Avast Email Security vs. Symantec Messaging Gateway

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Avast Email Security
Score 8.1 out of 10
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Avast Email Security is a service available and delivered through the company's CloudCare security management console. Three features of Avast Email Security service allow employees and customers to manage their email more safely: Anti-spam to keep email boxes free of unwanted email, encrypted emails ensure that incoming and outgoing email are securely delivered , and email archiving allows users to manage the size and storage for inboxes.N/A
Symantec Messaging Gateway
Score 8.0 out of 10
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Symantec offers their platform, the Symantec Messaging Gateway, as a secure email gateway.N/A
Pricing
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Offerings
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Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
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Secure Email Gateway
Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Product A and Product B
Avast Email Security
9.1
1 Ratings
8% above category average
Symantec Messaging Gateway
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Ratings
Anti-malware9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizability9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Loss Protection10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Threat Detection9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Sandboxing9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
End-to-End Encryption9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Management Tools9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Avast Email SecuritySymantec Messaging Gateway
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Avast Email SecuritySymantec Messaging Gateway
Likelihood to Recommend
Avast Software
Avast Email Security is ideal for people who care [about] email security. With Avast Email Security you need not worry about spamming and malware attacks. Also, if you regularly share confidential information, Avast Email Security comes in handy when it comes to encrypting emails to ensure no unauthorized access. Therefore, the software is ideal for many companies and professionals such as doctors, accountants, and insurance firms.
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Broadcom
It is very well suited for an organization that wants to protect inbound email and use just one product. It may be less appropriate for an organization that is small or has a limited IT support staff.
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Pros
Avast Software
  • Avast Email Security is so easy to use and anyone can decrypt and encrypt emails
  • The software offers better protection to emails
  • The software is relatively affordable
  • With Avast Email Security, it is easy to manage inbox sizes of individual emails
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Broadcom
  • Prevents SPAM attacks.
  • Filters email based on content.
  • Blocks phishing links.
  • Blocks ransomware links/attacks.
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Cons
Avast Software
  • I have not experienced any issues that I can list here.
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Broadcom
  • The web interface can be difficult at times.
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Alternatives Considered
Avast Software
Avast Email Security is a great tool more so if your have other Avast products. It is easy to use, very secure and offers great features to protect your emails. It is the best I have used
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Broadcom
Without mentioning some of the other products by name, I can tell you that Symantec Messaging Gateway is one of the best.
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Return on Investment
Avast Software
  • By keeping spamming and other online threats away, we do not have to worry about corrupt emails or hacking instances.
  • With Avast Email Security, we do not have to worry about data loss
  • Avast Email Security makes it easy to encrypt and decrypt emails thereby ensuring data privacy
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Broadcom
  • It would be difficult to determine the exact ROI Symantec Messaging Gateway had on your overall business. However, I can assure you the downtime suffered due to inbound email threats has been reduced to nearly zero in our environment. If IT isn't chasing down ransomware/phishing issues and users aren't staring at a quarantined PC, life is good.
  • There are no negative impacts on ROI that I can think of.
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