Barracuda Email Protection vs Fortra's Agari comparison

Barracuda Networks and Fortra are both solutions in the Email Security category. Barracuda Networks is ranked #12 with an average rating of 8.8, while Fortra is ranked #39. Barracuda Networks holds a 3.0% mindshare in Email Security, compared to Fortra’s 0.7% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Barracuda Networks users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Fortra users who would recommend it.

Barracuda Email Protection

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 3, 2024

Fortra's Agari and Barracuda Email Protection are key competitors in the email security market. Barracuda seems to have an advantage with its comprehensive feature set, while Fortra's Agari attracts with its pricing and customer support.

Features: Fortra's Agari focuses on spear phishing protection, brand defense, and efficient spam removal with customizable email tracking. Barracuda Email Protection provides AI-based threat detection, data loss prevention, and comprehensive spam blocking capabilities. It also offers advanced features like email archiving with unlimited storage and a user-friendly central console for managing harmful messages.

Room for Improvement: Fortra's Agari could enhance its threat detection capabilities and expand its user-friendliness for better customization. It might also benefit from more extensive reporting features. Barracuda Email Protection should address its policy flexibility limitations, enhance its reporting capabilities, and improve integration with security awareness training platforms.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Both solutions offer cloud-based deployment models, yet Barracuda excels with a more streamlined deployment process. Fortra's Agari provides effective customer support, while Barracuda offers diverse support channels for seamless user experience.

Pricing and ROI: Fortra's Agari appeals to budget-conscious organizations with competitive pricing and attractive ROI. Barracuda Email Protection may require higher initial investment but justifies the cost with its broad feature set, offering high returns through enhanced security capabilities.

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Barracuda Email Protection vs. Fortra's Agari

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Categories and Ranking

Barracuda Email Protection

Ranking in Email Security

12th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Email Archiving (2nd), Office 365 Protection (5th)

Fortra's Agari

Ranking in Email Security

39th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Email Security category, the mindshare of Barracuda Email Protection is 3.0%, up from 1.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Fortra's Agari is 0.7%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Email Security Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Barracuda Email Protection	3.0%
Fortra's Agari	0.7%
Other	96.3%

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LeeMiles

Director, Information Technology at St Albans High School For Girls

Very good threat protection, spam filtering, and cloud backups

Considering it integrates with Azure, I would like to be able to effectively set up policies where people are by default included in certain settings. For instance, for email quarantine, I can't set up a global setting. Users must go through an induction session where I guide them in configuring quarantine alerts rather than having default settings based on group membership. This seems like an oversight since they already use Active Directory details. They should assign policies based on group membership, which configures these settings by default.

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Tom Foal

CTO at Klaatu IT Security Ltd

Helps to detect and generate reports on phishing emails and saves from email compromises

We use the solution for marketing and brand protection. I am impressed with the tool's discovery capabilities which help me find out who is sending the emails on the company's behalf. I also find the ability to detect and generate reports on phishing emails a valuable feature. The product's…

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The product is easy to deploy and maintain."

"I would rate the solution nine out of ten."

"The solution is straightforward to set up."

"We check the reports sometimes to see that frequent attacks and malicious emails are being blocked by the solution."

"Barracuda email protection is stable. I would give it a nine because of its strong cybersecurity features."

"We now have a secondary backup of Office 365 that's much easier to retrieve compared to Microsoft. If someone deletes something in Office 365, we can get it back within Office 365, but it's difficult. Barracuda is much easier. There is a lot less management needed using Barracuda. The management becomes much easier for Office 365 and it's no longer on-prem, so there are fewer hours managing on-prem devices, servers, and things of that nature. We don't have network appliances anymore for the backup of our information."

"The most valuable features of Barracuda Email Protection are flexibility and customization."

"The most helpful aspect for me is the out-of-the-box configuration, which is fairly good."

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"It is really important for large companies to have the brand protection that is provided by Agari."

"If spam or some kind of malicious email gets past Mimecast and gets into our email environment, we can go into Agari and we can search for it."

"It comes with a lot of helpful tips for complicated areas."

"I am impressed with the tool's discovery capabilities which help me find out who is sending the emails on the company's behalf. I also find the ability to detect and generate reports on phishing emails a valuable feature."

Cons

"I would like to see better integration with other products."

"Two to three months back, we got fraudulent emails in which someone in the organization was being blamed."

"Sometimes it is somewhat laggy, especially on the Archiver side. It should have improved performance on their Message Archiver."

"Barracuda Essentials can improve by continually adding more features."

"The customer service and support could be improved if the support were available directly in Europe. Currently, the support is often managed from India, so we sometimes need to wait due to the time zone difference. It would be quicker and better if the support were provided by European staff."

"Considering it integrates with Azure, I would like to be able to effectively set up policies where people are by default included in certain settings."

"There is room for improvement, particularly in reaching out to technical support during deployment."

"Considering it integrates with Azure, I would like to be able to effectively set up policies where people are by default included in certain settings."

More Barracuda Email Protection cons

"The protocol is quite complicated, which may not be something that could be improved, but it would be better if it was simplified."

"The product's user interface is clunky. We have difficulty in finding what we need. I would also like to see automation in the onboarding processes."

"Some customers in the financial sector do not like the cloud solution because they don't want data to be transferred to a US-based cloud."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Barracuda licensing model is good."

"We didn't have to pay a lot for the solution because we got it from a good vendor with a good user volume."

"We pay annually. They never charged us for anything else. And they were quite a bit under that $20,000 mark. It was $19,074. And they've been pretty good about not skyrocketing the price or anything like that. It has gone up. It's gone up to $24,000 in 2020."

"Despite a list price possibly around $40 per user, their market price allows customers to easily buy the solution."

"Price-wise, this product is middle-of-the-road."

"The price of Barracuda Essentials is better than some of the competing products."

"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a seven out of ten."

"The price is similar to that of Microsoft 365."

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"The tool is not expensive and I would rate its pricing a four out of ten."

"The pricing depends on the number of users; per how many mailboxes you have, but they're pretty negotiable with that, too."

"The price of the licensing is based on the volume of email."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

17%

Manufacturing Company

Construction Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

18%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Retailer

Computer Software Company

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	12
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	3

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Barracuda Email Protection?

Barracuda Email Protection is easy to deploy and maintain. It doesn't require a specialized resource to manage this tool.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Barracuda Email Protection?

Their list price is too high, but in India, the selling price is affordable at around $10 per user per year. Despite a list price possibly around $40 per user, their market price allows customers t...

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Barracuda Essentials

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Overview

The popularity of Microsoft 365 means criminals test and design their attacks to bypass its native security features. And that means you need additional layers of defense. With Advanced Threat Protection enabled, Barracuda uses multiple layers of detection, including signature, static, and behavioral analysis, along with CPU-emulation sandboxing to accurately detect and block zero-hour targeted attacks and ransomware.

Traditional email gateways use static rules and policies—reputation analysis, block lists, and malicious payloads—to determine if an email is malicious.

Barracuda protects your Microsoft 365 inbox against evasive threats with a powerful AI engine that learns the unique communication patterns within your organization through access to internal and historical emails. Once it understands what legitimate emails looks like for each user, it can detect anomalies that signal malicious intent. This context-based detection is more effective at blocking targeted attacks, which are designed to bypass traditional rule-based email security.

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Fortra's Agari specializes in email security, focusing on phishing defense and brand protection. It integrates advanced threat detection and response capabilities.

Fortra's Agari is designed to protect businesses from sophisticated email threats by analyzing data patterns and providing actionable insights. With its machine learning algorithms, it ensures that potential threats are detected and neutralized proactively. By offering a comprehensive suite of security features, it helps organizations protect sensitive information and maintain brand integrity.

What are the most important features of Fortra's Agari?

Advanced Threat Protection: Detects and mitigates threats in real-time using machine learning.
Brand Protection: Safeguards against email attacks that target brand reputation.
Phishing Defense: Provides tools to identify and block phishing attempts.
Data Analysis: Analyzes threat data to deliver actionable insights for better decision-making.

What benefits should users look for when evaluating Fortra's Agari?

Improved Security Posture: Enhances email threat detection to prevent security breaches.
Cost Efficiency: Reduces potential financial losses from phishing attacks.
Risk Mitigation: Lowers the risk of brand damage and data leaks.
Efficiency: Streamlines security operations with automated threat response.

Fortra's Agari is widely implemented in sectors like finance, healthcare, and retail, where email security is critical due to the sensitive nature of the data handled. Its ability to adapt to specific industry needs makes it a reliable choice for businesses seeking robust email protection solutions.

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Sample Customers

ACT Government, Acumen Group, AGIP, Delta Dental Plans Association, Desai/Nasr Consulting Engineers, Inc., Equinox Information Systems

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