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Barracuda Email Protection vs. Darktrace / EMAIL

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricBarracuda Email Protection

by Barracuda

Darktrace / EMAIL

by Darktrace

Overall rating4.54.2
Review count16442
Ease of use9.18.5
Ease of setup9.18.4
Quality of support9.48.3
Meets requirements9.28.7
NPS66.24203854.761905
Small Business20.1%5.0%
Mid-Market70.1%62.5%
Enterprise9.7%32.5%
Total page views1,593651
Total LLM citations4,1243,212

Barracuda Email Protection

Barracuda Email Protection helps organizations of all sizes and industries defend against increasingly sophisticated, frequent, and targeted attacks, including phishing, ransomware, business email compromise (BEC), and other threats. Email remains the top attack vector, and securing it has become an urgent priority, especially as cybercriminals leverage AI to improve and scale their attacks.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Email Security
  • Easy Setup
  • Customer Support
  • Security
  • Phishing Protection

Darktrace / EMAIL

Darktrace / EMAIL secures email and collaboration by training exclusively on each organization’s own communication patterns, not shared threat intelligence. It builds a Unique Behavioral Profile for every user – spanning email, identity, DLP, and human risk – to catch novel phishing, business email compromise, and account takeover that signature-based tools miss by design. It’s recognized as a Leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant and in the 2025 Voice of the Customer for Email Security Platforms.

Pros

  • AI Technology
  • Product Quality
  • Customer Support
  • User Interface
  • Detection Efficiency
  • Reporting