Cisco Cloud Email Security vs. Symantec mail security for Microsoft Exchange

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cisco Cloud Email Security
Score 9.4 out of 10
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Cisco's Cloud Email Security platform is a secure email gateway.N/A
Symantec mail security for Microsoft Exchange
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange (SMSMSE) combines Symantec anti-malware technology with advanced heuristics and file reputation to provide real-time protection for email against viruses, spyware, phishing, and other malicious attacks. For additional protection, SMSMSE offers Symantec Premium AntiSpam technology (additional license) designed to help to stop 99 percent of incoming spam with less than one false positive per million. SMSMSE enforces content filtering policies on…N/A
Pricing
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
Cisco Cloud Email SecuritySymantec mail security for Microsoft Exchange
Secure Email Gateway
Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Cloud Email Security
7.4
2 Ratings
12% below category average
Symantec mail security for Microsoft Exchange
9.6
1 Ratings
14% above category average
Anti-malware8.92 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Customizability8.02 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Data Loss Protection5.32 Ratings00 Ratings
Threat Detection8.12 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Sandboxing9.82 Ratings10.01 Ratings
End-to-End Encryption7.12 Ratings00 Ratings
Management Tools4.42 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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Cisco Cloud Email SecuritySymantec mail security for Microsoft Exchange
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Cisco Cloud Email Security
Cisco Cloud Email Security
Score 9.4 out of 10
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User Ratings
Cisco Cloud Email SecuritySymantec mail security for Microsoft Exchange
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(4 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Cisco Cloud Email SecuritySymantec mail security for Microsoft Exchange
Likelihood to Recommend
Cisco
The most appropriate scenarios to implement email security is in companies that want to protect the use of electronic mail since it is one of the security breaches that are currently used to perform any type of attack. Very effective integration with Office 365 and it is highly recommended to add the functionality of advanced malware protection
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Broadcom
Any business, regardless of size, can benefit from using Symantec Mail Security. It's very well customizable, easy to use and set up, and easy to maintain. It's a great tool to avoid unsolicited messages, security issues, phishing attacks, viruses, etc. It's really reassuring that the software is kept up-to-date, so we can be sure to be protected should a new kind of attack emerge.
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Pros
Cisco
  • Cisco Email Security addresses all the major forms of data attacks like phishing, ransomware and malware propagation.
  • Its content encryption capabilities safeguard against any data loss potential through outgoing emails.
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Broadcom
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Cons
Cisco
  • Outlook integration in terms of a plug-in would be great. Currently, users can't add something to a blacklist or whitelist directly from Outlook.
  • Management of the platform is done from two portals the ESA and SMA. It would be nice to have it all in one management portal.
  • A quick start management guide would be nice. The manual is over 1,000 pages, so there is definitely a lot of functionality in this service.
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Broadcom
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Support Rating
Cisco
Cisco TAC support is very good since they have engineers available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Important to mention that you must have the support of the solution enabled to be able to receive a response from TAC and that we can be taken care of. The only drawback may be that they will not be able to see settings of the email provider you use.
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Broadcom
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Alternatives Considered
Cisco
Cisco was at least better than or equal to the others but within our budget. It provided all of the services of anti-spam, content filtering, anti-virus, DLP, encrypted email service, scalability, and more than the others. Cisco name and reputation were also key in our decision.
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Broadcom
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Return on Investment
Cisco
  • Saves us precious resources by blocking unwanted E-mail right at the edge of our network.
  • Users can work more efficient when all spam and malware is stopped before reaching their inboxes.
  • Enables us to protect our outgoing mail with DKIM signing and validate all incoming mail on the most modern securiry standards.
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Broadcom
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