We performed a comparison between Symantec Messaging Gateway and Webroot Advanced Email Encryption powered by Zix 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)."The solution is stable and the performance is good."
"The solution is excellent at blocking spam."
"Symantec Messaging Gateway has a huge knowledge base about phishing, spamming, spoofing, etc."
"It is a solid and stable product."
"The cloud-based interface is very user-friendly."
"The most valuable features of Symantec Messaging Gateway are advanced content filtering, malware, and antivirus defense."
"What I like most about Symantec Messaging Gateway is its usability. I also find its interface very friendly. The solution has a very good interface."
"Symantec Messaging Gateway has a good GUI, and it is very powerful in detecting viruses and spam."
"They do a better job of determining what's real and what's not than most of the other solutions we have tried, and it's been very painless to use."
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"The solution takes up a lot of memory."
"It will provide Excel reports and PDF reports, but it would be great if they supported the concept of Crystal Reports."
"They really need to create a good package that competes with Microsoft."
"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."
"Sometimes the solution picks up false positive for viruses during scans."
"The false positive submissions must be improved."
"The solution interface is from 2003 and is outdated. Symantec Messaging Gateway needs to update the interface."
"This product would benefit from better integration with Symantec Endpoint Protection."
"They have some areas that could be improved. For example, we also use this solution for email encryption, which was clunky and could be improved, but the email security itself has been excellent."
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Symantec Messaging Gateway is ranked 6th in Secure Email Gateway (SEG) with 20 reviews while Webroot Advanced Email Encryption powered by Zix is ranked 13th in Secure Email Gateway (SEG). Symantec Messaging Gateway is rated 8.2, while Webroot Advanced Email Encryption powered by Zix is rated 7.0. 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 Webroot Advanced Email Encryption powered by Zix writes "Inexpensive, with good email security, but the technical support could be improved". 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, whereas Webroot Advanced Email Encryption powered by Zix is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Proofpoint Email Protection and Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP).
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