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Barracuda Email Protection vs Veritas Enterprise Vault comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 19, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
4.7
Barracuda Email Protection ensures ROI through attack prevention, enhancing security, customer satisfaction, and reducing IT management efforts.
Sentiment score
7.2
Veritas Enterprise Vault users experience major cost savings, reduced database sizes, and high ROI with strong tool compatibility and support.
The IT department has saved time and cost, as they do not have to run up and down fighting with malicious spam or malicious attacks.
Business Development Manager at Procter & Gamble
We see a return on investment from using Barracuda Email Protection because we are stopping attacks and running our business smoothly.
Cybersecurity Team Leader at EMAK For Computer Manufacturing (ECM)
I see money savings because when you compare the data to the licenses for backup software, it's much lower.
Backup Admistrator at Government of Poland
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.2
Barracuda Email Protection's support is praised for prompt and knowledgeable service, though email-related response times sometimes lag.
Sentiment score
5.7
Veritas Enterprise Vault support is efficient and highly rated, though some miss proactive monitoring and note a decline post-acquisition.
This is particularly problematic for a financial institution and banking customer.
Director Of Technology at PT Exa Teknologi Indonesia
They went through the process and recommended a change in their platform to address the issue.
Director, Information Technology at St Albans High School For Girls
They are quick to find a solution, and they are available twenty-four seven, so overall, it is a great customer support team.
Business Development Manager at Procter & Gamble
The back and forth which involves getting logs and various information can impact business operations if the issue is critical.
Head, Datacenter and IT Enterprise Applications at GTBANK
Three years ago, technical support from Veritas was better than now.
Backup Admistrator at Government of Poland
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.8
Barracuda Email Protection is highly scalable and flexible across sectors, compatible with both hardware and virtual environments, including cloud services.
Sentiment score
6.4
Veritas Enterprise Vault is scalable, efficient for large data amounts, rated highly, but may suit medium to large businesses.
Barracuda does not limit you based on how many mailboxes or users you have, which is one of the good things for Barracuda.
Director Of Technology at PT Exa Teknologi Indonesia
Barracuda Email Protection's scalability is very good because it handles all my clients' emails and all my organization emails.
Business Development Manager at Procter & Gamble
It's limiting because we would prefer to scale out the storage instead of buying an appliance, but it's not possible.
Head, Datacenter and IT Enterprise Applications at GTBANK
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.2
Barracuda Email Protection is stable and reliable, rated highly despite some dissatisfaction over extended resolution times post-upgrade.
Sentiment score
7.1
Veritas Enterprise Vault is stable and valued for reliability, despite requiring regular maintenance to prevent potential stability issues.
Customers chose a different product after experiencing a problem when they upgraded the firmware, which caused the system to restart multiple times during working hours.
Director Of Technology at PT Exa Teknologi Indonesia
Barracuda Email Protection's stability is good, with no lagging, no crashes, and no errors.
Cybersecurity Team Leader at EMAK For Computer Manufacturing (ECM)
Barracuda Email Protection is very stable, as I have not experienced any lagging or downtime.
Business Development Manager at Procter & Gamble
 

Room For Improvement

Barracuda Email Protection requires enhancements in security features, reporting, pricing, mobile performance, deployment, and integration with various platforms.
Veritas Enterprise Vault faces challenges with cost, complexity, usability, cloud integration, support, scalability, SQL management, and Microsoft compatibility.
The day we stop improving is the day we die.
Group ICT Manager at a mining and metals company with 501-1,000 employees
Users must go through an induction session where I guide them in configuring quarantine alerts rather than having default settings based on group membership.
Director, Information Technology at St Albans High School For Girls
Barracuda Email Protection could improve in the future to make it more competitive by addressing the fact that Barracuda started with anti-spam and email protection, but now they are moving more to cloud-based solutions rather than device-based or hardware-based solutions.
Director Of Technology at PT Exa Teknologi Indonesia
Two years ago, compared to today, the costs rose almost four times, and that is why we are not happy with it.
IT Architect at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Veritas NetBackup cannot back up a system state.
Head, Datacenter and IT Enterprise Applications at GTBANK
Support is the only area for improvement.
Backup Admistrator at Government of Poland
 

Setup Cost

Barracuda Email Protection is competitively priced, resembling Microsoft 365, with favorable licensing and cost-effective hosted solutions.
Veritas Enterprise Vault's pricing is seen as competitive but expensive compared to free alternatives, despite initial setup costs.
I find that Barracuda Email Protection has a very good licensing model, providing capable features at a very good and affordable price.
Cybersecurity Team Leader at EMAK For Computer Manufacturing (ECM)
In my experience, the pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Barracuda Email Protection are competitively priced, making it very affordable for any size of organization.
Business Development Manager at Procter & Gamble
I think the costs of Barracuda Email Protection are acceptable because I am selling another software license for anti-spam, and I have no problem with that product.
Director Of Technology at PT Exa Teknologi Indonesia
Cloud integration is expensive.
Head, Datacenter and IT Enterprise Applications at GTBANK
 

Valuable Features

Barracuda Email Protection enhances security by integrating with Microsoft 365, reducing phishing incidents, and offering advanced threat detection.
Veritas Enterprise Vault offers efficient email archiving, strong indexing, seamless integration, and security with user-friendly design and cost-effectiveness.
Our security has also increased from forty percent to sixty-five percent, especially when dealing with all the threats that come through emails.
Business Development Manager at Procter & Gamble
We do use Barracuda Data Protection functions, and the advantage we have is that the backed-up data is protected from any possible attack that can come or any kind of hijack or data being misused.
Director at Dynamic Group
It allows me to build my own custom rules and assists with DMARC, focusing on email security and domain reputation.
Director, Information Technology at St Albans High School For Girls
Most times the hardware comes as an appliance with a fixed set of storage, which means that you cannot scale out that storage with any other OEM. You must use Veritas.
Head, Datacenter and IT Enterprise Applications at GTBANK
Indexing is one of the most important features because without indexing we don't have access to the data.
Backup Admistrator at Government of Poland
Two years ago, compared to today, the costs rose almost four times, and that is why we are not happy with it.
IT Architect at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Barracuda Email Protection
Ranking in Email Archiving
3rd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
24
Ranking in other categories
Email Security (10th), Security Incident Response (9th), Office 365 Protection (4th)
Veritas Enterprise Vault
Ranking in Email Archiving
4th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
File Archiving (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Email Archiving category, the mindshare of Barracuda Email Protection is 15.1%, down from 18.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veritas Enterprise Vault is 4.3%, up from 3.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Email Archiving Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Barracuda Email Protection15.1%
Veritas Enterprise Vault4.3%
Other80.6%
Email Archiving
 

Featured Reviews

Xavie Simons - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Development Manager at Procter & Gamble
Improved email security has reduced spam, simplified encrypted mail, and strengthened user trust
The best features Barracuda Email Protection offers include good spam filtering and very good sandboxing of all links, as well as good encryption. It also has integrated logging for user management of their own spam. It has better filtering technology, so few are false positives as well, with excellent anti-spam engines and logging. It is extremely easy to install, configure, and set up, and there is excellent message tracking for folks that say they have not received an email they were expecting. Integrated logging and user management make my daily work easier because it is very easy to log in and to manage this tool, hence making it a very good tool for email protection. It also has excellent, easy-to-add designated users as site administrators, and it is competitively priced. It has a user-friendly portal, strong cloud-based features, and no additional maintenance cost, along with responsive support. Barracuda Email Protection has positively impacted my organization by handling encryption better than any other tool I have used before, which has increased our email protection significantly. Our security has also increased from forty percent to sixty-five percent, especially when dealing with all the threats that come through emails. It has been a great tool because we can handle email delays and delays on file scanning. When our partners are happy, we are very happy, and it has helped us have less time chasing bad emails. The fast implementation of encrypted mail keeps employees working with less interruption since they are happy, satisfied, and secure.
Charles Nwaokukwu - PeerSpot reviewer
Head, Datacenter and IT Enterprise Applications at GTBANK
Support for data archiving and integration capabilities enhance data management
The GUI of Veritas Enterprise Vault is not friendly; the user interface can be quite convoluted for users or IT people who are not conversant with it. Even for professionals, it can be complex. Over time, if you get the hang of it, you'll understand it, but it's not something you can teach a user to quickly grasp. It's kind of complex. Veritas could do something to change this situation. I've given feedback quite a number of times through various channels, including during support calls. I remember trying to do a system state backup using our NetBackup feature, and I found out that Veritas NetBackup cannot back up a system state. Having numerous solutions instead of just one backup system can be quite unfriendly. They can back up other things such as databases and file servers, but when it comes to carrying a system state backup, it falls short. Honestly, Veritas Enterprise Vault's costing was one of the main reasons we dropped the integration to the cloud.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Outsourcing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
18%
Government
7%
Computer Software Company
6%
Outsourcing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise7
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise11
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Barracuda Email Protection?
Barracuda Email Protection is easy to deploy and maintain. It doesn't require a specialized resource to manage this tool.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Barracuda Email Protection?
I think the costs of Barracuda Email Protection are acceptable because I am selling another software license for anti-spam, and I have no problem with that product.
What needs improvement with Barracuda Email Protection?
Considering it integrates with Azure, I would like to be able to effectively set up policies where people are by default included in certain settings. For instance, for email quarantine, I can't se...
What do you like most about Veritas Enterprise Vault?
Veritas Enterprise Vault is an archive solution for email and files.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Veritas Enterprise Vault?
I don't know if the solution is affordable or if it's still a bit expensive in comparison to other products.
What needs improvement with Veritas Enterprise Vault?
We just use NetBackup and appliances, and we don't use other solutions. We have NetBackup, and Backup Exec is a lower grade software that we don't utilize. We don't have Access Appliances. We don't...
 

Also Known As

Barracuda Essentials, Barracuda Forensics and Incident Response
Enterprise Vault, Symantec Enterprise Vault
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

ACT Government, Acumen Group, AGIP, Delta Dental Plans Association, Desai/Nasr Consulting Engineers, Inc., Equinox Information Systems
Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, Dell, HP, Cisco, Adobe, Symantec, SAP, EMC, Citrix, VMware, Accenture, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Juniper Networks, Lenovo, NetApp, Nokia, Panasonic, Red Hat, Salesforce, Siemens, Sony, Toshiba, Twitter, Verizon, Visa, Vodafone, Walmart, Yahoo, ZTE
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