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Barracuda Email Security Gateway vs Fortra's Clearswift Secure Email Gateway comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Barracuda Email Security Ga...
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
DMARC Authentication Software (2nd), Secure Email Gateway (SEG) (2nd)
Fortra's Clearswift Secure ...
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
0
Ranking in other categories
Email Security (40th)
 

Featured Reviews

Roy Bolaños - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 12, 2023
Easy to use with a user-friendly configuration and web interface
It's easy to use. The configuration and web interface are user-friendly. The spam filter and other features work well Barracuda Email Security Gateway helps me filter many emails each day. The tool for sending emails is easy to configure. In my company, we send a high volume of emails daily.…
it_user746937 - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 2, 2017
Facilitates creation of your own content-filtering policies with relative ease
Ability to create message bypasses for groups and/or individuals. Meaning, you do not have to "whitelist" email domains or addresses when a specific bypass will do. Personal Message Manager (PMM): It allows users to release or delete quarantined messages. Also, allows users to add people to a…

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

Pros

"The client has the option to blacklist or whitelist any email address or domain based on the sender and recipient filters. If they want, they can restrict any IP addresses so email won't be received from those IP addresses."
"One advantage is its immediate deployment capability. So the fast speed to deploy is a big plus point."
"It can effectively combat phishing attacks, block spam, provide confirmation, and ensure operational manageability with a strong focus on product stability."
"Barracuda Email Security Gateway has features like identify the spam source, rules to avoid some specific spams and then reschedule. And there are some other features like the email continuity, the email server and gateway site, which can relay the mail kit. The solution is user-friendly.These kind of features are the most valuable."
"The solution helps us to block some blacklisted emails."
"There are plenty of features, such as sandboxing capabilities with zero threat protection. It has all the leading email security appliances compared to other solutions."
"It is lightweight, and we can filter all of our inbound and outbound emails. We have controls for rate control, quarantine, and tagging. We can see whether an email is a spam email or a phishing email."
"The performance is good."
"A stable solution."
"Ability to create your own content-filtering policies with relative ease."
 

Cons

"The reporting can be improved."
"The scalability needs improvement, it's the only feature that is required."
"Two improvements that are needed include an enhancement in the proxy feature, as well as the ability to more fully automate patches and updates."
"We would like to have a local support center in India so that they are operating in the same time zone and speak the same language."
"The deep scanning feature needs to be improved."
"I have noticed that it takes a little time to get familiar with after deploying and some tweaks need to be done as things come up."
"The pricing needs improvement."
"There is room for improvement in the speed of the interface, specifically the cloud interface, is a bit slow."
"Malware needs improvement."
"FTP server and TRUST Manager functionality."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is an expensive solution and I would rate it 5 out of 10."
"It is a cost-effective and relatively cheap solution as compared to others. Our customers have a yearly subscription. We do have a few customers with monthly subscriptions, but they have cloud-based Email protection, which is a different type of solution. Both solutions are very good."
"We paid for an annual license."
"The price of this solution is very high, but it's working fine."
"The regular pricing was initially very reasonable, but three years ago, Barracuda revised their price list and SKUs, resulting in a significant doubling of the standard prices."
"For overall value and cost, Barracuda came in as most appropriate, price as well as services provided. In terms of price, it's average . It's not the most expensive, it's not the least expensive but it works well."
"We find the solution's pricing okay."
"The solution is priced low. We have received a good price discount here in Sri Lanka. There are additional licenses we have to purchase a license for the ATP."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
48%
Computer Software Company
9%
Government
4%
Financial Services Firm
4%
Computer Software Company
23%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Government
13%
Construction Company
7%
 

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Barracuda Email Security Gateway?
Barracuda Email Security Gateway is very simple to use.
What needs improvement with Barracuda Email Security Gateway?
Barracuda Email Security Gateway should include ATP in the next release.
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Also Known As

Barracuda Spam and Virus Firewall, Barracuda Sentinel
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Sample Customers

Evolution Recruitment Solutions, Evans Delivery Company, Osoyoos Credit Union, Synovis Life Technologies, Camden County Technical Schools, DEK, Evans Delivery Company, Colgate Rochester Crozer, Hemmera, South Carolina Heart Center, Ferma Corporation, Major League Baseball (MLB), Healy Brothers Automotive Group
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