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Proofpoint Core Email Protection vs. Barracuda Email Gateway Defense

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

MetricProofpoint Core Email Protection

by Proofpoint

Barracuda Email Gateway Defense

by Barracuda

Overall rating4.64.2
Review count62840
Ease of use8.79.0
Ease of setup8.68.8
Quality of support9.09.0
Meets requirements9.49.1
NPS74.47154542.105263
Small Business4.6%22.5%
Mid-Market29.5%52.5%
Enterprise65.9%25.0%
Total page views2,102321
Total LLM citations17,3731,648

Proofpoint Core Email Protection

Proofpoint Collaboration Security tackles multichannel, multistage attacks with 99.999% detection accuracy. It identifies and remediates advanced email threats including BEC, ransomware, phishing, ATO, and exec impersonations. The solution blocks threats across email and other digital communication and collaboration platforms, i.e. MS Teams, WhatsApp, Slack, LinkedIn, OneDrive, protecting users anywhere they work, on any device. Customers get protection against both internal and supplier account compromise, and strengthens human resilience against emerging threats.

Pros

  • Protection
  • Email Security
  • Ease of Use
  • Effective
  • Security
  • Customer Support

Barracuda Email Gateway Defense

In today’s complex cyber-threat environment, you need an email security solution that delivers comprehensive security against sophisticated attacks while also being easy to deploy, configure, and manage. Barracuda provides cloud-based protection against advanced email attacks, helps ensure email continuity and scans outgoing email to prevent data loss - all without the need to install any additional hardware or software.

Pros

  • Email Security
  • Phishing Protection
  • Spam Blocking
  • Ease of Use
  • Protection
  • Customization