We performed a comparison between Barracuda Email Security Gateway and Sophos Email 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."We have found some of the valuable features to be how easy the solution is to configure, the graphic support, and the intuitive dashboard."
"The most valuable feature is the Antispam services, which are the basic services of spam device"
"I like Barracuda's cloud sandbox feature."
"This solution has helped to significantly reduce the amount of junk email that we receive."
"It can scale."
"There are plenty of features, such as sandboxing capabilities with zero threat protection. It has all the leading email security appliances compared to other solutions."
"Before this solution, we didn't have any separate feature for protecting our emails. We used to only have a firewall but now we have email security. It has a graphical interface and we can see the log every time. We can see that the performance is fine."
"Barracuda is good at keeping the garbage from reaching your inbox."
"The most significant aspect is the response filtering concerning attachments and links."
"Good VIP protection, time of click protection and the Sandstorm feature."
"Sophos Email is in the cloud and integrated with its firewall."
"Sophos Email is a stable solution."
"The deployment is very easy. It's quite straightforward."
"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."
"The solution's identity proxy feature is very good and reliable."
"I found the user interface friendly."
"Barracuda Email Security Gateway should include ATP in the next release."
"Some of the phishing emails are not being blocked. Another problem is that we are not able to manage the date and time in our time zone."
"Barracuda could improve its log and export options like PDF and HDML. It can also bring in more detailing in their console so that it could be better. Some new features should be expanded and made accessible for better protection."
"The solution could improve by adding DomainKeys (DKIM) functionality. This is something that is essentially required nowadays for outbound security. They do not have it on their on-premise solution appliance but they have alternate arrangements for their cloud solution."
"There is room for improvement in the speed of the interface, specifically the cloud interface, is a bit slow."
"Barracuda should have a sandbox feature in the appliances."
"Barracuda isn't catching everything. We're still getting quite a few phishing emails, so we're looking for something else."
"Barracuda Email Security Gateway can improve email detection. We have some emails that are bypassing the threat scanning. There are some impersonation emails passing through."
"Sophos Email could improve DLP features."
"The solution has not found a way to block certain kinds of phishing emails."
"Sophos Email can improve mail security."
"A lot of legit emails get quarantined."
"The solution's sandboxing and spam control features could be improved."
"The tool's pricing is expensive. In its future release, the tool should make reporting easier to view."
"Sophos Email has few improvements to implement, including the handling of incoming emails in the systems. It needs to add additional feature that helps in enhancing the scanning processes of these emails. While adding these features, it should work towards improving the current features also."
"The main drawback is regarding the technical support."
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Barracuda Email Security Gateway is ranked 2nd in Secure Email Gateway (SEG) with 51 reviews while Sophos Email is ranked 11th in Email Security with 28 reviews. Barracuda Email Security Gateway is rated 8.0, while Sophos Email is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Barracuda Email Security Gateway writes "Robust email protection with advanced features such as effective spam filtering, virus and malware defense, phishing protection and high scalability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Email writes "Provides good identity proxy features, but sandboxing and spam control features could be improved". Barracuda Email Security Gateway is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Fortinet FortiMail, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Cisco Secure Email and Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, whereas Sophos Email is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Fortinet FortiMail, Perception Point Advanced Email Security and Proofpoint Email Protection. See our Barracuda Email Security Gateway vs. Sophos Email report.
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