We performed a comparison between Barracuda Email Threat Scanner and Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Anti-Malware Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature of Barracuda Email Threat Scanner is the security it provides by delaying the delivery of suspicious emails until they can be reviewed inside the Barracuda control panel."
"The main benefit that I am getting from this solution is that it filters almost 95% of my spam mail. Some spam mails bypass Barracuda Email Threat Scanner, but when I add those domains or addresses to the filter list, they get blocked. Some users on my premises do not understand which mail attachments or links should be opened. By filtering with Barracuda Email Threat Scanner, we are not getting any type of phishing mails. So, our infrastructure is safer, and as an IT person, I feel relaxed."
"It was easy to learn the product."
"With Microsoft Exchange Online Protection, if malware is attached to a mailer, it's very easy to go into the incident alert and find out what's happening with that identity and the mail."
"The product protects against malware."
"The pre-set policies and configuration analyzer are the most valuable features."
"We can migrate seamlessly without any disruptions to our operations."
"The initial setup is just a standard process."
"You can use the product to create special accounts."
"Microsoft EOP's most valuable feature is a shared mailbox."
"It's all running in the backend, so it doesn't affect the app functionality."
"If the price were lower, perhaps we could purchase our own."
"The product must improve the features associated with creating a blacklist."
"We had an incident last month where the PCs of one or two colleagues, who were outside of our factory and were using a defined network, got infected by some kind of malware. From their PCs, more than 1,000 mails were produced per hour, causing spamming on our mail server. Barracuda blocked the full mail communication. Only one to two accounts were compromised, and for that, Barracuda blocked all incoming and outgoing mails. It created a great problem for other users and our office activities. Our server was blocked for three days, which we did not expect. Technically, only one or two accounts should be blocked. When a domain or IP is blocked, communication becomes tough. It may be a configuration issue at our provider's end, where there was a mistake in configuring Barracuda. It could also be a problem related to Barracuda."
"We would like the solution to have more in-built intelligence in the way that it reviews potential security risks, rather than our team constantly having to update the policies."
"If a company wants to put in line back-to-back anti-spam solutions, they need to work on that part because Microsoft recommends either you use EOP as a front line or you don't use it."
"The tool is not 100% stable."
"I would like to get reports about vulnerable connections from our clients with information about domains, public IPs, etc. That would be highly useful."
"When the product is being updated, it changes some of the setups. The support team is also not good."
"Online Protection has an issue in that it doesn't provide an option to stop impersonation."
"The biggest issue that I experience is that Microsoft keeps moving things around, and it's very inconsistent as to where you find the information when you're trying to work on different pieces."
"It would be helpful for customers if Plan 1 features were included with EOP."
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Barracuda Email Threat Scanner is ranked 25th in Anti-Malware Tools with 3 reviews while Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) is ranked 11th in Anti-Malware Tools with 34 reviews. Barracuda Email Threat Scanner is rated 8.6, while Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Barracuda Email Threat Scanner writes "Works perfectly and filters almost 95% of spam mails". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) writes "An effective email security solution that provides DLP, Safe Attachment, and Safe Links". Barracuda Email Threat Scanner is most compared with CrowdStrike Falcon, Huntress, VirusTotal and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, whereas Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Proofpoint Email Protection, Cisco Secure Email, Mimecast Email Security and Fortinet FortiMail. See our Barracuda Email Threat Scanner vs. Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) report.
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