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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Barracuda ESG (discontinued)

    Score6.2 out of 10
    N/ABarracuda ESG were physical or virtual appliances designed to protect email servers from spam, virus, spoofing, phishing and spyware attacks. The product line is discontinued.N/A

    Check Point Email Security

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/ACheck Point Email Security, formerly Avanan, which was acquired by Check Point in August 2021, connects security technologies to enterprise cloud applications in order to improve protection of sensitive corporate data and IP. Its one-click deployment allows customers to deploy a new security solution in seconds. Because it requires no appliance, agent or gateway proxy, it can begin protecting any cloud application immediately, with no effect on users.

    $4

    per user per month

    Pricing
    Barracuda ESG (discontinued)Check Point Email Security
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Advanced Anti-Phishing
    $4.00
    per user per month
    Complete Malware Protection
    $5.00
    per user per month
    Full-Suite Protection
    $8.00
    per user per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Barracuda ESG (discontinued)Check Point Email Security
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPrices for fewer than 500 users.
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    Community Pulse
    Barracuda ESG (discontinued)Check Point Email Security
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    Check Point Software Technologies
    Chose Check Point Email Security
    We were using Barracuda Email Security Gateway. Needless to say it was allowing an alarming number of emails phishing our employee's to the point we had many accounts being taken over. The ESS and Sentinel products were terrible and way under performed as to what they were …
    Incentivized
    Chose Check Point Email Security
    Avanan comes with many advanced features which can be very user-friendly. The overall cost is slightly cheaper than Proofpoint Email Protection. Technical support from Avanan is quite responsive and able to resolve the reported issue in timely manners. Anomaly detections are …
    Incentivized
    Chose Check Point Email Security
    The price of the product delivers great spam protection. IT might not have as many features as its competitors but it does everything we need it to for a 1/3 of the price.
    Incentivized
    Chose Check Point Email Security
    Comparing Avanan to the competitors listed above, I think Mimecast would be the only real threat to accurately detecting and quarantining phishing and malware attempts as well as ransomware. With the advanced API, Avanan has an extremely high chance of catching things that …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    78%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    99%
    Would buy again
    118 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    115 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    78%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    118 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    75%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    102 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    103 Answers
    Features
    Barracuda ESG (discontinued)Check Point Email Security
    Secure Email Gateway
    Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Barracuda ESG (discontinued) and Check Point Email Security
    Feature
    Barracuda ESG (discontinued)
    7.3
    15 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Check Point Email Security
    8.5
    109 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Anti-malware8.015 Ratings10.0104 Ratings
    Customizability6.013 Ratings8.0105 Ratings
    Data Loss Protection7.510 Ratings8.092 Ratings
    Threat Detection7.015 Ratings10.0105 Ratings
    Sandboxing8.68 Ratings6.592 Ratings
    End-to-End Encryption7.012 Ratings7.274 Ratings
    Management Tools7.015 Ratings10.0105 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Barracuda ESG (discontinued)Check Point Email Security
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (23 ratings)
    9.0
    (119 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.9
    (42 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.4
    (5 ratings)
    9.3
    (35 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Barracuda ESG (discontinued)Check Point Email Security
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    Good combination when using their other products like an incident response. When using automated workflows, this makes creating sender policies a breeze. Unfortunately, this can also be done too well as it may filter out valid emails and to resend or place them back into users' mailbox isn't an easy thing to do even if you attempt to resend through the Email Security Gateway.
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    Check Point Software Technologies
    What it says, it provides. It has the Data leak prevention that is the major help while we have to deal with lot of clients at a time. It has the Secure Click that checks any embedded hyperlink so that when we work on emails we don't have to worry about the hidden security threats inside a email.
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • ESS has a simple interface for both users and administrators.
    • The "Manage Quarantine" button in each email is a direct sign-on link, so users don't have to remember their password to manage their quarantine (this is GOLD, Jerry!).
    • The baseline functionality (catching spam/malware/phishing/malware attachments/malformed PDFs etc) is super-solid, with few false positives and few false negatives.
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    Check Point Software Technologies
    • 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.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
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    • You need to take time in adding your contacts to a whitelist so that you don't miss an email.
    • I recommend changing the time interval; Barracuda notifies you that you have quarantined emails as we were only getting 1 per day and we missed some urgent emails.
    • The quarantine folder is web based, we'd prefer it to have been an add-in for Outlook.
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    Check Point Software Technologies
    • I only ever had one complaint, we had a few hiccups during the setup process. We have now been a customer for two years and have had no further issues. It is likely that the setup pain points have now been resolved as well. Overall the product does what it claims while providing a very intuitive interface.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Check Point Software Technologies
    Cost, need to make sure the cost is competitive for how many users are using email protection as we move users to MS Teams and don't rely so much on full access to email accounts (both sending and receiving internal and external).
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    Setting up the Barracuda for use with Microsoft 365 provides issues that Barracuda seems to have no fix for. I mentioned these issues to their support, because I am constantly reminded of them by their system, and I was told that those errors are normal for our setup and to ignore them which is frustrating to me.
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    Check Point Software Technologies
    The end-users love not having their inboxes fill up with extra useless emails. As an administrator, it is simple to implement and maintain. The ability to put something into test mode before going live makes our life a lot easier and less stressful. Avanan has many different components to make your life easier.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Discontinued Products
    Availability is robust and flawless. This is a non-issue, its always up & running and fail-over protection is available for restarts or upgrades.
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    Check Point Software Technologies
    Always been available as needed.
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    Performance
    Discontinued Products
    The WebUI is the only piece I find lacking on the Barracuda ESK. Its is not the fastest and is fairly utilitarian in its approach. The Outlook plug-in, while not in wide use here, causes zero slowdown in Outlook or the Barracuda ESG.
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    Check Point Software Technologies
    It's not all the time, on occasion the platform can delay email by seven to ten minutes.
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    Barracuda Email Security Gateway support is great at responding and escalating cases when needed. Timeliness is key when dealing with email attacks, spoofing or malware. Barracuda also has great resources for end-user training as our end users are our first line of defense in combatting attacks on our company. Training end-users pays off in time spent dealing with any email attacks
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    Check Point Software Technologies
    Support has always been there for me, they take on suggestions and product improvements quite seriously. I've spoken to techs and you can tell that they care about the product and the service in which they deliver. Avanan support is always responsive in everything I throw them and in most cases they don't tell me how to build out a widget or custom query, they actually do it for me and send it to me.
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    In-Person Training
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Check Point Software Technologies
    There was no in person training.
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    Online Training
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Check Point Software Technologies
    Takes a lot to get a 10 out of 10.
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    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Check Point Software Technologies
    Ensure system administration and exchange admin are up to speed on Avanan
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    Barracuda integrates well with Office 365 and mail flow is great. It was the first solution we found that was part of a greater suite to fit all the requirements we had. With the Email Security gateway being in the cloud, it required no extra hardware but also nothing new installed on an endpoint as some solutions require.
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    Check Point Software Technologies
    Avanan has a one-click solution, which subscribers or clients use to deploy a new security update. Further, Avanan has the protection of any cloud application, which means, it bypasses any security threat and maintain the set safety processes. Finally, data leakage is a shield that Avanan has deployed, a very smooth process in the firm.
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    Scalability
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Check Point Software Technologies
    It does what they claim and then some.
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • The gateway learns current scam which can prevent unmeasureable damage. As a government organization attacks on our network affect public safety.
    • Previous gateways I have managed have required significant amounts of time grooming. The Barracuda gateway has freed up a great deal of my time due to its intelligence and intent scanning.
    • I have very few incidences where a legitimate malicious email will pass through the filter. Just one of these emails can wreak havoc on an organization.
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    Check Point Software Technologies
    • 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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