Barracuda Email Protection (formerly Barracuda Essentials) reviews, rating and features 2025

CM Hong

System Engineer at AFG

Mar 10, 2024

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Easy-to-maintain platform with a simple interface

Pros and Cons

"The product is easy to deploy and maintain."

"The platform's pricing needs improvement."

What is our primary use case?

We use Barracuda Email Protection for user management purposes.

How has it helped my organization?

Barracuda helps our organization prevent data breaches more efficiently than Microsoft with a simpler interface. It provides an easy process for administrators like myself to manage and configure settings.

What is most valuable?

The product’s most valuable feature is email notification.

What needs improvement?

The platform's pricing needs improvement.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is a stable platform.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have around 200 Barracuda Email Protection users in our organization.

How are customer service and support?

The technical support services have been satisfactory.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We used Microsoft. We switched to Barracuda Email Protection for ease of use.

How was the initial setup?

The product is easy to deploy and maintain.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The product is expensive. We purchase its annual license.

What other advice do I have?

Barracuda Email Protection’s fraud detection capabilities prove beneficial in classifying spam into different terminologies. It is easy to integrate with IT infrastructure and different software such as Microsoft Exchange.

I recommend it to others and rate it an eight out of ten.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.

Hoang Ta

System Engineer at CMC CSI saigon

Nov 28, 2023

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The solution is highly scalable and competitively priced

What needs improvement?

The solution can be improved in terms of performance including web content filtering, and network configuration for better protection and enhanced functionality on mobile devices, including Android and iOS.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The product is stable.I rate it an eight out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The product is scalable. We have 2000 users for the solution. We plan to increase it by 20%.

How are customer service and support?

The support is customer-friendly.

How was the initial setup?

Deployment requires the involvement of one administrator.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The price is cheaper than other competitors.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I have worked with Symantec.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.