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Barracuda Email Protection vs. Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security

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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

    Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/ATrend Micro offers the InterScan Messaging Security secure email gateway with anti-spam, advanced threat & data loss prevention, and encryption capability.N/A
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    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
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    Considered Both Products
    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    Chose Barracuda Email Protection
    User friendly admin portal, price, end-user able to adjust the policies.
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    Trend Micro
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    92%
    Would buy again
    54 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    53 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    56 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    39 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    49 Answers
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    Features
    Barracuda Email ProtectionTrend Micro InterScan Messaging Security
    Secure Email Gateway
    Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Barracuda Email Protection and Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security
    Feature
    Barracuda Email Protection
    8.7
    19 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security
    7.5
    3 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Anti-malware9.319 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Customizability8.118 Ratings7.43 Ratings
    Data Loss Protection7.515 Ratings6.73 Ratings
    Threat Detection8.819 Ratings7.83 Ratings
    Sandboxing9.014 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    End-to-End Encryption10.014 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Management Tools8.419 Ratings6.42 Ratings
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    Sophos Email
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    Score9.1 out of 10
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    Sophos Email
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    Enterprises
    Microsoft Exchange
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Microsoft Exchange
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Barracuda Email ProtectionTrend Micro InterScan Messaging Security
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (59 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.2
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.4
    (12 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Barracuda Email ProtectionTrend Micro InterScan Messaging Security
    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
    Incentivized
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    Trend Micro
    Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security is well suited for bigger companies with huge numbers of incoming and outgoing emails. It is really easy to configure, and once setup, there is not much to be done. So this requires minimal administration efforts. However, as the reporting is weak, if this is essential for a company, then it would be better to look into other alternatives.
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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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    Trend Micro
    • Deep Discovery analyzer provides sandboxing and deep threat analyses
    • DLP capabilities are also good. It has a number of pre defined DLP templates
    • Works very well against targeted attacks
    • Lowers impact at the email gateway as it filters away the email in the cloud
    Incentivized
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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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    Trend Micro
    • Higher false positive rate for Spam detection.
    • Logging can be difficult to search.
    Incentivized
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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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    Trend Micro
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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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    Trend Micro
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Trend Micro
    Easy to use, easy to pull data, easy to see what is going on in our specific environment.
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    Implementation Rating
    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    It was "stupid easy" from the technical side.
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    Trend Micro
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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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    Trend Micro
    Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security is much cheaper than Kasprsky Security for Email Server. Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security is easier to install and the maintenance effort required is much less than this required by Kasprsky Security for Email Server. However Kasprsky Security for Email Server does have a better GUI and does indeed offer a better protection degree. However, taking into account that both were tested behind a firewall, most of the threats had already been eliminated there...
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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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    Trend Micro
    • We have been able to see threats more easily now than before and have become more aware towards them
    • The IT infra footprint has become more secure and controlled
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