Barracuda Email Protection vs Trend Micro Email Security comparison

Barracuda Email Protection vs. Trend Micro Email Security

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As of November 2024, in the Email Security category, the mindshare of Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is 15.9%, down from 20.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Barracuda Email Protection is 2.6%, up from 2.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Trend Micro Email Security is 4.0%, down from 5.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

Luis-Brown

IT Director at a energy/utilities company with 11-50 employees

Aug 8, 2023

Allows for easy reporting of problems, valuable anti-phishing, and anti-malware support

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 lacks proactivity in assisting us with preparing for potential threats before they occur. While they employ a substantial amount of threat intelligence to preemptively prevent incidents, their effectiveness diminishes when it comes to delivering proactive threat intelligence alerts from Microsoft. Their focus primarily revolves around managing the internal environment. On the other hand, my other vendor, Check Point, along with my membership in MS-ISAC, supplements me with this type of information. The phishing and spam filters could use some improvement. It is adequate, but it doesn't match the quality of Proofpoint or Mimecast. However, it comes close in effectiveness. Plus, if we're obtaining it for free, investing in the other products seems impractical.

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Alex Clerici

System Integrator IT Manager at Tecnimex S.r.l.

Apr 3, 2024

Efficient and easier to manage than other products, especially Microsoft products

We use Barracuda primarily as an email gateway. It also integrates with the Microsoft 365 platform. It provides anti-spam protection and all the various anti-spam aspects of email management. We generally use it with products other than Microsoft, so we're very happy to have Barracuda available…

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Bruno Obata

IT Manager at Lorinvest Gestão de Recursos Ltda

May 14, 2024

Provides effective filtering for spam, phishing, and suspicious emails

Our main use case for Trend Micro Email Security is to filter out spam, phishing, and suspicious emails before they reach my inbox. It adds an extra layer of protection to block harmful content and protect me. Additionally, it includes image security features, such as blacklisting and whitelisting…

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The benefit that stands out to me is the ability for multiple individuals to collaborate simultaneously within the same document. Additionally, there is the option to save the document directly in the integrated OneDrive or SharePoint."

"Defender helps us prioritize threats across our organization."

"It also gives me good visibility because, with Defender, I'm using a Microsoft product to defend Microsoft products. The integration was really seamless and I have wide visibility because it picks up almost everything. Literally, I can see almost every activity that happens, from the e-mail to the workstation itself."

"Threat Explorer is an invaluable tool for me, and it plays a crucial role in helping me discern the origins of various email campaigns, pinpointing where they emanate from, and identifying the individuals within our organization who are affected."

"Microsoft Defender for Office 365's most valuable features are safe attachments and safe links."

"It also gives the vulnerability status according to the versions you have selected. Let's say you have Google Chrome. It mentions the versions it has, and it updates. Within two hours of an update, it is reflected in the dashboard. That's really nice to have."

"Defender is a SaaS platform, so it offers more flexibility. Managing the permissions is easier. The solution's automated detection and response features are scalable."

"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is data backups that we can provide through ticket requests."

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"The solution is straightforward to set up."

"The solution's most valuable feature is impersonation detection."

"The most valuable features are security and ease of use."

"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 most valuable features of Barracuda Email Protection are flexibility and customization."

"I'm quite satisfied with the graphical user interface for Barracuda products."

"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."

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"The most valuable features of this solution are the antivirus, antispam, and integration with cloud services. This is a multifunctional solution."

"Trend Micro Email Security is a robust solution with quick performance. It works autonomously without the need for an administrator."

"The interface is really good."

"Trend Micro Email Security scans all email attachments because, nowadays, ransomware or malware files are sent through email attachments."

"Since implementing it, we've seen a significant improvement in security. We no longer receive spam emails, and we're protected from various cyberattacks, including ransomware and social engineering."

"The technical support is good."

"The solution's initial setup process was easy since it was deployed on the cloud."

"The email and the signature based protection is the most valuable feature."

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Cons

"Sometimes, phishing emails manage to pass through the filter, so the system needs to enhance its phishing email detection capabilities."

"The pre-sales cost calculations could be more transparent."

"Microsoft Defender for Office 365 should be more proactive."

"The only thing they should improve is the licensing model. They should stop changing it. A year ago, the five features I mentioned were included in one product. Now, three of them are bundled into one product, and you have to pay extra for the other two. I don't mind paying extra, but I don't want them to change it every year or every six months. I need to know what I'm looking at and not worry about it next year."

"About eight months ago, we started to measure the quantity of phishing and spam that we have been receiving, and it has been increasing a lot. That means that protection for our email is not as good as we were expecting."

"There needs to be an improvement in integrating the product to work across multiple operating systems, and to have better support for non-Microsoft file types."

"Configuration requires going to a lot of places rather than just accessing one tab."

"The GUI is sometimes slow to fetch the device report and could be improved."

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"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 policies are set up in Barracuda by default; we don't have any control over them."

"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."

"The product must enable bulk user management."

"The solution's reporting mechanism is a little poor and could be improved."

"The platform's pricing needs improvement."

"The solution's graphical user interface (GUI) could be improved visually."

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"I would like to see more integration of Trend Micro Email Security with different platforms."

"The send box needs improvement to match other products."

"There is a limitation when customers are using their email from a third-party solution that isn't from Trend Micro."

"The solution's configuration policy should be easier."

"Sometimes malicious email gets past the email gateway."

"The capacity handling and the scalability of the solution need to be improved since I feel Trend Micro lacks in such areas."

"Trend Micro Email Security should introduce new features, improvements, and updates which are cost-effective and easy to deploy."

"They need to adjust the spam filtering and make it stronger."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is an add-on to the Office license. Many customers are purchasing this solution."

"The solution saves money so we have seen a return on investment."

"The solution could be better by simplifying the business model of their licensing. It was hard to figure out how to get the licensing done for the environment, initially."

"The product is expensive."

"From the pricing point of view, like any other product in the market, there is scope for negotiation."

"For licensing, it's usually a yearly package for customers who are subscribed to Office 365, but they can also pay on a monthly basis."

"The pricing is normal. Considering its popularity, it's not overpriced."

"Defender is a little bit more expensive as compared to others. We are in the manufacturing environment. So, we don't have a high budget for all of our endpoint devices. Its cost is a major concern for us."

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"The solution's pricing is moderate, where it is neither cheap nor expensive."

"The price of Barracuda Essentials is better than some of the competing products."

"Price-wise, this product is middle-of-the-road."

"The price is similar to that of Microsoft 365."

"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 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."

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"The solution's pricing is very optimum, given its quality, features, and stability."

"I rate the product price a six on a scale of one to ten, where one is low price and ten is high price."

"The cost is about $6,000 for 300 users for one year."

"The price of Trend Micro Email Security is more than Sophos' similar solution."

"The solution is inexpensive so we recommend it to small to mid-sized businesses."

"Price-wise, it is a cheap solution. I rate the solution's pricing a one on a scale of one to ten, where ten is expensive. Annual payments are made for the licensing."

"The price is more accessible compared to some other solutions, like FortiMail. It offers excellent value for the price."

"Trend Micro Email Security's pricing is reasonable."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Government

Computer Software Company

16%

Construction Company

Healthcare Company

Real Estate/Law Firm

Computer Software Company

19%

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Microsoft Defender for Office 365?

Threat Explorer is an invaluable tool for me, and it plays a crucial role in helping me discern the origins of variou...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Defender for Office 365?

The pricing is reasonable since it comes integrated with our Office 365 license.

What needs improvement with Microsoft Defender for Office 365?

Sometimes, phishing emails manage to pass through the filter, so the system needs to enhance its phishing email detec...

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 h...

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 Trend Micro Email Security?

The tool provides a strong defense against attacks. It is also easy to use. Trend Micro Email Security's integration ...

What needs improvement with Trend Micro Email Security?

Trend Micro Email Security can improve on scam detection. It could use AI in this area. For example, there is a norma...

What advice do you have for others considering Trend Micro Email Security?

The features of such security software are all very similar, and very close to each other. But if you would like to s...

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Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration vs Microsoft Defender for Office 365

Compared 7% of the time

Mimecast Email Security vs Microsoft Defender for Office 365

Compared 6% of the time

Cisco Secure Email vs Microsoft Defender for Office 365

Compared 5% of the time

Sophos Email vs Microsoft Defender for Office 365

Compared 4% of the time

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Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration vs Barracuda Email Protection

Compared 29% of the time

Abnormal Security vs Barracuda Email Protection

Compared 8% of the time

Fortinet FortiMail vs Barracuda Email Protection

Compared 7% of the time

TitanHQ SpamTitan vs Barracuda Email Protection

Compared 6% of the time

Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) vs Barracuda Email Protection

Compared 6% of the time

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Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) vs Trend Micro Email Security

Compared 11% of the time

Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security vs Trend Micro Email Security

Compared 11% of the time

Fortinet FortiMail vs Trend Micro Email Security

Compared 9% of the time

Cisco Secure Email vs Trend Micro Email Security

Compared 9% of the time

Proofpoint Email Protection vs Trend Micro Email Security

Compared 5% of the time

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Overview

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is a comprehensive security solution designed to protect organizations against advanced threats in their email, collaboration, and productivity environments. It combines the power of Microsoft's threat intelligence, machine learning, and behavioral analytics to provide real-time protection against phishing, malware, ransomware, and other malicious attacks.

With Microsoft Defender for Office 365, organizations can safeguard their email communication by detecting and blocking malicious links, attachments, and unsafe email content. It employs advanced anti-phishing capabilities to identify and prevent sophisticated phishing attacks that attempt to steal sensitive information or compromise user credentials.

This solution also offers robust protection against malware and ransomware. It leverages machine learning algorithms to analyze email attachments and URLs in real-time, identifying and blocking malicious content before it reaches users' inboxes. Additionally, it provides advanced threat-hunting capabilities, allowing security teams to proactively investigate and respond to potential threats.

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 goes beyond email protection and extends its security features to other collaboration tools like SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams. It scans files and documents stored in these platforms, ensuring that they are free from malware and other malicious content. It also provides visibility into user activities, helping organizations detect and mitigate insider threats.

Furthermore, this solution offers rich reporting and analytics capabilities, providing organizations with insights into their security posture and threat landscape. It enables security administrators to monitor and manage security incidents, track trends, and take proactive measures to enhance their overall security posture.

The popularity of Microsoft 365 means criminals test and design their attacks to bypass its native security features. And that means you need additional layers of defense. With Advanced Threat Protection enabled, Barracuda uses multiple layers of detection, including signature, static, and behavioral analysis, along with CPU-emulation sandboxing to accurately detect and block zero-hour targeted attacks and ransomware.

Traditional email gateways use static rules and policies—reputation analysis, block lists, and malicious payloads—to determine if an email is malicious.

Barracuda protects your Microsoft 365 inbox against evasive threats with a powerful AI engine that learns the unique communication patterns within your organization through access to internal and historical emails. Once it understands what legitimate emails looks like for each user, it can detect anomalies that signal malicious intent. This context-based detection is more effective at blocking targeted attacks, which are designed to bypass traditional rule-based email security.

Trend Micro Email Security is a comprehensive solution designed to protect organizations from email-based threats. With advanced threat intelligence and machine learning algorithms, it provides real-time protection against spam, phishing, malware, and other email-borne attacks.

This product offers multi-layered security, including content filtering, URL reputation analysis, and attachment scanning, ensuring that malicious emails are blocked before they reach the users' inbox. It also includes data loss prevention capabilities, preventing sensitive information from being leaked via email.

Trend Micro Email Security is easy to deploy and manage, with a centralized management console that allows administrators to set policies, monitor email traffic, and generate reports.

With its robust security features and user-friendly interface, this product is an essential tool for organizations looking to safeguard their email communications.

Sample Customers

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is trusted by companies such as Ithaca College.

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

MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Air21, Azra Solutions, CBOSS, De Montfort University, Depaeuw, DHR Health, Fukui University Hospital

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