Cisco Cloud Email Security vs. Symantec mail security for Microsoft Exchange

Cisco Cloud Email Security

Symantec mail security for Microsoft Exchange

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
Symantec mail security for Microsoft Exchange	Score 9.0 out of 10	N/A	Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange (SMSMSE) combines Symantec anti-malware technology with advanced heuristics and file reputation to provide real-time protection for email against viruses, spyware, phishing, and other malicious attacks. For additional protection, SMSMSE offers Symantec Premium AntiSpam technology (additional license) designed to help to stop 99 percent of incoming spam with less than one false positive per million. SMSMSE enforces content filtering policies on…	N/A

Pricing

Cisco Cloud Email Security

Symantec mail security for Microsoft Exchange

Editions & Modules

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Cisco Cloud Email Security	Symantec mail security for Microsoft Exchange
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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Community Pulse
	Cisco Cloud Email Security	Symantec mail security for Microsoft Exchange
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?	Symantec mail security for Microsoft Exchange No answer on this topic

Features

Cisco Cloud Email Security

Symantec mail security for Microsoft Exchange

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	Symantec mail security for Microsoft Exchange 9.6 Ratings 14% above category average
Anti-malware	8.90 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Customizability	8.00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Data Loss Protection	5.30 Ratings	00 Ratings
Threat Detection	8.10 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Sandboxing	9.80 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
End-to-End Encryption	7.10 Ratings	00 Ratings
Management Tools	4.40 Ratings	10.00 Ratings

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User Ratings
	Cisco Cloud Email Security	Symantec mail security for Microsoft Exchange
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	Symantec mail security for Microsoft Exchange
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	Any business, regardless of size, can benefit from using Symantec Mail Security. It's very well customizable, easy to use and set up, and easy to maintain. It's a great tool to avoid unsolicited messages, security issues, phishing attacks, viruses, etc. It's really reassuring that the software is kept up-to-date, so we can be sure to be protected should a new kind of attack emerge. Incentivized Fabio Marques Head of IT 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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