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Barracuda Email Protection pros and cons

4.3 out of 5

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PROS

Barracuda Email Protection offers strong security features and ease of use.
The service provides a secondary backup option for Office 365, simplifying data retrieval.
Barracuda Email Protection has high effectiveness in blocking spam and malware.
Setting up Barracuda Email Protection is straightforward and requires minimal management effort.
Email archiving with unlimited storage is included with Barracuda Email Protection.

CONS

Some users experience latency issues, particularly with Barracuda's Message Archiver.
There are concerns over the complexity and transparency of Barracuda's licensing and pricing structures.
Technical support during deployment needs improvement, with delayed responses due to differing time zones. European-based support would be beneficial.
Barracuda requires enhancements in bulk user management and better integration with security awareness training platforms.
Current Barracuda policies lack customization options, limiting user control.
 

Barracuda Email Protection Pros review quotes

HS
Director at Dynamic Computer Services
Jun 3, 2020
The most valuable features are security and ease of use.
BL
Network Administrator at BROCKPORT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Aug 30, 2021
We now have a secondary backup of Office 365 that's much easier to retrieve compared to Microsoft. If someone deletes something in Office 365, we can get it back within Office 365, but it's difficult. Barracuda is much easier. There is a lot less management needed using Barracuda. The management becomes much easier for Office 365 and it's no longer on-prem, so there are fewer hours managing on-prem devices, servers, and things of that nature. We don't have network appliances anymore for the backup of our information.
DW
Owner at Datalink Networks
Mar 17, 2022
The most valuable features of Barracuda Essentials are it's a trusted name and is rated very high on review sites. It blocks high percentages of spam and junk email and it's in the cloud. They have hardware appliances, but this is in the cloud. The solution is very effective at blocking malware and blocking spam and this is what we are looking for. There's not a whole lot of complexity, you want a solution that is very good at blocking out all of the unwanted emails.
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reviewer1164006 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director Of Information Technology at a security firm with 1-10 employees
Jul 1, 2022
When we got the service, it included the email archiver with unlimited storage.
HS
Director at Dynamic Computer Services
Sep 16, 2022
The solution is straightforward to set up.
Sazzad Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at Dhaka Distributions
Jun 8, 2023
Barracuda email protection is stable. I would give it a nine because of its strong cybersecurity features.
AshishSingh15 - PeerSpot reviewer
Presales Consultant Cybersecurity at ZONES PVT LTD
Nov 30, 2023
The most valuable aspect includes attempts to spoof or compromise domains from external sources.
AZ
Chief Information Officer at Ramw Group
Dec 29, 2023
The best feature of Barracuda Email Protection is that it provides protection for Microsoft 365.
ME
Security Consultant at Global Brands Group (GBG)
Jan 31, 2024
The most valuable features of Barracuda Email Protection are flexibility and customization.
CH
System Engineer at AFG
Mar 7, 2024
The product is easy to deploy and maintain.
 

Barracuda Email Protection Cons review quotes

HS
Director at Dynamic Computer Services
Jun 3, 2020
I would like to see some additional functionality in terms of employee monitoring, as part of a work-from-home security solution.
BL
Network Administrator at BROCKPORT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Aug 30, 2021
Sometimes it is somewhat laggy, especially on the Archiver side. It should have improved performance on their Message Archiver.
DW
Owner at Datalink Networks
Mar 17, 2022
Barracuda Essentials can improve by continually adding more features.
Learn what your peers think about Barracuda Email Protection. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: January 2026.
881,082 professionals have used our research since 2012.
reviewer1164006 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director Of Information Technology at a security firm with 1-10 employees
Jul 1, 2022
I would like to see better integration with other products.
HS
Director at Dynamic Computer Services
Sep 16, 2022
They could simplify the licensing and the pricing.
Sazzad Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at Dhaka Distributions
Jun 8, 2023
The policies are set up in Barracuda by default; we don't have any control over them.
AshishSingh15 - PeerSpot reviewer
Presales Consultant Cybersecurity at ZONES PVT LTD
Nov 30, 2023
There is room for improvement, particularly in reaching out to technical support during deployment.
AZ
Chief Information Officer at Ramw Group
Dec 29, 2023
The solution's reporting mechanism is a little poor and could be improved.
ME
Security Consultant at Global Brands Group (GBG)
Jan 31, 2024
The solution's graphical user interface (GUI) could be improved visually.
CH
System Engineer at AFG
Mar 7, 2024
The platform's pricing needs improvement.