We performed a comparison between AppRiver Email Security and Barracuda Email Security Gateway based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Email Security solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is a stable solution."
"There are several features that I consider valuable."
"Since we have started using the solution, there have been fewer compromises."
"I like its investigation capabilities, as that is what is most important to me. It is fairly simple with a user-friendly interface."
"The email protection is excellent, especially in terms of anti-phishing policies."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is the ease of use."
"Microsoft Defender for Office 365's most valuable feature is its performance."
"The solution is very easy to use. All you have to do is to assign the license to the end-user and it's done. The customer will only have the feature activated, and the solution will monitor the emails to determine if they are a threat or not."
"It's easy to use and user-friendly. Users can also easily release spam emails."
"They are very easy to use."
"It is very simple to whitelist addresses."
"This solution has helped to significantly reduce the amount of junk email that we receive."
"The anti-spamming, anti-fishing features are great."
"The most valuable feature of Barracuda Email Security Gateway is the complete capabilities it provides. Additionally, the phishing security and sandbox features are effective."
"Barracuda Email Security Gateway is very simple to use."
"The most valuable feature is the Antispam services, which are the basic services of spam device"
"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."
"The performance is good."
"Microsoft Defender for Office 365 should improve the troubleshooting tools. It's unclear whether the device is blocked at the firewall level or at the device itself. The granularity needed for troubleshooting is currently lacking. From my perspective, Microsoft should address this issue to benefit many users who likely share the same sentiment."
"About eight months ago, we started to measure the quantity of phishing and spam that we have been receiving, and it has been increasing a lot. That means that protection for our email is not as good as we were expecting."
"Microsoft security solutions work as expected. They are constantly updating the solutions to make them better. At the same time, the changes can impact a customer's environment, and we need to adjust settings. Sometimes we aren't aware of the changes, and nothing is pushed from the backend automatically."
"This product's effectiveness could be improved, in terms of detecting unwanted spam or even malware between the emails, compared to other products."
"The pre-sales cost calculations could be more transparent."
"Microsoft wants its well-paying customers to finish testing some of its half-baked products, find bugs, and report bugs back to Microsoft's team, which is a little frustrating for those who have to manage it and roll it up to thousands of people across the organization."
"There is room for improvement in terms of reporting."
"Microsoft should provide more documentation for users so they can self-educate. I would like to see more documentation for advanced security features."
"Email security checks contain a small number of false positives."
"It needs to make sure that the application is up to date with new attacks. They should also send us the demo or introductions for their new incoming features."
"I am not aware of the licensing costs."
"Barracuda Email Security Gateway should include ATP in the next release."
"There are limited administration controls that should be improved."
"Barracuda isn't catching everything. We're still getting quite a few phishing emails, so we're looking for something else."
"The spam filtering is a little too aggressive. You can not get granular enough to back off on what is considered spam and what is not."
"I have noticed that it takes a little time to get familiar with after deploying and some tweaks need to be done as things come up."
"Barracuda should add an option where it can add multiple domains, such as abc.com, bbc.com, and cbc.com. Therefore, this domains' emails will be allowed and other domains' emails will not be relayed through Barracuda Email Security Gateway. Whereas, if you allow the IP address, then any of the domain's emails will be relayed through Barracuda Email Security Gateway. That is the drawback that I have observed. So, Barracuda should work on this."
"The deep scanning feature needs to be improved."
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AppRiver Email Security is ranked 23rd in Email Security with 2 reviews while Barracuda Email Security Gateway is ranked 2nd in Secure Email Gateway (SEG) with 51 reviews. AppRiver Email Security is rated 9.0, while Barracuda Email Security Gateway is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of AppRiver Email Security writes "Pricing that is competitive, excellent technical support, and email security". On the other hand, 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". AppRiver Email Security is most compared with Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Avanan, Proofpoint Email Protection, Abnormal Security and Mimecast Email Security, whereas Barracuda Email Security Gateway is most compared with Fortinet FortiMail, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Cisco Secure Email, Trend Micro Email Security and Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade. See our AppRiver Email Security vs. Barracuda Email Security Gateway report.
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