setup of the rules can be improved. I think it should be simplified and would be the best improvement in the system."
"Fortinet FortiMail Cloud doesn't have AI features, making it an outdated tool for me."
"Email sorting is missing from this solution."
"It is slightly difficult to configure FortiMail in the cloud with Exchange on-premise, especially the quarantine mailbox access for end-users."
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Barracuda Email Security Gateway is ranked 2nd in Secure Email Gateway (SEG) with 51 reviews while Fortinet FortiMail Cloud is ranked 8th in Secure Email Gateway (SEG) with 18 reviews. Barracuda Email Security Gateway is rated 8.0, while Fortinet FortiMail Cloud is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Barracuda Email Security Gateway writes "Robust email protection with advanced features such as effective spam filtering, virus and malware defense, phishing protection and high scalability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiMail Cloud writes "A reliable email security solution with deep integration capabilities and exceptionally strong support". Barracuda Email Security Gateway is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Fortinet FortiMail, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Cisco Secure Email and Proofpoint Email Protection, whereas Fortinet FortiMail Cloud is most compared with Fortinet FortiMail, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) and Darktrace. See our Barracuda Email Security Gateway vs. Fortinet FortiMail Cloud report.
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