We performed a comparison between Barracuda Email Security Gateway and Fortinet FortiMail based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: In this comparison, both products share similar ratings regarding deployment, pricing, and the level of support they receive. However, Barracuda Email Security Gateway users report seeing an ROI whereas Fortinet FortiMail users do not mention it.
"The solution helps us to block some blacklisted emails."
"We find the email security to be valuable."
"The feature that sets Barracuda apart from other solutions is the Office 365 cloud-to-cloud backup."
"The most valuable feature is the Antispam services, which are the basic services of spam device"
"It catches a lot of things and has the ability to add domains as well as add senders and update their things."
"One advantage is its immediate deployment capability. So the fast speed to deploy is a big plus point."
"It is very simple to whitelist addresses."
"It can scale."
"A full-featured email gateway solution that contains security threats reliably."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its interface, allowing users to get around the solution easily. The integration capabilities in the solution are also very easy."
"Technical support is great. They're available 24/7 and their response time is typically within the hour."
"The anti-spam feature is very valuable."
"Clean user interface and good sandbox."
"I like the anti-spam and security features of Fortinet FortiMail, and that its features complement each other."
"The integration with FortiSandbox is good, and something that we utilize often."
"The number of false positives is minimal."
"Barracuda could improve its log and export options like PDF and HDML. It can also bring in more detailing in their console so that it could be better. Some new features should be expanded and made accessible for better protection."
"Some of the phishing emails are not being blocked. Another problem is that we are not able to manage the date and time in our time zone."
"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."
"I am not aware of the licensing costs."
"Spam is not always detected, and it should be more automated. We have seen that some emails are allowed by these emails, which are then stopped by Microsoft."
"The deep scanning feature needs to be improved."
"The DMARC security is somewhat weak and could be strengthened."
"There are limited administration controls that should be improved."
"It can be easier to configure or connect to the cloud to report on the attachments."
"The product's cybersecurity features could be better."
"The Ui isn't that intuitive."
"The infrastructure could be improved."
"It would be nice if we could manage the solution from the cloud so I could handle things off-site if necessary."
"The tool needs to improve its pricing policy. Also, it needs to be more user-friendly. I would want it to improve email security as well."
"The sandboxing features are not well done in Fortinet FortiMail, making it an area of improvement."
"The solution lacks to provide more visibility when there is a problem, and it needs to be tracked."
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Barracuda Email Security Gateway is ranked 2nd in Secure Email Gateway (SEG) with 51 reviews while Fortinet FortiMail is ranked 5th in Email Security with 55 reviews. Barracuda Email Security Gateway is rated 8.0, while Fortinet FortiMail is rated 8.6. 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 writes "Good GUI and configuring security policies is easy but the pricing needs improvement". Barracuda Email Security Gateway is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Proofpoint Email Protection, Cisco Secure Email and Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade, whereas Fortinet FortiMail is most compared with Cisco Secure Email, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Fortinet FortiMail Cloud and Proofpoint Email Protection. See our Barracuda Email Security Gateway vs. Fortinet FortiMail report.
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