We performed a comparison between Mimecast Email Security and Sophos Email Appliance [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Proofpoint, Barracuda Networks, IRONSCALES and others in Secure Email Gateway (SEG)."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 setup was easy."
"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."
"The product's most valuable features are impersonation protection and phishing countermeasures."
"Email security is the most valuable feature of the solution."
"In the current environment that the world is in, everyone is trying to hack everyone else, so Project+ definitely helps a lot there."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
"The interface makes it really easy to administer and configure."
"The ease of use and the security offered by the solution are its most valuable features. It also offers good information protection."
"This is a stable, scalable product that provides a reliable email protection layer."
"The most valuable feature is the URL relay protection because it protects users from phishing attacks."
"The solution is very easy to use, especially the cloud version which is very, very simple. There are some good templates already built-in, so we can just select the template, and you will get all the necessary functionality. The only one thing you have to do is point all your traffic in the cloud."
"The filtering aspect is the solution's most valuable feature."
"Email encryption, because it fulfills our business needs."
"They could provide a unified licensing model, including all the security features."
"They should improve the cookies management feature."
"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."
"I'd like to have better support from the product in the future."
"From an administrative point of view, Mimecast is a little bit cumbersome and difficult. It's not something that the end-user can easily find navigate themselves."
"Its pricing can be improved. It is a bit expensive."
"The solution is complex and not easy to use."
"The feature that should be included is to remove the block on the encrypted files."
"In the next release of this solution, I would like to see more user awareness, such as information about phishing email attacks that have been prevented."
"More things need to be integrated into this device, like DLP, so we can have a complete solution in one box."
"There aren't enough advanced settings. They should offer more advanced options."
"There are a few issues with integration that need to be addressed; this would help make deployment easier for new users."
"Reporting could have more options for users to customize desired results."
"In the advanced version, you have DLP, Data Loss Prevention, but when you buy the standard version, you don't have it."
"The reporting functionality is in major need of improvement."
Earn 20 points
Mimecast Email Security is ranked 5th in Secure Email Gateway (SEG) with 23 reviews while Sophos Email Appliance [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Secure Email Gateway (SEG). Mimecast Email Security is rated 7.8, while Sophos Email Appliance [EOL] is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Mimecast Email Security writes "It gives clients peace of mind and helps them educate their users about threats". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Email Appliance [EOL] writes "An easy to use solution with reasonable pricing and good stability". 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, whereas Sophos Email Appliance [EOL] is most compared with .
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