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Barracuda Email Protection vs Mimecast Mailbox Continuity comparison

Barracuda Networks and Mimecast are both solutions in the Email Archiving category. Barracuda Networks is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.8, while Mimecast is ranked #7. Barracuda Networks holds a 30.7% mindshare in EA, compared to Mimecast’s 4.9% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Barracuda Networks users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 83% of Mimecast users who would recommend it.
Barracuda Email Protection
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100% willing to recommend
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83% willing to recommend
 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 29, 2025

Mimecast Mailbox Continuity and Barracuda Email Protection compete in email security and continuity. Mimecast leads in feature scope and support, appealing to businesses needing comprehensive security integration. However, Barracuda's pricing makes it attractive to cost-conscious enterprises.

Features: Mimecast Mailbox Continuity includes robust email continuity, advanced threat protection, and real-time alerts. Barracuda Email Protection offers strong email filtering, data protection, and a user-friendly interface. Mimecast excels in advanced threat management; Barracuda provides effective malware and spam blocking.

Room for Improvement: Mimecast could improve in cost-effectiveness, reporting capabilities, and user interface simplicity. Barracuda can enhance flexibility in policy creation, integration with other platforms, and expand feature sets for advanced security needs.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Mimecast provides seamless integration and responsive support for smooth deployment. Barracuda is noted for its user-friendly interface and efficient setup. Mimecast offers superior support, while Barracuda's simple deployment aids quick enhancements.

Pricing and ROI: Mimecast requires a higher initial investment but offers substantial long-term benefits through extensive capabilities. Barracuda's setup cost is competitive, providing a cost-effective option with reasonable return expectations. While Barracuda has a price advantage, Mimecast offers greater ROI for those seeking comprehensive security features.

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Categories and Ranking

Barracuda Email Protection
Ranking in Email Archiving
2nd
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
18
Ranking in other categories
Email Security (14th), Office 365 Protection (5th)
Mimecast Mailbox Continuity
Ranking in Email Archiving
7th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
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Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Email Archiving category, the mindshare of Barracuda Email Protection is 30.7%, up from 21.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Mimecast Mailbox Continuity is 4.9%, down from 6.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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LeeMiles - PeerSpot reviewer
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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Todd Blake - PeerSpot reviewer
Provides peace of mind and expands well but needs a better interface
It's a hosted solution. I'm not sure which version of the solution Im on at this time. I would advise others to research all the options out there and see what the best fit is. We started this mailbox continuity project before we moved to Office 365. And now that we've moved to Office 365, we kind of don't need this piece of technology in the same way that we used to need it when we had an on-prem exchange. Therefore, make sure that you actually need it and then research to find the best options. Overall, I would rate the solution seven out of ten.
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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 most helpful aspect for me is the out-of-the-box configuration, which is fairly good."
"The solution's most valuable feature is impersonation detection."
"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 product is easy to deploy and maintain."
"I'm quite satisfied with the graphical user interface for Barracuda products."
"The most valuable aspect includes attempts to spoof or compromise domains from external sources."
"The archiving and search features are very good."
"Barracuda email protection is stable. I would give it a nine because of its strong cybersecurity features."
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"The Large File Send feature comes in handy when you have to send fairly large attachments."
"The most valuable feature of Mimecast Mailbox Continuity is real-time alerts."
"The security is pretty good, and that's why we're going to upgrade to an even more advanced package. We used it when we had a power issue, and it works. It has been pretty reliable, and the support has been quite good."
"It has all the features required for distribution, such as the ability to mail."
"We're now certain business-critical mail is perfectly protected in multiple ways."
"Mimecast has some good support services in place."
 

Cons

"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."
"The product must enable bulk user management."
"Two to three months back, we got fraudulent emails in which someone in the organization was being blamed."
"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."
"The solution's graphical user interface (GUI) could be improved visually."
"The platform's pricing needs improvement."
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"The interface isn't the best. How everything works on the back end is confusing."
"Technical support has been slower than it was in the past, likely due to the pandemic."
"The solution is expensive in comparison to similar solutions."
"The interface and the documentation could be improved. They can also include some more training resources and content like video. While setting things up, I had to search for the information quite a bit. It took me time to find the correct way to do something. The information is there, but it is sort of all over the place. They can create a better help knowledge base or help portal. It retains your email for 45 days. They can maybe increase this duration."
"The price of the solution is expensive. It can improve by reducing the price."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."
"Barracuda licensing model is good."
"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."
"Despite a list price possibly around $40 per user, their market price allows customers to easily buy the solution."
"The price of Barracuda Essentials is better than some of the competing products."
"The product is expensive."
"The solution's pricing is moderate, where it is neither cheap nor expensive."
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"The price of Mimecast Mailbox Continuity is expensive."
"Its price is in the middle range. It is a structured licensing model where there are various components that you can add or choose to add or not."
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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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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

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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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Mimecast Mailbox Continuity provides uninterrupted access to live and archive email using Outlook for Windows, the web and mobile applications.

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