We performed a comparison between Barracuda Email Security Gateway and Sophos Email based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Secure Email Gateway (SEG) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Eliminating inbox clutter creates an opportunity to be more productive instead of wasting time manually sorting through spam."
"Barracuda Email Security Gateway has features like identify the spam source, rules to avoid some specific spams and then reschedule. And there are some other features like the email continuity, the email server and gateway site, which can relay the mail kit. The solution is user-friendly.These kind of features are the most valuable."
"The solution's anti-spam features are its most valuable aspect."
"The security protection is the best and it's GUI is user-friendly."
"The most important features of Barracuda Email Security Gateway are the simple and quick configuration, interactive console, and easy-to-understand logs."
"Barracuda is good at keeping the garbage from reaching your inbox."
"We find the email security to be valuable."
"We find the product to be scalable."
"I have found Sophos Email to be scalable."
"The solution protects users from phishing links and spam."
"The feature of Sophos Email that we find most effective for detecting suspicious emails is primarily based on their signatures."
"It's easy to use and the configuration is straightforward."
"The tool is a good solution for protecting against email attacks and monitoring networks. It supports our compliance efforts and is easy to use and stable."
"Good VIP protection, time of click protection and the Sandstorm feature."
"The most significant aspect is the response filtering concerning attachments and links."
"Sophos Email provides both inbound and outbound filtering."
"Spam is not always detected, and it should be more automated. We have seen that some emails are allowed by these emails, which are then stopped by Microsoft."
"The spam filtering is a little too aggressive. You can not get granular enough to back off on what is considered spam and what is not."
"The dashboard's UI could be improved to make changes to the blocklist."
"Barracuda has shown difficulty in providing us with the solutions we sought."
"The technical support is not available globally 24/7 and this is the biggest problem with the product."
"Two improvements that are needed include an enhancement in the proxy feature, as well as the ability to more fully automate patches and updates."
"Artificial intelligence improvement could be used to help block spam and phishing mail that is directly delivered to users."
"False positives have given us issues."
"Servicing and support are areas with shortcomings where the solution needs to improve."
"Sophos Email could improve DLP features."
"A lot of legit emails get quarantined."
"The tool's integration becomes an issue when the internet connection is weak."
"The solution has not found a way to block certain kinds of phishing emails."
"The installation of Sophos Email could be easier. It's a bit difficult because setting up the email virtually requires some bit of technical knowledge."
"The product could include all the essential features and capabilities, similar to the on-premise, server-based version."
"The tool’s stability should be improved."
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Barracuda Email Security Gateway is ranked 2nd in Secure Email Gateway (SEG) with 51 reviews while Sophos Email is ranked 11th in Email Security with 28 reviews. Barracuda Email Security Gateway is rated 8.0, while Sophos Email is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Barracuda Email Security Gateway writes "Robust email protection with advanced features such as effective spam filtering, virus and malware defense, phishing protection and high scalability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Email writes "Provides good identity proxy features, but sandboxing and spam control features could be improved". Barracuda Email Security Gateway is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Fortinet FortiMail, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Cisco Secure Email and Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, whereas Sophos Email is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Fortinet FortiMail, Perception Point Advanced Email Security and Proofpoint Email Protection. See our Barracuda Email Security Gateway vs. Sophos Email report.
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