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Cloud Email Protection vs. Barracuda Impersonation Protection

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

MetricCloud Email Protection

by Fortra

Barracuda Impersonation Protection

by Barracuda

Overall rating4.54.5
Review count1088
Ease of use9.09.0
Ease of setup8.99.3
Quality of support8.29.1
Meets requirements9.09.1
NPS6061.363636
Small Business0.0%17.0%
Mid-Market20.0%67.0%
Enterprise80.0%15.9%
Total page views151607
Total LLM citations1851,412

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 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