We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiMail Cloud and Mimecast Email Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Secure Email Gateway (SEG) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features are the low price and its ability to integrate with other Fortinet products."
"The scanners with FortiMail are valuable."
"The product's initial setup is straightforward and simple, making it an easy-to-use tool."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the ability to check to see if the email is real."
"If there is a problem somewhere Fortinet can act on it immediately. That is very important."
"This solution is easy to install. The deployment takes about forty-five minutes."
"FortiMail Cloud is very fast."
"The implementation was very professional. There are a lot of features I can get through Fortinet and FortiMail, such as security. FortiGuard is the most reliable and professional mitigation center to handle incidents and risk that I have to face."
"The piece that is most valuable from the Mimecast standpoint will be the sandboxing feature."
"Due to our specialized use case, that HIPAA dictionary really comes in handy."
"The solution's performance is good."
"URL inspection works pretty well."
"The setup was easy."
"It's good, it keeps the spam out."
"Mimecast certainly helped my customers reduce phishing emails."
"We like Mimecast's spam filtering. The email signature feature is also a big plus for our users."
"It is slightly difficult to configure FortiMail in the cloud with Exchange on-premise, especially the quarantine mailbox access for end-users."
"This ease of use and user-friendliness is something we believe could be improved in FortiMail."
"I can't see the feedback to the FortiMail gateway."
"I've not been able to use more than two domains in the back end. I like to view logs for the different domains. If I add any other domain I'm not able to get a proper cPanel for that domain. I am talking about the login factors. I'm not able to see logs for different domains in a different Window. Basically, it's an issue in the login process."
"The URL filtering and handling should be enhanced because it doesn't support all languages. I believe that this would be easy to enhance in the future."
"The setup of the rules can be improved. I think it should be simplified and would be the best improvement in the system."
"Networking should be simplified."
"The product could be improved by extending reporting tools and adding options for notification."
"They should improve the cookies management feature."
"The solution is very expensive."
"The solution should include more AI features instead of Mimecast's more general static configuration tooling."
"The reaction time between a new threat being identified and Mimecast picking it up needs to be narrowed a bit."
"The solution is complex and not easy to use."
"As a user, the user interface of the management console could be upgraded, for example."
"I did have a problem with Mimecast. That is why I was looking for an alternative solution because their sender IP address gets poorly rated by Microsoft."
"The feature that should be included is to remove the block on the encrypted files."
Fortinet FortiMail Cloud is ranked 8th in Secure Email Gateway (SEG) with 18 reviews while Mimecast Email Security is ranked 5th in Secure Email Gateway (SEG) with 23 reviews. Fortinet FortiMail Cloud is rated 8.2, while Mimecast Email Security is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiMail Cloud writes "A reliable email security solution with deep integration capabilities and exceptionally strong support". 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". Fortinet FortiMail Cloud is most compared with Fortinet FortiMail, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) and Proofpoint Email Protection, whereas Mimecast Email Security is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Abnormal Security, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration and Fortinet FortiMail. See our Fortinet FortiMail Cloud vs. Mimecast Email Security report.
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