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Avanan vs. Barracuda ESG (discontinued)

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Avanan

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/AAvanan, from Check Point since the August 2021 acquisition, connects security technologies to enterprise cloud applications in order to improve protection of sensitive corporate data and IP. According to the vendor, Avanan's one-click deployment allows customers to deploy a new security solution in seconds. Because it requires no appliance, agent or gateway proxy, Avanan can begin protecting any cloud application immediately, with no effect on users.

    $4

    per user per month

    Barracuda ESG (discontinued)

    Score6.4 out of 10
    N/ABarracuda ESG were physical or virtual appliances designed to protect email servers from spam, virus, spoofing, phishing and spyware attacks. The product line is discontinued.N/A
    Pricing
    AvananBarracuda ESG (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    Advanced Anti-Phishing
    $4.00
    per user per month
    Complete Malware Protection
    $5.00
    per user per month
    Full-Suite Protection
    $8.00
    per user per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AvananBarracuda ESG (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPrices for fewer than 500 users.—
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    Community Pulse
    AvananBarracuda ESG (discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    Check Point Software Technologies
    Chose Avanan
    We were using Barracuda Email Security Gateway. Needless to say it was allowing an alarming number of emails phishing our employee's to the point we had many accounts being taken over. The ESS and Sentinel products were terrible and way under performed as to what they were …
    Incentivized
    Chose Avanan
    Avanan comes with many advanced features which can be very user-friendly. The overall cost is slightly cheaper than Proofpoint Email Protection. Technical support from Avanan is quite responsive and able to resolve the reported issue in timely manners. Anomaly detections are …
    Incentivized
    Chose Avanan
    The price of the product delivers great spam protection. IT might not have as many features as its competitors but it does everything we need it to for a 1/3 of the price.
    Incentivized
    Chose Avanan
    Comparing Avanan to the competitors listed above, I think Mimecast would be the only real threat to accurately detecting and quarantining phishing and malware attempts as well as ransomware. With the advanced API, Avanan has an extremely high chance of catching things that …
    Incentivized
    Discontinued Products
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    AvananBarracuda ESG (discontinued)
    Secure Email Gateway
    Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Avanan and Barracuda ESG (discontinued)
    Feature
    Avanan
    8.5
    111 Ratings
    Barracuda ESG (discontinued)
    7.3
    17 Ratings
    Anti-malware10.0106 Ratings8.017 Ratings
    Customizability8.0107 Ratings4.415 Ratings
    Data Loss Protection8.094 Ratings9.012 Ratings
    Threat Detection10.0107 Ratings7.517 Ratings
    Sandboxing6.594 Ratings9.010 Ratings
    End-to-End Encryption7.276 Ratings7.013 Ratings
    Management Tools10.0107 Ratings5.917 Ratings
    User Ratings
    AvananBarracuda ESG (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (113 ratings)
    7.0
    (25 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (34 ratings)
    7.0
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.3
    (35 ratings)
    9.4
    (5 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)