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.
"Barracuda Email Security Gateway is very simple to use."
"The most valuable feature of the Barracuda Email Security Gateway is the ATP."
"We find the product to be scalable."
"It is a very stable solution."
"The feature that sets Barracuda apart from other solutions is the Office 365 cloud-to-cloud backup."
"The anti-spamming, anti-fishing features are great."
"It is an excellent, intelligent solution that provides maximum security from email attacks."
"It catches a lot of things and has the ability to add domains as well as add senders and update their things."
"The anti-spam features are valuable."
"FortiMail is a stable product."
"The most valuable features are the endpoint defense features, it is very secure."
"After implementing FortiMail, the spam, and malicious emails we receive have significantly reduced, making it much simpler to manage."
"The solution is very, very stable."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiMail are its virus outbreak prevention and FortiSandbox integration."
"Fortinet FortiMail is a complete product addressing mail security concerns. It helps to know spam subscriptions and create restriction policies."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiMail is its fully detailed dashboard."
"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."
"Some customers experience issues with integration."
"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 reporting can be improved."
"The dashboard's UI could be improved to make changes to the blocklist."
"The initial setup can be a little bit complex."
"Barracuda should have a sandbox feature in the appliances."
"We still have critical threats coming into our environment and delivered to our users. When we compare it with other solutions, these other solutions can already detect those threats."
"Fortinet FortiMail could improve general user management. There are no password policies for users."
"A room for improvement in Fortinet FortiMail is that it only has a hardware version. I also didn't find the solution scalable, so that's another area for improvement."
"Fortinet FortiMail should allow more flexibility with the content rules."
"In the Latin America market, some spam messages use Portuguese language. Some clearly spam messages would be better identified by the anti-spam if not for the language."
"I believe there is room for enhancement in content and web security features."
"It is not easy to install."
"The solution doesn't scale easily."
"It can be easier to configure or connect to the cloud to report on the attachments."
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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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