Barracuda Email Protection vs Veritas Enterprise Vault comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Barracuda Email Protection
Ranking in Email Archiving
2nd
Average Rating
8.8
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
Email Security (14th), Office 365 Protection (3rd)
Veritas Enterprise Vault
Ranking in Email Archiving
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
File Archiving (1st)
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Email Archiving category, the market share of Barracuda Email Protection is 5.0% and it decreased by 71.0% compared to the previous year. The market share of Veritas Enterprise Vault is 15.0% and it decreased by 3.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Email Archiving
Unique Categories:
Email Security
3.6%
Office 365 Protection
20.0%
File Archiving
25.0%
 

Featured Reviews

Alex Clerici - PeerSpot reviewer
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…
Sareesh V - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 12, 2023
A solution with a user-friendly console that can be used for email and mailbox archiving
We set up three months of archiving policies for standard users, six months of archiving policies for manager-level people, and one year of archiving policies for our board of directors and CEO. And those sets are working properly. We had an issue when a standard user was accessing an email through web access, but those things were closed by the technical team. Sometimes, we face issues while updating our Windows roll-ups. In such situations, we research Microsoft and enterprise portals and find some solutions to fix the issue. If the cloud version of Veritas Enterprise Vault has journal archiving, then it is the best tool. Veritas has been a market leader, and Veritas Enterprise Vault is a good and stable platform. Overall, I rate Veritas Enterprise Vault ten 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

"When we got the service, it included the email archiver with unlimited storage."
"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."
"We now have a secondary backup of Office 365 that's much easier to retrieve compared to Microsoft. If someone deletes something in Office 365, we can get it back within Office 365, but it's difficult. Barracuda is much easier. There is a lot less management needed using Barracuda. The management becomes much easier for Office 365 and it's no longer on-prem, so there are fewer hours managing on-prem devices, servers, and things of that nature. We don't have network appliances anymore for the backup of our information."
"The most valuable aspect includes attempts to spoof or compromise domains from external sources."
"Barracuda email protection is stable. I would give it a nine because of its strong cybersecurity features."
"I'm quite satisfied with the graphical user interface for Barracuda products."
"The most valuable features of Barracuda Email Protection are flexibility and customization."
"The archiving and search features are very good."
"I use the solution to find data loss and restore the data."
"User behavior is very smooth."
"Veritas Enterprise Vault is highly stable and has low-maintenance."
"The archive allows the customers to search any items as far back as five or ten years ago."
"Enterprise is a user-friendly product."
"Veritas Enterprise Vault is an archive solution for email and files."
"Organizations can streamline governance processes and improve compliance by utilizing automated classification to tag and categorize data."
"The most valuable feature of Veritas Enterprise Vault is the on-premise recall from your email into Outlook."
 

Cons

"The solution's graphical user interface (GUI) could be improved visually."
"The policies are set up in Barracuda by default; we don't have any control over them."
"Barracuda Essentials can improve by continually adding more features."
"I would like to see some additional functionality in terms of employee monitoring, as part of a work-from-home security solution."
"There is room for improvement, particularly in reaching out to technical support during deployment."
"The solution's reporting mechanism is a little poor and could be improved."
"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."
"The solution is not user-friendly and the restoration is not fast. It's also tricky to get information from it."
"Cost is high for Veritas Enterprise Vault."
"The stability could be improved."
"The quality of support by Veritas has declined in the last year."
"The platform's price could be affordable for small businesses."
"The product is a very complicated solution. It is not easy to upgrade and get alerts of issues. You have to check it all the time to see if there is an internal error."
"The deployment phase is very hard."
"Dealing with personal information, such as documents that contain a personal number, personal ID or something like that should be improved. Sometimes it works poorly in that regard."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."
"Barracuda licensing model is good."
"Price-wise, this product is middle-of-the-road."
"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."
"The price is similar to that of Microsoft 365."
"The price of Barracuda Essentials is better than some of the competing products."
"The price for Enterprise Vault is around €100 per user."
"The pricing is very high."
"There is a license required for this solution and it is typically is paid annually."
"Enterprise Vault is a little bit expensive."
"Veritas Enterprise Vault pricing is average, and I rate the solution a five out of ten for pricing."
"Veritas Enterprise Vault is an expensive solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
18%
Real Estate/Law Firm
7%
Construction Company
7%
Healthcare Company
7%
Educational Organization
40%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Government
5%
 

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?
The price is similar to that of Microsoft 365. There’s only a 4% to 5% difference between the prices of Barracuda and Microsoft 365.
What needs improvement with Barracuda Email Protection?
The solution must provide security gateway features. It must enable users to archive emails for a specific period. The tool must allow organizations to extend the storage capacity by at least 10%. ...
What do you like most about Veritas Enterprise Vault?
Veritas Enterprise Vault is an archive solution for email and files.
What needs improvement with Veritas Enterprise Vault?
The troubleshooting process is very hard. If there is a problem, the entire team needs to get involved to solve the issue. It is a very complex product, and Veritas engineers should be more agile i...
 

Also Known As

Barracuda Essentials
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
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