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Barracuda Email Protection vs. KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Barracuda Email Protection

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ABarracuda Email Protection is an email security solution that uses machine learning to provide protection against threats. It combines email gateway defenses and API-based inbox defense to prevent attacks, respond to threats in real time, and secure Microsoft 365 data.N/A

    KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/AKnowBe4 is a security awareness and compliance training and simulated social engineering product. It is used by organizations worldwide to strengthen their security culture and reduce human risk. The product includes a comprehensive suite of awareness and compliance training, real-time user coaching, AI-powered simulated social engineering, crowdsourced anti-phishing defense and an AI suite that enhances human risk management through personalized training and automation. With…

    $0.95

    per month (billed annually) per seat

    Pricing
    Barracuda Email ProtectionKnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Silver
    $0.95
    per month (billed annually) per seat
    Gold
    $1.10
    per month (billed annually) per seat
    Platinum
    $1.25
    per month (billed annually) per seat
    Diamond
    $1.70
    per month (billed annually) per seat
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Barracuda Email ProtectionKnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Barracuda Email ProtectionKnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    Considered Both Products
    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    Chose Barracuda Email Protection
    We really didn't evaluate any other products. We considered using the filtering features that come with our Office 365 subscription, but just didn't feel it was sufficient protection for our business. Being a medical clinic, we felt like we needed to implement the best …
    Incentivized
    KnowBe4
    Chose KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    Only upside was the training videos were very well received. Other than that, phishing training, phishing reporting, user management, user risk measurements/profiling and tie-ins to email's being reported (e.g. PhishER) were greatly lacking.
    Incentivized
    Chose KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    Other providers had stale content and a small library to choose from and did not integrate training. KnowBe4 is lightyears ahead of these other providers.
    Incentivized
    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
    Barracuda Email ProtectionKnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    Secure Email Gateway
    Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Barracuda Email Protection and KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    Feature
    Barracuda Email Protection
    6.6
    16 Ratings
    KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    -
    Ratings
    Anti-malware10.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizability5.015 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Loss Protection2.013 Ratings00 Ratings
    Threat Detection9.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sandboxing3.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    End-to-End Encryption8.013 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management Tools9.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Barracuda Email Protection and KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    Feature
    Barracuda Email Protection
    -
    Ratings
    KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    8.8
    303 Ratings
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings9.6269 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.0293 Ratings
    Security Awareness Training
    Comparison of Security Awareness Training features of Barracuda Email Protection and KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    Feature
    Barracuda Email Protection
    -
    Ratings
    KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    8.3
    331 Ratings
    Training Content Library00 Ratings8.9328 Ratings
    Multilingual Training Content00 Ratings9.3181 Ratings
    Training Gamification00 Ratings8.4271 Ratings
    Industry-Specific Security Training00 Ratings6.2289 Ratings
    Individualized Security Training Plans00 Ratings7.6280 Ratings
    Phishing Simulations00 Ratings9.5326 Ratings
    Security Reporting00 Ratings8.4319 Ratings
    Integration with Security Tech Stack00 Ratings8.1187 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Barracuda Email ProtectionKnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (16 ratings)
    9.5
    (677 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.4
    (53 ratings)
    Usability
    8.9
    (8 ratings)
    9.4
    (164 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (18 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (19 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (9 ratings)
    8.8
    (258 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (5 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (14 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (21 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (13 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (39 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (7 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (19 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (12 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (15 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (14 ratings)