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Fortra's Clearswift Secure Email Gateway vs Mimecast Email Security comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Fortra's Clearswift Secure ...
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
0
Ranking in other categories
Email Security (41st)
Mimecast Email Security
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
31
Ranking in other categories
Office 365 Protection (3rd), Secure Email Gateway (SEG) (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Messaging and Collaboration solutions, they serve different purposes. Fortra's Clearswift Secure Email Gateway is designed for Email Security and holds a mindshare of 0.9%, up 0.5% compared to last year.
Mimecast Email Security, on the other hand, focuses on Secure Email Gateway (SEG), holds 12.4% mindshare, down 15.3% since last year.
Email Security
Secure Email Gateway (SEG)
 

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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.
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

"Ability to create your own content-filtering policies with relative ease."
"A stable solution."
"Its administration console is very easy to use. The administration console is absolutely important because you interact with the platform through it."
"It offers an easy initial setup."
"We like the content filtering and secure messaging features."
"It does a good job for us, and its admin console is easy to use."
"It's really quite user-friendly. In terms of technical superiority and the product itself, there are no complaints. It is really cutting edge."
"The solution is scalable."
"The product's most valuable features are impersonation protection and phishing countermeasures."
"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."
 

Cons

"FTP server and TRUST Manager functionality."
"Malware needs improvement."
"They could provide a unified licensing model, including all the security features."
"The feature that should be included is to remove the block on the encrypted files."
"Mimecast needs to reduce the number of false positive emails; a big pain point for us."
"The reaction time between a new threat being identified and Mimecast picking it up needs to be narrowed a bit."
"They should improve the cookies management feature."
"The installation is not so straightforward."
"While it's quick and easy, the initial setup could be more user-friendly."
"Mimecast needs to reduce the number of false positive emails; a big pain point for us."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"For what it is, the product is overpriced."
"Compared to the other products in the market, it is neither cheap but nor very expensive. I would rate it somewhere in the middle, 5 out of 10."
"The product price is moderate. I rate the pricing a five out of ten."
"We pay monthly fees to our provider."
"I'm always going to say the price needs to be lower, but it's reasonable."
"The product has good pricing in terms of return on investment."
"The licensing costs are per-user for the product that you get with them."
"The solution is expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
18%
Government
12%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Comms Service Provider
5%
 

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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 needs improvement with Mimecast Email Security with Targeted Threat Protection?
If I ask you about the room for improvement, we discussed the phishing aspect, the DNS system, and the key rotation. Apart from that, are there any other areas that you would like to see improved o...
 

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Mimecast Email Security with Targeted Threat Protection
 

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