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Cloud Email Protection vs. Barracuda Email Protection

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

MetricCloud Email Protection

by Fortra

Barracuda Email Protection

by Barracuda

Overall rating4.54.5
Review count10164
Ease of use9.09.1
Ease of setup8.99.1
Quality of support8.29.4
Meets requirements9.09.2
NPS6066.242038
Small Business0.0%20.1%
Mid-Market20.0%70.1%
Enterprise80.0%9.7%
Total page views1511,593
Total LLM citations1854,124

Cloud Email Protection

Fortra Cloud Email Protection is a cloud-native platform driven by an advanced system of machine learning (ML) models, Large Language Models (LLMs), and neural networks to detect and mitigate advanced email threats. For the broadest possible protection, our solution references hundreds of curated, high-fidelity threat indicators from newly observed threats every day—all gathered by Fortra’s Global Inbox Threat Intel—that have bypassed traditional Secure Email Gateways.

Pros

    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