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)."It is a solid and stable product."
"The solution is "set and forget". You pay for it and everything is done for you."
"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."
"The setup is pretty simple."
"Messaging Gateway is stable."
"The anti-malware and spam features are valuable."
"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."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the content filtering policies because the solution offers huge options for configuration, such as hardware manipulation, et cetera, and the dictionaries make the work easier."
"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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"It could be more scalable."
"The solution takes up a lot of memory."
"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 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."
"In a later release, it would be nice if the messaging gateway supported the cluster feature."
"Symantec Messaging Gateway should include better exclusions and exceptions for better administration."
"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 14th 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, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) and Barracuda Email Security Gateway.
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