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Barracuda Email Protection vs Mimecast Email Security comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Barracuda Email Protection
Ranking in Office 365 Protection
4th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
Email Archiving (3rd), Email Security (14th)
Mimecast Email Security
Ranking in Office 365 Protection
5th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.7
Number of Reviews
28
Ranking in other categories
Secure Email Gateway (SEG) (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Office 365 Protection category, the mindshare of Barracuda Email Protection is 18.9%, up from 18.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Mimecast Email Security is 13.2%, up from 9.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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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.
Frank Rawson - PeerSpot reviewer
It gives clients peace of mind and helps them educate their users about threats
A few years ago, our team found the implementation to be somewhat challenging. It has gotten easier as we've grown more experienced. The difficulty depends on the expertise of the person doing it. I don't work with Mimecast every day, so it might be more difficult for me than it is for one of my techs who regularly does Mimecast implementations. It requires some specific in-depth product knowledge and an understanding of email solutions. The deployment time varies. In South Africa, it depends on who you use to deploy it. If you use one of Mimecast's local partners, it can take up to two weeks because of their process. However, it's only about four to eight hours of work. After deployment, there isn't much maintenance aside from supporting and educating your customers. Users require constant education on how to use the Mimecast client and release an email that has been blocked.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"When we got the service, it included the email archiver with unlimited storage."
"The solution is straightforward to set up."
"The archiving and search features are very good."
"The product is easy to deploy and maintain."
"The best feature of Barracuda Email Protection is that it provides protection for Microsoft 365."
"Barracuda email protection is stable. I would give it a nine because of its strong cybersecurity features."
"The most valuable features are security and ease of use."
"I'm quite satisfied with the graphical user interface for Barracuda products."
"It's really quite user-friendly. In terms of technical superiority and the product itself, there are no complaints. It is really cutting edge."
"The solution offers good technical support."
"Due to our specialized use case, that HIPAA dictionary really comes in handy."
"The initial setup is easy."
"Its administration console is very easy to use. The administration console is absolutely important because you interact with the platform through it."
"The biggest advantage of Mimecast Email Security is its spam filtering. Its filtering feature is interesting."
"It does a good job for us, and its admin console is easy to use."
"The product's most valuable features are impersonation protection and phishing countermeasures."
 

Cons

"They could simplify the licensing and the pricing."
"Barracuda Essentials can improve by continually adding more features."
"The solution's reporting mechanism is a little poor and could be improved."
"There is room for improvement, particularly in reaching out to technical support during deployment."
"Sometimes it is somewhat laggy, especially on the Archiver side. It should have improved performance on their Message Archiver."
"I would like to see better integration with other products."
"I would like to see some additional functionality in terms of employee monitoring, as part of a work-from-home security solution."
"The solution's graphical user interface (GUI) could be improved visually."
"Its pricing can be improved. It is a bit expensive."
"The product's interface could be improved to be more user-friendly."
"The solution should include more AI features instead of Mimecast's more general static configuration tooling."
"The installation is not so straightforward."
"The filtering needs more flexibility."
"They could provide a unified licensing model, including all the security features."
"The platform's cost-effectiveness could be improved."
"External security features need improvement."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution's pricing is moderate, where it is neither cheap nor expensive."
"The price is similar to that of Microsoft 365."
"The product is expensive."
"We pay annually. They never charged us for anything else. And they were quite a bit under that $20,000 mark. It was $19,074. And they've been pretty good about not skyrocketing the price or anything like that. It has gone up. It's gone up to $24,000 in 2020."
"Barracuda licensing model is good."
"We didn't have to pay a lot for the solution because we got it from a good vendor with a good user volume."
"The price of Barracuda Essentials is better than some of the competing products."
"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."
"For what it is, the product is overpriced."
"Compared to the other solutions in the market, Mimecast Email Security with Targeted Threat Protection's pricing is fine."
"We pay monthly fees to our provider."
"It's an expensive solution."
"Compared to the other products in the market, it is neither cheap but nor very expensive. I would rate it somewhere in the middle, 5 out of 10."
"The solution is expensive."
"The licensing costs are per-user for the product that you get with them."
"There are additional costs beyond the standard licensing fee."
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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
16%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Retailer
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

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 Mimecast Email Security with Targeted Threat Protection?
The interface of this solution is very easy to navigate and user-friendly. There is no delivery in email and other communications, making it reliable. The configuration is relatively easy.
What needs improvement with Mimecast Email Security with Targeted Threat Protection?
The product's interface could be improved to be more user-friendly.
 

Also Known As

Barracuda Essentials
Mimecast Email Security with Targeted Threat Protection
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

ACT Government, Acumen Group, AGIP, Delta Dental Plans Association, Desai/Nasr Consulting Engineers, Inc., Equinox Information Systems
Azizi Developments, Affinity Credit Union, Aftercare, Al Abbar Group
Find out what your peers are saying about Barracuda Email Protection vs. Mimecast Email Security and other solutions. Updated: October 2024.
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