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Barracuda Email Protection vs. Proofpoint Adaptive Email Security

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

MetricBarracuda Email Protection

by Barracuda

Proofpoint Adaptive Email Security

by Proofpoint

Overall rating4.54.6
Review count16445
Ease of use9.19.0
Ease of setup9.19.0
Quality of support9.49.0
Meets requirements9.29.2
NPS66.24203873.333333
Small Business20.1%0.0%
Mid-Market70.1%57.8%
Enterprise9.7%42.2%
Total page views1,593190
Total LLM citations4,1241,446

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

Proofpoint Adaptive Email Security

The Tessian Cloud Email Security Platform intelligently protects against advanced threats and data loss on email, while reducing security teams' workloads, and coaching people about security threats in the moment. Using Behavioral Intelligence Modeling and machine learning, Tessian automatically detects and prevents threats that legacy Secure Email Gateways fail to stop, including advanced phishing attacks, email impersonation, accidental data loss and insider threats. We ensure security teams can work smarter, not harder.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Security
  • Features
  • Protection
  • Product Quality