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Barracuda Email Security Gateway

Barracuda Email Security Gateway

Overview

What is Barracuda Email Security Gateway?

Barracuda Email Security Gateway is designed to protect against inbound malware, spam, phishing, and Denial of Service attacks, and ensure that business productivity isn’t impacted by attacks through the email system.

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Popular Features

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  • Anti-malware (15)
    6.9
    69%
  • Threat Detection (15)
    6.3
    63%
  • Management Tools (15)
    5.7
    57%
  • Customizability (13)
    5.0
    50%
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Pricing

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What is Barracuda Email Security Gateway?

Barracuda Email Security Gateway is designed to protect against inbound malware, spam, phishing, and Denial of Service attacks, and ensure that business productivity isn’t impacted by attacks through the email system.

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  • No setup fee

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  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Features

Secure Email Gateway

Secure email gateway software prevents the transmission of emails that contravene company policy or contain malware, phishing attacks, spam or other unwanted emails

6.4
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Product Details

What is Barracuda Email Security Gateway?

The Barracuda Email Security Gateway is an email security gateway that manages and filters all inbound and outbound email traffic to protect organizations from email-borne threats and data leaks. As a complete email management solution, the Barracuda Email Security Gateway lets organizations encrypt messages and leverage the cloud to spool email if mail servers become unavailable. The Barracuda Email Security Gateway is offered without per-user or per-feature fees, and is also available as a virtual appliance or in a public cloud environment (Amazon Web Services (AWS), or Microsoft Azure).

Barracuda Email Security Gateway Features

Secure Email Gateway Features

  • Supported: Anti-malware
  • Supported: Customizability
  • Supported: Data Loss Protection
  • Supported: Threat Detection
  • Supported: Sandboxing
  • Supported: End-to-End Encryption
  • Supported: Management Tools

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Barracuda Email Security Gateway Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise
Operating SystemsWindows, Linux, Mac
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Barracuda Email Security Gateway is designed to protect against inbound malware, spam, phishing, and Denial of Service attacks, and ensure that business productivity isn’t impacted by attacks through the email system.

Mimecast Advanced Email Security are common alternatives for Barracuda Email Security Gateway.

Reviewers rate End-to-End Encryption highest, with a score of 7.8.

The most common users of Barracuda Email Security Gateway are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Community Insights

TrustRadius Insights are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, 3rd-party data sources. Have feedback on this content? Let us know!

Users have provided several recommendations for Barracuda Email Security Gateway based on their experiences. The most common recommendations are as follows:

  1. Consider the requirements and context before selecting Barracuda Email Security Gateway. Users suggest assessing the specific needs of your organization and evaluating if Barracuda Email Security Gateway aligns with those requirements.

  2. Take advantage of the expertise of the implementation team when implementing Barracuda Email Security Gateway. Users recommend leveraging the knowledge and assistance provided by the implementation team to ensure a smooth rollout of the product.

  3. Explore additional add-on products offered by Barracuda Email Security Gateway. Users suggest looking into the available add-on products that can enhance the functionality and effectiveness of Barracuda Email Security Gateway.

These recommendations highlight the importance of considering individual requirements, utilizing support resources, and exploring additional features to optimize the usage of Barracuda Email Security Gateway.

Attribute Ratings

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Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Lack of SSO support has made us weary of trusting the products security features.
  • Most features are sold in modules, basic ESS is lackluster.
  • We have seen a vast increase in false positives and undetected malicious emails in our environment over time with Barracuda.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • Our average emails are about 2000 per day and this product helps mitigate spam and malicious content.
  • Once combined with other Barracuda email products, this becomes the foundational piece to use.
  • You need to have adequate training which they provide but takes a while to train up your staff to be fully functional.
Mike Maner | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • The Barracuda [Email Security Gateway] cloud based fail over protection is worth the cost all by itself.
  • The management cost of email borne threats is hard to quantify, we do business through email, so its of massive importance.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • 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.
Bear Golightly | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • The cost of ESS for our organization is tiny compared to the amount of money we would lose if even one virus-laden PDF slipped through
  • Ignoring genuine malware/phishing, the cost of ESS for our organization is tiny compared to the amount of money we save by blocking regular spam (so employees don't ever see it)
  • From an administrator's perspective, putting the reins in the hands of our employees so they can look at their own quarantine (and leave IT out of it) has saved us 💵DOLLA 💸DOLLA💵BILLS 💸Y'ALL💵
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Barracuda helps to make the business operate at a safer level. It has definately helped by stopping ransomware emails so it has saved time for the IT department who don't have to put out comms to tell users not to open certain emails received.
  • Having the ability to whitelist and blacklist emails lets us control the flow of our inboxes.
  • In the beginning of use spend time configuring it to business needs so you do not miss that all important email that was deemed as spam.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Decreased opportunities for malicious emails to make it to our users and subject our network to malicious attack
  • Low administrative overhead, so time can be focused on other pressing projects
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • We evaluated several services when we were looking for a cloud based filtering program. Barracuda was clearly the most economical. Our cost was about 1/3 of what it would have been had we gone with our second choice.
  • Our users are more productive since they spend less time wading though unwanted emails. Barracuda is filtering out about 97% of emails sent to us, albeit with a few false positives.
Derek Schroeder | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
  • Positive: The service provides tremendous value with all features built-in.
  • Positive: Superior scanning technology including AntiVirus and Advanced Threat Protection.
  • Negative: Minimum number of users for licensing is 10. Small companies will need to pay a bit extra until they reach 10 users.
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