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Barracuda Impersonation Protection vs. Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange

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

MetricBarracuda Impersonation Protection

by Barracuda

Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange

by Broadcom

Overall rating4.54.3
Review count8813
Ease of use9.09.3
Ease of setup9.39.3
Quality of support9.19.4
Meets requirements9.19.5
NPS61.36363646.153846
Small Business17.0%7.7%
Mid-Market67.0%53.8%
Enterprise15.9%38.5%
Total page views607126
Total LLM citations1,41231

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

Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange

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 (additional license), powered by Brightmail technology. Together, these protections help to stop 99 percent of incoming spam with less than one false positive per million.

Pros