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    Barracuda Email Protection

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ABarracuda Email Protection is an email security solution that uses machine learning to provide protection against threats. It combines email gateway defenses and API-based inbox defense to prevent attacks, respond to threats in real time, and secure Microsoft 365 data.N/A
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    Barracuda Email Protection
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    Barracuda Email Protection
    Free Trial
    Yes
    Free/Freemium Version
    No
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    No
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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    Barracuda Email Protection
    Considered Both Products
    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    Chose Barracuda Email Protection
    We have used several email solutions over the years, some were bought and killed off by larger companies. Barracuda Email Protection offers a very complete solution and has all the tools that we were looking for, and our MSP offered it.
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    Chose Barracuda Email Protection
    We used Zix before migrating to M365 with a different mail server company. It was okay, but didn't offer all of the features Barracuda did at basically the same price point.
    Incentivized
    Chose Barracuda Email Protection
    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 …
    Incentivized
    Chose Barracuda Email Protection
    Offered more choices and a deeper library. Reporting was also easier to present to customers.
    Incentivized
    Chose Barracuda Email Protection
    Better prepared campaigns in the library and more detailed platform with lots of features.
    Incentivized
    Chose Barracuda Email Protection
    Ease of use and tracking better.
    Incentivized
    Chose Barracuda Email Protection
    Cost is way better for Pishline
    Incentivized
    Chose Barracuda Email Protection
    Have not researched or used other similar tools.
    Incentivized
    Chose Barracuda Email Protection
    365 defender has a tool for user security training, it is much more rudimentary than Barracudas, but the interface is much nicer. Both offer email attack testing, reporting, and training, but barracuda offers additional attack types, like file and SMS testing. Both seem to …
    Incentivized
    Chose Barracuda Email Protection
    Integration with existing Barracuda products and a large library, lots of features.
    Incentivized
    Chose Barracuda Email Protection
    No-nonsense platform with very competitive pricing as it is bundled with an anti-spam mail solution (email gateway).
    Incentivized
    Chose Barracuda Email Protection
    Barracuda Security Awareness Training from Barracuda Networks was already included in our TEP environment.
    Incentivized
    Chose Barracuda Email Protection
    I didn't evaluate other products yet or don't need to, this has been recommended to me.
    Incentivized
    Chose Barracuda Email Protection
    Diversity of campaigns, library depth, and integration with the security stack.
    Incentivized
    Chose Barracuda Email Protection
    It was recommended by a number of people and we were impressed by Altinet
    Incentivized
    Chose Barracuda Email Protection
    We used internal cyber security training, yearly one hour mandatory, Barracuda enhances this program.
    Incentivized
    Chose Barracuda Email Protection
    Barracuda is much more price-conscious and offers a total package of security products along with their training. I believe SANS training is much deeper and offers a more diverse training program, as well as ramifications for those gamified users or those not passing initial …
    Incentivized
    Chose Barracuda Email Protection
    Both products are very similar in providing a complete package for security awareness training, education, assessment, and ongoing evaluation. KnowBe4 has more functionality for the gamification aspect and a slightly richer template base for phishing simulations. Barracuda …
    Incentivized
    Chose Barracuda Email Protection
    Barracuda is our leading backup solution for our customers so the product fits well
    Incentivized
    Chose Barracuda Email Protection
    We have been a long-standing customer of Barracuda Backups Cloud to Cloud and Main Backups so this was a logical extension of what we had already been doing and the positive results we had been receiving on the other products
    Incentivized
    Chose Barracuda Email Protection
    Our decision for phishing awareness training was based on multiple factors, we wanted an all-in-one suite for email protection and awareness training for the company. Barracuda security sweet covered everything we needed but the company's needs. We didn't want a piecemeal from …
    Incentivized
    Chose Barracuda Email Protection
    The simulation can't be scheduled. They are by default scheduled 2 weeks after the end of the module. No customization in the training. The training path is not flexible. Users are forced to go through different topics one after another. It's not possible to choose for example …
    Incentivized
    Chose Barracuda Email Protection
    Barracuda offers a large, feature-rich platform that deeply integrates with their other email security products. It is easy to set up and it offers a large library of English campaigns
    Incentivized
    Chose Barracuda Email Protection
    Overall the products are very similar however as Barracuda offers a one-stop shop for email security and awareness training this is better preferred from an IT Admin Perspective
    Incentivized
    Chose Barracuda Email Protection
    More detailed library overall, better reports and better integration with security stack
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    92%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    53 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    56 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    39 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    49 Answers
    Features
    Barracuda Email Protection
    Secure Email Gateway
    Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Barracuda Email Protection
    Feature
    Barracuda Email Protection
    8.7
    19 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Anti-malware9.319 Ratings
    Customizability8.218 Ratings
    Data Loss Protection7.515 Ratings
    Threat Detection8.819 Ratings
    Sandboxing9.014 Ratings
    End-to-End Encryption10.014 Ratings
    Management Tools8.419 Ratings
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    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Barracuda Email Protection
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (59 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    9.2
    (12 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.4
    (12 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Barracuda Email Protection
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    I would definitely recommend it due to the decent pricing. I wish the MS built-in M365 tools were better, but Barracuda does a good job of taking their place. For industries that need DLP on their email, like healthcare, banking, and education, Barracuda provides a reliable product for a good cost. The additional services you get, malware/AV filtering, URL filtering, spam protection, business continuity, those are all icing on the cake. The only issues we've ever really had with them is that it will sometimes take a back/forth string of emails and decide randomly to encrypt it, so what was a flowing benign conversation is now locked behind a wall for recipients. As the sender, you have no idea when it's going to decide to do this and have to remember to tag emails with a decrypt tag long before it happens or face the consequences
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    Pros
    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
    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    • The product is pretty solid so I am not sure how it can be improved. One thing I noticed recently, I am not getting the emails back from Sentinel when I send in a "miss". Used to be I got an email back saying "sorry we missed this, we are improving." That does happen anymore, so I am assuming that when I send a miss, the AI is getting better.
    • I would expand this to cover all kinds of email fraud like ransomware and spam rather than creating another product.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    Although cost competitive, we still feel like we are not digging deep enough to train our staff. We have little to no way other than digging through reports that have not proven to be adequately documented (hey you, Barracuda campaign reports) to identify and require users to take more training who have not passed their requirements.
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    Usability
    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    Regarding usability, we like it to be an easy solution to implement and configure on the server. Routine backups are made frequently and reports are issued for control and analysis by information security teams. It has great integration with the cloud and encryption.
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    Support Rating
    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    I have not had to use customer support yet which goes to show the effectiveness of the program. It also shows how easy the program is to use for the average person with no experience using this type of program. Our IT department also does a great job at teaching us to detect emails with malware that in combination with this software issues rarely arise even though we have over 500 employees.
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    Implementation Rating
    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    It was "stupid easy" from the technical side.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    We have used several email solutions over the years, some were bought and killed off by larger companies. Barracuda Email Protection offers a very complete solution and has all the tools that we were looking for, and our MSP offered it.
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    Return on Investment
    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    • This tool was supplied free with out Email Security, so its come at no cost
    • This tool has helped us meet requirements by our insurance to train users on the risks of phishing
    • However, the dated interface slows down what should be seamless adoption
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