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Barracuda Email Threat Scanner vs Hornetsecurity Email Spam Filter and Malware Protection comparison

Barracuda Networks and Hornetsecurity are both solutions in the Anti-Malware Tools category. Barracuda Networks is ranked #30 with an average rating of 9.0, while Hornetsecurity is ranked #36 with an average rating of 7.0. Barracuda Networks holds a 0.3% mindshare in Anti-Malware Tools, compared to Hornetsecurity’s 0.4% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Barracuda Networks users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Hornetsecurity users who would recommend it.
Barracuda Email Threat Scanner
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We performed a comparison between Barracuda Email Threat Scanner and Hornetsecurity Email Spam Filter and Malware Protection based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Anti-Malware Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

Barracuda Email Threat Scanner
Ranking in Anti-Malware Tools
30th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Hornetsecurity Email Spam F...
Ranking in Anti-Malware Tools
36th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
8.4
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Anti-Malware Tools category, the mindshare of Barracuda Email Threat Scanner is 0.3%, down from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Hornetsecurity Email Spam Filter and Malware Protection is 0.4%, down from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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S. M. Rabiul Islam - PeerSpot reviewer
Is an easy, user-friendly solution that provides strong email security
The most valuable feature of Barracuda Email Threat Scanner is the security it provides by delaying the delivery of suspicious emails until they can be reviewed inside the Barracuda control panel. It keeps the mail inside the system unless it is deemed okay, and then can be sent to the client.
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reviewer2678634 - PeerSpot reviewer
Gains additional email security with affordability but needs deeper integration with Office 365
Hornetsecurity Email Spam Filter and Malware Protection ( /products/hornetsecurity-email-spam-filter-and-malware-protection-reviews ) provides a good service at an affordable price due to a special education pricing plan. This makes it an attractive option for us. It enhances our security by operating in front of the protection provided by Microsoft and effectively detecting and tagging spam and malware. Although it is difficult to make a direct comparison, its competitive pricing is a key benefit. While Microsoft detects some spam, Hornetsecurity adds another layer of detection.
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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 main benefit that I am getting from this solution is that it filters almost 95% of my spam mail. Some spam mails bypass Barracuda Email Threat Scanner, but when I add those domains or addresses to the filter list, they get blocked. Some users on my premises do not understand which mail attachments or links should be opened. By filtering with Barracuda Email Threat Scanner, we are not getting any type of phishing mails. So, our infrastructure is safer, and as an IT person, I feel relaxed."
"The most valuable feature of Barracuda Email Threat Scanner is the security it provides by delaying the delivery of suspicious emails until they can be reviewed inside the Barracuda control panel."
"It was easy to learn the product."
"Makes my inbox cleaner and more secure. The infomail is now neatly out of my view and I dont see all the junk I use to see when using AppRiver or just Microsofts native spam filter. I see only the things I need to see, and spoofed messages have decreased 100% throughout the organization."
"Hornetsecurity Email Spam Filter and Malware Protection provides a good service at an affordable price due to a special education pricing plan."
 

Cons

"We had an incident last month where the PCs of one or two colleagues, who were outside of our factory and were using a defined network, got infected by some kind of malware. From their PCs, more than 1,000 mails were produced per hour, causing spamming on our mail server. Barracuda blocked the full mail communication. Only one to two accounts were compromised, and for that, Barracuda blocked all incoming and outgoing mails. It created a great problem for other users and our office activities. Our server was blocked for three days, which we did not expect. Technically, only one or two accounts should be blocked. When a domain or IP is blocked, communication becomes tough. It may be a configuration issue at our provider's end, where there was a mistake in configuring Barracuda. It could also be a problem related to Barracuda."
"The product must improve the features associated with creating a blacklist."
"If the price were lower, perhaps we could purchase our own."
"If I had to pick my least favorite thing, I would say some of the tabs to control settings can get a little overwhelming. It can also be a little hard to read the font at certain times so possibly enlarging the details and text of the site a little to make it not so "fit" to the screen."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is a bit expensive."
"Barracuda Email Threat Scanner is provided by our IT service provider, who also provides all the support. The licensing fee that we pay to our provider is $200 per month, that is, $1 per user. There is no additional cost. Before taking the subscription from our provider, I researched the market for Barracuda. The cost is between $5,000 to $8,000 for three years. After that, the same cost is there for renewal. If you have 200 to 500 users, it is better to take a subscription from a provider. If you have more than 500 users, then you can own the Barracuda server through the cloud or on-premises deployments. It is costly for a lesser number of users. If you increase the usage or the number of users, then the overall cost decreases. They can reduce the cost of Barracuda Email Threat Scanner for a small number of users. We could not and would not have used this solution if we had not got the renting or subscription option."
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
8%
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Barracuda Email Threat Scanner?
It was easy to learn the product.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Barracuda Email Threat Scanner?
I rate the product’s pricing a seven out of ten.
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What needs improvement with Barracuda Email Threat Scanner?
The product must improve the features associated with creating a blacklist. Currently, to add a content block, I have to go to a different screen. It seems cumbersome. The solution sells Impersonat...
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Hornetsecurity Email Spam Filter and Malware Protection?
The pricing is advantageous because of a special education price. On a scale of one to ten, with ten being the most expensive, I would rate the cost as maybe a three due to the education advantage.
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What needs improvement with Hornetsecurity Email Spam Filter and Malware Protection?
There could be an improvement with their new product that integrates with Office 365, known as Total 365. They have offered us the chance to evaluate it, but our decision will depend on its pricing.
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What is your primary use case for Hornetsecurity Email Spam Filter and Malware Protection?
We use Hornetsecurity Email Spam Filter and Malware Protection ( /products/hornetsecurity-email-spam-filter-and-malware-protection-reviews ) solely as a secondary security layer. It is not integrat...
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Overview

Find out what's hiding in your inbox.
It's critical to assess and understand your email security vulnerabilities. Using artificial intelligence and API integration with Office 365, the Barracuda Email Threat Scanner quickly and effectively finds social engineering attacks currently sitting in your mailboxes.

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Hornetsecurity’s Email Spam Filter and Malware Protection Service offers the highest detection rates on the market, with 99.9% guaranteed spam detection and 99.99% virus detection. Our Spam Filtering Service effectively protects mail servers against DDoS attacks and phishing emails. Our multi-layered spam filtering service blocks the majority of spam emails as they arrive—keeping the quarantine clear and easy to manage. With proven features and thorough spam filtering mechanisms, your inbox remains free of annoying spam emails.

DoS attacks are intercepted by Hornetsecurity’s Hosted Spam Filtering and Malware Protection long before they reach the customer’s network. Parallel infrastructure distributed across multiple data centers and intelligent protection mechanisms ensure that authorized mail traffic continues to flow even in the face of massive waves of spam emails and DDoS attacks.

With the help of link tracking and other techniques, the spam filter service effectively protects users from phishing emails. Among other things, reloadable malicious script commands are detected. This enables detection of dangerous drive-by downloads, for example.

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