We use TitanHQ to provide email security. It sits on Office 365 and protects all emails coming into our domain and going out of our domain.
Director-IT at Cambridge Technology Enterprises (CTE)
Improves efficiency, saves time, and has flexible licensing options
Pros and Cons
- "We are satisfied with the performance and spam filtering provided by TitanHQ SpamTitan. The reporting feature and customizations as per our requirements are also good."
- "We are using the data center version with a dedicated server. It would be more user-friendly if SpamTitan were centralized. That is, TitanHQ should have a SaaS model for SpamTitan."
What is our primary use case?
How has it helped my organization?
We have been able to reduce the spam count and the number of phishing attacks, which were higher before we started using SpamTitan. Our reputation has also improved because our internal and external clients are happy with the level of protection provided by this solution.
What is most valuable?
We are satisfied with the performance and spam filtering provided by TitanHQ SpamTitan. The reporting feature and customizations as per our requirements are also good.
We use SpamTitan's geo-blocking feature to block spam emails entering our network and servers. We have created rules to block certain emails, and the geo-blocking feature has reduced our spam intake by 100%.
I would give a ten out of ten for the geo-blocking feature for restricting emails from specific destinations based on IP or country.
Our employees don't have to sort through junk and spam emails now, which saves time. Also, they have the option to release and whitelist emails that have been placed in the quarantine folder. It's a user-level feature. It has substantially improved our efficiency by 70% to 80%.
What needs improvement?
We are using the data center version with a dedicated server. It would be more user-friendly if SpamTitan were centralized. That is, TitanHQ should have a SaaS model for SpamTitan.
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For how long have I used the solution?
We've been using this solution for two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
SpamTitan's stability is good; I'd rate it at eight out of ten. In comparison, I'd rate the stability of Trend Micro and Microsoft ATP at six or seven out of ten.
How are customer service and support?
TitanHQ's technical support staff respond quickly to our emails, and they've had the right level of expertise to handle our concerns or issues. I'd give them an eight out of ten.
Trend Micro's technical support is at the same level as that of SpamTitan, whereas Microsoft's technical support is at a lower level. We have experienced delays with Microsoft.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We previously used Trend Micro and Microsoft ATP. SpamTitan has the edge over Microsoft ATP because it is more user-friendly. Microsoft ATP was very complicated to configure, but SpamTitan can be customized for our own requirements.
What about the implementation team?
SpamTitan helped us to deploy the solution, and they maintain it as well.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
SpamTitan has competitive pricing and flexible licensing. They allow up to 10% more that you use and then add it to the next tier of licenses.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We evaluated Trend Micro and Symantec email security and chose SpamTitan because it is user-friendly and cheaper than the other two products.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend SpamTitan and rate it at eight on a scale from one to ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Enterprise Architect at Unified System Solutions, Ltd.
Saves me time looking through junk email, as well as throughput resources
Pros and Cons
- "I had server issues but I still needed to be able to look at what emails I would have received if my email server had been working correctly. SpamTitan has a reporting functionality that showed me what emails would have been sent. I could actually see the content of those emails."
- "I would recommend to everybody that they use this solution; if they have a need that is similar to my need, then I would tell them, "Hey, this is the company to use, period.""
- "I'm a contractor, I get an awful lot of organizations that are spammy in nature with respect to trying to recruit people. SpamTitan is a little more aggressive than I'd like it to be with respect to filtering some of those out, especially when I'm looking for a contract."
What is our primary use case?
I needed spam filtering and drift filtering with respect to my email. Nobody wants to go through their mail every day and throw away as much junk as I was throwing away at that time.
How has it helped my organization?
It helps save me time because I don't have to sort through junk and spam emails. Every time I open my email and there's that much junk, it can take two or three minutes to figure out what's junk and what's not. Plus, there's throughput involved. The spam is using my resources to get into my system to begin with. I would estimate it saves me an hour per month.
What is most valuable?
I can't tell you the number of times that their web interface has saved me. I had server issues but I still needed to be able to look at what emails I would have received if my email server had been working correctly. SpamTitan has a reporting functionality that showed me what emails would have been sent. I could actually see the content of those emails. For me, several times, that has been a real lifesaver.
The solution has a lot of automated filtering based upon metrics that I'm sure it receives from others or from some mechanism unknown to me, so I wouldn't be able to employ those mechanisms myself. I'm sure that there are other companies out there that block, based upon rankings that they get from SpamCop and organizations like that. I'm sure that SpamTitan has that all built into what it's doing, so I don't have to worry about it.
What needs improvement?
Because of the nature of my business, and because I'm a contractor, I get an awful lot of organizations that are spammy in nature with respect to trying to recruit people. SpamTitan is a little more aggressive than I'd like it to be with respect to filtering some of those out, especially when I'm looking for a contract. But it's easy enough because I can go into the quarantine area and say, "Oh, this guy I want to look at, that guy I want to look at," and release them and unblock them if I need to. But for the most part, I would rather have them be more aggressive than be less aggressive.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been with TitanHQ SpamTitan for about five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
SpamTitan's stability is awesome. I've never had a situation where it wasn't working or it wasn't working correctly, even one time, the whole time I have been a customer.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Scalability is not an important consideration for me, but I'm sure it's as scalable as it needs to be. These days with clouds and containerization, things automatically scale. Even when they break, they automatically replace themselves with another container. I'm sure they're doing all of that. Otherwise, they wouldn't have the uptime and the lack of any notices being sent out saying, "I'm sorry, SpamTitan's going to be down from this hour to that hour." That just never occurs. It's always there. It's like the sun.
How are customer service and support?
When I needed to configure it and set it up, their support was just unbelievably good. They helped me extensively.
I own a Lexus, and the reason I own a Lexus is because I used to own a Toyota. One day I took my Toyota into a Lexus dealer, because they had both Lexus and Toyota. My Toyota 4Runner, which is what I had at the time, needed some kind of an alignment and they gave me a Lexus loaner. The way that they treated me with respect to customer service absolutely convinced me that I would soon be driving a Lexus home. I bought a Lexus that weekend.
I really appreciate good customer service. I think it's probably the primary consideration that I have, other than the need for the product that they offer.
I'm a computer architect and I do my research. I didn't even have to look at another provider. I went to SpamTitan and looked at what they had available and their product offering was a comprehensive solution to fit my needs. I looked at the pricing and it seemed reasonable. As soon as I started working with them, the support was unbelievable. In the whole time that I've needed this type of solution, I've never even gone to anybody else. I was just completely satisfied.
Their customer support was just top-notch. The guy was understanding. He helped walk me through some processes at the time. It was a long time ago when I needed that level of support, but it was comprehensive, caring, understanding, patient, the whole nine yards. It was great. The guy was just completely knowledgeable about everything. In fact, he took the time, as we were going along, to explain certain things to me that weren't completely clear. I couldn't rate him better.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
My previous spam filtering solution was Microsoft, so whatever they were doing was inside Outlook. I didn't really like the rules that were set up. SpamTitan, compared to Microsoft, is massively better. The kinds of rules that I had to keep creating, and the way that the rules are structured with respect to Microsoft, were difficult to deploy.
How was the initial setup?
I needed their help more than once. I started out with my single domain, WeAreUSS.com. I did not have IP forwarding going on through them. I had another domain or two that I had registered at one point in time, so when I brought my other companies on board, I needed to interface with TitanHQ to confirm the configurations that would be required. If I'm not mistaken, they actually assisted me with my server configuration regarding DNS records and Active Directory entries.
The first time, it took a little longer, but it was probably less than a day. I worked remotely with a guy in Texas for that entire episode and it went well. Because it was the first time, there was more involved. Then, when I switched to No-IP, it might have even been the same guy that I worked with, but it was equally as efficient.
Obviously, if you want certain things to happen in certain ways in a computer environment, there are always setup and configuration. You have to understand each one of those configuration points in order to employ it correctly. I even used the online help for a lot of it, and that was good as well. There were examples for a lot of it.
For the average person who is going through the process, they need to understand those configuration points and the impact that they have on their business. There are a lot of options, and there needs to be. It's like when you buy a new washer or dryer these days. There are 37,000 controls. You don't just put it on hot or cold. The more control that people have over things, and of course, if they understand what those controls do, the better the outcome because there's more specificity.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I'm actually in the process of renewing with SpamTitan, but I'm having difficulty achieving that. I'll get it figured out. I'm in communication with them. It's just that the person who needs to respond to me is being a little slow in responding.
When I deployed SpamTitan, it was only $120 a year, so it was affordable. This time when I want to renew, they gave me a quote of $500 a year, and I'm telling them, "Hey, wait a minute. In one year you went from $120 a year to $500? This isn't working." They recently gave me a quote, as little as a month ago, that said it would cost me $120 to renew. But then they sent me another reminder and I clicked on the link in the reminder and it took me to a site where it just said pay $500.
The subscription thing is the first time that I've ever had any real issue.
What other advice do I have?
I can't imagine any way, given my needs, that there could be improvement in the solution. I know companies try to find additional things that people need so that they can provide more value in their products, and SpamTitan has been actively doing that since I got on board with them. Most of the areas that they've changed were augmentations that other people needed but they were beyond what I needed.
There is a lot of stuff that's really cool. When I log in to the interface, it allows me to log in on three different levels: domain administrator, group administrator, or as a regular user. So they have even optimized the login process. There is functionality for giving other people different roles, but I really don't have the need, because I have a one-person business.
I would recommend to everybody that they use this solution. If they have a need that is similar to my need, then I would tell them, "Hey, this is the company to use, period." I've never given them a rating of less than 10 out of 10. They're just that good.
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Attorney at Wegman and Levin
I like the ability to go online and view mail that's been quarantined
Pros and Cons
- "I like the ability to go online and view mail that's been quarantined. SpamTitan lets you look at the mail and decide whether you want to release it or not."
- "If it blocks one piece of malware from getting into my system, it has probably paid for itself several times over."
- "SpamTitan doesn't quarantine when it blocks things based on the remote block list or greylisting. It just deletes the email. When I try to look at these blocked items, it tells me they're gone. RBL or greylisted items aren't saved, so you can check them. There may be a setting somewhere that I haven't seen."
What is our primary use case?
SpamTitan filters all incoming mail. We don't allow anything to come into our mail server without passing through SpamTitan. It filters out malware, spam, and any other email-based threat. It's a SaaS solution that's entirely on the cloud. Everything is redirected from our server to the SpamTitan servers.
They do the necessary filtering and pass all the safe emails through to our server. Our servers are configured to only accept IP connections from three or four IP addresses that are specific to SpamTitan, so nobody else can get into the mail server.
Our system consists of two physical servers and several virtual servers. One box is in the office, and there's a backup server at my home. The mail server just happens to be my home. We have about seven or eight end users, but each user can have multiple accounts.
For example, we have an account for receiving special categories of mail that are placed in a designated folder. In other words, we create accounts that are associated with individual people. We have an online credit card processing company, so when they send emails, it goes to an email address called info@wegmanlevin.com. When it arrives here, it gets split off into a separate folder.
How has it helped my organization?
SpamTitan reduced the spam and malware that gets to our Outlook clients. The prior solution we used didn't do that great a job with malware. I don't know if the time spent sorting through spam has changed compared to the previous solution.
However, sometimes malware would get wrongly classified as spam. Some emails that used to get through were flagged as spam, but it actually turned out to be malware. That should never have gotten through at all. It should have been blocked or stripped. In some cases, malware infected people's systems with the previous solution.
What is most valuable?
I like the ability to go online and view mail that's been quarantined. SpamTitan lets you look at the mail and decide whether you want to release it or not.
What needs improvement?
SpamTitan doesn't quarantine when it blocks things based on the remote block list or greylisting. It just deletes the email. When I try to look at these blocked items, it tells me they're gone. RBL or greylisted items aren't saved, so you can check them. There may be a setting somewhere that I haven't seen.
We get some false positives sometimes. Once we spot it, we can add the sender to the safe list. Then it's no longer a problem. It seems kind of random at times. For example, I got an email last night from the fraud department at Chase Bank informing me that my card had been compromised. It was flagged as spam, so I logged in and released it. It's a balancing act between a spam solution that's overly aggressive or too loose about letting spam in. I think SpamTitan falls on the aggressive side, but it's usually not enough to cause any problems.
I would also like more control over reporting. The reporting is limited to once daily. With the old product, we could get reports multiple times during the day with all the emails quarantined since the last report went out. We had one report at 8:00 a.m. to tell us about all the overnight traffic. We'd also get notifications at noon, and 5:00 p.m., just before people went home.
Over the course of the day, only a few hours would pass before we reviewed a quarantined email. SpamTitan sends its report in the middle of the night, so something can be trapped there for 24 hours. There's a workaround. If somebody tells you an email they were expecting hasn't come through, an admin can go into the portal and release it. That's a hassle.
Also, there's an attack where a hacker generates emails with the correct domain name but hundreds of different user names. SpamTitan bills by the number of users, and they don't allow you to distinguish between real users and bots. I think I have a limit of around 30 or 35 users, so if somebody hit me with hundreds of phony names, I would get reports generated for each one of those fake accounts and be billed for it. It hasn't happened, but it could. I'm not crazy about that aspect of it. I think it would make a lot more sense if I could give TitanHQ a list of all valid email addresses and tell them to bounce any other email addresses.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using SpamTitan for about a year and a half.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
We haven't had any issues with stability
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We're a small law firm, so I haven't had a reason to scale up SpamTitan, but I assume I could if necessary. It's not likely to happen in my business. If we doubled in size, that would mean going from seven to 14 people. I'm sure that wouldn't present an issue for the software. However, if we had hundreds of employees, I would prefer an on-premise hardware solution.
How are customer service and support?
I've never had a problem that required support, but I contacted TitanHQ support initially with questions about how to tweak some settings. I rate TitanHQ support nine out of ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We used SurfControl, but the version was no longer supported on our server. We originally ran this on the Windows 2003 server, but the product wouldn't install when we upgraded. When we approached the vendor about newer products, we found that all their latest solutions were online and a lot more expensive than SpamTitan, so I started to shop around.
How was the initial setup?
I set SpamTitan up by myself. It was straightforward once I conceptualized exactly what we were doing and the way we were deploying this in the middle of our mail delivery cycle. We have updated the configuration by adding more domains since the original implementation and it was easy.
What was our ROI?
If it blocks one piece of malware from getting into my system, it has probably paid for itself several times over.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The cost of SpamTitan is reasonable for what we get out of the solution.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I don't recall the names of all the solutions we evaluated, but looked at Barracuda and a couple of others. We felt that SpamTitan was the best fit, given the size of our operation, monthly costs, etc.
What other advice do I have?
I rate SpamTitan eight out of ten. It's a great option if you're a smaller organization that wants to keep spam and malware off your system. A larger organization may wish to consider the on-premise solution TitanHQ offers because of the licensing issues and limitations on reporting. I recommend that if it's cost-effective for your organization.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
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Network Engineer at Purple Language Services Co.
Suspicious links aren't coming through anymore, saving time for both employees and admins
Pros and Cons
- "It's catching things that might otherwise have gotten through in the past. That was when we were working with a site that didn't put emails through two antiviruses before they got to our system."
- "We're very pleased with SpamTitan and the functionality that it has given us."
- "It took some adjustment and some getting used to when it came to where to add the users and the general layout. It wasn't very logical or intuitive. That functionality was under the Anti-Spam Engine instead of Domain or User Policies."
What is our primary use case?
We use it in our email flow against spam and other unwanted emails.
We are a company that provides video interpretation for the deaf and the hard of hearing. We also do in-person and relay services. Communicating with that large percentage of people relies heavily on email. We need to ensure that we have a good, solid way to filter out any unwanted emails or spam.
How has it helped my organization?
We're very pleased with SpamTitan and the functionality that it has given us.
It has saved us money and time. First, it's catching things that might otherwise have gotten through in the past. That was when we were working with a different solution that didn't put emails through two antiviruses before they got to our system. Any suspicious or malicious activity that's being caught in our system isn't coming from email. When you get viruses, it's very costly, and that is where it has saved us time and money. The suspicious links aren't coming through anymore and we don't have to warn people not to click on them.
Before, we would go through tickets that said, "We got this," and I would look at those tickets and wonder, "Did they click on the link?" It would end up being a phishing email and we'd have to scan our systems. We don't get those anymore. That means it's not just saving employees time, because now they don't have to put in a ticket when there is a link in an email. It's also saving time for all of us who are administrators of the spam solution because we don't have to investigate and put a block in because it has already been filtered out.
I don't know what the percentage difference is between our spam catch rate now and what it was, but I know it is very high.
We have not given our end-users access to the portal. If they have spam issues, they put in a ticket and one of our admins looks into it for them in SpamTitan. It's worked so well that we've hardly had to do that. In the last year, we may have had to go into SpamTitan half a dozen times, whereas before, we were getting those kinds of tickets and having to go into Barracuda at least four to five times a week.
What is most valuable?
One of the features I really like is the layout of SpamTitan.
It also gives us more control over the spam functionality. We were able to customize the emails for our end-users. Branding things is very important. It makes it so easy to manage and change, as we've merged with other companies and we're now using a standardized name. There are some more changes coming up and, from what I've seen, it looks like making those changes is going to be very simple to do. I really appreciate that.
What needs improvement?
It took some adjustment and some getting used to when it came to where to add the users and the general layout. It wasn't very logical or intuitive. That functionality was under the Anti-Spam Engine instead of Domain or User Policies.
It could be a cultural thing. I'm in the U.S. and the solution comes from Ireland, and cultures are very different in how they label things. It wasn't very logical for someone in the U.S. in terms of the labeling of the tabs and finding where to do things. We also came from a tool where things were labeled a little differently. But once you get used to it, there are no problems at all.
It would help if we could customize it a little bit. But that issue is so minute.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using TitanHQ SpamTitan for about a year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability of the solution is a 10 out of 10.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It's very scalable.
We have a couple of thousand users and we've deployed over multiple different domains, all going through SpamTitan. The fact that it's so easy to put a new domain into the system means there's no problem with the scalability at all.
How are customer service and support?
TitanHQ's support has been phenomenal. Not to downgrade anyone, but when we would contact support for our previous solution, we wouldn't get any response. It took six to eight weeks to even get a response. With SpamTitan, we get a response within an hour or two.
You don't have to wait and wonder if you're going to get the attention you need. They're on top of it. Even if you don't get an answer right away, they still respond to you so that you know you're on their radar.
I would rate their tech support a 12 (twelve) out of 10. They could definitely teach a lot of people about soft skills and customer service, because they're wonderful.
I've only had to contact them twice over the last year because the tool runs so well. One of those occasions was because of the security certificate issue and we just needed a little guidance. The second one was to get on their radar to make sure that the specific KB articles were applied and they reassured us they were. And when we checked, they were. They were just simple questions.
If you compare their tech support to that of other solutions, they rank among the best. I've had to contact tech support for Cisco, for Zoom, and for many other solutions. Even though Zoom has rated fairly high, SpamTitan is still higher. I would give Zoom a seven or an eight out of 10, but SpamTitan is definitely way above that. I have not come across many solutions that have come close, even outside of spam solutions, other than CrowdStrike's technical support. They do get back to you, but they're still not at the top of the game. SpamTitan's tech support is at the top of the game.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Initially, we had Barracuda but it didn't give us all of the features we wanted and they also upped the price by four to five times the rate we had been paying. It also wasn't user-friendly. They had not changed its interface in so long that it was archaic. In addition, it took more time when we needed to block something. With SpamTitan, you just put it in and it's done. Barracuda wasn't as easy to work with as SpamTitan is.
I started looking for alternate solutions.
I found SpamTitan, which had actually been around longer than Barracuda. It had better reviews and more features that we needed and functionality that we wanted, for a reasonable price.
It's also light on the maintenance side.
How was the initial setup?
I led the deployment and the only bump in the road we had was with deploying the security certificate. When we reached out to TitanHQ they gave us direction and it was resolved within two hours. The bumps in the road weren't because of SpamTitan and they really quickly gave us direction and we just ran with it. All in all, it was very simple to get everything deployed.
We did have a person at TitanHQ who worked with us. When we did the actual deployment, we had a meeting with that person and it went off very smoothly. It was after the fact that we found we had an issue with the security certificate and that's when I contacted support.
I was on the deployment call as well as the person who manages our cert and our Exchange Servers, our director of networking, and our CIO.
What was our ROI?
I can guarantee you that we have seen ROI if only because it's blocking the phishing links. That one piece alone saves time and money. Instead of the long and complicated process of having to investigate a link, company-wide, to make sure that it didn't go anywhere, I've dealt with just one instance since we put in SpamTitan and it wasn't a real phishing link. It was just something we needed to block so it wouldn't annoy people.
The fact that it's catching phishing links is one of the biggest benefits. If somebody were to click on one of those links, not only could they bring in a malware infection, but they could give people access to our data.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I love the pricing of SpamTitan and they don't price gouge.
The reason that they can be so reasonable with their cost is that they don't have to spend a lot on support. It's such a stable product that you're not needing to contact them that much. If their customers don't need to call support every other day, they can give them a solution that is cost-effective.
As a company, our rates are controlled by the government. The fact that we're able to get a solution of this magnitude that we can actually afford means anybody would be a fool not to do it.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We narrowed it down to three options: Barracuda, SpamTitan, and one other.
What other advice do I have?
My advice would be "Do it." It's simple. If you want a spam solution that, number one, is going to work, this is your solution. And if you do have issues, you're going to be able to reach someone to get them taken care of without question. You will have very little to do once it has been implemented and it gives your environment a lot of security. What you want to do is use SpamTitan.
This is a phenomenal solution.
The reviews I read about SpamTitan where people would talk about all the good things, and that there are no negatives, are factual. They are that good. It's just wonderful.
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Assoc. Dean at a university with 51-200 employees
Cuts down on the amount of noise that end users have to deal with
Pros and Cons
- "We have had no cases of malware slipping through since we have had SpamTitan."
- "SpamTitan has absolutely helped save employees’ time by not having to sort through junk and spam emails."
- "It could be improved a little bit on the speed side. When I am trying to troubleshoot a mail message that somebody is looking for in SpamTitan, sometimes setting up the filters for the quarantine is a little bit pokey."
What is our primary use case?
We use it for spam. Our biggest concern has been malware. Spam is a nuisance, but malware could be very damaging to our systems, and losing data just wasn't an option for us. It is that security side. The actual spam piece is probably secondary in my mind. Spam was certainly an inconvenience because of user complaints, but filtering out malware was huge for us. I would rather stop these things at the perimeter than rely on a local computer's antivirus.
We use it for exactly what it is supposed to be for. We use it for filtering out any malware that has been sent via email. For your truly obvious spam, I would rather put that out on the edges so end users don't have to see that junk in their junk mailbox. For some reason, being a college, the amount of spam we get is unbelievable. I would rather not overload users with too many things in their junk folders from Outlook. It just cuts down on the amount of noise that end users have to deal with.
We are a college. We are primarily a Windows shop, though we do have some Macs internally. Our servers are Windows-based. We have two locations. However, that whole idea of locations has gotten pretty fuzzy, not only with the cloud, but with the emphasis on remote work. The nice thing is that it filters mail before it even comes into our mail server and it doesn't matter where somebody is. They could be on campus at either one of our locations, or they could be at home, and SpamTitan will do what it is supposed to do.
How has it helped my organization?
It achieves a design goal that we have for in-depth defense.
What is most valuable?
We have had no cases of malware slipping through since we have had SpamTitan.
At times, I have used the geo-blocking feature. There are some hostile countries for whom I try to filter out traffic, be it through email or the perimeter firewall. We have to be careful with it, but it is good for cutting down on the amount of noise that we have to sort through.
The geo-blocking feature has worked well. Certainly some of that stuff can be spoofed, so it is not going to be 100%.For that really spammy spam, a lot of times the spammers don't even try to hide where they are originating from. For that, it has been good. There are a handful of countries that we just consider hostile, so being able to block those has been a good thing.
The geo-blocking feature seems to work fine for allowing exemptions based on a trusted sender's IP, domain, or email address. We haven't had any issues with it.
Over time, you set up additional filters, change the sensitivity level, and set up exceptions. The exceptions are powerful, so we don't accidentally filter out emails from a party that we work with. That has been great.
What needs improvement?
It could be improved a little bit on the speed side. When I am trying to troubleshoot a mail message that somebody is looking for in SpamTitan, sometimes setting up the filters for the quarantine is a little bit pokey.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using it for 10 years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I haven't had to do upgrades. Anything that happens is done by the SpamTitan team, and it just stays up and running.
There have been no concerns in regards to stability. It just works. We haven't experienced any downtime with it. There have been no problems.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We are a small institution, so it certainly meets our needs. For us, it has been fantastic.
How are customer service and support?
The technical support has been great. I haven't needed a lot of technical support, but the few times that I have reached out to them, they have answered quickly. I would rate them as 10 out of 10.
The biggest thing for me to compare it to would be Microsoft. I much prefer dealing with SpamTitan because they are smaller. They are more responsive than some of the larger companies that we have worked with.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We tried some local things that were local to the computer itself, and typically a part of the anti-malware software. We found the performance hits were unacceptable and the filtering wasn't that good. It didn't satisfy that desire to filter those things out before getting to the user's computer. So, we did use other products, but they just weren't a good option for us.
SpamTitan has been much better than the Exchange Server competing product that we previously used, which would interfere with our backups of the Exchange Server. So, that had to go immediately. We were then depending on endpoint protection, which was just a terrible hit to us from a performance standpoint. Whereas, architecturally, SpamTitan does exactly what we want it to do. It is on the edge of our network, doing its job before anything even comes to our mail server.
SpamTitan was our very first spam filter. We were using an in-house Exchange Server, which didn't have viable filtering. We saw an ad for SpamTitan and brought it in, and it solved our problem. Later on, we did migrate away from an in-house mail service to Microsoft 365. While Microsoft's spam filtering is very good, I am not a big fan of trusting a single technology for something like security. I prefer the defense in-depth approach.
Now, SpamTitan is more of a perimeter filtering system. What we primarily hope to get from it, and have been getting from it, is filtering out malware sent via email from the most egregious spam. We then let Microsoft be an additional layer after SpamTitan.
SpamTitan has absolutely helped save employees’ time by not having to sort through junk and spam emails. We first brought it in when we had the in-house mail solution and certain users were getting 300 to 400 spam emails a day. That was just a huge burden. Almost instantly, SpamTitan cut that down by well over 90%, even with the out-of-the-box tuning. That was a huge savings.
Even after we migrated to a cloud-hosted mail solution through Microsoft, it gives us that design goal of not trusting just one vendor's product for security.
How was the initial setup?
The initial deployment was very easy. Basically, we just changed our MX records, and a minute or two later, it was working. It was very easy to deploy.
It was very important to us that the setup and configuration were easy. Being a small school, we don't have a big staff for things like this. At the time that we brought it in, there was just one other person (a technician) and me.
When there is a full range of IT services that we need to offer, I can't have a product that ties us up too much. So, SpamTitan has been easy to work with.
What about the implementation team?
The SpamTitan team just walked us through it. There wasn't much to it because it was easy to work with.
What was our ROI?
Our ROI is excellent. Technically, we don't have to have it. Microsoft does an excellent job, but SpamTitan is so inexpensive that it is worth having that extra layer of defense. We just get a lot of peace of mind from having it.
We have considered dropping SpamTitan just to save little money on the budget. However, we thought through the cost of having a breach coming through email. There are certainly other attack avenues, but as far as email goes, SpamTitan is a bargain. It is using a different build entity than Microsoft uses, and I like having less of a monoculture when it comes to security.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The pricing and licensing have been very fair. I can't complain.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Because we are a small school, the cost is an issue for us. SpamTitan was much more affordable than some of the other solutions.
What other advice do I have?
Overall, it is a great product. It is simple. It just does what it is supposed to do. We just haven't had issues with it.
Every now and then, I check and see if we have a false positive or add some geo-filtering. I will use the edge filtering at times, but I wouldn't call that maintenance. I will add exceptions if we bring on a new partner, then I will make sure that their stuff is whitelisted.
I would rate SpamTitan as 9.5 out of 10. I am just going to take off half a point for the performance issues at times. Not all the time, but sometimes when I am setting up filters to try to sort through the spam in the quarantine. Sometimes that gets a little bit pokey, but honestly, it has better performance than what I get out of Microsoft.
If you are looking for something where this solution is the first thing that scans your mail before it even goes through your mail server, then it is an outstanding option. I would highly recommend it with no reservations.
We really do love SpamTitan. It just works. It is simple, and I don't have to think about it.
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CTO at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Reduces spam email, and the time needed to deal with it, significantly
Pros and Cons
- "What I like the most is the filtering and the granularity with which you can really zoom in on the spam that's coming in and configure it exactly so that what you don't want is blocked."
- "We saw the benefits the same day that we deployed it, reducing spam emails from between 300 and 600 a day to 15 on the first day and cutting employees' time spent sifting through emails from about two hours a day to just two to three minutes."
- "I'd like to see something like "My First SpamTitan," by which I mean, "Guide me through the things I need to set, and tell me about the things that you're setting already." That way I would get a good feeling for setting up the product, rather than having to figure it out by myself, which is what I did."
What is our primary use case?
We use it for filtering spam.
How has it helped my organization?
We saw the benefits the same day that we deployed it. Normally, our client would get between 300 and 600 spam emails each day, and we reduced that to 15 on the first day. That was a real win and they were very glad we implemented it.
Employees used to take about two hours a day to sift through all the spam emails that were coming in, to see if they were valid or not. Now, it is just an afterthought. They spend two to three minutes because so few spam emails come through. They just need to take a quick glance and say, "Well, okay, I need to have that one and the rest are spam emails."
What is most valuable?
What I like the most is the filtering and the granularity with which you can really zoom in on the spam that's coming in and configure it exactly so that what you don't want is blocked.
What I also love about SpamTitan is that you can deploy it on your own hardware, so if there are any performance issues you can just upgrade the hardware and you'll be fine.
What needs improvement?
I'd like to see something like "My First SpamTitan," by which I mean, "Guide me through the things I need to set, and tell me about the things that you're setting already." That way I would get a good feeling for setting up the product, rather than having to figure it out by myself, which is what I did. It wasn't a big issue because I've configured spam filters before, but I think someone else might be overwhelmed with all the options you can set.
They can either keep it as it is, which is rather technical in looks and in management, or they can have more of a "My First SpamTitan" interface, which would guide you through things and give you a good configuration at the start. Later, you could perfect it by tuning it yourself. Something like that would be nice.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using TitanHQ SpamTitan since 2016 or 2017.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It's very stable. We have never had it go down unless it was our own fault. Overall, the stability is very good when compared with other solutions.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
From what we have seen, it is a scalable solution. We started with about 20 licenses and ended up overusing them by 70 licenses when we got up to 90 email addresses. We later had to reduce that because it was over our licensing limit, but there was no problem in scaling at all.
Our client is a company with just one location and a fiber internet line. They have about 70 people using the internet.
How are customer service and support?
The technical support is very good. One time, because of something we did, and not because the product failed, they were quick in resolving it. We made a support call and they said, "Okay, can we look at the machine?" We had to enable remote support and they could directly log in. After they logged in, they were able to quickly resolve it. It took about two hours after we placed the call, at the most, for them to get back to us and resolve the issue.
Compared to other solutions I've used, TitanHQ's support is very speedy.
They are perfect.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We previously used Cisco IronPort. We switched because Cisco IronPort wasn't supported anymore and we would have had to buy a very expensive next-gen tool from Cisco. We didn't like that, so we looked for another solution.
We had a lot of spam coming in at a time when we were using a local Exchange Server and there was not really much we could do in a granular way. We were looking for a new solution that would filter the email more perfectly. We found that in SpamTitan.
How was the initial setup?
I did the deployment. For an engineer, it's a fairly straightforward process. Once you install it, you get the proper tips for configuring it. It took me about half an to get us up and running and configuring took a bit longer. That was the fine-tuning. But setting it up, getting it to work, and placing it in between the internet and our email took just half an hour. It was very easy. You do need knowledge of networking and email routing, but that's it.
I was the only one involved in the deployment, and it requires just one person for maintenance. We keep to a monthly cycle of looking at the updates and we update if there are any, but it takes almost no effort to maintain it.
It has saved us a lot of management work. It's almost a fire-and-forget solution. There is some spam coming through, but that's just because the spam creators are also getting smarter. We have to tweak it a little or maybe update the system and, after that, it comes up roses.
What was our ROI?
Our most important return on investment is time because the solution has saved us a lot of time by not having to worry about emails coming in. The things that are coming in now, most of the time, are just right. Sifting through emails went from two hours to a few minutes.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The pricing is just right. There are no additional costs to the standard fee, as far as I know.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We looked at some open-source solutions but didn't find anything to our liking. When we came up with SpamTitan it was a bullseye. It was exactly what we needed. It's a complete package.
With the open-source packages, you still have to do a lot yourself, whereas SpamTitan has a development organization behind it. Anything that needs to be in there is there. The setup is simple and I was configuring away after about half an hour. That was a big difference compared to the open-source solutions at the time.
We based our choice on the things TitanHQ said it could do. We installed it and it did everything they said it would do. It has saved a lot of effort and a lot of time.
What other advice do I have?
Just do it. Make it a real-world example because once you have it set up and running, it runs just fine. It's a very good solution.
It's an eight out of 10 because the interface could be improved.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
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IT Manager at RCI Systems
Users can customize the emails they get and the emails they block, saving me time
Pros and Cons
- "It gives our users the chance to interact with the program. They can decide if there are things that are junk mail that they don't want to be messing with, on an individual basis. Of course, I can always override that or control it from a company standpoint."
- "In some ways, it was nice SonicWall did fail because we have a better solution now."
- "From a small business point of view—we're 30 people—there should be a price break before you have 500 people. Small businesses don't have a lot of money."
What is our primary use case?
We use it for spam filtering.
How has it helped my organization?
The fact that you're able to customize the program on an individual basis has been very helpful. That means I don't have to get involved with blocking certain things unless they are a common denominator among all our employees. If something keeps showing up, I'll get several requests to block it company-wide. Otherwise, the users can get in there and do their own thing and I don't have to worry about it.
It has definitely saved employees' time by not having to sort through junk and spam emails. We've turned it off a few times because we were having some issues or we had to change our mail server and, all of a sudden, people would say, "I got 50 spam messages." SpamTitan is definitely doing its job. It is probably 20 to 25 percent more effective than our previous solution.
SpamTitan is catching a little more than SonicWall did. It's about 10 to 15 percent more effective in that aspect. And the fact that it's a little more customizable has certainly made it a better solution.
It has also reduced our false positive rate by that same 10 to 15 percent. Nothing is perfect. You're always going to have a few that get through or that get blocked when you don't want them blocked. You just have to watch it and teach it. The longer we've been using it, the more refined we've been able to get it.
What is most valuable?
It gives our users the chance to interact with the program. They can decide if there are things that are junk mail that they don't want to be messing with, on an individual basis. Of course, I can always override that or control it from a company standpoint.
We use the geo-blocking feature to block a few countries, but for the most part, we leave most of them open. We deal with manufacturers that have office locations and factories in many countries, including Russia and China. But we'll block something like Afghanistan because we're not getting any business from Afghanistan. The geo-blocking may not have reduced our spam significantly, but it does block some.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using TitanHQ SpamTitan for just about a year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It's extremely stable. We've never had a failure such as their servers going down or anything like that.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It's probably very scalable for a larger company. I really only know it from our small company standpoint, but it would appear that it would work for a company of tens of thousands.
How are customer service and support?
We changed to a new mail server and we had some issues getting SpamTitan working on the new one, from a traffic standpoint, IP-wise. It wound up being a port that we needed to open up that wasn't open. I went back and forth a couple of times before we finally figured out what the problem was, but once it was fixed it worked fine.
The engineer I was working with was obviously very knowledgeable and thorough, but he was probably used to dealing with IT people who deal with this stuff a lot more frequently and spend a lot more time with it than I do. Sometimes, they need to dumb it down a little bit and talk to their audience. They shouldn't assume that everyone is a subject matter expert.
My experience with SonicWall's support was pretty similar, although I've had fewer problems to deal with using SpamTitan than I did with SonicWall.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We were having problems with spam. We were using SonicWall and they had issues with a release that they brought out last summer. It wouldn't work with our server and software combination. They tried and tried and then I got tired of waiting for them to fix it. I went hunting, came across SpamTitan, and it seemed like a good fit. We've been using it since then.
With SpamTitan, our users have more access to their spam email than they were used to. We were limited with SonicWall. If you didn't get to your spam within three days, it was gone and you couldn't figure out what you missed. If you were on vacation, sometimes that would be a problem. SpamTitan doesn't have that problem as it can store stuff for a longer period of time. I believe it holds emails for 30 days. I can change that as an administrator, but I also have to be aware of the amount of junk mail that people get. Spam can really fill up a server pretty quickly, so you don't want to keep it around too long.
A frequent problem with SonicWall, because of that three-day limit, was that once a user had passed that, I had to get involved. If a customer wrote to one of our employees saying, "Hey, did you get my email?" I'd have to go find it. I don't have that same problem anymore. It has been greatly reduced.
In terms of the amount of time required to sort through unwanted junk and spam emails, SonicWall and SpamTitan are similar. You still have to go through your email and see which ones are junk. SpamTitan might be a little quicker because of how often it reports back.
SpamTitan is also an improvement over the SonicWall solution from a filtering standpoint. It is a win-win. In some ways, it was nice SonicWall did fail because we have a better solution now.
How was the initial setup?
We had to disable the SonicWall version, which wasn't hard to do. Then we had to insert SpamTitan into the picture. It took a little bit of time, but not that much. It isn't something I do every day. I'm not an IT guy who deals with that on a regular basis.
It was pretty much straightforward, with a couple of minor issues. We couldn't get it to work and it turns out we had some bad IP numbers. They had given us an older version from the demo and they said, "Oh, we should have given you new ones when you bought the product." That was a minor glitch. Their support was good over the phone and they got me pointed in the right direction and it's been working since.
We discussed hosting SpamTitan in-house, because we had SonicWall in-house, but in this case the cloud solution seemed to be a better fit for us.
It requires very little maintenance. In the early stages it was more because we were refining the program and what it was filtering and not filtering. Now, there are probably weeks that I don't even look at it. There are times when I'll get a comment from one of our users who says, "Hey, can you do this?" or "I'm having a problem," and I might look at it then. But if I spend 15 minutes on it in a week, that's a lot of time, at this point.
What was our ROI?
We do see a return on our investment. It's not a lot of money, but we do get some return because people aren't wasting their time with junk mail and I'm not wasting my time trying to filter out more things because users are able to do that on their own.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
One user is the same price as 50 users and there isn't a discount until you get to about 500 users. From a small business point of view—we're 30 people—there should be a price break before you have 500 people. Small businesses don't have a lot of money.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I looked around on the internet. There wasn't a particular solution I was looking at. I read a review about SpamTitan and that's the one I remembered. I liked what I read, it seemed pretty straightforward, and that's what we went with.
I looked at Proofpoint and a few other things, but a lot of them are designed for companies that are very large or at least medium sized. We're a small company and I wasn't going to spend tens of thousands of dollars. We don't have that in our budget for spam filtering, and SpamTitan was a lot more affordable.
What other advice do I have?
We really haven't been looking at anything else, because we've been happy with the product. I like it and we're up for renewal and we will be renewing it. You're not going to renew it if you don't like it.
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Information Systems Manager at a performing arts with 11-50 employees
Saves headaches for our employees and provides cost-effective protection
Pros and Cons
- "It works as it should. It allows users to manage emails that they receive, meaning they can set up whitelists and blacklists."
- "SpamTitan provided all the features that we needed, and it was cost-effective."
- "The big issue that I've had is that the length of time that an email is kept in quarantine is only seven days and, in some cases, it is not even seven days... if I had a 20-day or 30-day repository, if someone came to me and said, "Hey, I can't get this back," I could end up getting it to them from the archive."
What is our primary use case?
We have a business in which all of our users have email accounts. SpamTitan is an email gateway and it checks for spam, as the name implies, but it also checks for viruses and phishing emails to help stop them. We use it to help keep our company's email safe.
How has it helped my organization?
I get the same or even fewer number of requests from users about email, per month, and those requests have more to do with something having been quarantined, as opposed to whether something is a phishing email.
SpamTitan does a good job of grabbing all the newsletters and other things that come through. It saves a little bit of headache for our employees.
What is most valuable?
It has a quarantine bank where it keeps emails that it believes are spam so that users can access and retrieve them if need be, and say they're not spam.
It works as it should. It allows users to manage emails that they receive, meaning they can set up whitelists and blacklists.
I have an administrative panel to globally add whitelist or blacklist entries. Also, if I need to look for an email that was quarantined because a user isn't sure how to access it, I have the ability to look into everyone's quarantine and take some kind of action on them, such as delivering them. We usually deliver them to the employee instead of them having to wait for the spam report.
What needs improvement?
The big issue that I've had is that the length of time that an email is kept in quarantine is only seven days and, in some cases, it is not even seven days. For example, on Monday this week, someone reported she had received some automated messages on Friday night. But by Monday, because it was a DMARC, she couldn't retrieve them and I couldn't find them either. It's great that it grabs things, but I wish that I could tune things more. Perhaps I could have a second quarantine area. Maybe users wouldn't need to access things older than seven days, but if I had a 20-day or 30-day repository, if someone came to me and said, "Hey, I can't get this back," I could end up getting it to them from the archive.
That would make my life a lot easier because there have been a few times over the last year when someone has come to me and I said they haven't been able to retrieve an email because it had been simply deleted.
Even if it went into some type of cold storage, so it wouldn't cost much, it would give me a way to access them, if need be, even if it took 24 hours for me to access them.
Another feature that would be nice would be a button in Outlook to be able to report something as spam so that the system could learn. If an email doesn't get reported as spam and comes through, there's no way to tell it that it is spam. That type of button is important for that feedback because it improves the algorithm. They are working on a button but it still hasn't been implemented.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using TitanHQ SpamTitan for a little over a year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I haven't had any issues with the stability.
How are customer service and support?
Their technical support is pretty good. I don't think I've had to wait more than half an hour or an hour for them to get back to me. They don't have live phone support, rather it's an email ticket system, but the nice thing is that you can look at any of your past tickets. So, if you run into an issue that you had before, it's pretty easy to do.
I haven't had to contact them that much except for when I have been trying to access an email that has been deleted, and there's not much they can do then. But overall, it just works.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
The reason I looked into a gateway was that, in the same month, I received a number of questions about phishing emails, or emails with attachments. The people didn't know who they came from. Going with SpamTitan was one of a number of things I did to combat that.
We didn't have a previous solution, other than Microsoft's spam folder. That does an okay job for free, but it was not on this level.
How was the initial setup?
I did the setup that makes SpamTitan the intermediary, so emails go to them first, and then to Office 365. The initial setup wasn't too difficult and if I had any questions, a sales engineer was there to help. She knew enough about the product to help me with any of the questions that I had.
The overall project included identifying the need, getting buy-in from the company, and then the search for potential suppliers. I had questions for all of them to figure out which one would be the best fit. Once we decided on SpamTitan, it was just a matter of looking over their instructions. They have a setup page on their website and they linked me to that.
The instructions could be changed a little bit. It took me a couple of takes to read through them because they have both onsite and cloud. There were a couple of settings that were a little bit unclear as to which one they were for, but you could eventually figure it out.
I did the setup myself. Once we purchased it, the installation was done within a day, including reading the instructions, going through the process, and then testing it afterward.
What was our ROI?
We renewed SpamTitan, so I think the company does see the benefit.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We're satisfied with the pricing and licensing for SpamTitan. They worked with us on that, because, fully staffed, we have around 110 people which would have required that we purchase 200 seats from them. But because we're a non-profit, they said 100 is fine, and if it fluctuates up or down, they're not going to hold us to it. They were really understanding about our issues with cost.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I looked at Barracuda, Mimecast, and a couple of others, but SpamTitan provided all the features that we needed, and it was cost-effective. The second choice would have been Barracuda, which had all of the features that we needed, plus a lot of the features that we wanted. SpamTitan couldn't provide everything that I wanted, but at least it handles the security part.
At this point, SpamTitan doesn't filter email between Office 365 users. It filters email that's coming in, but if somehow one of my clients gets a virus, it could be sent out to everyone in the company and that wouldn't go through SpamTitan. For example, if it's a Zero-day attack, SpamTitan may not know right off the top that it's a virus. The virus companies might not know yet that it's a Zero-day and it could get through. But Barracuda looks for suspicious activity in accounts that are sending emails to each other. If an account that doesn't normally blast emails out to everyone starts doing that with attachments, that will look fishy to Barracuda and it can stop it or identify it. That can help stop issues from happening.
That was one of the only things Barracuda does that spam Titan doesn't.
What other advice do I have?
I'm not sure if it does a great job in terms of false positives, but it's easy to remedy if there are any. It doesn't happen that often, but I don't know if that's due to our users not going outside of our ecosystem that much, or something else. But, at least in the report section, you can see what the email scored, and that can give you an idea of why it was flagged.
It can be a little bit annoying to the user, at times, because they have to take another step to get some of their emails. But they understand the importance of the solution. There are a few hindrances now and then, but for the most part, it's very good.
It's a great first security gateway to try out, unless you know what you want, especially if cost is a factor.
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Deployment Manager at NetUniverse
Highly customizable filters, robust security, and knowledgeable support staff, with a straightforward setup that takes under 15 minutes
Pros and Cons
- "The way we can customize filters is excellent. Other solutions tend to be restrictive with their specific profiles, but with SpamTitan, we can create them from scratch."
- "We like to stick with SpamTitan for anti-spam, because it gives us the least problems and less false positives compared to other solutions."
- "I believe the product is configured for the US or European market, not the Latin American market, and the scoring system is a little too strict for our market. Most companies in Latin America don't even have proper domain configuration, which can cause their emails to be filtered as spam. They might not have DMARC or SDF configuration, so we often have to change the scoring threshold to let legitimate emails through. It's not SpamTitan's fault, but the optimization isn't the greatest considering our market."
- "I believe the product is configured for the US or European market, not the Latin American market, and the scoring system is a little too strict for our market."
What is our primary use case?
Our clients typically use Office 365 and Google as email providers, and we implement the solution to provide an additional layer of security for incoming emails. It helps with SPF, DMARC, and all the DNS tracers.
One of the main aspects of our business is security; firewalls, web application controls, anti-spams, and so on. We use TitanHQ SpamTitan for some clients in Peru.
As a service provider, we used and tested many brands including Proofpoint Email Protection and Fortinet FortiMail. We like to stick with SpamTitan for anti-spam, because it gives us the least problems and less false positives compared to other solutions.
How has it helped my organization?
Spoofing prevention is critical. Using the solution as an outgoing filter prevents spoofing, a major issue right now as everyone is getting spoofing emails. The filter for incoming emails works well, perhaps even too well. SpamTitan works with a scoring system; sometimes, we need to adjust the score threshold to allow safe emails through manually. The filter can be a little too much, though it's better to be safe than sorry.
What is most valuable?
The way we can customize filters is excellent. Other solutions tend to be restrictive with their specific profiles, but with SpamTitan, we can create them from scratch.
The solution is straightforward to deploy and very quick to set it up. We can get it to work in five to ten minutes, which is excellent for demonstrating the product to potential clients. Another main factor is the price. I believe it's usually less expensive than all the other solutions.
There was an event two or three months ago where one of our clients had a problem where their domain was spoofed. We solved it by running the outgoing emails through SpamTitan and using the DMARC register. They stopped receiving spoofing emails, which is how we usually solve these problems.
The solution doesn't just save us time, but money as well. We had a case with one client where their accounting department received spoofed emails requesting all kinds of payments. When we implemented the DMARC configuration for outgoing emails, they were protected. Regarding saving time going through spam emails, I would say an average amount of time is saved because anti-spam isn't the main focus of the solution. Our clients already use Office 365 and Google, which include spam filters for incoming emails. Our primary use for SpamTitan is security, the filter for incoming emails regarding buyers. Anti-spam is a bonus, but we care about security the most, and in terms of security, I would say SpamTitan performs above average. Since implementing the solution, we have received less complaints of false positives from our clients.
What needs improvement?
I believe the product is configured for the US or European market, not the Latin American market, and the scoring system is a little too strict for our market. Most companies in Latin America don't even have proper domain configuration, which can cause their emails to be filtered as spam. They might not have DMARC or SDF configuration, so we often have to change the scoring threshold to let legitimate emails through. It's not SpamTitan's fault, but the optimization isn't the greatest considering our market.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been implementing this solution for our clients for four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability of the solution is excellent; we only had one critical event in the past four years. SpamTitan uses two AVs, and we had an issue with one of them called BitDefender, which gave us false positives for about a week.
For email solutions, stability is vital. If emails don't get through, it's a significant problem. SpamTitan is excellent in this department, as it prevents those problems, and so are the other cloud providers in the anti-spam segment.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability of the solution could be improved. We can go with a shared node or our own node, which offers a lot more scope for configuration. It would be great to switch between the two without downtime, which isn't possible now. I understand why this could be difficult to deliver, but it would still be an excellent feature to see.
How are customer service and support?
I dealt with support through tickets and over the phone. They pick up the phone, which is great. Other providers get back to me within 24 hours, but SpamTitan is usually quicker if it's within working hours. There may be a few hours a day where they don't offer phone or email support, but that's very late at night and early in the morning. When I speak with their technical support, I get the impression they know what they are talking about, which isn't always the case with other providers.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We used many solutions of this kind, including Fortinet FortiMail and Proofpoint Email Protection. If the client wants an on-premises solution, we implement FortiMail, but that is more of a licensing issue. With an on-premises set-up, the pricing is based on the volume of emails per hour, whereas with cloud-based solutions, the price is based on the number of users or mailboxes. For all cloud-based solutions, we use SpamTitan.
How was the initial setup?
The deployment is straightforward; we change our MX records and do the backend configuration. This is very helpful when we need to demo the product to clients, as we can set it up within 15 minutes. The setup only requires one person, me and maybe another engineer, but one is enough.
All anti-spam solutions require some tweaking post-deployment. In our case, we often carry out a deployment and track it for the first week because every client has different providers and use cases. For huge clients, that tracking time can increase to a month.
What was our ROI?
The solution gave us an ROI. The spam filters save us a lot of time, and the antivirus is excellent. We carried out a test in which SpamTitan detected a virus that other solutions didn't, and the DMARC configuration is great for preventing spoofing. This product saves us both time and money.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Cloud-based solutions charge per mailbox, which isn't ideal sometimes. A company could have 300 total mailboxes and only 50 in regular use, but they would have to pay the same for all of them. I want a cloud-based solution that gives a price based on the volume of email traffic.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
We use SpamTitan in the cloud. I believe they have different deployment options, but we only use the cloud solution.
I would love a cloud-based solution that offers the option of volume-based pricing rather than user-based. There are companies and especially government institutions that have 1000 mailboxes but only use 50 or 100 of those on a daily basis. In this scenario, a cloud-based anti-spam solution is very costly.
We don't use the solution's geo-blocking feature at the moment, as we don't require it.
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Solutions Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
It addresses spoofing, phishing, and any other email-based threat
Pros and Cons
- "I like the fact that SpamTitan filters out phishing and spoofing links. They call it AI-driven threat protection. Though I'm a highly educated, advanced computer user, I still like not having to pay attention to where the link is going. I can trust that SpamTitan will filter it out nine times out of 10."
- "SpamTitan is used for spam protection, nothing else; that's what it does, and it does it well."
- "The admin management portal needs a facelift. I've asked them for a way to authenticate admins of the organizations that want to admin the SpamTitan product itself. Adding additional management security would be a great feature. There are a few tiny improvements they could also make. For instance, the GUI itself is a little outdated, and it could be more user friendly. The same goes for ArcTitan. It's got a horrible GUI that's worse than SpamTitan. It also could use that authentication mechanism upgrade as well. I would also suggest combining the two products into one control panel. ."
- "The spam filter isn't bad. It's just that spam filtering is its primary purpose, but it's the thing SpamTitan does the least well."
What is our primary use case?
SpamTitan is used for spam protection, nothing else. That's what it does, and it does it well. SpamTitan Plus is nice because we can offer it to our clients. We use SpamTitan internally, but also resell it. SpamTitan Plus has additional security features like filtering out spoofing links.
We mostly use SpamTitan with Microsoft 365, and it covers about 500 users. Almost all our customers are Microsoft 365 or G suite.
How has it helped my organization?
SpamTitan reduces the overall amount of spam we have to deal with, which saves all our users some time because they don't need to sit there and sift through all of that.
I can't say that SpamTitan has helped us obtain any new clients. It's more like the other way around. We help TitanHQ get new clients because we're paying them for their product. I would say it's had zero effect on our client base.
It provides a value add to our clients because it's another security service that we can offer them in our security suite, which includes antivirus, spam protection, password, and things of that nature. We also now offer ArcTitan, their email archiving solution. It's a full range of security products we offer, and SpamTitan is one of those products.
SpamTitan addresses spoofing, phishing, and any other email-based threat. It adds great value. I like the fact that SpamTitan Plus has the ability to filter every link. There's no way to stop that entirely because viruses and malware are constantly evolving, so it's not foolproof. It gets around 90 percent of the malicious traffic that comes through.
What is most valuable?
I like the fact that SpamTitan filters out phishing and spoofing links. They call it AI-driven threat protection. Though I'm a highly educated, advanced computer user, I still like not having to pay attention to where the link is going. I can trust that SpamTitan will filter it out nine times out of 10.
It's a huge value add for clients who aren't tech savvy because they often click on links in their emails they think are legit, installing some type of malware or virus on their PCs by doing so. Anti-phishing is a new feature, but the standard spam protection, filtering, and antivirus are good too. It has two antivirus filters: Clam and Bitdefender. I think it's great to keep the viruses out of email boxes.
We use geoblocking internally and for our clients. I believe SpamTitan does that by default, so I don't know if there's a specific setting for that, and I don't spend much time in the control panel. I know that you can manually block a domain. It's handy to block spam from a domain that you now isn't legitimate. That's a nice feature.
SpamTitan uses artificial intelligence to train itself and assigns each piece of mail a rating from zero to whatever. The higher the rating, the more likely it is to be spam. If the score is below 10, it's usually not spam. It does a pretty good job of determining whether it's going to be garbage.
What needs improvement?
The admin management portal needs a facelift. I've asked them for a way to authenticate admins of the organizations that want to admin the SpamTitan product itself. Adding additional management security would be a great feature.
There are a few tiny improvements they could also make. For instance, the GUI itself is a little outdated, and it could be more user friendly. The same goes for ArcTitan. It's got a horrible GUI that's worse than SpamTitan. It also could use that authentication mechanism upgrade as well. I would also suggest combining the two products into one control panel.
The spam filters could always improve. The standard spam protection is probably the least perfect feature. It does a great job with viruses and phishing. The spam filter isn't bad. It's just that spam filtering is its primary purpose, but it's the thing SpamTitan does the least well. That's not a complaint though. It's just a fact of life. You get billions and billions of emails. It's impossible to get a system that perfectly filters out all the trash.
For how long have I used the solution?
We've been using SpamTitan for about three years, if not more. We just upgraded to SpamTitan Plus about a month ago.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
SpamTitan is relatively stable. We've never had an outage. We've had configuration problems, but that's on our end.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It hasn't had any issues with scalability so far. It seems to handle the resources properly. However, I believe it comes down to the amount of AWS resources you throw at it. I don't think there are any issues with the application itself.
How are customer service and support?
Sometimes, it's hard to get ahold of somebody in support, but they seem to know what they're doing when you get in touch with them. They definitely know their stuff, and the engineers are great to work with. It doesn't seem to be a problem if you schedule it. However, it would be hard to reach a support engineer if I jumped on the phone right now.
I'd give them an eight out of 10. I deduct two points because it's sometimes hard to contact the engineers. Otherwise, they have done a great job and they always answer our questions instantly. It's hard to compare their support to others because I've never used another spam solution, and I don't think it's fair to compare it to other tech companies
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Before we adopted SpamTitan, we were using Office 365's built-in spam protection. Microsoft does a basic job of finding spam, but it's not a specialized solution like TitanHQ.
How was the initial setup?
I played a managerial role in the deployment, but I didn't handle the details. I believe it was pretty straightforward. The most difficult part was configuring the Office 365 portion inside the Exchange control panel. The rest was smooth sailing.
One engineer is enough, and it takes about 30 minutes per client when we deploy it for our customers. If the initial setup is done, we only need to add the domain, configure the domain spam setting, and set it up on the client's mail server somewhere, such as Office 365.
What was our ROI?
SpamTitan is more of an ancillary service that we bundle in our security package. It isn't something we're getting rich off of. We pretty much break even, with a slight uptick in revenue.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We get MSP pricing, which is better than retail. The spam solutions are generally priced the same across the board, but SpamTitan is a little less expensive than some of the premium spam services.
At the same time, I'm not quite sure you get a whole lot more from a premium spam service versus SpamTitan. That's why we went with it. We didn't see the value in spending more money. Who's to say that the other competitors had better artificial intelligence for their spam protection? That's really the only difference between one anti-spam provider and another.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We analyzed four or five different vendors, and SpamTitan had the best features and capabilities.
What other advice do I have?
I'd give SpamTitan a solid eight out of 10. It's an excellent product at a reasonable price. If you need spam protection, I think it's a good value. It's pretty easy to use, but there are a few things I'd like to see, like a new GUI on the control panel and an updated authentication system. Aside from that, SpamTitan does its job well.
There's always room for improvement. I only take two points off because no product is ever perfect. I can't even think of a product that would get a perfect 10 from me off the top of my head except for maybe an Eddie Van Halen 5150. That was perfect.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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