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Mimecast Email Security vs Vade for M365 comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Mimecast Email Security
Ranking in Office 365 Protection
3rd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
31
Ranking in other categories
Secure Email Gateway (SEG) (4th)
Vade for M365
Ranking in Office 365 Protection
9th
Average Rating
0.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Email Security (40th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Office 365 Protection category, the mindshare of Mimecast Email Security is 19.1%, up from 13.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Vade for M365 is 4.0%, down from 4.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Office 365 Protection Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Mimecast Email Security19.1%
Vade for M3654.0%
Other76.9%
Office 365 Protection
 

Featured Reviews

Frank Rawson - PeerSpot reviewer
It gives clients peace of mind and helps them educate their users about threats
A few years ago, our team found the implementation to be somewhat challenging. It has gotten easier as we've grown more experienced. The difficulty depends on the expertise of the person doing it. I don't work with Mimecast every day, so it might be more difficult for me than it is for one of my techs who regularly does Mimecast implementations. It requires some specific in-depth product knowledge and an understanding of email solutions. The deployment time varies. In South Africa, it depends on who you use to deploy it. If you use one of Mimecast's local partners, it can take up to two weeks because of their process. However, it's only about four to eight hours of work. After deployment, there isn't much maintenance aside from supporting and educating your customers. Users require constant education on how to use the Mimecast client and release an email that has been blocked.
Bruno Rolland - PeerSpot reviewer
A stable tool capable of detecting malware while focusing on anti-phishing to protect its users
I don't see ISO 27001 in the solution. While working on the solution, sometimes a customer needs to have a conformity level of SOC 1 or SOC 2 or some other conformity level. I did not see the aforementioned conformity levels added to the solution. Concerning a bank, data can be confidential, and when a bank needs to transfer such data, it has to be specific to a certain level of conformity, which I did not see in the product. Vade needs to incorporate the aforementioned aspects to improve their solution.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Its administration console is very easy to use. The administration console is absolutely important because you interact with the platform through it."
"The piece that is most valuable from the Mimecast standpoint will be the sandboxing feature."
"Mimecast certainly helped my customers reduce phishing emails."
"It does a good job for us, and its admin console is easy to use."
"The platform's most valuable features are journaling and email archiving, effectively stopping phishing attacks."
"The most valuable feature is the DMARC Analyzer."
"We like the content filtering and secure messaging features."
"In the current environment that the world is in, everyone is trying to hack everyone else, so Project+ definitely helps a lot there."
"It is a stable solution...My company has no worries about the deployment phase of Vade for Office 365."
 

Cons

"Many of our users complain that the system is blocking too many attachments. It's a good practice from a security perspective, but our users think Mimecast is doing too much. It might be something we'll have to adjust."
"The solution is very expensive."
"As a user, the user interface of the management console could be upgraded, for example."
"The solution's console interface was recently changed for the admins, but the previous one was much better because we could open tabs on it."
"The price could be better, it should be reduced."
"External security features need improvement."
"Mimecast need to ensure that the body text format is correctly handled and that images are properly embedded in the body text."
"They should improve the cookies management feature."
"Concerning a bank, data can be confidential, and when a bank needs to transfer such data, it has to be specific to a certain level of conformity, which I did not see in the product."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product has good pricing in terms of return on investment."
"The customers can select the license packages as per their requirements."
"The solution is expensive."
"Compared to the other products in the market, it is neither cheap but nor very expensive. I would rate it somewhere in the middle, 5 out of 10."
"On a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I rate the pricing a ten."
"The licensing costs are per-user for the product that you get with them."
"It is a bit expensive."
"Compared to the other solutions in the market, Mimecast Email Security with Targeted Threat Protection's pricing is fine."
"Vade for Office 365 is a solution offered at competitive prices in the market...Payment has to be made for the whole bundle of Vade products."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Computer Software Company
16%
Comms Service Provider
13%
Insurance Company
10%
Real Estate/Law Firm
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise11
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Mimecast Email Security with Targeted Threat Protection?
The interface of this solution is very easy to navigate and user-friendly. There is no delivery in email and other communications, making it reliable. The configuration is relatively easy.
What needs improvement with Mimecast Email Security with Targeted Threat Protection?
Mimecast Email Security can be improved by adding some API integrations. Instead of remaining a traditional gateway, Mimecast Email Security needs to provide API solutions similar to Check Point.
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Also Known As

Mimecast Email Security with Targeted Threat Protection
Vade for Office 365, Vade Secure Office 365
 

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Sample Customers

Azizi Developments, Affinity Credit Union, Aftercare, Al Abbar Group
HTG 360, Weida IT Solutions, KVC Health Systems
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