We performed a comparison between Barracuda Email Protection and Mimecast Email Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Office 365 Protection solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable aspect includes attempts to spoof or compromise domains from external sources."
"Barracuda email protection is stable. I would give it a nine because of its strong cybersecurity features."
"The most valuable features of Barracuda Essentials are it's a trusted name and is rated very high on review sites. It blocks high percentages of spam and junk email and it's in the cloud. They have hardware appliances, but this is in the cloud. The solution is very effective at blocking malware and blocking spam and this is what we are looking for. There's not a whole lot of complexity, you want a solution that is very good at blocking out all of the unwanted emails."
"When we got the service, it included the email archiver with unlimited storage."
"The product is easy to deploy and maintain."
"The most valuable features are security and ease of use."
"The most valuable features of Barracuda Email Protection are flexibility and customization."
"I'm quite satisfied with the graphical user interface for Barracuda products."
"It's good, it keeps the spam out."
"Due to our specialized use case, that HIPAA dictionary really comes in handy."
"In the current environment that the world is in, everyone is trying to hack everyone else, so Project+ definitely helps a lot there."
"Email security is the most valuable feature of the solution."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
"We like Mimecast's spam filtering. The email signature feature is also a big plus for our users."
"URL inspection works pretty well."
"Its administration console is very easy to use. The administration console is absolutely important because you interact with the platform through it."
"The platform's pricing needs improvement."
"The customer service and support could be improved if the support were available directly in Europe. Currently, the support is often managed from India, so we sometimes need to wait due to the time zone difference. It would be quicker and better if the support were provided by European staff."
"I would like to see some additional functionality in terms of employee monitoring, as part of a work-from-home security solution."
"Sometimes it is somewhat laggy, especially on the Archiver side. It should have improved performance on their Message Archiver."
"There is room for improvement, particularly in reaching out to technical support during deployment."
"I would like to see better integration with other products."
"They could simplify the licensing and the pricing."
"Barracuda Essentials can improve by continually adding more features."
"The attachment scanning feature doesn't work properly."
"I did have a problem with Mimecast. That is why I was looking for an alternative solution because their sender IP address gets poorly rated by Microsoft."
"The feature that should be included is to remove the block on the encrypted files."
"They could provide a unified licensing model, including all the security features."
"The detection rates are an area for improvement."
"The price could be better, it should be reduced."
"While it's quick and easy, the initial setup could be more user-friendly."
"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."
Barracuda Email Protection is ranked 4th in Office 365 Protection with 13 reviews while Mimecast Email Security is ranked 5th in Office 365 Protection with 23 reviews. Barracuda Email Protection is rated 8.8, while Mimecast Email Security is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Barracuda Email Protection writes "Set-it-and-forget-it type of product that doesn't require a lot of management". 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". Barracuda Email Protection is most compared with Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, TitanHQ SpamTitan, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) and Google Vault, whereas Mimecast Email Security is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Abnormal Security, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration and Egress Intelligent Email Security. See our Barracuda Email Protection vs. Mimecast Email Security report.
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