A good solution for a small business or startup.
We use Barracuda Email Security as our primary SEG inside of our organization, as well as using their impersonation protection service to …
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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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- Anti-malware (15)6.969%
- Threat Detection (15)6.363%
- Management Tools (15)5.757%
- Customizability (13)5.050%
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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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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
Barracuda Email Security Gateway Competitors
- Mimecast Advanced Email Security
- Proofpoint
- Cisco
Barracuda Email Security Gateway Technical Details
| Deployment Types | On-premise |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Windows, Linux, Mac |
| Mobile Application | No |
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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Users have provided several recommendations for Barracuda Email Security Gateway based on their experiences. The most common recommendations are as follows:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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May 12, 2022
A good solution for a small business or startup.
- Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365), Microsoft Exchange and Mimecast Secure Email Gateway
Barracuda was selected purely on a need and cost basis during the course our selection for an SEG. We needed a tool that could be set up fairly quickly and block and detect against spam and malicious emails. It did not compare in efficacy or ease of use to Mimecast, however it was chosen due to being a more effective price and having similar features.
April 28, 2022
Secure your Email.
- SonicWall Email Security Series Appliances, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (formerly Microsoft Defender ATP) and Bitdefender GravityZone
Barracuda integrates well with Office 365 and mail flow is great. It was the first solution we found that was part of a greater suite to fit all the requirements we had. With the Email Security gateway being in the cloud, it required no extra hardware but also nothing new installed on an endpoint as some solutions require.
December 16, 2021
Good Email Security Gateway--- Barracuda
Score 7 out of 10
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April 27, 2021
Barracuda ESG, flawless email threat protection
The Barracuda [Email Security Gateway] is cost comparative to the Sonicwall Email Security appliance but outperforms it in every scenario we tested. The Mimecast Security Email Gateway was not a good fit, had far too many "beta" quality features. The Cisco Email Security Appliance had complicated and much more expensive license requirements and did not offer a trial for testing. The Barracuda Email Security Gateway won hands down.
November 06, 2019
The best solution to protect company resources.
Through this application, I can keep my computer and system safe during its time of use and it is very helpful when detecting any threat as it has done in my system since its installation, I no longer have any problem due to the damage to my software since Barracuda protects my computer without any problem. In addition to everything with its functionalities, our company has been able to benefit successfully since our teams are in their most optimal operation, giving them better benefit and long duration and not worrying about any type of hacking, thanks to Barracuda we can be calm whenever we navigate in the network without being infected by malware.
October 25, 2019
Bang for your buck
I did not make the selection, I support the service. It was simple to support, patching was easy.
September 13, 2019
A great email security solution with simple implementation and very cost effective.
Forcepoint Email Security, formerly Websense, had poor intent analysis and learning. I spent a large portion of my time tagging spam emails that were not blocked. Barracuda consistently improves their offering and stays current with trend of malicious messages.
July 03, 2019
Highly recommend this product!
Excellent customer service, compared to competitors.
We switched from an IronPort appliance to ESS in the cloud after evaluating several others, and have evaluated competitors at each renewal since then. The only services that come close are MimeCast and Proofpoint; if I were making the decision again today, it would definitely be a shootout between these three.
June 26, 2019
Barracuda Email Security Service is Great for MSP!
Office 365, while having a robust spam filter, is not as customizable or easy to use as Barracuda Email Security Service in my opinion. It is easier to recover email using Barracuda Email Security Service as well as finding messages that have been blocked. Support is much easier to use and they are way more helpful.
June 25, 2019
Barracuda Email Security Service Review
We have been so happy with this service for so long that we have not looked at alternatives in several years. It's very cost competitive and does a good job.
June 21, 2019
Barracuda never lets the phishing take you down.
We previously had Trend Micro scanning our email before we moved to Barracuda. Again [it's better] cost wise and is easier to use.
June 21, 2019
Barracuda Email Security Service
- Trend Micro Apex One Endpoint Encryption and SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)
SonicWall servers kept failing after a year or two. Nothing worse than having to replace an entire server due to catastrophic failure. Trend Micro failed to meet expectations. It failed to block phishing campaigns and would let emails with suspicious links through. Barracuda removes those links from the email and then forwards it on to the recipient.
December 14, 2018
Barracuda Spam Firewall Fits Our Needs
November 13, 2018
Peace Of Mind For Email Security
We compared both Barracuda and Mimecast, we discovered that there wasn't much between the two systems, there were pros and cons for both. In the end it came down to functionality and cost and Barracuda is more cost effective whilst still achieving the objectives we needed. Having got used to it we wouldn't be without it.
June 21, 2018
Barracuda - An excellent layer to your security
I inherited Barracuda Email Security Gateway when I started this job 1.5 years ago. My predecessors made a good choice with this product. I've been nothing but happy with it. The most I use of it is the message log to find emails for people. I don't have to dig into the exchange server because of the message log.
Mimecast is an excellent, versatile and full-featured product. However, it was significantly more costly than Barracuda ESS. If you need some of the advanced features from Mimecast and are able to justify the cost based upon those, you will not be disappointed. Microsoft offers add-ons to their Office 365 product, but we found the cost and efficacy of those add-ons not positive enough to consider using them.
January 30, 2018
Another win for Barracuda with its ESS!
COST, SERVICE LEVEL, FUNCTIONALITY, cohesion with our other Barracuda services all were the contributing factors that mase Barracuda stand out.
Barracuda's product is superior in features as well as scanning technology to both alternatives.