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Barracuda Email Protection

byBarracuda
in
4.6
Market Presence: Email Security, Data Loss Prevention

Overview

Product Information on Barracuda Email Protection

Updated 24th November 2025

What is Barracuda Email Protection?

Barracuda Email Protection delivers AI-powered security to keep your organization’s email safe from phishing, ransomware, and other advanced threats. It combines gateway filtering, inbox defense, automated incident response, and data protection into one easy-to-use solution. Barracuda Email Protection blocks spam and malware before they reach users and automatically removes malicious emails after delivery. Encryption, archiving, and data loss prevention support compliance, while advanced monitoring stops account takeover and impersonation. With Barracuda Email Protection, organizations gain peace of mind knowing their email systems are protected, compliant, and resilient, allowing teams to focus on work, not threats.

Barracuda Email Protection Pricing

Barracuda Email Protection software uses a subscription-based pricing model with multiple tiers that vary based on features and the number of users or mailboxes supported Plans typically include different levels of protection and retention options with pricing adjusted according to deployment scale and feature selection

Overall experience with Barracuda Email Protection

Service Desk Supervisor
50M - 250M USD, IT Services
FAVORABLE

“Barracuda keeps the email waters clean and clear”

5.0
Aug 25, 2025
Barracuda provides solid peace of mind. If a suspicious email reaches the email client inbox then it's usually an internal phishing test. In that sense maybe it's too efficient and can lead to a complacent userbase. I jest. Overall, it does what it needs to and is still fairly user accessible when the average person needs to be dig up an email that was quarantined
IT SECURITY & RISK MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATE
50M - 250M USD, Retail
CRITICAL

“Impersonation Protection Praised While Feature Granularity Remains Under Development”

3.0
Jun 16, 2025
So overall my experience with this vendor has been average. Nothing spectacular but also nothing bad. The product is doing well but has room for improvement and they seem to be actively working on this via UI updates and feature improvements are on the way.

About Company

Company Description

Updated 14th July 2025

At Barracuda we strive to make the world a safer place. We believe every business deserves access to cloud-first, enterprise-grade security solutions that are easy to buy, deploy, and use. We protect email, networks, data, and applications with innovative solutions that grow and adapt with our customers’ journey. More than 200,000 organizations worldwide trust Barracuda to protect them — in ways they may not even know they are at risk — so they can focus on taking their business to the next level.

Company Details

Updated 14th July 2025
Company type
Private
Year Founded
2003
Head office location
Campbell, United States
Number of employees
1001 - 5000
Website
http://www.barracuda.com

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Barracuda Email Protection Likes & Dislikes

Like

That it does what you expect with a minimum of fuss and fiddling. I appreciate its simplicity with how it gets the job done, from the end user vantage point.

Like

I like the Impersonation Protection and Incident Response services the best. The overall technical support has been good, and the customer service and account reps have also been pretty solid.

Like

I would have to say that i like the reliability of the service and that we've never had down time. We have frequent updates to the service which are always improving on our security and bringing new features to the platform. I like that they offer other forms of products as well as their email protection making them a one stop for many security products.

Dislike

While exploring your quarantined mail and so on is a fairly simple process I sometimes wish the website interface was a little jazzed up - make it more visual and less of a list view sort of thing, that might help some people better understand how to use it and look for mail.

Dislike

The vendor let the product fall behind in regard to features and overall look and feel. They have been correcting this and have upgraded the UI and provided a more modern look and feel. The options and features for filtering email could be improved and the biggest issue is granularity. They are working on this as per their roadmap.

Dislike

I sometimes find the service to be slow and difficult to navigate within. Occasionally we have emails blocked for no apparent reason but we would rather it be over blocked than let stuff through that it shouldn't. At times I find the reasons why mail is blocked can be hard to understand.

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Barracuda Email Protection Reviews and Ratings

Showing data for 437 ratings and reviews for Email Security market. View all 450 ratings and reviews across markets for a complete picture.

4.6

(437 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
61%
4 Star
34%
3 Star
4%
2 Star
1%
1 Star
0%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?

Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.5

Integration & Deployment

4.6

Service & Support

4.6

Product Capabilities

4.6

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  • Service Desk Supervisor
    50M-1B USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Barracuda keeps the email waters clean and clear

    5.0
    Aug 25, 2025
    Barracuda provides solid peace of mind. If a suspicious email reaches the email client inbox then it's usually an internal phishing test. In that sense maybe it's too efficient and can lead to a complacent userbase. I jest. Overall, it does what it needs to and is still fairly user accessible when the average person needs to be dig up an email that was quarantined
  • ENGINEER
    <50M USD
    Services (non-Government)
    Review Source

    Barracuda Offers Consistent Security With Some Navigation And Email Blocking Challenges

    5.0
    Oct 7, 2025
    Barracuda has been a fantastic product and consistently provided quality protection against incoming threats. Barracuda is able to integrate with our other security products to provide a robust platform for company wide protection. There has been only one instance where the product has let us down but even then we still remained protected.
  • IT INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER
    <50M USD
    Energy and Utilities
    Review Source

    Strong Email Protection Features But Challenges With False Positives Remain

    4.0
    Nov 24, 2025
    It's very easy and simple to do the deployment of email protection. Although the filtering is strong, we are seeing a lot of false positives which eventually come to the user's inbox.
  • Director Of It
    <50M USD
    Miscellaneous
    Review Source

    Barracuda takes the guesswork out of email protection

    5.0
    Jan 12, 2026
    Barracuda is one of the most robust and easiest platforms that I have ever managed. Once configured, it practically runs itself. Since I am an IT staff of one, this service is invaluable.
  • IT Security & Risk Management Associate
    Gov't/PS/Ed
    Education
    Review Source

    Fast Support and Advanced Phishing Protection Stand Out Amid False Positive Issues

    5.0
    Sep 2, 2025
    I like how support is always quick when I need assistance. Also, the spam/phishing protection is one feature I have truly enjoyed as it has served as protection from a user clicking on a link.
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