We performed a comparison between Barracuda Email Protection and Mimecast Email Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Office 365 Protection solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Barracuda email protection is stable. I would give it a nine because of its strong cybersecurity features."
"The most valuable features are security and ease of use."
"When we got the service, it included the email archiver with unlimited storage."
"The most valuable features of Barracuda Email Protection are flexibility and customization."
"The most valuable aspect includes attempts to spoof or compromise domains from external sources."
"The solution is straightforward to set up."
"The product is easy to deploy and maintain."
"The best feature of Barracuda Email Protection is that it provides protection for Microsoft 365."
"The interface of this solution is very easy to navigate and user-friendly. There is no delivery in email and other communications, making it reliable. The configuration is relatively easy."
"Due to our specialized use case, that HIPAA dictionary really comes in handy."
"Email security is the most valuable feature of the solution."
"The piece that is most valuable from the Mimecast standpoint will be the sandboxing feature."
"It's good, it keeps the spam out."
"The solution is scalable."
"The solution's performance is good."
"Mimecast certainly helped my customers reduce phishing emails."
"Sometimes it is somewhat laggy, especially on the Archiver side. It should have improved performance on their Message Archiver."
"They could simplify the licensing and the pricing."
"The platform's pricing needs improvement."
"I would like to see better integration with other products."
"I would like to see some additional functionality in terms of employee monitoring, as part of a work-from-home security solution."
"There is room for improvement, particularly in reaching out to technical support during deployment."
"The solution's graphical user interface (GUI) could be improved visually."
"The solution's reporting mechanism is a little poor and could be improved."
"Its pricing can be improved. It is a bit expensive."
"Many of our users complain that the system is blocking too many attachments. It's a good practice from a security perspective, but our users think Mimecast is doing too much. It might be something we'll have to adjust."
"We have subscribed to an archival service, and yet, when we have to get our data out, we have to pay a fee to get our own data. They charge an extraction fee."
"The solution's console interface was recently changed for the admins, but the previous one was much better because we could open tabs on it."
"The solution is complex and not easy to use."
"The attachment scanning feature doesn't work properly."
"While it's quick and easy, the initial setup could be more user-friendly."
"They should improve the cookies management feature."
Barracuda Email Protection is ranked 4th in Office 365 Protection with 13 reviews while Mimecast Email Security is ranked 5th in Office 365 Protection with 23 reviews. Barracuda Email Protection is rated 8.8, while Mimecast Email Security is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Barracuda Email Protection writes "Set-it-and-forget-it type of product that doesn't require a lot of management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Mimecast Email Security writes "It gives clients peace of mind and helps them educate their users about threats". Barracuda Email Protection is most compared with Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, TitanHQ SpamTitan, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) and Fortinet FortiMail, whereas Mimecast Email Security is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Abnormal Security, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration and IRONSCALES. See our Barracuda Email Protection vs. Mimecast Email Security report.
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