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."Great at blocking spam."
"It is an excellent, intelligent solution that provides maximum security from email attacks."
"Eliminating inbox clutter creates an opportunity to be more productive instead of wasting time manually sorting through spam."
"The client has the option to blacklist or whitelist any email address or domain based on the sender and recipient filters. If they want, they can restrict any IP addresses so email won't be received from those IP addresses."
"Barracuda is good at keeping the garbage from reaching your inbox."
"The solution helps us to block some blacklisted emails."
"The most valuable feature of Barracuda Email Security Gateway is that it blocks almost 99 percent of threats from users' email inboxes."
"I like Barracuda's cloud sandbox feature."
"I am impressed with the tool's ability to setup rules and destinations. It also helps to monitor suspicious items."
"The deployment is simple."
"The most valuable feature is the advanced threat protection."
"The product's initial setup is straightforward and simple, making it an easy-to-use tool."
"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."
"Content disarming and analysis are essential features in our email security setup"
"It has the best feature for processed mail analysis."
"Barracuda should have a sandbox feature in the appliances."
"Barracuda should add an option where it can add multiple domains, such as abc.com, bbc.com, and cbc.com. Therefore, this domains' emails will be allowed and other domains' emails will not be relayed through Barracuda Email Security Gateway. Whereas, if you allow the IP address, then any of the domain's emails will be relayed through Barracuda Email Security Gateway. That is the drawback that I have observed. So, Barracuda should work on this."
"There is room for improvement in the management of multiple domains."
"The initial setup can be a little bit complex."
"False positives have given us issues."
"Some customers experience issues with integration."
"I would like to have better integration with third-party archival vendors to facilitate moving data in and out."
"There is room for improvement in the speed of the interface, specifically the cloud interface, is a bit slow."
"The downside of this solution is that it is difficult to implement policies on FortiMail."
"They could look at strengthening anti-spam with the newly observed domains."
"The URL filtering and handling should be enhanced because it doesn't support all languages. I believe that this would be easy to enhance in the future."
"The dashboard could use improvement."
"Email sorting is missing from this solution."
"I can't see the feedback to the FortiMail gateway."
"The product could be improved by extending reporting tools and adding options for notification."
"The tool's UI can be simple since it's cluttered now and you can't understand where you are going. It's not obvious to find out the menus or things that you are looking to find."
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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), Proofpoint Email Protection and Cisco Secure Email, whereas Fortinet FortiMail Cloud is most compared with Fortinet FortiMail, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) and SendGrid. See our Barracuda Email Security Gateway vs. Fortinet FortiMail Cloud report.
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