MailWasher vs. Mimecast Advanced Email Security

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
MailWasher
Score 9.0 out of 10
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MailWasher is spam filter software from Firetrust, an email security specialist headquartered in New Zealand. It is presented as an easy way to check and manage e-mails before downloading them to a computer. It is available free, or as part of a premium subscription.N/A
Mimecast Advanced Email Security
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
The Mimecast Secure Email Gateway is a messaging security option with anti-spam / anti-malware, data loss prevention, large file send, and other features, from UK company Mimecast.N/A
Pricing
MailWasherMimecast Advanced Email Security
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
MailWasherMimecast Advanced Email Security
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
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Secure Email Gateway
Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Product A and Product B
MailWasher
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Ratings
Mimecast Advanced Email Security
7.9
81 Ratings
6% below category average
Anti-malware00 Ratings8.378 Ratings
Customizability00 Ratings8.080 Ratings
Data Loss Protection00 Ratings6.664 Ratings
Threat Detection00 Ratings8.176 Ratings
Sandboxing00 Ratings7.869 Ratings
End-to-End Encryption00 Ratings8.866 Ratings
Management Tools00 Ratings7.577 Ratings
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User Ratings
MailWasherMimecast Advanced Email Security
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(2 ratings)
8.0
(94 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(3 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
7.7
(69 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(8 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
7.6
(35 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
MailWasherMimecast Advanced Email Security
Likelihood to Recommend
Firetrust
MailWasher is a proficient solution that screen, filter, and acquire any spam email, taking the most secure and efficient precautionary action to keep the system safe. Further, the recycle bin from MailWasher is active, where it controls the already deleted texts, and they instantly get retrieved. Again, the adding of a friend list to the MailWasher is super effective, making the entire process of forwarding emails effectively.
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Mimecast
Mimecast's advanced email security remains the number one security tool available for any organization. You will be ahead of the game before anything gets in and users start clicking. Users are often the ones who can disclose sensitive data and compromise the organization and its brand.
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Pros
Firetrust
  • MailWasher has embraced the security simplicity of every email address.
  • Further, MailWasher extent of filtering spam emails is incredible.
  • Finally, MailWasher has flexibility, where deleting email is faster and restoring them takes no time.
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Mimecast
  • Simplicity: Once set up, Mimecast Advanced Email Security is easy to use, intuitive, and simple. This reduces onboarding time with new employees.
  • Robust Audit Trail: Being able to see what happened with specific emails, why things happened, and who was responsible for them helps to reduce troubleshooting time as well as improving overall email observability.
  • Clean Interface: Mimecast Advanced Email Security is a Swiss-Army-Knife of email security. There are many different configurations and complex rules that can be implemented. To make this manageable Mimecast Advanced Email Security has implemented a simple and clean UI. Being able to favorite commonly used features makes a huge difference in usability.
  • Simple SSO Integration: This seems like a no-brainer, but its odd to see how many SaaS products either don't support SSO, or make it so complicated and convoluted that setup and maintenance becomes a fully time job.
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Cons
Firetrust
  • Some web security measures are slightly ignored by MailWasher.
  • High internet demand for a faster downloading capacity, which may affect businesses' cost of network connection.
  • However, MailWasher is the excellent email filter, with professional blocking power.
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Mimecast
  • I would like to see some additional improvement around the attachment protection, specifically what may be getting caught and what types of files are attempting to be delivered via email by impersonators.
  • The Targeted Threat Protection is a great product, and I wish there was a dashboard for this service where we could easily see the types of emails and/or links that have been caught as part of the protection module that could be shared with executives.
  • Finally, I feel that the phishing protection is great and honestly don't believe there should be much improvement needed there.
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Likelihood to Renew
Firetrust
No answers on this topic
Mimecast
There is no question as to the value of the product to the business and the disruption of changing vendors would not be worth any savings possibly achieved by switching.
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Usability
Firetrust
No answers on this topic
Mimecast
The console is nice, but it could use some improvements for day to day activities for Admins. I find I am jumping around all over to get what I need (always searching for the right area). Being able to customize a Dashboard or having a central typical activities dashboard will be helpful to save more time.
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Reliability and Availability
Firetrust
No answers on this topic
Mimecast
Overall, it's very good, but I do remember a few times in the past year we have seen some availability issues.
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Performance
Firetrust
No answers on this topic
Mimecast
Pages need to consistently load quickly. Sometimes good, sometimes not.
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Support Rating
Firetrust
No answers on this topic
Mimecast
When calling them you get best in the world customer services but as previously mentioned their online community and capabilities are a bit lacking. They want you to log into their portal to see updates on issues (vs. using a public facing service) and I rarely find the answers to my issues in electronic format. Their online presence is only helpful with the simplest of issues.
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In-Person Training
Firetrust
No answers on this topic
Mimecast
We did not have in-person training. All was done through meetings and on phone.
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Online Training
Firetrust
No answers on this topic
Mimecast
Training was good from Mimecast as well as the Mimecast knowledgebase.
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Implementation Rating
Firetrust
No answers on this topic
Mimecast
Easy to set up and configure, but did have Mimecast assistance.
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Alternatives Considered
Firetrust
The recycle bin feature from MailWasher ensure there is no accidental email deleting and this affirms every content. Further, MailWasher allows the previewing of any email written, and this corrects the mistakes and makes sure the sent content is accurate. Further, MailWasher is a simple application with flexibility and no demands to learn anything about the application.
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Mimecast
In my opinion, Mimecast Advanced Email Security outpaces Microsoft in terms of usability and reduction of spam and phishing emails. Mimecast Advanced Email Security was cheaper than Proofpoint, but I suspect Proofpoint is doing better on staying current with trends than Mimecast Advanced Email Security. I think Abnormal offers the best incoming email security, but does not offer outgoing email data loss prevention or encryption, which is a key use cast for us.
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Scalability
Firetrust
No answers on this topic
Mimecast
The solution continues to grow and add features.
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Professional Services
Firetrust
No answers on this topic
Mimecast
Professional services for our setup was excellent, quick and knowledgeable.
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Return on Investment
Firetrust
  • MailWasher is perfect in blocking malicious emails, controlling the chances of attacks.
  • Besides, MailWasher makes the preview of an email possible, and this makes the correction process effective and practical.
  • The coordination with platforms like Outlook, Gmail, Hotmail, among others, makes MailWasher effective and universal.
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Mimecast
  • Enhanced email security across the business.
  • This product has reduced the risk of being hit by malware/phishing; Mimecast has been holding emails efficiently after reviewing emails.
  • The reporting side is practical, helps create a business case for the product, and shows its worth.
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