We performed a comparison between Mimecast Email Security and Symantec Messaging Gateway 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."It does a good job for us, and its admin console is easy to use."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
"The interface of this solution is very easy to navigate and user-friendly. There is no delivery in email and other communications, making it reliable. The configuration is relatively easy."
"We like the content filtering and secure messaging features."
"The setup was easy."
"The solution is pretty straightforward to use and easy to set up."
"In the current environment that the world is in, everyone is trying to hack everyone else, so Project+ definitely helps a lot there."
"The solution's performance is good."
"The most valuable features of Symantec Messaging Gateway are advanced content filtering, malware, and antivirus defense."
"It is a solid and stable product."
"It has very good capabilities for managing malware."
"Symantec Messaging Gateway is stable and scalable. Installation is easy, and the deployment and maintenance can be done by one administrative person."
"The anti-malware and spam features are valuable."
"Symantec’s spyware and malware signature database is very good compared to other products."
"The solution is highly customizable. You can make rules for domains and configure policies for spam or malware. Messaging Gateway is an on-prem solution, so it's useful for companies without a cloud presence."
"Symantec Messaging Gateway has a good GUI, and it is very powerful in detecting viruses and spam."
"Lately, Mimecast's outbound mail servers have been regularly blocklisted by spam filters. That didn't happen a few years back, but it seems to be a more frequent problem these days. When a server is blocklisted, it means all of my outgoing mail ends up in the recipient's junk mail. That affects my reputation and business confidence."
"The detection rates are an area for improvement."
"Many of our users complain that the system is blocking too many attachments. It's a good practice from a security perspective, but our users think Mimecast is doing too much. It might be something we'll have to adjust."
"The solution is very expensive."
"The feature that should be included is to remove the block on the encrypted files."
"The solution should include more AI features instead of Mimecast's more general static configuration tooling."
"The price could be better, it should be reduced."
"The filtering needs more flexibility."
"The biggest problem is it's an on-prem product and we're trying to get out of having equipment in data centers."
"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."
"It is a nice product but is not user friendly in terms of the graphical interface. It is poor and is not rich in terms of the human interface."
"They really need to create a good package that competes with Microsoft."
"We've had issues in the past where the user finds spam, and Symantec does not recognize it as spam."
"The false positive submissions must be improved."
"This product would benefit from better integration with Symantec Endpoint Protection."
"Sometimes the solution picks up false positive for viruses during scans."
Mimecast Email Security is ranked 5th in Secure Email Gateway (SEG) with 23 reviews while Symantec Messaging Gateway is ranked 6th in Secure Email Gateway (SEG) with 20 reviews. Mimecast Email Security is rated 7.8, while Symantec Messaging Gateway is rated 8.2. 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 Symantec Messaging Gateway writes "A stable and reasonably priced solution that performs well and has a very good malware database". Mimecast Email Security is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Abnormal Security, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration and Cisco Secure Email, whereas Symantec Messaging Gateway is most compared with Cisco Secure Email, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Fortinet FortiMail and Trend Micro Email Security. See our Mimecast Email Security vs. Symantec Messaging Gateway report.
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