We performed a comparison between Barracuda Email Security Gateway, Clearswift SECURE Email Gateway, and Proofpoint Email Protection based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Proofpoint, Barracuda Networks, IRONSCALES and others in Secure Email Gateway (SEG)."It not only tackles spam effectively but also incorporates advanced features like ATP and active features which ensures a comprehensive and adaptable email security solution tailored to their heterogeneous environment."
"The security protection is the best and it's GUI is user-friendly."
"It is a very stable solution."
"It is lightweight, and we can filter all of our inbound and outbound emails. We have controls for rate control, quarantine, and tagging. We can see whether an email is a spam email or a phishing email."
"With the cloud service, one of the nice things about Barracuda is the quarantine service. It gives the ability for our users to go in and check what has been quarantined, and then connect with our IT staff to release anything that should be fine so that we can test it before we release."
"One advantage is its immediate deployment capability. So the fast speed to deploy is a big plus point."
"The feature that sets Barracuda apart from other solutions is the Office 365 cloud-to-cloud backup."
"The most valuable feature of Barracuda Email Security Gateway is the complete capabilities it provides. Additionally, the phishing security and sandbox features are effective."
"Ability to create your own content-filtering policies with relative ease."
"A stable solution."
"URL scanning and online relay service are the most valuable features of Proofpoint Email Protection."
"The spam filter for email is good."
"The solution offers very good flexibility. You can blacklist or whitelist with ease."
"Proofpoint Email Protection's initial installation is straightforward. It took us less than a day to complete the implementation."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to remove bad messages that were delivered, prior to being classified as unwanted."
"As a cloud-based product, it can scale well."
"Its main defense is to stop malicious emails from coming through. There is a sandbox environment where you can open malicious or suspicious emails to make sure that they're not malicious, instead of taking the risk of having your employees do it. This is definitely something that everybody needs nowadays, especially with the rise in cyber attacks."
"The solution's technical support is good. I rate the technical support a ten out of ten."
"The solution should add automatic alerts to the mobile."
"We had an incident where we didn't want to receive any emails or spam from a certain site and email address. We selected the mail ID, and we send it to Barracuda for analysis to see if it's spam or something like that. As of now, we haven't gotten any update or notification as to what happened with it."
"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."
"The technical support is not available globally 24/7 and this is the biggest problem with the product."
"The DMARC security is somewhat weak and could be strengthened."
"We would like to have a local support center in India so that they are operating in the same time zone and speak the same language."
"The deep scanning feature needs to be improved."
"There is room for improvement in the speed of the interface, specifically the cloud interface, is a bit slow."
"FTP server and TRUST Manager functionality."
"Malware needs improvement."
"Some use cases haven't been dealt with yet."
"The incident reporting on offer needs to be improved. It's lacking right now. It should be on the platform somewhere."
"The price could be improved."
"Pricing for the platform could still be cheaper."
"The initial setup is complex."
"Proofpoint Email Protection's interface is confusing and could be improved."
"Proofpoint has a lot of false alarms."
"We'd like to have the ability to create more customized reports."
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