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Barracuda ESG (discontinued) vs. Microsoft Exchange

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Microsoft Exchange

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Exchange is a secure email / messaging gateway with file archiving and encryption / data loss capability, available as a hosted service (Exchange Online) or installed (Exchange Server).N/A
    Pricing
    Barracuda ESG (discontinued)Microsoft Exchange
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Barracuda ESG (discontinued)Microsoft Exchange
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Barracuda ESG (discontinued)Microsoft Exchange
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    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
    Microsoft
    Chose Microsoft Exchange
    Microsoft Exchange is the go-to software if you are going with the Microsoft stack as your main infrastructure provider. It made the most sense going with Microsoft to use Outlook with Exchange, as it would provide the most seamless experience when paired with Defender or most …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Exchange
    Honestly, there are very few other enterprise-level email servers that I know about other than the basic gmail, yahoo, Hotmail, and just hosting it yourself. You either can get away with a very basic mail server, or your business needs true enterprise-level functions. If your …
    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 ESG (discontinued)Microsoft Exchange
    Secure Email Gateway
    Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Barracuda ESG (discontinued) and Microsoft Exchange
    Feature
    Barracuda ESG (discontinued)
    7.3
    17 Ratings
    Microsoft Exchange
    8.1
    80 Ratings
    Anti-malware8.017 Ratings8.163 Ratings
    Customizability4.415 Ratings7.975 Ratings
    Data Loss Protection9.012 Ratings8.665 Ratings
    Threat Detection7.517 Ratings8.064 Ratings
    Sandboxing9.010 Ratings7.444 Ratings
    End-to-End Encryption7.013 Ratings8.364 Ratings
    Management Tools5.917 Ratings8.477 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Barracuda ESG (discontinued)Microsoft Exchange
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (25 ratings)
    8.8
    (98 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.4
    (5 ratings)
    9.9
    (12 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)