We performed a comparison between Barracuda Email Security Gateway and Sophos Email Appliance [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Proofpoint, Barracuda Networks, Mimecast and others in SEG (Secure Email Gateway)."Its backups are valuable."
"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."
"We find the product to be scalable."
"The performance is good."
"Great at blocking spam."
"The most valuable feature of Barracuda Email Security Gateway is that it blocks almost 99 percent of threats from users' email inboxes."
"Barracuda Email Security Gateway has a good feature of email spooling, which acts as a first line of security."
"The feature that sets Barracuda apart from other solutions is the Office 365 cloud-to-cloud backup."
"Email encryption, because it fulfills our business needs."
"The filtering aspect is the solution's most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature is the URL relay protection because it protects users from phishing attacks."
"The ease of use and the security offered by the solution are its most valuable features. It also offers good information protection."
"The solution is very easy to use, especially the cloud version which is very, very simple. There are some good templates already built-in, so we can just select the template, and you will get all the necessary functionality. The only one thing you have to do is point all your traffic in the cloud."
"This is a stable, scalable product that provides a reliable email protection layer."
"The interface makes it really easy to administer and configure."
"The pricing is a little bit high, and it is causing the company to rethink renewal. If they could lower the pricing, that would be ideal."
"Two improvements that are needed include an enhancement in the proxy feature, as well as the ability to more fully automate patches and updates."
"Some customers experience issues with integration."
"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."
"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."
"We are using the tool’s 400 model which does not offer accurate spam detection. We have also had performance issues with the tool."
"The pricing needs improvement."
"There is room for improvement in the management of multiple domains."
"The reporting functionality is in major need of improvement."
"Reporting could have more options for users to customize desired results."
"In the next release of this solution, I would like to see more user awareness, such as information about phishing email attacks that have been prevented."
"There are a few issues with integration that need to be addressed; this would help make deployment easier for new users."
"More things need to be integrated into this device, like DLP, so we can have a complete solution in one box."
"In the advanced version, you have DLP, Data Loss Prevention, but when you buy the standard version, you don't have it."
"There aren't enough advanced settings. They should offer more advanced options."
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Barracuda Email Security Gateway is ranked 2nd in SEG (Secure Email Gateway) with 26 reviews while Sophos Email Appliance [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in SEG (Secure Email Gateway). Barracuda Email Security Gateway is rated 8.0, while Sophos Email Appliance [EOL] is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Barracuda Email Security Gateway writes "Great features with good threat management and antivirus capabilities". On the other hand, Barracuda Email Security Gateway is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Fortinet FortiMail, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Proofpoint Email Protection and Cisco Secure Email, whereas Sophos Email Appliance [EOL] is most compared with .
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