Powerfull product that is quick to deploy
November 22, 2022

Powerfull product that is quick to deploy

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Barracuda Essentials

Barracuda Essentials provides inbound and outbound email filtering to help reduce spam and phishing attacks that reach end user mailboxes. Uses a mix of SPF / Dkim filtering along with a sender reputation score to help identify patterns. Can also be used to rate limit outbound emails to flag up any malicious activity

Pros

  • Email Filtering
  • Spam Filtering
  • Simple Interface

Cons

  • complex to setup advanced features
  • reports not easy to use
  • poor intergraiton to phishline
  • email filtering
  • block / allow lists
  • end user portal
  • Reduced phishing attacks
  • Less junk emails in inbox
  • Less user requests to release emails
Barracuda Essentials has a far easier admin pannel than is provided by mimecast along with far more filtering options such as dkim. Much easier to do the initial setup along with much better support provided. Barracuda Essentials has Advanced threat protection that uses AI to spot patterns and gives you the option to remove a suspect email from all inboxs

Do you think Barracuda Essentials delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Barracuda Essentials's feature set?

Yes

Did Barracuda Essentials live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Barracuda Essentials go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Barracuda Essentials again?

Yes

Good add on for office 365 , good guides abailble to get setup to provide filtering quickly. Can give users the ability to approve their own blocked mail or set to only allow admins to release. Keeps a good audit log that details every action that is taken by support staff.

Barracuda Essentials Feature Ratings

Anti-malware
10
Customizability
5
Data Loss Protection
2
Threat Detection
9
Sandboxing
3
End-to-End Encryption
8
Management Tools
9

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