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Symantec Web Security Service vs. Mimecast Advanced Email Security

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

MetricSymantec Web Security Service

by Broadcom

Mimecast Advanced Email Security

by Mimecast

Overall rating4.44.4
Review count120375
Ease of use9.18.3
Ease of setup9.08.2
Quality of support8.68.6
Meets requirements8.99.1
NPS59.63302860.762943
Small Business28.3%17.1%
Mid-Market24.2%65.5%
Enterprise47.5%17.4%
Total page views1871,143
Total LLM citations3679,257

Symantec Web Security Service

Symantec Web Security Service (WSS) provides the same proactive web protection capabilities delivered by the market’s leading on-premises Secure Web Gateway, Symantec ProxySG, but delivered as a resilient and performant cloud security service. Sitting between employees, wherever they are located, and the Internet, the service protects the enterprise from cyber threats, controls and protects corporate use of cloud applications and the web, prevents data leaks, and ensures compliance with all company information and web/cloud access policies.

Pros

  • Security Protection
  • Ease of Use
  • Simple
  • Easy Access
  • Implementation Ease
  • Affordable

Mimecast Advanced Email Security

Email Security, Cloud Integrated (CI) protects organizations against all forms of email-based attacks, from phishing and credential theft to ransomware and zero-day threats. This solution deploys behind M365 to collect emails after they have passed through Microsoft security, reinspect them, and take action as needed. With a setup time of just four minutes and out-of-the-box settings designed to optimize security immediately, Email Security CI delivers best-in-class efficacy in the simplest way possible.

Pros

  • Email Security
  • Ease of Use
  • Security
  • Features
  • Spam Blocking
  • Customer Support