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Barracuda Impersonation Protection vs. Proofpoint Essentials for Small Business

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

MetricBarracuda Impersonation Protection

by Barracuda

Proofpoint Essentials for Small Business

by Proofpoint

Overall rating4.54.0
Review count8824
Ease of use9.08.9
Ease of setup9.39.0
Quality of support9.18.5
Meets requirements9.19.0
NPS61.36363634.782609
Small Business17.0%37.5%
Mid-Market67.0%54.2%
Enterprise15.9%8.3%
Total page views607192
Total LLM citations1,412960

Barracuda Impersonation Protection

Impersonation Protection protects against business email compromise, account takeover, spear phishing, and other cyber fraud. It combines artificial intelligence and deep integration with Microsoft Office 365 into a comprehensive cloud-based solution. Impersonation Protection’s unique API-based architecture lets the AI engine study historical email and learn users’ unique communication patterns. It blocks phishing attacks that harvest credentials and lead to account takeover and enables real-time remediation.

Pros

  • Phishing Protection
  • Ease of Use
  • Security
  • Setup Ease
  • Malware Protection
  • Email Security

Proofpoint Essentials for Small Business

Proofpoint Essentials for Small Business is a cloud-based enterprise-class security for small and medium enterprises with email security, continuity, archiving, and social-media protection.

Pros