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 feature of this solution is the ability to check to see if the email is real."
"It has the best feature for processed mail analysis."
"The most valuable features are filtering and sandboxing."
"If there is a problem somewhere Fortinet can act on it immediately. That is very important."
"The scanners with FortiMail are valuable."
"The deployment is simple."
"The product's initial setup is straightforward and simple, making it an easy-to-use tool."
"The encryption features are most valuable to us."
"Email security is the most valuable feature of the solution."
"It does a good job for us, and its admin console is easy to use."
"The solution is scalable."
"URL inspection works pretty well."
"The setup was easy."
"We like the content filtering and secure messaging features."
"The product's most valuable features are impersonation protection and phishing countermeasures."
"We like Mimecast's spam filtering. The email signature feature is also a big plus for our users."
"I would like to see more advanced sandbox features, where you can actually download to a machine where you can test."
"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."
"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."
"Networking should be simplified."
"The product could be improved by extending reporting tools and adding options for notification."
"The dashboard could use improvement."
"This ease of use and user-friendliness is something we believe could be improved in FortiMail."
"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."
"Its pricing can be improved. It is a bit expensive."
"I'd like to have better support from the product in the future."
"The attachment scanning feature doesn't work properly."
"The solution is very expensive."
"They should improve the cookies management feature."
"The price could be better, it should be reduced."
"As a user, the user interface of the management console could be upgraded, for example."
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, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) and Proofpoint Email Protection, whereas Mimecast Email Security is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Abnormal Security, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration and Cisco Secure Email. See our Fortinet FortiMail Cloud vs. Mimecast Email Security report.
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