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F-Secure Total vs Mimecast Email Security comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

F-Secure Total
Ranking in Office 365 Protection
8th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Anti-Malware Tools (11th)
Mimecast Email Security
Ranking in Office 365 Protection
3rd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
31
Ranking in other categories
Secure Email Gateway (SEG) (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Office 365 Protection category, the mindshare of F-Secure Total is 1.4%, down from 1.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Mimecast Email Security is 20.0%, up from 11.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

MS
Easy to setup and stable solution
It's a good product for us. The reports and notifications are very good for us.  There is room for improvement in pricing.  In future releases, I would like to see improvements in EDR protection.  So, the only thing that I would like to see in the future is EDR protection and a lower price for…
ShaheenKapery - PeerSpot reviewer
Provides valuable security features and has a straightforward setup process
The initial setup process is straightforward and takes a weekend at most. A .com domain can take up to forty-eight hours, while a local domain takes about four to eight hours because it has to propagate through the international DNS records. It is a cloud-only solution. If you're managing email security on-premises, you use your bandwidth to download emails, including spam, and then use your servers to clean it up. For example, say a third of your email is spam; this consumes significant bandwidth and resources. However, if you use Mimecast, they filter the emails on their servers before delivering them to you. It can be a major selling point in regions with expensive bandwidth, such as Africa. You can save bandwidth and improve overall efficiency by offloading the spam filtering to Mimecast.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It's a good product for us. The reports and notifications are very good for us."
"The platform's most valuable features are journaling and email archiving, effectively stopping phishing attacks."
"Mimecast certainly helped my customers reduce phishing emails."
"The initial setup is easy."
"It's good, it keeps the spam out."
"In terms of efficacy, Proofpoint is better than Mimecast, though it's a little difficult to manage."
"URL inspection works pretty well."
"The biggest advantage of Mimecast Email Security is its spam filtering. Its filtering feature is interesting."
"The integration is straightforward."
 

Cons

"I would like to see in the future is EDR protection and a lower price for F-Secure Total."
"Mimecast need to ensure that the body text format is correctly handled and that images are properly embedded in the body text."
"I'd like to have better support from the product in the future."
"Mimecast needs to reduce the number of false positive emails; a big pain point for us."
"Their support should be improved. They are notorious for sending you to knowledge-based articles rather than actually talking to you, but that is, unfortunately, kind of becoming a trend with everything. In terms of features, I haven't had any complaints. However, I don't like the fact they moved to a paid training subscription model. They used to have a lot of free webinars for training, but they have started to charge for them in the past year."
"The detection rates are an area for improvement."
"Its pricing can be improved. It is a bit expensive."
"Mimecast needs to reduce the number of false positive emails; a big pain point for us."
"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."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We can easily scale and improve security, but the cost is high for us."
"Compared to the other solutions in the market, Mimecast Email Security with Targeted Threat Protection's pricing is fine."
"For what it is, the product is overpriced."
"The licensing costs are per-user for the product that you get with them."
"It's an expensive solution."
"The product has good pricing in terms of return on investment."
"The solution is expensive."
"The customers can select the license packages as per their requirements."
"The product price is moderate. I rate the pricing a five out of ten."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
26%
Computer Software Company
20%
Non Profit
6%
Manufacturing Company
5%
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Comms Service Provider
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about F-Secure Total?
It's a good product for us. The reports and notifications are very good for us.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for F-Secure Total?
The product is expensive for us. We pay a little fee for the vendor data systems in some cases.
What needs improvement with F-Secure Total?
There is room for improvement in pricing. In future releases, I would like to see improvements in EDR protection. So, the only thing that I would like to see in the future is EDR protection and a l...
What do you like most about Mimecast Email Security with Targeted Threat Protection?
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.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Mimecast Email Security with Targeted Threat Protection?
The pricing is higher for Mimecast, particularly for the Indian market, where it is considered expensive.
What needs improvement with Mimecast Email Security with Targeted Threat Protection?
There is nothing that notably stands out in need of improvement at present.
 

Also Known As

F-Secure Elements for Microsoft 365
Mimecast Email Security with Targeted Threat Protection
 

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Sample Customers

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Azizi Developments, Affinity Credit Union, Aftercare, Al Abbar Group
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