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, IRONSCALES and others in Secure Email Gateway (SEG)."Thanks to Barracuda Email Security Gateway, I have seen increases in productivity and functionality in terms of spam reduction and filtering against different threats, which is a benefit by default."
"We have found some of the valuable features to be how easy the solution is to configure, the graphic support, and the intuitive dashboard."
"It is a really good product with a lot of features. It is responsive, updated, and modern. It is easy to use and has an easy interface for non-IT users. Its dashboard is also quite fine. It is also quite flexible and has an API at the backend."
"The most valuable feature of Barracuda Email Security Gateway is the complete capabilities it provides. Additionally, the phishing security and sandbox features are effective."
"It catches a lot of things and has the ability to add domains as well as add senders and update their things."
"One advantage is its immediate deployment capability. So the fast speed to deploy is a big plus point."
"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."
"The performance is good."
"The filtering aspect is the solution's most valuable feature."
"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."
"The ease of use and the security offered by the solution are its most valuable features. It also offers good information protection."
"The most valuable feature is the URL relay protection because it protects users from phishing attacks."
"Email encryption, because it fulfills our business needs."
"The interface makes it really easy to administer and configure."
"This is a stable, scalable product that provides a reliable email protection layer."
"Artificial intelligence improvement could be used to help block spam and phishing mail that is directly delivered to users."
"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."
"The pricing needs improvement."
"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 deep scanning feature needs to be improved."
"Its integration with other solutions can be improved. There should be integration for telemetry information, system information, and other types of information with other solutions. Barracuda currently doesn't have that. Barracuda has its own platform. Its integration with firewalls is quite good, and it communicates really well with firewalls, but I have not seen any other integration. Based on what I know, it does have an API at the backend, but I have not used it."
"Barracuda Email Security Gateway should include ATP in the next release."
"There is room for improvement in the speed of the interface, specifically the cloud interface, is a bit slow."
"There aren't enough advanced settings. They should offer more advanced options."
"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."
"In the advanced version, you have DLP, Data Loss Prevention, but when you buy the standard version, you don't have it."
"More things need to be integrated into this device, like DLP, so we can have a complete solution in one box."
"The reporting functionality is in major need of improvement."
"Reporting could have more options for users to customize desired results."
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Barracuda Email Security Gateway is ranked 2nd in Secure Email Gateway (SEG) with 51 reviews while Sophos Email Appliance [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Secure Email Gateway (SEG). 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 "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 Sophos Email Appliance [EOL] writes "An easy to use solution with reasonable pricing and good stability". 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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