Barracuda ESG (discontinued) vs. Forcepoint Email Security

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Barracuda ESG (discontinued)
Score 7.7 out of 10
N/A
Barracuda 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
Forcepoint Email Security
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Websense's Triton AP-Email is a messaging security platform and module extension of the Triton platform.N/A
Pricing
Barracuda ESG (discontinued)Forcepoint Email Security
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Barracuda ESG (discontinued)Forcepoint Email Security
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
Barracuda ESG (discontinued)Forcepoint Email Security
Considered Both Products
Barracuda ESG (discontinued)
Chose Barracuda ESG (discontinued)
Forcepoint Email Security, formerly Websense, had poor intent analysis and learning. I spent a large portion of my time tagging spam emails that were not blocked. Barracuda consistently improves their offering and stays current with trend of malicious messages.
Forcepoint Email Security

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Features
Barracuda ESG (discontinued)Forcepoint Email Security
Secure Email Gateway
Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Product A and Product B
Barracuda ESG (discontinued)
6.9
16 Ratings
19% below category average
Forcepoint Email Security
9.1
1 Ratings
8% above category average
Anti-malware8.016 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Customizability6.014 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Data Loss Protection7.411 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Threat Detection7.016 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Sandboxing6.09 Ratings9.01 Ratings
End-to-End Encryption7.013 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Management Tools7.016 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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Barracuda ESG (discontinued)Forcepoint Email Security
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Score 9.2 out of 10
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Score 9.2 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Avanan
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Score 9.6 out of 10
Avanan
Avanan
Score 9.6 out of 10
Enterprises
Avanan
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Score 9.6 out of 10
Avanan
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Score 9.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
Barracuda ESG (discontinued)Forcepoint Email Security
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(24 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Usability
7.0
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
6.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.4
(5 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Barracuda ESG (discontinued)Forcepoint 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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Forcepoint
Forcepoint Email Security is perfect for set and forget. Very little do I need to get in and that's to tailor a policy there are minimal issues I have encountered since using the product.
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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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Forcepoint
  • URL sandbox
  • File sandbox
  • Spam filter
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Cons
Discontinued Products
  • 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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Forcepoint
  • Speed is not the best but its email not instant chat
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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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Forcepoint
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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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Forcepoint
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Performance
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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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Forcepoint
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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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Forcepoint
The support could be better, but the good thing is rarely having to call them.
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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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Forcepoint
Since Forcepoint is used widely in our organization, the integration between DLP web and Mail is amazing, and I didn’t find a good reason to split services between vendors if I have all the package in one place
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Return on Investment
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  • 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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Forcepoint
  • Even though Forcepoint solution is targeted high in terms of price, the added value it provides to an organization by securing their system in web and mail is tremendous
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