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Symantec Messaging Gateway vs. Barracuda Email Gateway Defense

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

MetricSymantec Messaging Gateway

by Broadcom

Barracuda Email Gateway Defense

by Barracuda

Overall rating3.94.2
Review count2140
Ease of use8.59.0
Ease of setup8.48.8
Quality of support7.89.0
Meets requirements8.49.1
NPS2042.105263
Small Business23.8%22.5%
Mid-Market42.9%52.5%
Enterprise33.3%25.0%
Total page views143321
Total LLM citations1501,648

Symantec Messaging Gateway

Secure your email with our powerful advanced threat protection and anti-spam solution for on-premises messaging environments.

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