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Barracuda Email Protection vs Mimecast Data Compliance and Governance comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 11, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

Barracuda Email Protection
Ranking in Email Archiving
3rd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
24
Ranking in other categories
Email Security (10th), Security Incident Response (9th), Office 365 Protection (4th)
Mimecast Data Compliance an...
Ranking in Email Archiving
22nd
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
0
Ranking in other categories
File Archiving (19th), Data Governance (47th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Email Archiving category, the mindshare of Barracuda Email Protection is 15.1%, down from 18.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Mimecast Data Compliance and Governance is 1.5%. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Email Archiving Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Barracuda Email Protection15.1%
Mimecast Data Compliance and Governance1.5%
Other83.4%
Email Archiving
 

Featured Reviews

Xavie Simons - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Development Manager at Procter & Gamble
Improved email security has reduced spam, simplified encrypted mail, and strengthened user trust
The best features Barracuda Email Protection offers include good spam filtering and very good sandboxing of all links, as well as good encryption. It also has integrated logging for user management of their own spam. It has better filtering technology, so few are false positives as well, with excellent anti-spam engines and logging. It is extremely easy to install, configure, and set up, and there is excellent message tracking for folks that say they have not received an email they were expecting. Integrated logging and user management make my daily work easier because it is very easy to log in and to manage this tool, hence making it a very good tool for email protection. It also has excellent, easy-to-add designated users as site administrators, and it is competitively priced. It has a user-friendly portal, strong cloud-based features, and no additional maintenance cost, along with responsive support. Barracuda Email Protection has positively impacted my organization by handling encryption better than any other tool I have used before, which has increased our email protection significantly. Our security has also increased from forty percent to sixty-five percent, especially when dealing with all the threats that come through emails. It has been a great tool because we can handle email delays and delays on file scanning. When our partners are happy, we are very happy, and it has helped us have less time chasing bad emails. The fast implementation of encrypted mail keeps employees working with less interruption since they are happy, satisfied, and secure.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Outsourcing Company
7%
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Company Size

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Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise7
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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.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Barracuda Email Protection?
I think the costs of Barracuda Email Protection are acceptable because I am selling another software license for anti-spam, and I have no problem with that product.
What needs improvement with Barracuda Email Protection?
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 se...
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Also Known As

Barracuda Essentials, Barracuda Forensics and Incident Response
Mimecast Cloud Archive, Mimecast Aware
 

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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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