We performed a comparison between Microsoft Exchange Online Protection and Mimecast Email Security with Targeted Threat Protection based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Both of these solutions do a very effective job. Mimecast Email Security with Targeted Threat Protection is designed to specifically minimize any threats that may compromise an organization via email and provides very comprehensive protection for email traffic. Microsoft Exchange Online Protection is designed with a broader focus in mind, and is lagging somewhat in its overall email protection.
"It provides security to both on-premises and Azure infrastructures."
"We can migrate seamlessly without any disruptions to our operations."
"You can use the product to create special accounts."
"It offers great security against malware and other threats."
"It is an easy solution."
"It is easy to configure, easy to use, easy to add exclusions, easy to track, and easy to add anything else if you want."
"The initial setup was easy. The configuration process is very straightforward."
"The initial setup of Microsoft Exchange Online Protection was easy."
"The solution offers good technical support."
"In the current environment that the world is in, everyone is trying to hack everyone else, so Project+ definitely helps a lot there."
"It's good, it keeps the spam out."
"The setup was easy."
"URL inspection works pretty well."
"The piece that is most valuable from the Mimecast standpoint will be the sandboxing feature."
"It does a good job for us, and its admin console is easy to use."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
"It doesn't protect against everything. We do need protection for, for example, endpoints."
"The licensing can be on the expensive side, especially in the cloud space."
"The security compliance features need to be improved. Sometimes, a client's mailbox becomes full because of retained information and not because of mail. I would like to see improvement in block rules as well."
"It wasn't easy or intuitive enough for me to start using it. So, the reason was that the solution changed."
"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."
"Performance and speed should continue to be improved."
"I think the implementation could be more streamlined."
"The reporting needs a little bit of improvement."
"The solution is complex and not easy to use."
"The installation is not so straightforward."
"Their support should be improved. They are notorious for sending you to knowledge-based articles rather than actually talking to you, but that is, unfortunately, kind of becoming a trend with everything. In terms of features, I haven't had any complaints. However, I don't like the fact they moved to a paid training subscription model. They used to have a lot of free webinars for training, but they have started to charge for them in the past year."
"The feature that should be included is to remove the block on the encrypted files."
"The filtering needs more flexibility."
"They could provide a unified licensing model, including all the security features."
"The solution's console interface was recently changed for the admins, but the previous one was much better because we could open tabs on it."
"We have subscribed to an archival service, and yet, when we have to get our data out, we have to pay a fee to get our own data. They charge an extraction fee."
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Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) is ranked 11th in Anti-Malware Tools with 34 reviews while Mimecast Email Security is ranked 5th in Secure Email Gateway (SEG) with 25 reviews. Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) is rated 8.2, while Mimecast Email Security is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) writes "An effective email security solution that provides DLP, Safe Attachment, and Safe Links". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Mimecast Email Security writes "It gives clients peace of mind and helps them educate their users about threats". Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Proofpoint Email Protection, Cisco Secure Email, Fortinet FortiMail and Barracuda Email Security Gateway, whereas Mimecast Email Security is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Abnormal Security, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Cisco Secure Email and Darktrace. See our Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) vs. Mimecast Email Security report.
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