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Barracuda Email Protection vs Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Barracuda Email Protection
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
Email Archiving (3rd), Email Security (14th), Office 365 Protection (4th)
Microsoft Purview Communica...
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
GRC (13th), Digital Risk Protection (6th), Microsoft Security Suite (29th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Corporate Compliance solutions, they serve different purposes. Barracuda Email Protection is designed for Email Archiving and holds a mindshare of 12.8%, up 12.7% compared to last year.
Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance, on the other hand, focuses on GRC, holds 1.6% mindshare, up 1.2% since last year.
Email Archiving
GRC
 

Featured Reviews

Alex Clerici - PeerSpot reviewer
Efficient and easier to manage than other products, especially Microsoft products
Regarding Barracuda Email Protection specifically, I'm quite satisfied. I think there's room for improvement in their other products, especially their cloud firewall protection and ZTNA offerings. Moreover, prices could be more granular, especially for the small business area. Typically, in Italy, the majority of our customers are small businesses. It would be better if the prices could be adjusted for small businesses.
reviewer2315622 - PeerSpot reviewer
Helps with extra collaboration and ensures communication is within the framework
Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance's integration with other devices is helpful since most people are always on their mobiles. The product must consider different regulations since you cannot measure everything from a standard. The solution helps us to save time and money because we can automate manual work. I rate it a nine out of ten.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The product is easy to deploy and maintain."
"The solution's most valuable feature is impersonation detection."
"The most valuable features of Barracuda Essentials are it's a trusted name and is rated very high on review sites. It blocks high percentages of spam and junk email and it's in the cloud. They have hardware appliances, but this is in the cloud. The solution is very effective at blocking malware and blocking spam and this is what we are looking for. There's not a whole lot of complexity, you want a solution that is very good at blocking out all of the unwanted emails."
"The archiving and search features are very good."
"We check the reports sometimes to see that frequent attacks and malicious emails are being blocked by the solution."
"The solution is straightforward to set up."
"The most valuable aspect includes attempts to spoof or compromise domains from external sources."
"The most valuable features of Barracuda Email Protection are flexibility and customization."
"Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance helps with extra collaboration and ensures communication is within the framework."
 

Cons

"The customer service and support could be improved if the support were available directly in Europe. Currently, the support is often managed from India, so we sometimes need to wait due to the time zone difference. It would be quicker and better if the support were provided by European staff."
"The technology works on a supervised engine, but it would be better if it ran on an unsupervised engine."
"I would like to see some additional functionality in terms of employee monitoring, as part of a work-from-home security solution."
"The product must enable bulk user management."
"The policies are set up in Barracuda by default; we don't have any control over them."
"They could simplify the licensing and the pricing."
"Barracuda Essentials can improve by continually adding more features."
"The platform's pricing needs improvement."
"The product should incorporate more automation with the help of AI."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Barracuda licensing model is good."
"The product is expensive."
"We didn't have to pay a lot for the solution because we got it from a good vendor with a good user volume."
"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a seven out of ten."
"The solution's pricing is moderate, where it is neither cheap nor expensive."
"Price-wise, this product is middle-of-the-road."
"The price is similar to that of Microsoft 365."
"The price of Barracuda Essentials is better than some of the competing products."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
16%
Construction Company
8%
Healthcare Company
6%
Real Estate/Law Firm
6%
Computer Software Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Healthcare Company
8%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Barracuda Email Protection?
I'm quite satisfied with the graphical user interface for Barracuda products.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Barracuda Email Protection?
We didn't have to pay a lot for the solution because we got it from a good vendor with a good user volume. We would have got the product at a high price from some other vendor. We also checked with...
What needs improvement with Barracuda Email Protection?
Two to three months back, we got fraudulent emails in which someone in the organization was being blamed.
What do you like most about Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance?
Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance helps with extra collaboration and ensures communication is within the framework.
What needs improvement with Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance?
The product should incorporate more automation with the help of AI.
What advice do you have for others considering Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance?
Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance's integration with other devices is helpful since most people are always on their mobiles. The product must consider different regulations since you canno...
 

Also Known As

Barracuda Essentials
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Sample Customers

ACT Government, Acumen Group, AGIP, Delta Dental Plans Association, Desai/Nasr Consulting Engineers, Inc., Equinox Information Systems
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