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N-able Mail Assure vs. Smarsh vs. Symantec Email Security.cloud

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    N-able Mail Assure

    Score6 out of 10
    N/ASolarWinds offers Mail Assure, a cloud-based email security solution designed to help customers stay in control and protect their inbound and outbound email using collective threat intelligence, 24/7 email continuity, and long-term email archiving.N/A

    Smarsh

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/AThe Smarsh Enterprise Platform is a unified, cloud-native solution designed to future-proof enterprise communications data strategies. Its technologies include elastic compute, natural language processing, machine learning and artificial intelligence.N/A

    Symantec Email Security.cloud

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASymantec Email Security.cloud filters unwanted messages and protects users from targeted attacks. The service has self- learning capabilities and Symantec intelligence to deliver highly effective and accurate email security. Encryption and data loss prevention help you control sensitive data. It supports Microsoft Office 365, Google Apps, on premises or hosted Microsoft Exchange, and other mailbox services, delivering always-on, inbound and outbound messaging security. It is designed…N/A
    Pricing
    N-able Mail AssureSmarshSymantec Email Security.cloud
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    N-able Mail AssureSmarshSymantec Email Security.cloud
    Free Trial
    YesNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    N-able Mail AssureSmarshSymantec Email Security.cloud
    Secure Email Gateway
    Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of N-able Mail Assure and Smarsh and Symantec Email Security.cloud
    Feature
    N-able Mail Assure
    8.4
    3 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Smarsh
    -
    Ratings
    Symantec Email Security.cloud
    9.6
    2 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Anti-malware8.33 Ratings00 Ratings9.92 Ratings
    Customizability7.83 Ratings00 Ratings9.92 Ratings
    Threat Detection8.83 Ratings00 Ratings9.92 Ratings
    Management Tools8.73 Ratings00 Ratings9.82 Ratings
    Data Loss Protection00 Ratings00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Sandboxing00 Ratings00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    End-to-End Encryption00 Ratings00 Ratings9.82 Ratings
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    Enterprises
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    Score8.6 out of 10
    Microsoft Exchange Online Archiving
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Microsoft Exchange
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    N-able Mail AssureSmarshSymantec Email Security.cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    4.0
    (3 ratings)
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.2
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    N-able Mail AssureSmarshSymantec Email Security.cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    N-able
    SolarWinds Mail Assure is well suited to medium and large sized organizations that need a configurable and flexible mail filter. It is likely to not be appropriate for marketing firms that want a set it and forget it sort of filter that needs no adjustment.
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    Smarsh
    This appliance is well suited for organizations that have a need to monitor, moderate, or log social networking site use or the use of any website. It is a very solid tool for any information security department to have at their disposal.
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    Broadcom
    If you don't want to have any spam or malware in your mailbox, Symantec Email Security.cloud is the solution to choose. Also, if you need to have some security features, like DLP, it has them embedded!
    We have also been using reporting a lot to see how many emails have been sent, where they delivered, and so on.
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    Pros
    N-able
    • Spam filtering
    • Adaptive learning for security
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    Smarsh
    • Discovery: It allows for easy discoveries by the compliance and cyber security departments.
    • Ethical walls: This keeps certain departments from talking to each other.
    • Very granular control. This is a big product meaning you can get very detailed with it.
    • Once it's configured and running, we hardly ever have any issues.
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    Broadcom
    • Advanced scanning of email and threats beyond simple Antispam services
    • Sandbox testing of attachments prior to delivery of email to test against malicious threats such as Ransomware
    • Spearphishing prevention to avoid impersonation attacks and potential wire transfer requests
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    Cons
    N-able
    • SMTP scanning trips some spam filters.
    • Releasing a quarantined spam email often requires admin intervention.
    • Console access is cumbersome for end users.
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    Smarsh
    • Its configuration options were very large and required a good deal of time to learn all of the various settings.
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    Broadcom
    • Outbound encryption could be improved to allow for advanced connections to other organizations' PKI keyservers.
    • The user interface could be a little more friendly, finding advanced features sometimes takes a little more time with hunting and clicking to get to the correct page.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    N-able
    No answers on this topic
    Smarsh
    It's the only product at this time that meets all of our requirements.
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    Broadcom
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    N-able
    The support has been rock solid, easy to communicate with, and highly knowledgable.
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    Smarsh
    No answers on this topic
    Broadcom
    In very tricky cases, it takes time to explain it to the support personnel as they don't get your problem from the first couple of emails.
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    Alternatives Considered
    N-able
    We have used a few mail security options, including SpamStopsHere. Mail Assure is easier to manage and adapts as it learns the email traffic and patterns that come into the company. We use most of the SolarWinds suite, including MSPManager, N-central, Passportal, and Endpoint Security. We have been happy with their products and they are always quick to respond to their support tickets.
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    Smarsh
    This was the only appliance of its kind that I have used. Other devices have different capabilities for web filtering such as the checkpoint firewalls, but none of them offered the overall solution that was deployed with this product at that time.
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    Broadcom
    Barracuda's ESS is the premier product, it boasts outbound email encryption as an included service as well as all of the security features of Symantec Email Security.cloud. Sophos is on the same level as SES.c but is not quite as feature rich.
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    Return on Investment
    N-able
    • It cut down on the amount of spam we get.
    • It can differentiate a email box from an alias attached so it must be specified to keep from being billed.
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    Smarsh
    • Faster investigative work has led to increased employee efficiency when working on security investigations.
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    Broadcom
    • Our previous solution was very manual. The ROI has been in less manual intervention from the admins and freeing up their already busy schedules.
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