We performed a comparison between Symantec Messaging Gateway and Trellix Collaboration Security 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."Symantec Messaging Gateway is stable and scalable. Installation is easy, and the deployment and maintenance can be done by one administrative person."
"Messaging Gateway is stable."
"The cloud-based interface is very user-friendly."
"I like that it's simple and easy to configure, deploy, and manage. The reporting function has all the features we're looking for, and we are fine with that."
"Symantec Messaging Gateway has a huge knowledge base about phishing, spamming, spoofing, etc."
"The anti-malware and spam features are valuable."
"The solution is "set and forget". You pay for it and everything is done for you."
"It has very good capabilities for managing malware."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its simplicity. It's very user-friendly."
"We have had very good results from the use of FireEye Email Security. We are very comfortable with this technology, but I don't know if it's necessary to move into the cloud, we will check other technologies and study them. Additionally, the solution has good integration."
"The auto-remediation feature is valuable."
"I like FireEye's filtering, spam digests, and its advanced threat review of email flow. It also has a broad range of riskware rules you can deploy."
"FireEye is good for malware depicting and security."
"We can control this solution from the cloud and are able to access it from wherever we are."
"The product protects my email."
"The initial setup is simple."
"The solution takes up a lot of memory."
"The documentation could have more detailed examples of how to use the product in various situations. As more companies shift to the cloud, they could better integrate the on-prem and cloud versions through an on-prem client."
"We've had issues in the past where the user finds spam, and Symantec does not recognize it as spam."
"The biggest problem is it's an on-prem product and we're trying to get out of having equipment in data centers."
"What's lacking when you compare it with Proofpoint and other threat protection solutions is that it does the basic stuff, but we need more advanced threat handling."
"This product would benefit from better integration with Symantec Endpoint Protection."
"The false positive submissions must be improved."
"Symantec Messaging Gateway can improve detection because most of them are false negatives or false positives that we are trying to troubleshoot. Additionally, we are having routing problems and they are somehow connected to DNS issues."
"I would like to see this solution become more flexible."
"The solution is not easy to set up. However, we have employees that have the knowledge that can do the difficult implementation. It would be better if the process was easier."
"The solution needs better support."
"The custom tailoring is limited."
"The spam detection feature could be better."
"The solution must provide features to scan QR codes for threats."
"The reporting aspect of the solution needs improvement."
"If they want to be the primary or best solution, they need to have better email management features."
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Symantec Messaging Gateway is ranked 6th in Secure Email Gateway (SEG) with 20 reviews while Trellix Collaboration Security is ranked 9th in Secure Email Gateway (SEG) with 12 reviews. Symantec Messaging Gateway is rated 8.2, while Trellix Collaboration Security is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Symantec Messaging Gateway writes "A stable and reasonably priced solution that performs well and has a very good malware database". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Trellix Collaboration Security writes "Protects from advanced malware and phishing attacks; useful dashboard". Symantec Messaging Gateway is most compared with Cisco Secure Email, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Fortinet FortiMail and IceWarp, whereas Trellix Collaboration Security is most compared with Cisco Secure Email, Proofpoint Email Protection, Microsoft Defender for Office 365 and Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP). See our Symantec Messaging Gateway vs. Trellix Collaboration Security report.
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