Cisco Cloud Email Security vs. MX Layer

MX Layer

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Cisco Cloud Email Security	Score 10.0 out of 10	N/A	Cisco's Cloud Email Security platform is a secure email gateway.	N/A
MX Layer	Score 9.0 out of 10	N/A	MX Layer is an enterprise security company based in the United States, focusing on providing cloud-based solutions for email security, business continuity, data loss prevention and email archiving services. MX Layer aims to ensure that their comprehensive email security platform protects company's critical communications at all times. Its web-based interface is used to control inbound and outbound email traffic, protecting employees and customers from ever-evolving threats such as spam,…	N/A

Pricing

Cisco Cloud Email Security

MX Layer

Editions & Modules

No answers on this topic

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Cisco Cloud Email Security	MX Layer
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Optional

Additional Details

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- Essentials (free): For professionals or companies looking for a convenient and easy to use security solution. - Pro (30 days free trial): For small and medium size businesses with less than 100 employees with outbound features. - Business (30 days free trial): For organizations need advanced security and management features with outbound.

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Community Pulse
	Cisco Cloud Email Security	MX Layer
Considered Both Products	Cisco Cloud Email Security Verified User Anonymous Chose Cisco Cloud Email Security I would select Cisco for the Cloud Email Security solution because it has high availability. The integrations you have with solutions in the email cloud are very easy to integrate. Cisco Cloud Email Security is among the leaders in email protection solutions. It is important to … Incentivized Helpful? Randy Zuehlke IT Security Manager Chose Cisco Cloud Email Security Cisco was at least better than or equal to the others but within our budget. It provided all of the services of anti-spam, content filtering, anti-virus, DLP, encrypted email service, scalability, and more than the others. Cisco name and reputation were also key in our decision. Incentivized Helpful?	MX Layer No answer on this topic

Features

Cisco Cloud Email Security

MX Layer

Secure Email Gateway

Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Product A and Product B
	Cisco Cloud Email Security 7.4 Ratings 12% below category average	MX Layer 9.4 Ratings 12% above category average
Anti-malware	8.90 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Customizability	8.00 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Data Loss Protection	5.30 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Threat Detection	8.10 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Sandboxing	9.80 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
End-to-End Encryption	7.10 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Management Tools	4.40 Ratings	8.00 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Cisco Cloud Email Security	MX Layer
Small Businesses	Zoho Mail Score 9.3 out of 10	Zoho Mail Score 9.3 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Avanan Score 9.4 out of 10	Avanan Score 9.4 out of 10
Enterprises	Avanan Score 9.4 out of 10	Avanan Score 9.4 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Cisco Cloud Email Security	MX Layer
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (0 ratings)	9.0 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	9.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Cisco Cloud Email Security	MX Layer
Likelihood to Recommend	We have been using this software at our company for approximately two years now. We have had excellent results from it thus far. This tool is very robust and provides a layered approach towards email security. We have it installed for our employees mobile devices as well. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Its modules predominantly function via the cloud, rendering it exceptionally convenient for users. Its design based on the cloud liberates us from the burden of upkeeping the infrastructure. Burkay Yapagcioglu Consultant Read full review
Pros	Best in class spam filtering using Talos Intelligence. Highly customisable with multiple layers and filters to customise your E-mail flow. Reliable and able to keep up with high volumes of mail and spam. Incentivized Wouter Hindriks Technical Team Lead Network & Security Read full review	No answers on this topic
Cons	The graphical interface. Support to deploy. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Support Rating	Cisco TAC support is very good since they have engineers available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Important to mention that you must have the support of the solution enabled to be able to receive a response from TAC and that we can be taken care of. The only drawback may be that they will not be able to see settings of the email provider you use. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	I would select Cisco for the Cloud Email Security solution because it has high availability. The integrations you have with solutions in the email cloud are very easy to integrate. Cisco Cloud Email Security is among the leaders in email protection solutions. It is important to take into account all the functionality that can be configured and in this way, we will be protected Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Return on Investment	Cisco was priced better than some of the other best of breed providers. It has significantly reduced our spam and malicious content to our users compared to our previous deprecated on-prem email gateway. The ease of adding a new site. Incentivized Randy Zuehlke IT Security Manager Read full review	No answers on this topic
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