I needed spam filtering and drift filtering with respect to my email. Nobody wants to go through their mail every day and throw away as much junk as I was throwing away at that time.
Enterprise Architect at Unified System Solutions, Ltd.
Saves me time looking through junk email, as well as throughput resources
Pros and Cons
- "I had server issues but I still needed to be able to look at what emails I would have received if my email server had been working correctly. SpamTitan has a reporting functionality that showed me what emails would have been sent. I could actually see the content of those emails."
- "I'm a contractor, I get an awful lot of organizations that are spammy in nature with respect to trying to recruit people. SpamTitan is a little more aggressive than I'd like it to be with respect to filtering some of those out, especially when I'm looking for a contract."
What is our primary use case?
How has it helped my organization?
It helps save me time because I don't have to sort through junk and spam emails. Every time I open my email and there's that much junk, it can take two or three minutes to figure out what's junk and what's not. Plus, there's throughput involved. The spam is using my resources to get into my system to begin with. I would estimate it saves me an hour per month.
What is most valuable?
I can't tell you the number of times that their web interface has saved me. I had server issues but I still needed to be able to look at what emails I would have received if my email server had been working correctly. SpamTitan has a reporting functionality that showed me what emails would have been sent. I could actually see the content of those emails. For me, several times, that has been a real lifesaver.
The solution has a lot of automated filtering based upon metrics that I'm sure it receives from others or from some mechanism unknown to me, so I wouldn't be able to employ those mechanisms myself. I'm sure that there are other companies out there that block, based upon rankings that they get from SpamCop and organizations like that. I'm sure that SpamTitan has that all built into what it's doing, so I don't have to worry about it.
What needs improvement?
Because of the nature of my business, and because I'm a contractor, I get an awful lot of organizations that are spammy in nature with respect to trying to recruit people. SpamTitan is a little more aggressive than I'd like it to be with respect to filtering some of those out, especially when I'm looking for a contract. But it's easy enough because I can go into the quarantine area and say, "Oh, this guy I want to look at, that guy I want to look at," and release them and unblock them if I need to. But for the most part, I would rather have them be more aggressive than be less aggressive.
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March 2025

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For how long have I used the solution?
I've been with TitanHQ SpamTitan for about five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
SpamTitan's stability is awesome. I've never had a situation where it wasn't working or it wasn't working correctly, even one time, the whole time I have been a customer.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Scalability is not an important consideration for me, but I'm sure it's as scalable as it needs to be. These days with clouds and containerization, things automatically scale. Even when they break, they automatically replace themselves with another container. I'm sure they're doing all of that. Otherwise, they wouldn't have the uptime and the lack of any notices being sent out saying, "I'm sorry, SpamTitan's going to be down from this hour to that hour." That just never occurs. It's always there. It's like the sun.
How are customer service and support?
When I needed to configure it and set it up, their support was just unbelievably good. They helped me extensively.
I own a Lexus, and the reason I own a Lexus is because I used to own a Toyota. One day I took my Toyota into a Lexus dealer, because they had both Lexus and Toyota. My Toyota 4Runner, which is what I had at the time, needed some kind of an alignment and they gave me a Lexus loaner. The way that they treated me with respect to customer service absolutely convinced me that I would soon be driving a Lexus home. I bought a Lexus that weekend.
I really appreciate good customer service. I think it's probably the primary consideration that I have, other than the need for the product that they offer.
I'm a computer architect and I do my research. I didn't even have to look at another provider. I went to SpamTitan and looked at what they had available and their product offering was a comprehensive solution to fit my needs. I looked at the pricing and it seemed reasonable. As soon as I started working with them, the support was unbelievable. In the whole time that I've needed this type of solution, I've never even gone to anybody else. I was just completely satisfied.
Their customer support was just top-notch. The guy was understanding. He helped walk me through some processes at the time. It was a long time ago when I needed that level of support, but it was comprehensive, caring, understanding, patient, the whole nine yards. It was great. The guy was just completely knowledgeable about everything. In fact, he took the time, as we were going along, to explain certain things to me that weren't completely clear. I couldn't rate him better.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
My previous spam filtering solution was Microsoft, so whatever they were doing was inside Outlook. I didn't really like the rules that were set up. SpamTitan, compared to Microsoft, is massively better. The kinds of rules that I had to keep creating, and the way that the rules are structured with respect to Microsoft, were difficult to deploy.
How was the initial setup?
I needed their help more than once. I started out with my single domain, WeAreUSS.com. I did not have IP forwarding going on through them. I had another domain or two that I had registered at one point in time, so when I brought my other companies on board, I needed to interface with TitanHQ to confirm the configurations that would be required. If I'm not mistaken, they actually assisted me with my server configuration regarding DNS records and Active Directory entries.
The first time, it took a little longer, but it was probably less than a day. I worked remotely with a guy in Texas for that entire episode and it went well. Because it was the first time, there was more involved. Then, when I switched to No-IP, it might have even been the same guy that I worked with, but it was equally as efficient.
Obviously, if you want certain things to happen in certain ways in a computer environment, there are always setup and configuration. You have to understand each one of those configuration points in order to employ it correctly. I even used the online help for a lot of it, and that was good as well. There were examples for a lot of it.
For the average person who is going through the process, they need to understand those configuration points and the impact that they have on their business. There are a lot of options, and there needs to be. It's like when you buy a new washer or dryer these days. There are 37,000 controls. You don't just put it on hot or cold. The more control that people have over things, and of course, if they understand what those controls do, the better the outcome because there's more specificity.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I'm actually in the process of renewing with SpamTitan, but I'm having difficulty achieving that. I'll get it figured out. I'm in communication with them. It's just that the person who needs to respond to me is being a little slow in responding.
When I deployed SpamTitan, it was only $120 a year, so it was affordable. This time when I want to renew, they gave me a quote of $500 a year, and I'm telling them, "Hey, wait a minute. In one year you went from $120 a year to $500? This isn't working." They recently gave me a quote, as little as a month ago, that said it would cost me $120 to renew. But then they sent me another reminder and I clicked on the link in the reminder and it took me to a site where it just said pay $500.
The subscription thing is the first time that I've ever had any real issue.
What other advice do I have?
I can't imagine any way, given my needs, that there could be improvement in the solution. I know companies try to find additional things that people need so that they can provide more value in their products, and SpamTitan has been actively doing that since I got on board with them. Most of the areas that they've changed were augmentations that other people needed but they were beyond what I needed.
There is a lot of stuff that's really cool. When I log in to the interface, it allows me to log in on three different levels: domain administrator, group administrator, or as a regular user. So they have even optimized the login process. There is functionality for giving other people different roles, but I really don't have the need, because I have a one-person business.
I would recommend to everybody that they use this solution. If they have a need that is similar to my need, then I would tell them, "Hey, this is the company to use, period." I've never given them a rating of less than 10 out of 10. They're just that good.
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President at Record Printing
Nasty emails get prevented from showing up on any of my employees' devices
Pros and Cons
- "It is way more than just spam filtering. The reason I bought it was not just to control our spam, but to stop the evil guys from sending us phishing or all sorts of harmful emails. I can see the daily or weekly reports of how many of those types of things that it stops for me."
- "The setup was a little difficult, but they did have people who helped me so I eventually got there. They had a change and my IT people had to do some stuff. There was something about pointers. I don't remember the details where we had a little trouble, but they were changing some things around."
What is our primary use case?
It is web-based, but all our emails go to their site and get scrubbed. Thus, we only get the ones that we whitelist. Or, they have a scoring system and send them through to you.
How has it helped my organization?
It is way more than just spam filtering. The reason I bought it was not just to control our spam, but to stop the evil guys from sending us phishing or all sorts of harmful emails. I can see the daily or weekly reports of how many of those types of things that it stops for me.
My employees rest a little easier since previously they would be afraid to open up emails. We get emails from people we don't know all the time and need to look at those. Now, with SpamTitan, I don't have to be fearful that they might open up something nasty.
I might have about 50 spam emails a day. If they came into my regular email, I would have to pick through them. That would take a lot more time. Because SpamTitan scores them for me, I can see pretty quickly whether they are needed or not. I probably only get two or three out of every 100 emails that I want to bring back into my whitelisted emails. They do a really good job for me.
What is most valuable?
They have a feature where you can export your email addresses, so they can go onto the whitelist or blacklist. I think I am supposed to call them allowed or not allowed now, but I like this feature a lot.
I like its reporting. I can tell a lot about the activity and things that are going on with my people, I can see it in all their reports.
The solution's overall intuitiveness is pretty good. I am pretty experienced at web and computer stuff, and I had no trouble.
You can go through SpamTitan's report a whole lot faster than you can just go through all your emails because the spam ones just never hit your email.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using it for four or five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It seems very stable to me. I haven't seen any issues.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
They sold me a package to cover 10 emails. I am sure they can sell you a package to cover 1,000 emails. I would think it would be very scalable.
How are customer service and support?
TitanHQ's overall support is excellent. I would rate them as nine or 10 (out of 10).
The few times that I did have to reach out for support, they solved my problems very quickly. I just haven't run into any troubles that they weren't able to fix within a day. We have never been down without our email.
I would give their support nine out of 10 for their expertise, attentiveness, and speed of response versus competing solutions.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
It prevents nasty emails from getting to my people, and that was what drove me to them way back when. I had an email get through. Somebody opened it, and we had a critical problem. Fortunately, my IT people caught it within an hour, having backups and everything. We got back to normal pretty quickly, but it could have been devastating.
The main reason that I went with SpamTitan was the price. It had to be reasonable. Also, I wanted to get my 10 people covered so I didn't have to worry about going out of business tomorrow because of a phishing email.
How was the initial setup?
The setup was a little difficult, but they did have people who helped me so I eventually got there. They had a change and my IT people had to do some stuff. There was something about pointers. I don't remember the details where we had a little trouble, but they were changing some things around.
The initial setup was done in about four hours.
What about the implementation team?
I am pretty sure they sent me an instructional email, video, or something. I followed that as best I could. I did have to call support who helped me to get it set up correctly.
What was our ROI?
I have seen ROI. I look at the reports and can see that several times a month a nasty email gets prevented from showing up on any of my employees' devices.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I have been really happy with them. For the price, I don't want to change.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend at least checking out SpamTitan because it has been really good for me.
I am pretty happy with the user interface experience of SpamTitan. I felt like it was pretty easy to get in, navigate, and figure it out. Some of my less computer-experienced employees had a little trouble. However, after a little training, they got it figured out.
It helped me solidify my policy about emails and such because clearly I hadn't been training the person who opened the phishing email that almost put me out of business. Once I had SpamTitan in place, I could put together a policy and get them trained on how to use SpamTitan so they were overly more aware of the dangers that a computer could bring into an office.
We had to let people know that I didn't want them checking their Gmail or any other accounts with their office computers because it wouldn't have the SpamTitan protection.
I would rate them as nine (out of 10). It is a good value for the price.
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TitanHQ SpamTitan
March 2025

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Director of IT at a non-profit with 201-500 employees
Easy to deploy, learn, and administer
Pros and Cons
- "The solution works really well. For a small nonprofit like us who don't have a large server footprint and rely heavily on cloud services, this is great for all our emails and the mobile workforce that we have. This is a great way to manage the traffic, hopefully keep our people from getting the phishing emails and stuff like that, helping to mitigate the risks."
- "I wish there would be less false positives."
What is our primary use case?
We are just using it for spam filtering at this point. We are open to future options, but right now, this is our biggest problem. This solution really helps mitigate the spam for us.
We have a MX record that points to them before it gets to us for emails.
How has it helped my organization?
We were getting hit left and right with a bunch of different spam, spoofing, etc. When we deployed SpamTitan, that immediately stopped. Of course, there were some false positives. However, I have been going through regularly, and now there have been less as we identify some that should be valid but were blocked. Once in a while, we will still get some that get let through, but we are able to update them quickly through the web interface. Therefore, it has been working really well for us. It is helping us a lot.
In the first few weeks, there were a lot more false positives that I would go through and release, then update the filter. As each week went by, it got better and better. Now, it is just here and there. There are a few, but most of them are right on. So, it has been doing really well.
In November and December, we saw a bunch of people get a phishing attack. They clicked on the link, then their computer got infected. We had to go wipe their computer and open a bunch of issues, about 10 to 12 a month from November to December. When we implemented SpamTitan, it went down to zero. It was more the false positives rather than people falling for phishing scams. It was huge as far as the difference.
We only receive emails from internal clients. Most of the stuff on the block list is from the UK and Germany. That stuff is getting blocked.
What is most valuable?
The user interface has been really good. There is an option to send people an email with what has been filtered on your stuff. Given everything else that our users do, I thought, "Let me just hold onto those keys right now, and I'll just review," because we only have 200-and-something users. So, I have been just filtering it for them. Some people report, "Hey, this guy sent me an email. I haven't heard back." I immediately go and find it, then release it. That has been working well for us.
The solution works really well. For a small nonprofit like us who don't have a large server footprint and rely heavily on cloud services, this is great for all our emails and the mobile workforce that we have. This is a great way to manage the traffic, hopefully keep our people from getting the phishing emails and stuff like that, helping to mitigate the risks.
What needs improvement?
I wish there would be less false positives.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using the solution since late November or early December 2021.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is incredibly reliable. It has been like a rock, but it has only been a few months. It hasn't gone down or anything.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
As far as scalability, it is cloud-based. It just searches all the mailboxes for the domain name. I don't have to add or reduce email boxes. It is already set up. It is really hands-off. As we grow, if you can add domains, then you just add the domains. It is really easy to grow with it. We haven't had any capacity issues.
How are customer service and support?
We used the technical support once. Back in December, we used it because I had forgotten to add one of our domains, but that was really quick and easy.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We didn't use a solution like this previously.
We looked into this type of solution because of the number of people who were falling for phishing emails. I provided training to help educate them, but they were still clicking on stuff that they shouldn't have. Also, we had too many instances of having to reset laptops.
How was the initial setup?
It was super easy to set up, configure, and use. They walked us through all the steps for updating our MX records, SPF records, and all the DNS stuff.
The quick setup time was an important factor when we chose the solution because things were super busy. All the different infections were really hindering our department. So, it was huge to be able to deploy this solution so quickly with them kind of holding your hand through it. That was huge.
What about the implementation team?
They walk you through every little detail, which is really helpful.
I signed up. In the first week, when we got the records, we had to wait until they were updated, then we did all the steps following their guidelines. You do one step, then you wait a week for everything to update. Then, you do the next step and start going through the false positives. So, it didn't take that long at all. It was according to their timeline. They said, "You need to wait for this to update before you do the next step." I said, "Okay," and we did just that. It worked out really well.
What was our ROI?
When someone's laptop is infected, our policy is to go and reset it to factory default. This is a huge burden on them. They have to reset all their passwords, and it is just a big problem. Therefore, it has been a huge time factor savings for our employees.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The price was great compared to other solutions that we looked at the time.
There is no appliance required for your onsite data center because it is all cloud-based.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I evaluated several solutions over the last six months leading up to actually implementing this solution. We evaluated costs because we are very budget-sensitive. SpamTitan was our premier pick, but the cost was still too much. Then, finally in December, they just said, "We have a deal for this month only." They gave us a really good price. So, I said, "I'll go for it," because that was the one hurdle that I was facing: the cost. They just totally slashed it, and I jumped on.
What other advice do I have?
It is easy to deploy, learn, and administer.
The solution is meeting all our needs right now. We don't have any big requirements though. I think it is doing a really good job.
I would rate the solution as nine out of 10.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Other
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IT Head at Dee Development
Helped us maintain a zero threat level, which is fantastic
Pros and Cons
- "SpamTitan is extremely easy to learn and use."
- "The GUI is problematic."
What is our primary use case?
We use SpamTitan for email security.
How has it helped my organization?
SpamTitan has helped us maintain a zero threat level, which is fantastic. The system also assists us in managing email effectively, eliminating spam and ensuring that our communications are secure. Since implementing SpamTitan, our organization's email-related concerns have significantly diminished.
What is most valuable?
SpamTitan is extremely easy to learn and use. It is highly customizable, allowing us to filter emails based on specific criteria like file type and MIME type. The threat intelligence capabilities of SpamTitan have also been beneficial, providing excellent security for our emails.
What needs improvement?
The GUI is problematic. It's a mess and absolute rubbish now. We also face issues with the settings that are not yet developed. I wish for a return to the older GUI which was easier to use.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using SpamTitan for over a year now. Before that, we evaluated it alongside Fortigate.
How are customer service and support?
Customer support is very good. They respond quickly, and when issues arise due to the new engine, they handle them swiftly. They realize some options aren't visible to us due to GUI issues, so they step in to assist.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We previously used Sophos Intercept X for servers and noticed some malware activities. Post installation of Palo Alto's POC on a few servers, we've begun transitioning from Sophos to other solutions for the server level.
How was the initial setup?
Initial setup was straightforward; it was very easy, a cakewalk.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Pricing is affordable. We renewed for three years, and the cost is reasonable.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We evaluated SentinelOne, Microsoft, CrowdStrike, and Palo Alto as alternatives for server-level antivirus solutions.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend TitanHQ for its price and ease of use. That said, be cautious of overhyping AI capabilities, which often fall short of true autonomy and intelligence generation.
I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
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Flag as inappropriateDeployment Manager at NetUniverse
Highly customizable filters, robust security, and knowledgeable support staff, with a straightforward setup that takes under 15 minutes
Pros and Cons
- "The way we can customize filters is excellent. Other solutions tend to be restrictive with their specific profiles, but with SpamTitan, we can create them from scratch."
- "I believe the product is configured for the US or European market, not the Latin American market, and the scoring system is a little too strict for our market. Most companies in Latin America don't even have proper domain configuration, which can cause their emails to be filtered as spam. They might not have DMARC or SDF configuration, so we often have to change the scoring threshold to let legitimate emails through. It's not SpamTitan's fault, but the optimization isn't the greatest considering our market."
What is our primary use case?
Our clients typically use Office 365 and Google as email providers, and we implement the solution to provide an additional layer of security for incoming emails. It helps with SPF, DMARC, and all the DNS tracers.
One of the main aspects of our business is security; firewalls, web application controls, anti-spams, and so on. We use TitanHQ SpamTitan for some clients in Peru.
As a service provider, we used and tested many brands including Proofpoint Email Protection and Fortinet FortiMail. We like to stick with SpamTitan for anti-spam, because it gives us the least problems and less false positives compared to other solutions.
How has it helped my organization?
Spoofing prevention is critical. Using the solution as an outgoing filter prevents spoofing, a major issue right now as everyone is getting spoofing emails. The filter for incoming emails works well, perhaps even too well. SpamTitan works with a scoring system; sometimes, we need to adjust the score threshold to allow safe emails through manually. The filter can be a little too much, though it's better to be safe than sorry.
What is most valuable?
The way we can customize filters is excellent. Other solutions tend to be restrictive with their specific profiles, but with SpamTitan, we can create them from scratch.
The solution is straightforward to deploy and very quick to set it up. We can get it to work in five to ten minutes, which is excellent for demonstrating the product to potential clients. Another main factor is the price. I believe it's usually less expensive than all the other solutions.
There was an event two or three months ago where one of our clients had a problem where their domain was spoofed. We solved it by running the outgoing emails through SpamTitan and using the DMARC register. They stopped receiving spoofing emails, which is how we usually solve these problems.
The solution doesn't just save us time, but money as well. We had a case with one client where their accounting department received spoofed emails requesting all kinds of payments. When we implemented the DMARC configuration for outgoing emails, they were protected. Regarding saving time going through spam emails, I would say an average amount of time is saved because anti-spam isn't the main focus of the solution. Our clients already use Office 365 and Google, which include spam filters for incoming emails. Our primary use for SpamTitan is security, the filter for incoming emails regarding buyers. Anti-spam is a bonus, but we care about security the most, and in terms of security, I would say SpamTitan performs above average. Since implementing the solution, we have received less complaints of false positives from our clients.
What needs improvement?
I believe the product is configured for the US or European market, not the Latin American market, and the scoring system is a little too strict for our market. Most companies in Latin America don't even have proper domain configuration, which can cause their emails to be filtered as spam. They might not have DMARC or SDF configuration, so we often have to change the scoring threshold to let legitimate emails through. It's not SpamTitan's fault, but the optimization isn't the greatest considering our market.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been implementing this solution for our clients for four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability of the solution is excellent; we only had one critical event in the past four years. SpamTitan uses two AVs, and we had an issue with one of them called BitDefender, which gave us false positives for about a week.
For email solutions, stability is vital. If emails don't get through, it's a significant problem. SpamTitan is excellent in this department, as it prevents those problems, and so are the other cloud providers in the anti-spam segment.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability of the solution could be improved. We can go with a shared node or our own node, which offers a lot more scope for configuration. It would be great to switch between the two without downtime, which isn't possible now. I understand why this could be difficult to deliver, but it would still be an excellent feature to see.
How are customer service and support?
I dealt with support through tickets and over the phone. They pick up the phone, which is great. Other providers get back to me within 24 hours, but SpamTitan is usually quicker if it's within working hours. There may be a few hours a day where they don't offer phone or email support, but that's very late at night and early in the morning. When I speak with their technical support, I get the impression they know what they are talking about, which isn't always the case with other providers.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We used many solutions of this kind, including Fortinet FortiMail and Proofpoint Email Protection. If the client wants an on-premises solution, we implement FortiMail, but that is more of a licensing issue. With an on-premises set-up, the pricing is based on the volume of emails per hour, whereas with cloud-based solutions, the price is based on the number of users or mailboxes. For all cloud-based solutions, we use SpamTitan.
How was the initial setup?
The deployment is straightforward; we change our MX records and do the backend configuration. This is very helpful when we need to demo the product to clients, as we can set it up within 15 minutes. The setup only requires one person, me and maybe another engineer, but one is enough.
All anti-spam solutions require some tweaking post-deployment. In our case, we often carry out a deployment and track it for the first week because every client has different providers and use cases. For huge clients, that tracking time can increase to a month.
What was our ROI?
The solution gave us an ROI. The spam filters save us a lot of time, and the antivirus is excellent. We carried out a test in which SpamTitan detected a virus that other solutions didn't, and the DMARC configuration is great for preventing spoofing. This product saves us both time and money.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Cloud-based solutions charge per mailbox, which isn't ideal sometimes. A company could have 300 total mailboxes and only 50 in regular use, but they would have to pay the same for all of them. I want a cloud-based solution that gives a price based on the volume of email traffic.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
We use SpamTitan in the cloud. I believe they have different deployment options, but we only use the cloud solution.
I would love a cloud-based solution that offers the option of volume-based pricing rather than user-based. There are companies and especially government institutions that have 1000 mailboxes but only use 50 or 100 of those on a daily basis. In this scenario, a cloud-based anti-spam solution is very costly.
We don't use the solution's geo-blocking feature at the moment, as we don't require it.
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Solutions Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
It addresses spoofing, phishing, and any other email-based threat
Pros and Cons
- "I like the fact that SpamTitan filters out phishing and spoofing links. They call it AI-driven threat protection. Though I'm a highly educated, advanced computer user, I still like not having to pay attention to where the link is going. I can trust that SpamTitan will filter it out nine times out of 10."
- "The admin management portal needs a facelift. I've asked them for a way to authenticate admins of the organizations that want to admin the SpamTitan product itself. Adding additional management security would be a great feature. There are a few tiny improvements they could also make. For instance, the GUI itself is a little outdated, and it could be more user friendly. The same goes for ArcTitan. It's got a horrible GUI that's worse than SpamTitan. It also could use that authentication mechanism upgrade as well. I would also suggest combining the two products into one control panel. ."
What is our primary use case?
SpamTitan is used for spam protection, nothing else. That's what it does, and it does it well. SpamTitan Plus is nice because we can offer it to our clients. We use SpamTitan internally, but also resell it. SpamTitan Plus has additional security features like filtering out spoofing links.
We mostly use SpamTitan with Microsoft 365, and it covers about 500 users. Almost all our customers are Microsoft 365 or G suite.
How has it helped my organization?
SpamTitan reduces the overall amount of spam we have to deal with, which saves all our users some time because they don't need to sit there and sift through all of that.
I can't say that SpamTitan has helped us obtain any new clients. It's more like the other way around. We help TitanHQ get new clients because we're paying them for their product. I would say it's had zero effect on our client base.
It provides a value add to our clients because it's another security service that we can offer them in our security suite, which includes antivirus, spam protection, password, and things of that nature. We also now offer ArcTitan, their email archiving solution. It's a full range of security products we offer, and SpamTitan is one of those products.
SpamTitan addresses spoofing, phishing, and any other email-based threat. It adds great value. I like the fact that SpamTitan Plus has the ability to filter every link. There's no way to stop that entirely because viruses and malware are constantly evolving, so it's not foolproof. It gets around 90 percent of the malicious traffic that comes through.
What is most valuable?
I like the fact that SpamTitan filters out phishing and spoofing links. They call it AI-driven threat protection. Though I'm a highly educated, advanced computer user, I still like not having to pay attention to where the link is going. I can trust that SpamTitan will filter it out nine times out of 10.
It's a huge value add for clients who aren't tech savvy because they often click on links in their emails they think are legit, installing some type of malware or virus on their PCs by doing so. Anti-phishing is a new feature, but the standard spam protection, filtering, and antivirus are good too. It has two antivirus filters: Clam and Bitdefender. I think it's great to keep the viruses out of email boxes.
We use geoblocking internally and for our clients. I believe SpamTitan does that by default, so I don't know if there's a specific setting for that, and I don't spend much time in the control panel. I know that you can manually block a domain. It's handy to block spam from a domain that you now isn't legitimate. That's a nice feature.
SpamTitan uses artificial intelligence to train itself and assigns each piece of mail a rating from zero to whatever. The higher the rating, the more likely it is to be spam. If the score is below 10, it's usually not spam. It does a pretty good job of determining whether it's going to be garbage.
What needs improvement?
The admin management portal needs a facelift. I've asked them for a way to authenticate admins of the organizations that want to admin the SpamTitan product itself. Adding additional management security would be a great feature.
There are a few tiny improvements they could also make. For instance, the GUI itself is a little outdated, and it could be more user friendly. The same goes for ArcTitan. It's got a horrible GUI that's worse than SpamTitan. It also could use that authentication mechanism upgrade as well. I would also suggest combining the two products into one control panel.
The spam filters could always improve. The standard spam protection is probably the least perfect feature. It does a great job with viruses and phishing. The spam filter isn't bad. It's just that spam filtering is its primary purpose, but it's the thing SpamTitan does the least well. That's not a complaint though. It's just a fact of life. You get billions and billions of emails. It's impossible to get a system that perfectly filters out all the trash.
For how long have I used the solution?
We've been using SpamTitan for about three years, if not more. We just upgraded to SpamTitan Plus about a month ago.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
SpamTitan is relatively stable. We've never had an outage. We've had configuration problems, but that's on our end.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It hasn't had any issues with scalability so far. It seems to handle the resources properly. However, I believe it comes down to the amount of AWS resources you throw at it. I don't think there are any issues with the application itself.
How are customer service and support?
Sometimes, it's hard to get ahold of somebody in support, but they seem to know what they're doing when you get in touch with them. They definitely know their stuff, and the engineers are great to work with. It doesn't seem to be a problem if you schedule it. However, it would be hard to reach a support engineer if I jumped on the phone right now.
I'd give them an eight out of 10. I deduct two points because it's sometimes hard to contact the engineers. Otherwise, they have done a great job and they always answer our questions instantly. It's hard to compare their support to others because I've never used another spam solution, and I don't think it's fair to compare it to other tech companies
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Before we adopted SpamTitan, we were using Office 365's built-in spam protection. Microsoft does a basic job of finding spam, but it's not a specialized solution like TitanHQ.
How was the initial setup?
I played a managerial role in the deployment, but I didn't handle the details. I believe it was pretty straightforward. The most difficult part was configuring the Office 365 portion inside the Exchange control panel. The rest was smooth sailing.
One engineer is enough, and it takes about 30 minutes per client when we deploy it for our customers. If the initial setup is done, we only need to add the domain, configure the domain spam setting, and set it up on the client's mail server somewhere, such as Office 365.
What was our ROI?
SpamTitan is more of an ancillary service that we bundle in our security package. It isn't something we're getting rich off of. We pretty much break even, with a slight uptick in revenue.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We get MSP pricing, which is better than retail. The spam solutions are generally priced the same across the board, but SpamTitan is a little less expensive than some of the premium spam services.
At the same time, I'm not quite sure you get a whole lot more from a premium spam service versus SpamTitan. That's why we went with it. We didn't see the value in spending more money. Who's to say that the other competitors had better artificial intelligence for their spam protection? That's really the only difference between one anti-spam provider and another.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We analyzed four or five different vendors, and SpamTitan had the best features and capabilities.
What other advice do I have?
I'd give SpamTitan a solid eight out of 10. It's an excellent product at a reasonable price. If you need spam protection, I think it's a good value. It's pretty easy to use, but there are a few things I'd like to see, like a new GUI on the control panel and an updated authentication system. Aside from that, SpamTitan does its job well.
There's always room for improvement. I only take two points off because no product is ever perfect. I can't even think of a product that would get a perfect 10 from me off the top of my head except for maybe an Eddie Van Halen 5150. That was perfect.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Owner at Case Computers
The individual reports for end-users saves me time.
Pros and Cons
- "SpamTitan has made it easier to manage spam. When other solutions I've used quarantined something, an admin had to manually find and release it. With SpamTitan, the end-user can monitor it themselves and release their own quarantined items. It's faster and less work."
- "Some of the menus on the dashboard could be easier to navigate. It takes a little while to find things."
What is our primary use case?
We were getting inundated with spam and having a hard time controlling it. Microsoft has tools, but it was getting overwhelming, so we installed SpamTitan. It seems to have taken care of the issue. Right now, I'm only using it for one Exchange server.
How has it helped my organization?
SpamTitan has made it easier to manage spam. When other solutions I've used quarantined something, an admin had to manually find and release it. With SpamTitan, the end-user can monitor it themselves and release their own quarantined items. It's faster and less work.
It's reduced the amount of time employees spend sorting through junk emails. I can't quantify it precisely, but it probably saves about half an hour a day per user.
What is most valuable?
SpamTitan's individual spam reports for end-users is probably the best feature. It saves me time.
What needs improvement?
Some of the menus on the dashboard could be easier to navigate. It takes a little while to find things.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using SpamTitan for at least six months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I haven't had any issues with SpamTitan so far. It seems to be working as advertised.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I only have about 30 users, but I don't imagine there would be a difference with 300 or more.
How are customer service and support?
I've only had to call TitanHQ for minor things, but they've been very responsive. Their support is much better than the customer service for other solutions I've used. I'd rate TitanHQ nine out of 10.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I previously used N-Able's spam solution, but I switched because it didn't give the end-users control over their quarantine or spam. They couldn't review it or release it. Everything had to go through me, so if there was an issue, they'd have to contact me to resolve it. SpamTitan gives them a daily report.
Yeah. I have used a similar product. This one's far better. I mean, the last one I used the deployment was horrible, and it was just convoluted.
How was the initial setup?
Deploying SpamTitan was straightforward. I don't need to do much. I only had to change the MX records, then make a couple changes in my send and receive connectors on my Exchange server. It took around 20 minutes to set everything up.
What about the implementation team?
I had some support from TitanHQ.
What was our ROI?
My customers are happy, and I'm reselling it, so I make a little bit of money. It's low-effort because I seldom have to do anything with it. It's passive income for me. I charge my customer for the anti-spam services and pay SpamTitan, then charge my customer more than I'm paying.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I looked at other things, but I went ahead and signed up for SpamTitan as soon as I evaluated it.
What other advice do I have?
I'd give it a 10 out of 10. I'd recommend it to anyone. There's no reason not to use it. It's easy and cheap.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
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IT Director at Pitre Buick GMC
Does a great job of validating and inspecting emails and making a decision on scoring mechanisms
Pros and Cons
- "I've been pretty pleased with technical support. They're pretty responsive. They answer quickly. They come up with solutions really quickly as well."
- "I'm not 100% sure how well they scan certain attachments."
What is our primary use case?
It's a spam filter, so all of the emails come through SpamTitan before it comes to us.
I can log into it and direct all my MX records and it intercepts and reads all the emails. We can then determine if something's invalid. It holds it instead of sending it off. We get a quarantine report if they've had something intercepted.
It's used just for inbound and outbound email communications. It's used for email features.
How has it helped my organization?
It helps protect the individual users to avoid trouble and increase productivity. They don't get their mailboxes clogged up with a bunch of garbage.
What is most valuable?
Its spam protection is excellent.
The user interface experience of SpamTitan is great. It's pretty intuitive. They do an update once and I don't have to call and ask again as it makes sense where you click and it hasn't changed. That's one thing that's nice. Every update is all the same in terms of the UI. They don't move things around.
In terms of overall intuitiveness, I'm highly impressed. Some of what I use daily, if I log in and try to look up a report, add an email, block somebody or search histories, how to get there, find it, and set the filters seems very intuitive. I don't get into it very often - maybe once or twice a month if something comes up. However, I'm always able to easily now give my way around without having to go look up old notes or call support again and ask another question.
SpamTitan has helped improve the false positive rate although I'm not sure by how much. It does a great job of validating and inspecting emails and making a decision on scoring mechanisms. There are also other options where I could go in and add other levels of features that I want to score against. I don't find very many emails being captured that shouldn't be.
I've worked with different spam filters and I actually like SpamTitan the best. It's great and it's also a lower-cost option. It seems to work better than any other option I've ever used. Participating with end-users and the quarantine email seems a lot more simple for them to understand and to just click and release, allowing options. It's very easy for me to go into, make changes, and navigate.
SpamTitan has helped save employees time by not having to sort through junk and spam emails. I don't get many calls where people are trying to find an email and are having a hard time. Once a month somebody says, "Hey, I can't find this email." Or they ask a question. However, in general, it saves a lot of my time.
Getting users to clean up their mailbox really has nothing to do with a spam filter. That's another story. However, this definitely helps reduce the number of garbage emails they receive. The other solutions have got more passing through than this one would, or probably a lot more false positives where the legitimate email they're looking for was being intercepted. This product definitely is more productive.
In terms of time savings, it's been easier for me as the person responsible. I don't have to deal with phone calls when there's a problem. I had more issues to deal with using the prior solution than I do with this one.
What needs improvement?
I'm not 100% sure how well they scan certain attachments. I know spam filtering is a huge game in a constant battle, however, sometimes you'll get some just obviously bogus emails coming through with an attached file that they're just praying for you to open. I don't know if there's something they can do to help catch some of those. Other than that, just keeping up with day-to-day changes, it's a constant battle with spam, so there's never a perfect solution. That's never perfect 100% of the time.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using the solution for over two years. It's been almost three.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I'm pretty impressed with the stability so far. This will be the end of three years coming up and I know they're in a different country, however, they're still there and still working. We haven't had any issues.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It's already over licensed beyond what I even use, just based on the way it was sold. I don't perceive myself as outgrowing it. If I needed to, I could just increase the license by paying more money.
It's scalable. I have to use the full capacity of what our email transactions are and since it goes through them first before it hits us, we don't have to waste the bandwidth on all those bad emails.
How are customer service and support?
I've been pretty pleased with technical support. They're pretty responsive. They answer quickly. They come up with solutions really quickly as well. They don't feel like they try to blow you off with excuses. They seem pretty knowledgeable about the product.
With my key provider in the past, going through their channels was slow. With these guys, I can call up and within two minutes, somebody's on the phone and they're in the system and we find the answer. We're usually done in 20 minutes or less.
While, for me, support is not of high importance as the solution just does what it does and moves along. That said, it sure is nice when I do need to reach out that I have that quick response. If their support wasn't as good, would I still use the product? Yes.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I've used spam filtering before. I found these people and did some examples and sessions with them and just decided I like their product and I just quoted it and said, got an authorization.
I didn't really care that the other product had an integration with an MSP client and we were separating from them. It made it difficult to sometimes access the email. We had to contact them for support. The transition to this was a matter of just getting it plugged in, typing in some of my domain, my information, updating my records and I just started shooting at it.
How was the initial setup?
It was incredibly easy to set up, configure and then start using SpamTitan. I pretty much can't live without spam filtering nowadays.
The deployment took maybe three hours.
I first set it up with all the information and verified that it was good to go. Once I was done, I swapped my records in the public world and I stopped using an old service and I started flowing right through them. If I had any issues or concerns, I could change those records back. I had the new service and the old service running together for a little while until I finally decided it was time to get rid of the old stuff.
What about the implementation team?
I worked with their support in the transition. It really went flawlessly, as far as the end-users, they had no clue, there was no downtime. Mostly I handled the implementation myself and if there were any questions I had, I worked with their technical support.
What was our ROI?
I'm not sure if looking at the solution from an ROI perspective is applicable for this product.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
There haven't been any other costs in addition to the standard licensing fee. They did recently reach out as they're offering another service that's an add-on license that'll do some URL scanning. We talked about it. We just haven't pulled the trigger yet. Other than that, there's never been any additional costs and even their yearly renewals haven't changed by increasing at all.
I don't really have any specifics like you should do this or do that. I just purchased a yearly license at a time. It's not a monthly thing. I just pay upfront for the whole year.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I did look at a few solutions that I had touched myself in different places. I did some Google searches, however, their cost of licensing compared to everyone else is an amazingly different charge. I thought I'd give them a shot. This will be my third year of renewals at the end of this year and I have no intentions of not renewing with them.
What other advice do I have?
I'd advise those considering the solution to go for it. I felt a little iffy at first that they're not based in my area. I took a chance on them and I'm extremely happy.
I'd rate the solution a nine out of ten. If they were actually able to catch the people sending the spam, I'd give them a perfect ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
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