Barracuda Message Archiver vs Mimecast Mailbox Continuity comparison

Barracuda Message Archiver vs. Mimecast Mailbox Continuity

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Categories and Ranking

Barracuda Message Archiver

Ranking in Email Archiving

4th

Average Rating

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mimecast Mailbox Continuity

Ranking in Email Archiving

6th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Email Archiving category, the mindshare of Barracuda Message Archiver is 9.3%, up from 8.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Mimecast Mailbox Continuity is 10.1%, up from 8.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Email Archiving

Featured Reviews

Sanjay-KUMAR

Senior Manager at Havells

Easy to use with helpful email backup and search capabilities, but it needs to support SIEM integration

Integration with ArcSight would be very helpful. The user mailbox management is poor. For example, if I want to restore a complete mailbox then it doesn't keep the structure of the inbox intact. When the emails are restored, they are in a single folder that we have to extract and restructure. At times, the restoration doesn't work properly. It would be difficult to opt-out of the services because it would require the transfer of a lot of data from the cloud to on-premises storage. Technical support should be more available to the Indian market.

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Todd Blake

Senior IT Specialist at COMMUNITY HEALTH CONNECTIONS INC

Provides peace of mind and expands well but needs a better interface

It's a hosted solution. I'm not sure which version of the solution Im on at this time. I would advise others to research all the options out there and see what the best fit is. We started this mailbox continuity project before we moved to Office 365. And now that we've moved to Office 365, we kind of don't need this piece of technology in the same way that we used to need it when we had an on-prem exchange. Therefore, make sure that you actually need it and then research to find the best options. Overall, I would rate the solution seven out of ten.

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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

"It's easy to use."

"We're now certain business-critical mail is perfectly protected in multiple ways."

"Mimecast has some good support services in place."

"It has all the features required for distribution, such as the ability to mail."

"The Large File Send feature comes in handy when you have to send fairly large attachments."

"The most valuable feature of Mimecast Mailbox Continuity is real-time alerts."

"The security is pretty good, and that's why we're going to upgrade to an even more advanced package. We used it when we had a power issue, and it works. It has been pretty reliable, and the support has been quite good."

Cons

"The user mailbox management is poor."

"It's a little bit more expensive than the others."

"The price of the solution is expensive. It can improve by reducing the price."

"Technical support has been slower than it was in the past, likely due to the pandemic."

"The interface and the documentation could be improved. They can also include some more training resources and content like video. While setting things up, I had to search for the information quite a bit. It took me time to find the correct way to do something. The information is there, but it is sort of all over the place. They can create a better help knowledge base or help portal. It retains your email for 45 days. They can maybe increase this duration."

"The solution is expensive in comparison to similar solutions."

"The interface isn't the best. How everything works on the back end is confusing."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We are satisfied with the pricing and the service is bundled so there are no costs in addition to the standard licensing fees."

"They're a little bit more expensive than the others."

"Its price is in the middle range. It is a structured licensing model where there are various components that you can add or choose to add or not."

"The price of Mimecast Mailbox Continuity is expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

81%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Real Estate/Law Firm

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Questions from the Community

What is your primary use case for Barracuda Message Archiver?

We use Barracuda Message Archiver to keep a copy of our users' emails, both inbound or outbound. Our goal in using it is that from a compliance perspective, we can provide access to our auditors. I...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Barracuda Message Archiver?

They're a little bit more expensive than the others.

What needs improvement with Barracuda Message Archiver?

It's a little bit more expensive than the others. It's like anything. You got to log in when you want stuff nowadays. Other than that, it's pretty good.

What do you like most about Mimecast Mailbox Continuity?

We're now certain business-critical mail is perfectly protected in multiple ways.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Mimecast Mailbox Continuity?

I don't deal with the pricing or licensing aspects of the product I can't speak to how much it costs.

What needs improvement with Mimecast Mailbox Continuity?

Overall, just across all the Mimecast pieces that we use, it's somewhat of a mess when you want to figure out where you need to go to make a change. The interface isn't the best. How everything wor...

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Overview

Barracuda Message Archiver is a cloud-integrated message archiving solution that is easy to deploy and manage. It dramatically reduces your email storage requirements while boosting user productivity. And it makes regulatory and e-discovery compliance practically effortless.

With Barracuda Message Archiver, all users can instantly access, search, retrieve, and export archived messages using any device, whether on-site or on the go.

Barracuda Message Archiver integrates with all standards-based email servers, and with cloud email services such as Office 365 and Gmail.

Mimecast Mailbox Continuity provides uninterrupted access to live and archive email using Outlook for Windows, the web and mobile applications.

Sample Customers

Alfa Romeo, Texas A&M University, Time Warner, Nintendo, Boeing

DAC Beachcroft, OceanFirst, Currie & Brown, Alexander Forbes, Lagan Group, Lals Group, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service, Wedlake Bell, Macmillan Cancer Support, Bech-Bruun

Barracuda Message Archiver vs. Mimecast Mailbox Continuity