We performed a comparison between Barracuda Email Security Gateway and Fortinet FortiMail Cloud based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Secure Email Gateway (SEG) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The performance is good."
"The link protection and anti-phishing features are great."
"This appliance has helped in that we now eliminate the thousands of scams, spam, and malware emails that are destined for our users."
"The most important features of Barracuda Email Security Gateway are the simple and quick configuration, interactive console, and easy-to-understand logs."
"We have found some of the valuable features to be how easy the solution is to configure, the graphic support, and the intuitive dashboard."
"The most valuable feature is the Antispam services, which are the basic services of spam device"
"The most valuable feature of Barracuda Email Security Gateway is that it blocks almost 99 percent of threats from users' email inboxes."
"This product is powerful and quite simple to use."
"The most valuable feature is the advanced threat protection."
"If there is a problem somewhere Fortinet can act on it immediately. That is very important."
"The scanners with FortiMail are valuable."
"Content disarming and analysis are essential features in our email security setup"
"The most valuable features are filtering and sandboxing."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the ability to check to see if the email is real."
"This solution is easy to install. The deployment takes about forty-five minutes."
"The deployment is simple."
"I am not aware of the licensing costs."
"There are limited administration controls that should be improved."
"The solution should add automatic alerts to the mobile."
"Few customers require an on-premises fabric ATP box for attack detection and response."
"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."
"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."
"Barracuda isn't catching everything. We're still getting quite a few phishing emails, so we're looking for something else."
"There's a bit of configuration work that's needed with the DNS service provider, but other than that, everything else should be very smooth."
"They could look at strengthening anti-spam with the newly observed domains."
"I've not been able to use more than two domains in the back end. I like to view logs for the different domains. If I add any other domain I'm not able to get a proper cPanel for that domain. I am talking about the login factors. I'm not able to see logs for different domains in a different Window. Basically, it's an issue in the login process."
"I would like to see more advanced sandbox features, where you can actually download to a machine where you can test."
"It is slightly difficult to configure FortiMail in the cloud with Exchange on-premise, especially the quarantine mailbox access for end-users."
"Its GUI needs improvement."
"Fortinet FortiMail Cloud doesn't have AI features, making it an outdated tool for me."
"The setup of the rules can be improved. I think it should be simplified and would be the best improvement in the system."
"This solution is slow and it should be made faster."
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Barracuda Email Security Gateway is ranked 2nd in Secure Email Gateway (SEG) with 51 reviews while Fortinet FortiMail Cloud is ranked 8th in Secure Email Gateway (SEG) with 18 reviews. Barracuda Email Security Gateway is rated 8.0, while Fortinet FortiMail Cloud is rated 8.2. 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 Cloud writes "A reliable email security solution with deep integration capabilities and exceptionally strong support". Barracuda Email Security Gateway is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Fortinet FortiMail, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Cisco Secure Email and Proofpoint Email Protection, whereas Fortinet FortiMail Cloud is most compared with Fortinet FortiMail, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) and Darktrace. See our Barracuda Email Security Gateway vs. Fortinet FortiMail Cloud report.
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