Mimecast Advanced Email Security

Overview
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Mimecast Advanced Email Security
Score 8.5 out of 10
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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
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Mimecast Advanced Email Security
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Mimecast Advanced Email Security
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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Mimecast Advanced Email Security
Considered Both Products
Mimecast Advanced Email Security
Chose Mimecast Advanced Email Security
Amazing solution.
Chose Mimecast Advanced Email Security
Mimecast offers the same or better features with great pricing. It is definitely a value for money product, that constantly provide improved and new features. Also the learning academy allows for self-paced training of administrators.
Chose Mimecast Advanced Email Security
Mimecast Advanced Email Security is FAR superior. Sophos practically gave us the email for free and we still didn't want it. Sophos also does not do both Gateway and API properly. Mimecast Advanced Email Security's AI-Powered net is next level.
Chose Mimecast Advanced Email Security
Because we already were customers.
Chose Mimecast Advanced Email Security
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 …
Chose Mimecast Advanced Email Security
Mimecast Advanced Email Security at the time, seems to be the most stable, reliable, cloud-based MTA spam filter that integrated with SSO and ticks all of our security and compliance boxes.
Chose Mimecast Advanced Email Security
Less customizable than Mimecast Advanced Email Security. Less policy options
Chose Mimecast Advanced Email Security
Since implementing Mimecast Advanced Email Security there hasn't been a need for us to investigate other solutions. We do however use KnowBe4's PhishER as an end-user tool for reporting emails that get through.
Chose Mimecast Advanced Email Security
The product is more straightforward with minimal knowledge; everything has a clear, concise layout and makes sense. There are help tips on all the definitions and policies, and the support team quickly responds if required.
Chose Mimecast Advanced Email Security
Abnormal isn't a gateway, but instead performs similar security features via M365 apis. It is very "identity" focused which helps with more modern scams.

M365 has some email security tools, but they are not as customizable or reportable. Mimecast tools far exceed them.
Chose Mimecast Advanced Email Security
Proofpoint ATP offered strong threat detection and forensics, but it was more complex to manage and significantly more expensive. Microsoft 365 Defender had solid native integration with M365, but its filtering and impersonation protection weren’t as strong out of the box, …
Chose Mimecast Advanced Email Security
I have never really used Mimecast or Sophos, which was an on-prem mail filtering tool - Now use 365 Defender services alongside Mimecast.
Chose Mimecast Advanced Email Security
Mimecast Advanced Email Security had a reputation in the industry we went with, and the price was very competitive at the time.
Chose Mimecast Advanced Email Security
The reason we went with Mimecast over other products was for the partnership. We heard from our businesses who utilize Mimecast of their great partnerships and relationships they build with their customers. We meet with our representative quarterly to discuss any trends in the …
Chose Mimecast Advanced Email Security
We find that Mimecast is superior to other email filters with admin console page and support line help.
Chose Mimecast Advanced Email Security
Fortinet is a premise pased system modified for SaaS use. we were not impressed with the UI either.

Abnormal was great and likely hasd smarter filtering. We did not like the price.
Chose Mimecast Advanced Email Security
Mimecast stacks up really well against these products. The price of Mimecast made it hard to say no to.
Chose Mimecast Advanced Email Security
It stacks up very well against it as it offers much more functionality and better detection.
Chose Mimecast Advanced Email Security
It has a better interface and is easy to use and understand. It also has better customer service, which is easy to reach. It is also more commercialized, which makes finding products, solutions, and add-ons better and easier to navigate and purchase.
Features
Mimecast Advanced Email Security
Secure Email Gateway
Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Product A and Product B
Mimecast Advanced Email Security
7.9
81 Ratings
5% below category average
Anti-malware8.478 Ratings
Customizability8.180 Ratings
Data Loss Protection6.664 Ratings
Threat Detection8.176 Ratings
Sandboxing7.869 Ratings
End-to-End Encryption8.766 Ratings
Management Tools7.577 Ratings
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User Ratings
Mimecast Advanced Email Security
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(94 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.8
(3 ratings)
Usability
7.8
(69 ratings)
Availability
8.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
8.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
6.0
(8 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
Configurability
9.0
(1 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
10.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
7.6
(35 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.0
(1 ratings)
Professional Services
10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Mimecast Advanced Email Security
Likelihood to Recommend
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
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
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
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
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
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
Mimecast
Pages need to consistently load quickly. Sometimes good, sometimes not.
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Support Rating
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
Mimecast
We did not have in-person training. All was done through meetings and on phone.
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Online Training
Mimecast
Training was good from Mimecast as well as the Mimecast knowledgebase.
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Implementation Rating
Mimecast
Easy to set up and configure, but did have Mimecast assistance.
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Alternatives Considered
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
Mimecast
The solution continues to grow and add features.
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Professional Services
Mimecast
Professional services for our setup was excellent, quick and knowledgeable.
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Return on Investment
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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