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Avanan vs BetterCloud comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Avanan
Ranking in Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
21st
Average Rating
9.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
Email Security (16th)
BetterCloud
Ranking in Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
39th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
User Provisioning Software (14th), SaaS Management Platforms (11th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Data Loss Prevention (DLP) category, the mindshare of Avanan is 1.2%, down from 2.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of BetterCloud is 0.2%, down from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
 

Featured Reviews

Robert Melendez - PeerSpot reviewer
Enhances email security and has a very simple and easy-to-use UI
Spam protection is the most valuable feature. We have implemented the tool to enhance our email security. It helps prevent phishing attacks. The anomaly detection capabilities are baked into the security platform. The product integrates wonderfully with Microsoft 365. It's built right on a cloud platform and works almost natively. The solution has a very simple and easy-to-use UI. The tool appears extremely powerful and has a good solid feature set. It catches things that are bad for my environment. The user interface is good the way it is. If the solution continues down that path, I see no problems with the way it is going. It feels like a mature product.
PH
Experienced easy deployment and stable performance but user support needs improvement
The most valuable features are that BetterCloud had a much more sophisticated workflow management toolset than Google itself. It was easy to build onboarding and offboarding workflows, which could handle the desired complexity versus out-of-the-box Google. BetterCloud allowed us to reallocate storage so all files created by a departing member would get reallocated to the manager, thus retaining access. BetterCloud saved help desk time by automating processes, providing a reasonable return on investment. BetterCloud now offers SaaS platform tracking capabilities, a key, previously missing feature.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The ease of installation and the AI capacity of the product are valuable."
"Email Attachment Protection detects any insecure files and quickly blocks them to prevent the spread of viruses to other secure documents."
"Spam protection is the most valuable feature."
"Avanan is a stable software. My company hasn't faced any issues, bugs, or problems with the performance of Avanan."
"It can detect corrupted files and filters out documents with viruses."
"When we don't understand some functionalities, the customer support staff responds fast to our calls and provides immediate action."
"It can retract unsafe emails and remove them from the entire communication channel."
"The threat detection tools enable us to ascertain malware and phishing messages across the email network infrastructure."
"BetterCloud saved help desk time by automating processes, providing a reasonable return on investment."
 

Cons

"Familiarization with performance for new teams may take a long time."
"There are times when we have false positives."
"The system response in a slow computing device affects performance when sending and receiving emails."
"It is very difficult to find the required documentation."
"When sending bulky emails, the system slows down and takes a long time before it responds effectively to our requests."
"It should reduce the amount of time needed for thorough scanning."
"The user experience must be improved."
"It is complicated for new users unfamiliar with the modern cloud networking infrastructure."
"The account support team was weak in engagement and communication, contributing to the decision to move to more comprehensive solutions."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Good pricing arrangement as an SaaS offering."
"The pricing of Avanan is reasonable."
"Avanan’s price is comparable to Barracuda."
"Having the flexibility and modeling to do the pricing that best fits the needs of the organization is incredibly ideal. That is what Avanan does. They know exactly how many users are using it, etc. We can tune the invoicing associated with how we are using the product so we can charge it back to the shows appropriately."
"The product is not the cheapest in the market."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
22%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
6%
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Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Avanan?
Spam protection is the most valuable feature.
What needs improvement with Avanan?
Avanan doesn't cover certain tool segments. Barracuda provides backup and retention of emails and Microsoft 365’s backup and retention services. I've brought this up with the vendor. They told me t...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for BetterCloud?
The real downside was it was a relatively expensive product, and ultimately we removed it as a cost-saving measure.
What needs improvement with BetterCloud?
BetterCloud's support for SaaS management was lacking initially, requiring development of a custom tool to handle some workflow automation. It was also relatively expensive. The account support tea...
What is your primary use case for BetterCloud?
We were using BetterCloud for onboarding and offboarding, particularly managing Google account setup and removal, because we wanted to retain information after people left, and not just have the ac...
 

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Sample Customers

Bethel School District, ServiceSource, Capital Caring
HelloFresh, Oscar Health, Square
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