We performed a comparison between Mimecast Email Security and SonicWall Email 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."Due to our specialized use case, that HIPAA dictionary really comes in handy."
"The piece that is most valuable from the Mimecast standpoint will be the sandboxing feature."
"In the current environment that the world is in, everyone is trying to hack everyone else, so Project+ definitely helps a lot there."
"The product's most valuable features are impersonation protection and phishing countermeasures."
"The product is good. To date, we have not faced any challenges."
"URL inspection works pretty well."
"What I like about the integration is that it is directly into Microsoft 365, users can use their Microsoft 365 credentials to log into the portal and access their mail."
"It does a good job for us, and its admin console is easy to use."
"The most valuable feature is that it protects from spam."
"The most valuable feature of SonicWall Email Security is the blocking of emails using keywords. If there are any particular keywords in the subject, that we want to block from receiving from a particular person we can do it. Additionally, the blocking of emails is easy. we can release that one and we can block some of the keywords also like that."
"The most valuable features are the anti-spam, anti-phishing, anti-virus, and anti-spoofing."
"Beside a few issues with specificity in the email protection controls, this product is very good at handling email security."
"According to our customers, the product's most valuable feature is the ability to detect spam and reduce phishing emails."
"This solution provides very good email security that protects us against spamming and malware."
"The anti-spam aspect of the solution is its most valuable feature."
"Setup was easy. It took about 30 minutes."
"The solution's console interface was recently changed for the admins, but the previous one was much better because we could open tabs on it."
"The solution is complex and not easy to use."
"The solution should include more AI features instead of Mimecast's more general static configuration tooling."
"The filtering needs more flexibility."
"The reaction time between a new threat being identified and Mimecast picking it up needs to be narrowed a bit."
"As a user, the user interface of the management console could be upgraded, for example."
"They could provide a unified licensing model, including all the security features."
"We have subscribed to an archival service, and yet, when we have to get our data out, we have to pay a fee to get our own data. They charge an extraction fee."
"We would like to see more information on a dashboard about what is happening when it comes to spamming and malware."
"The protection level for email security isn't 100%. I'm still getting some spam and junk mail."
"Updates could be released more frequently."
"A lot of spoofed emails are still coming to the end-user, so the configuration for this option needs to be improved."
"There could be definition updates included in the subscription."
"They should integrate the solution with third-party platforms."
"The reporting needs improvement."
"They need well-trained partners in Nigeria."
Mimecast Email Security is ranked 5th in Secure Email Gateway (SEG) with 23 reviews while SonicWall Email Security is ranked 19th in Email Security with 12 reviews. Mimecast Email Security is rated 7.8, while SonicWall Email Security is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Mimecast Email Security writes "It gives clients peace of mind and helps them educate their users about threats". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall Email Security writes "Effective threat prevention, reliable, and beneficial keyword blocking". Mimecast Email Security is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Abnormal Security, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration and Cisco Secure Email, whereas SonicWall Email Security is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Fortinet FortiMail, Barracuda Email Security Gateway, Sophos Email and Fortinet FortiMail Cloud. See our Mimecast Email Security vs. SonicWall Email Security report.
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