Agari Phishing Defense vs. Barracuda Essentials

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Agari Phishing Defense
Score 7.9 out of 10
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Agari Phishing Defense is an email security solution designed to eliminate 99.9% of all advanced email attacks that bypass existing defenses. Agari was acquired by HelpSystems in May 2021, and is now a HelpSystems brand.N/A
Barracuda Essentials
Score 9.2 out of 10
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Barracuda Essentials is an email security platform designed to protect users and businesses from volumetric threats like malware and spam, as well advanced threats like targeted spear phishing and ransomware, and provides email archiving and data protection from corruption and deletion with cloud backup and recovery of emails and files, data leak prevention and encryption.N/A
Pricing
Agari Phishing DefenseBarracuda Essentials
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Offerings
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Agari Phishing DefenseBarracuda Essentials
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
Agari Phishing DefenseBarracuda Essentials
Secure Email Gateway
Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Product A and Product B
Agari Phishing Defense
9.6
2 Ratings
13% above category average
Barracuda Essentials
6.6
16 Ratings
25% below category average
Anti-malware10.02 Ratings10.016 Ratings
Customizability9.02 Ratings5.015 Ratings
Data Loss Protection9.02 Ratings2.113 Ratings
Threat Detection10.02 Ratings9.016 Ratings
Sandboxing10.02 Ratings3.012 Ratings
End-to-End Encryption9.02 Ratings8.013 Ratings
Management Tools10.02 Ratings9.016 Ratings
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User Ratings
Agari Phishing DefenseBarracuda Essentials
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(2 ratings)
8.0
(16 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(8 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(9 ratings)
User Testimonials
Agari Phishing DefenseBarracuda Essentials
Likelihood to Recommend
Fortra
I've experienced clicking some of the phishing and spam emails, but Agari Phishing Defense identified those actions I've done and sent me the details of each and every part of the email where the attack is. Very often Agari Phishing Defense misses a few emails to report the malicious emails. But, it also has a solution to report the email and responds immediately with the answer.
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Barracuda Networks, Inc.
The Barracuda Essentials solution is definitely a great alternative to network security and especially corporate email to prevent employees from clicking on malicious links, spam, phishing, trojans and ransonware. The solution today is implemented in almost all sectors of the company and we have control of everything and good protection guaranteeing principles of compliance and security.
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Pros
Fortra
  • It has the ability to separate the good emails from the bad, thanks to the fact that it is based on predictive AI.
  • It is capable of detecting the level of threat that comes from emails, which means it can stop it in the most appropriate way and thus suppress its spread.
  • It integrates easily with email applications.
  • An easy-to-use tool based on the cloud, which increases the ability to respond quickly to phishing attacks.
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Barracuda Networks, Inc.
  • Barracuda Essentials Spam Filtering works and it is very easy to add or remove senders from the Spam filter lists.
  • Barracuda Essentials provides excellent protection from Phishing and other Malware.
  • Barracuda Essentials email encryption is so easy to use and easy to setup. Our users love it.
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Cons
Fortra
  • A vital business tool, but at a somewhat high cost for small businesses.
  • Some new functions are not quite responsive, so adding them after they have been completed would be ideal.
  • Simplifying your registration would be a great help in saving time.
  • Having adequate knowledge to handle the software makes it easier to use it and allows it to function properly.
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Barracuda Networks, Inc.
  • Encryption is always on. There's NO way to turn it off so false encryption leads to real issues. Many banks and other companies cannot read/accept encrypted email. There should be a "Do Not Encrypt" type of keyword to prevent encryption (competing products have this).
  • There's no indication an email was encrypted (like with Proofpoint or ZIX mail).
  • MSP management interface needs work. You have to request licenses by email and wait. Pretty archaic today. Most competing product sites let MSP's increase/decrease licensing as needed, immediately.
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Likelihood to Renew
Fortra
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Barracuda Networks, Inc.
Its the best email security gateway product I have used.
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Usability
Fortra
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Barracuda Networks, Inc.
Barracuda Essentials is simple to use. It has a user dashboard that is simple to navigate even for those who have few computer skills. One can barely realize that the program is even running in the background heading off those emails that can cause damage to my computer or our overall system.
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Support Rating
Fortra
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Barracuda Networks, Inc.
This is the best tool in the industry. It provides the best support on top of the product. If one has any trouble configuring things or troubleshooting things, Barracuda's support is renowned for resolving bugs and issues as well as assisting troubleshooting and fixing issues. I would highly recommend it as it covers all email security bases.
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Alternatives Considered
Fortra
Trustifi-Email Security is an excellent solution to keep data, customers, and employees protected against email threats, in addition to having great ease of use and cost savings for being cloud-based. Comparatively, Agari Phishing Defense not only offers us cloud-based software with artificial intelligence but also helps us quickly stop any threat that could harm both our employees and our brand. It performs continuous inbox scans to find any abnormal behavior and thus prevent spread throughout the business environment. This is why we chose Agari Phishing Defense.
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Barracuda Networks, Inc.
Barracuda Essentials has a far easier admin pannel than is provided by mimecast along with far more filtering options such as dkim. Much easier to do the initial setup along with much better support provided. Barracuda Essentials has Advanced threat protection that uses AI to spot patterns and gives you the option to remove a suspect email from all inboxs
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Return on Investment
Fortra
  • It is a tool that has been vital to our company since it does not allow threats to reach our email inbox, because it carries out a scan of each email.
  • Its integration with different email gateways allows us to keep our environments protected.
  • It enables us to keep our employees and our brand protected from phishing and BEC threats.
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Barracuda Networks, Inc.
  • Barracuda Essentials has had a very positive impact especially since the Pandemic with many remote workers. Our IT objective is 99.9% uptime with many redundancy fail safes in place. Barracuda Essentials helps meet that objective by protecting the vast amount of email we receive daily.
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