Barracuda ESG (discontinued)

Barracuda ESG (discontinued)

101 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Barracuda ESG (discontinued)	Score6.5 out of 10	N/A	Barracuda 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

Barracuda ESG (discontinued)

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Pricing Offerings
Barracuda ESG (discontinued)
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No

No setup fee

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Key User Insights
	Barracuda ESG (discontinued)
Considered Both Products	Discontinued Products Verified User Chose Barracuda ESG (discontinued) Because we are a small nonprofit a large portion of our decisions come down to cost. Barracuda was the lowest cost option for us during our evaluation of email gateway products. That one factor alone was the deciding factor, because Barracuda indicated that their product would … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Barracuda ESG (discontinued) 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Justin Graves HIPAA Security Officer in Information Technology at Area Agency on Aging Region 9, Inc (Non-profit Organization Management, 51-200 employees) Chose Barracuda ESG (discontinued) 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Mike Maner Network Systems Engineer in Information Technology at Whitesell Group (Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, 501-1000 employees) Chose Barracuda ESG (discontinued) 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Barracuda ESG (discontinued) 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Timothy Good System Administrator in Information Technology at Michigan State University (Higher Education, 10,001+ employees) Chose Barracuda ESG (discontinued) I did not make the selection, I support the service. It was simple to support, patching was easy. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Barracuda ESG (discontinued) 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. Incentivized Helpful? Dustin Brilliant Information Systems Engineer in Information Technology at Grubb Properties (Real Estate, 201-500 employees) Chose Barracuda ESG (discontinued) Excellent customer service, compared to competitors. Incentivized Helpful? Bear Golightly IT Operations Manager / IT Service Manager in Information Technology at Nashville Wraps (Wholesale, 51-200 employees) Chose Barracuda ESG (discontinued) 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Barracuda ESG (discontinued) 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Shawn Umansky Network Engineer in Information Technology at Saint Michael's College (Higher Education, 201-500 employees) Chose Barracuda ESG (discontinued) 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. Incentivized Helpful? Jackie Ramos IT Manager, Services and Support in Information Technology at 92nd Street Y (Non-Profit Organization Management, 201-500 employees) Chose Barracuda ESG (discontinued) We previously had Trend Micro scanning our email before we moved to Barracuda. Again [it's better] cost wise and is easier to use. Incentivized Helpful? Rick Sherman AVP of IT in Information Technology at Rio Grande Credit Union (Financial Services, 51-200 employees) Chose Barracuda ESG (discontinued) 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. … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Barracuda ESG (discontinued) 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. … Incentivized Helpful? Andrew Murphy Systems Administrator in Information Technology at Stephenson Equipment Inc (Construction, 51-200 employees) Chose Barracuda ESG (discontinued) 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Jeff Daniels Network Engineer in Information Technology at EPMG-Emergency Physicians Medical Group (Hospital & Health Care, 501-1000 employees) Chose Barracuda ESG (discontinued) 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Robert Cabrera IT Director in Information Technology at harbinger (Facilities Services, 51-200 employees) Chose Barracuda ESG (discontinued) COST, SERVICE LEVEL, FUNCTIONALITY, cohesion with our other Barracuda services all were the contributing factors that mase Barracuda stand out. Incentivized Helpful? Derek Schroeder Service Manager in Information Technology at Accellis Technology Group (Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees) Chose Barracuda ESG (discontinued) Barracuda's product is superior in features as well as scanning technology to both alternatives. Incentivized Helpful?
	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 ESG (discontinued)

Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Barracuda ESG (discontinued)
Feature	Barracuda ESG (discontinued) 7.3 17 Ratings
Anti-malware	8.017 Ratings
Customizability	4.415 Ratings
Data Loss Protection	9.012 Ratings
Threat Detection	7.517 Ratings
Sandboxing	9.010 Ratings
End-to-End Encryption	7.013 Ratings
Management Tools	5.917 Ratings

User Ratings
	Barracuda ESG (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend	7.0 (25 ratings)
Usability	7.0 (4 ratings)
Availability	10.0 (1 ratings)
Performance	6.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	9.4 (5 ratings)