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Symantec Encryption vs. Barracuda Email Gateway Defense

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

MetricSymantec Encryption

by Broadcom

Barracuda Email Gateway Defense

by Barracuda

Overall rating3.74.2
Review count4040
Ease of use8.19.0
Ease of setup8.28.8
Quality of support8.39.0
Meets requirements8.99.1
NPS11.11111142.105263
Small Business17.5%22.5%
Mid-Market30.0%52.5%
Enterprise52.5%25.0%
Total page views186321
Total LLM citations1531,648

Symantec Encryption

Laptops and removable media devices have provided today’s mobile workforce the freedom to work anywhere. With this freedom comes a greater risk of a data breach through lost or stolen devices. Symantec Endpoint Encryption combines strong full-disk and removable media encryption with centralized management to protect sensitive information and ensure regulatory compliance. Symantec provides maximum protection by encrypting each drive, sector-by-sector, ensuring that all files are encrypted.

Pros

    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