Avanan vs Barracuda Essentials | TrustRadius

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Score 9.3 out of 10

Based on 37 reviews and ratings

Score 9.3 out of 10

Based on 22 reviews and ratings

Feature Rating Comparison

Avanan

Barracuda Essentials

Anti-malware

Cusomizability

Data Loss Protection

Threat Detection

Sandboxing

End-to-End Encryption

Management Tools

Pros

The dashboard for Avanan makes all of the most important information easy to digest.
Alerting - specifically, the Geo-Location alerts allow us to see if a user has possibly been compromised.
The End-User Email Quarantine experience gives users the ability to request emails be released, which trains them to better spot legitimate emails.

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Nathaniel Roebuck

Information Technology Administrator

AA Metals IncLogistics & Supply Chain, 51-200 employees

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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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Verified User

Director in Information Technology

Medical Practice Company, 51-200 employees

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Cons

Emails the platform sends out after setup require customization they're very basic and unreadable
Support is overwhelmed at this point
[The] initial implementation we fast but confusing to a point some things we skipped that were discussed during the demo and never got done when put into production.

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Network System Administrator

Concordance Healthcare SolutionsMedical Devices, 501-1000 employees

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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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President/CIO

Innovative Systems DirectInformation Technology & Services, 1-10 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Avanan 8.2

Based on 1 answer

We've just started using the product and have another 7 months to go under contract. At this point I'd renew, Avanan continues to improve the product as well as their support.

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Network System Administrator

Concordance Healthcare SolutionsMedical Devices, 501-1000 employees

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Barracuda Essentials 9.1

Based on 1 answer

Its the best email security gateway product I have used.

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Victor Borghouts

Technical Consultant

36-400 IT SolutionsInformation Technology & Services, 1-10 employees

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Usability

Avanan 8.7

Based on 31 answers

Usability is so easy. It was a quick configuration with entering in some credentials, accepting terms and permissions and before you know it it's already going through and taking a look at existing emails. Portal is very easy to use and there are always updates with decent logs. The new UI is great and highly intuitive.

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Technical Director

National IT SolutionsComputer Networking, 1001-5000 employees

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Barracuda Essentials 8.9

Based on 5 answers

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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Marketing Administrative Assistant

Alvin Community CollegeHigher Education, 501-1000 employees

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Reliability and Availability

Avanan 9.1

Based on 1 answer

Always been available as needed.

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Network System Administrator

Concordance Healthcare SolutionsMedical Devices, 501-1000 employees

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Performance

Avanan 6.4

Based on 1 answer

It's not all the time, on occasion the platform can delay email by seven to ten minutes.

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Network System Administrator

Concordance Healthcare SolutionsMedical Devices, 501-1000 employees

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Support Rating

Avanan 8.5

Based on 32 answers

Avanan support always is ready to respond to user requests and typically does it in an exceptionally quick timeframe. Most requests are not even needed to be escalated as their team will look at active threats and deal with them before they are even a problem. Monthly meetups are also great in obtaining our needs as well as showing us what is new and in the horizon.

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Engineer in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Barracuda Essentials 8.7

Based on 6 answers

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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Derek Schroeder

Service Manager

Kloud9Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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In-Person Training

Avanan 1.0

Based on 1 answer

There was no in person training.

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Network System Administrator

Concordance Healthcare SolutionsMedical Devices, 501-1000 employees

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No score

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Online Training

Avanan 8.2

Based on 1 answer

Takes a lot to get a 10 out of 10.

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Network System Administrator

Concordance Healthcare SolutionsMedical Devices, 501-1000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

We selected Avanan based on compelling evidence and performance. The product simply stands up and does so higher than Mimecast, Barracuda, and other such products with a very reasonable price point. It's the most effective weapon against spammers and phishing that we have used to date. Avanan has a human factor that other products do not.

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Asst. Network Admin

SDI IncLogistics and Supply Chain, 201-500 employees

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Essentials is far more user-friendly - far more customizable and seems to perform better than ATP. We used ATP for a while and found it a bit clunky and the user interface not as easy to use as Barracuda's. The easy to use GUI interface of Barracuda was one of the factors (in many) that swayed us to use Essentials.

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IT Manager

Worthing High SchoolEducation Management, 1001-5000 employees

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Scalability

Avanan 9.1

Based on 1 answer

It does what they claim and then some.

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Network System Administrator

Concordance Healthcare SolutionsMedical Devices, 501-1000 employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Return on Investment

Improved risk mitigation by providing additional layer protection for M365.
Easy to setup and configure. No expert knowledge required and no downtime required.
Customizable license count. No need to buy the same number of mailbox users if you really don't want to protect some unused mailboxes.

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Kishor Kumar TB

Senior Systems Engineer

Cell Information TechnologyInformation Technology & Services, 51-200 employees

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We were paying more just for an Email Encryption tool before moving to Essentials.
The price is lower than other like tools, but we got more in the offerings with Essentials.
We saw an overall savings shortly after installation as we were able to replace backup and archive tools as well.

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Utilities Company, 11-50 employees

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Screenshots

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Avanan Editions & Modules

Edition

Advanced Anti-Phishing	$4.00¹
Complete Malware Protection	$5.00¹
Full-Suite Protection	$8.00¹

per user per month

Additional Pricing Details

Prices for fewer than 500 users.

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Barracuda Essentials Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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Rating Summary

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