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Fortra's Clearswift Secure Email Gateway vs Trend Micro Email Security comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 3, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

Fortra's Clearswift Secure ...
Ranking in Email Security
42nd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
0
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Trend Micro Email Security
Ranking in Email Security
9th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
28
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Email Security category, the mindshare of Fortra's Clearswift Secure Email Gateway is 1.0%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Trend Micro Email Security is 2.2%, down from 3.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Email Security Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Trend Micro Email Security2.2%
Fortra's Clearswift Secure Email Gateway1.0%
Other96.8%
Email Security
 

Featured Reviews

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Stable, but malware needs improvement and customer support is poor
They need to improve the malware in the product. I am not satisfied with Clearswift because of the lack of customer support. The support is poor, the supplier takes a lot of time and it's expensive. We have some issues here when I contact the supplier, it takes a lot of time for them to get back to us but there's no solution. I am now looking at Symantec as a possible alternative.
Nadeem Syed - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers comprehensive security, easy integration, and good support
It integrated easily. About 99% of the time, we do not face any challenges in integrating any product of Trend Micro with the existing network. It is usually compatible with all kinds of networks. They have recently added AI to all Trend Micro products. It makes life a little bit easier by catching viruses, providing solutions, and helping out whenever you are stuck somewhere. It is one of the very good features they have right now. For example, one of our clients experienced a network attack and became confused about resolving the issues. The AI was helpful by suggesting initial steps to solve the problem.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Ability to create your own content-filtering policies with relative ease."
"A stable solution."
"Trend Micro Email Security’s most valuable feature is spam filtering."
"The most valuable features of the solution are spam protection and email continuity."
"The interface is really good."
"Some people can hack our system by sending emails from our domain to our domain. This is blocked completely by Trend Micro."
"It does a good job of ensuring users are not compromised via email."
"Trend Micro Email Security scans all email attachments because, nowadays, ransomware or malware files are sent through email attachments."
"The technical support is good."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the antivirus, antispam, and integration with cloud services. This is a multifunctional solution."
 

Cons

"Malware needs improvement."
"FTP server and TRUST Manager functionality."
"It is a bit expensive than the market price."
"The company also needs to work on pricing because it is quite costly compared to other products."
"In our company, we found out that the solution wasn't well-tested by Trend Micro, resulting in a performance and bandwidth problem."
"In terms of improvement, reducing false positives would improve the system."
"The capacity handling and the scalability of the solution need to be improved since I feel Trend Micro lacks in such areas."
"There is a limitation when customers are using their email from a third-party solution that isn't from Trend Micro."
"Trend Micro Email Security should introduce new features, improvements, and updates which are cost-effective and easy to deploy."
"The enterprise security feature needs improvement."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I rate the product price a six on a scale of one to ten, where one is low price and ten is high price."
"The price of Trend Micro Email Security is annual. There are no additional fees."
"Trend Micro Email Security's pricing is reasonable."
"The price of Trend Micro Email Security is more than Sophos' similar solution."
"The cost is about $6,000 for 300 users for one year."
"It is expensive. The cost is per box, and it depends on how big your environment is. Prices range from 11 to 12 dollars for licenses and can fluctuate up and down, but for environments with 4,000 to 5,000 users, it can be between 6 to 8 dollars."
"It's a VPN solution. Trend Micro is reasonably priced."
"Trend Micro Email Security is not an expensive solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
16%
Government
12%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Insurance Company
7%
Construction Company
6%
 

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Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business21
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise5
 

Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about Trend Micro Email Security?
The tool provides a strong defense against attacks. It is also easy to use. Trend Micro Email Security's integration capabilities are great.
What needs improvement with Trend Micro Email Security?
They need to improve the dashboard in the future to make the product more effective.
What advice do you have for others considering Trend Micro Email Security?
There's not much difference between similar products; almost everything is the same, but the dashboard was a very deciding factor for us. I would definitely recommend this product to others, but it...
 

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Sample Customers

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MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Air21, Azra Solutions, CBOSS, De Montfort University, Depaeuw, DHR Health, Fukui University Hospital
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