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Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange vs. Barracuda Email Gateway Defense

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

MetricSymantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange

by Broadcom

Barracuda Email Gateway Defense

by Barracuda

Overall rating4.34.2
Review count1340
Ease of use9.39.0
Ease of setup9.38.8
Quality of support9.49.0
Meets requirements9.59.1
NPS46.15384642.105263
Small Business7.7%22.5%
Mid-Market53.8%52.5%
Enterprise38.5%25.0%
Total page views126321
Total LLM citations311,648

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

    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