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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Microsoft Sentinel

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Sentinel (formerly Azure Sentinel) is designed as a birds-eye view across the enterprise. It is presented as a security information and event management (SIEM) solution for proactive threat detection, investigation, and response.

    $2.46

    per GB ingested

    Pricing
    Barracuda Email ProtectionMicrosoft Sentinel
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Azure Sentinel
    $2.46
    per GB ingested
    100 GB per day
    $123.00
    per day
    200 GB per day
    $221.40
    per day
    300 GB per day
    $319.80
    per day
    400 GB per day
    $410.00
    per day
    500 GB per day
    $492.00
    per day
    More than 500 GB per day
    $492.00 + $98.40
    per day/plus each additional 100 GB increment
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Barracuda Email ProtectionMicrosoft Sentinel
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Barracuda Email ProtectionMicrosoft Sentinel
    Considered Both Products
    Barracuda Networks Inc.
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    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    92%
    Would buy again
    54 Answers
    99%
    Would buy again
    73 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    53 Answers
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    59 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    56 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    71 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    39 Answers
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    52 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    49 Answers
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    66 Answers
    Features
    Barracuda Email ProtectionMicrosoft Sentinel
    Secure Email Gateway
    Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Barracuda Email Protection and Microsoft Sentinel
    Feature
    Barracuda Email Protection
    8.7
    19 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Microsoft Sentinel
    -
    Ratings
    Anti-malware9.319 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizability8.118 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Loss Protection7.515 Ratings00 Ratings
    Threat Detection8.819 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sandboxing9.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    End-to-End Encryption10.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management Tools8.419 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
    Comparison of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) features of Barracuda Email Protection and Microsoft Sentinel
    Feature
    Barracuda Email Protection
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Sentinel
    8.5
    34 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Centralized event and log data collection00 Ratings9.134 Ratings
    Correlation00 Ratings8.835 Ratings
    Event and log normalization/management00 Ratings8.435 Ratings
    Deployment flexibility00 Ratings8.333 Ratings
    Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools00 Ratings8.933 Ratings
    Custom dashboards and workspaces00 Ratings8.435 Ratings
    Host and network-based intrusion detection00 Ratings8.030 Ratings
    Data integration/API management00 Ratings8.433 Ratings
    Behavioral analytics and baselining00 Ratings9.031 Ratings
    Rules-based and algorithmic detection thresholds00 Ratings8.733 Ratings
    Response orchestration and automation00 Ratings8.232 Ratings
    Reporting and compliance management00 Ratings7.35 Ratings
    Incident indexing/searching00 Ratings8.733 Ratings
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    Sophos Email
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Sophos Email
    Score9.1 out of 10
    IBM Security QRadar SIEM
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Microsoft Exchange
    Score8.6 out of 10
    SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Barracuda Email ProtectionMicrosoft Sentinel
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (59 ratings)
    8.5
    (74 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    6.5
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    9.2
    (12 ratings)
    8.2
    (27 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.4
    (12 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Barracuda Email ProtectionMicrosoft Sentinel
    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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    Microsoft
    What has really impressed me is how Microsoft Sentinel delivers centralised security monitoring across multiple data sources in our enterprise. It has reduced cost of handling large security logs by collecting and analyzing data without friction of managing traditional SIEM infrastructure. It is easy to work to integrate with Azure logs for quick data analysis.
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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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    Microsoft
    • The visual presentation of data is terrific, so including what we had prior to Microsoft Sentinel, it presents data in a much more usable way, so that's been quite refreshing. It's not quite as complex to understand what you're looking at.
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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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    Microsoft
    • One feature that I would like to see improved is probably the log parsing. I think one of the big things that Splunk does better than Microsoft Sentinel is that it makes it easy to bring in new log streams of arbitrary formats and parse them out into columns and tables. Microsoft Sentinel is a lot more involved, though. It takes a lot more manual work to bring in different log sources and parse them out.
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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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    Microsoft
    it does the job reasonably well
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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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    Microsoft
    Mirosoft sentinel is easy to use once the inital setup is completed.The dashboard and centralized alerts make it simple to monitor security events and investigate incidents.Integration with other microsoft security tool is also helpful.Some advanced features and configurations can take time to understand, but overall it provides good, user-friendly security monitoring.
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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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    Microsoft
    Microsoft support is one of the highest rated on the market. It has global and multilingual support. Calls can be made over the phone and the solution is virtually instantaneous with the help of Microsoft engineers. It's great!
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    Implementation Rating
    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    It was "stupid easy" from the technical side.
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Microsoft
    Compared to platforms such as Splunk, LogRhythm, and Devo, Microsoft Sentinel’s cloud‑native, consumption‑based pricing model and reduced infrastructure overhead tend to offer better overall cost efficiency. This is especially true for organizations already invested in the Microsoft ecosystem, where Sentinel can deliver strong capabilities with a lower total cost of ownership.
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    Professional Services
    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Did not use professional services
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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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    Microsoft
    • It's probably neutral. We see value, but it's, again, tick that kind of expense stuff. We're getting more insight and value into what is going on in that cloud workspace, but just noting the cost. So it's probably neutral. I'm not directly responsible, so the full kind of return on investment kind of cycle, that's someone else's problem. I'm like the end user. It's my team that will look at the data and look at the output of Microsoft Sentinel. So the ROI, someone else can worry about that.
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