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Barracuda Message Archiver

byBarracuda
in Digital Communications Governance and Archiving Solutions
4.4

Overview

Product Information on Barracuda Message Archiver

Updated 24th November 2025

What is Barracuda Message Archiver?

Barracuda Message Archiver is an email archiving solution that helps organizations securely store, manage, and retrieve email communications while meeting compliance requirements. Available as a physical, virtual, or cloud-connected deployment, it offers advanced features like policy-based retention, legal hold, and search across messages, attachments, and metadata. Barracuda Message Archiver reduces storage costs, ensures regulatory compliance, and simplifies email management for businesses of all sizes.

Barracuda Message Archiver Pricing

Barracuda Message Archiver software uses a hardware appliance and subscription-based pricing model, where the cost depends on the selected appliance capacity and additional software features. The software license includes support and updates, with pricing varying based on storage size and number of users. Optional cloud storage and extended support services are available at additional cost.

Overall experience with Barracuda Message Archiver

It Manager
<50M USD, Finance (non-banking)
FAVORABLE

“Reliable email retention and retrieval with an outdated interface design”

5.0
May 29, 2026
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It Manager
1B - 3B USD, IT Services
CRITICAL

“Secure connection but it causes conflicts with other connection software”

3.0
Mar 9, 2026
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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 Message Archiver Reviews and Ratings

4.4

(72 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
57%
4 Star
36%
3 Star
7%
2 Star
0%
1 Star
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  • It Manager
    <50M USD
    Finance (non-banking)
    Review Source

    Reliable email retention and retrieval with an outdated interface design

    5.0
    May 29, 2026
    Barracuda Message Archiver has been a dependable solution for email retention and retrieval It is easy to manage, performs reliably and makes it simple to locate historical messages when needed
  • It Manager
    <50M USD
    Finance (non-banking)
    Review Source

    Reliable email retention and retrieval with an outdated interface design

    5.0
    May 29, 2026
    Barracuda Message Archiver has been a dependable solution for email retention and retrieval It is easy to manage, performs reliably and makes it simple to locate historical messages when needed
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Barracuda Message Archiver Likes & Dislikes

Like

The search capabilities are fast and effective, the retention features are reliable, and the administration is straightforward. It provides quick access to archived emails while requiring minimal ongoing management.

Like

The search capabilities are fast and effective, the retention features are reliable, and the administration is straightforward. It provides quick access to archived emails while requiring minimal ongoing management.

Like

The search capabilities are fast and effective, the retention features are reliable, and the administration is straightforward. It provides quick access to archived emails while requiring minimal ongoing management.

Dislike

We've experienced problems on our PCs after installing the product. Other connection types/software stopped working. In some cases, the internet connection stopped working altogether, requiring a Windows reinstallation.

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Dislike

We've experienced problems on our PCs after installing the product. Other connection types/software stopped working. In some cases, the internet connection stopped working altogether, requiring a Windows reinstallation.

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Dislike

We've experienced problems on our PCs after installing the product. Other connection types/software stopped working. In some cases, the internet connection stopped working altogether, requiring a Windows reinstallation.

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