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Agari Phishing Defense vs. Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Agari Phishing Defense

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/AAgari Phishing Defense is an email security solution designed to eliminate 99.9% of all advanced email attacks that bypass existing defenses. Agari was acquired by HelpSystems in May 2021, and is now a HelpSystems brand.N/A

    Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/ACisco Secure Email Threat Defense provides protection against email threats that compromise an organization’s brand and operations. Its advanced threat detection capabilities uncover known, emerging and targeted threats. And it expands the scope of organizations' defenses to detect dangerous threats and rapidly search for and remediate threats across security controls. Secure Email Threat Defense's Artificial Intelligence and machine…N/A
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    Pricing Offerings
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    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Considered Both Products
    Fortra
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    Cisco
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
    27 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    27 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    27 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    23 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    22 Answers
    Features
    Agari Phishing DefenseCisco Secure Email Threat Defense
    Secure Email Gateway
    Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Agari Phishing Defense and Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense
    Feature
    Agari Phishing Defense
    9.6
    2 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense
    8.4
    23 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Anti-malware10.02 Ratings8.716 Ratings
    Customizability9.02 Ratings8.816 Ratings
    Data Loss Protection9.02 Ratings8.215 Ratings
    Threat Detection10.02 Ratings8.923 Ratings
    Sandboxing10.02 Ratings8.115 Ratings
    End-to-End Encryption9.02 Ratings8.816 Ratings
    Management Tools10.02 Ratings7.222 Ratings
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    Score10 out of 10
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    Avanan
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Avanan
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score9.4 out of 10
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    Score9.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Agari Phishing DefenseCisco Secure Email Threat Defense
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (23 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Agari Phishing DefenseCisco Secure Email Threat Defense
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Fortra
    I've experienced clicking some of the phishing and spam emails, but Agari Phishing Defense identified those actions I've done and sent me the details of each and every part of the email where the attack is. Very often Agari Phishing Defense misses a few emails to report the malicious emails. But, it also has a solution to report the email and responds immediately with the answer.
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    Cisco
    I will certainly recommend Cisco Secure Email to my friends/colleagues, one look at the dashboard/statistics will actually convince any IT professional to use this product. We noticed an outstanding improvement in Email quality, most of the SPAM emails are caught, and our users have never been happier!
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    Pros
    Fortra
    • It has the ability to separate the good emails from the bad, thanks to the fact that it is based on predictive AI.
    • It is capable of detecting the level of threat that comes from emails, which means it can stop it in the most appropriate way and thus suppress its spread.
    • It integrates easily with email applications.
    • An easy-to-use tool based on the cloud, which increases the ability to respond quickly to phishing attacks.
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    Cisco
    • Manages Junk Mail Well-We configured and tested our configuration to filter out the majority of junk mail hitting our inboxes.
    • Manages Graymail-We configured and tested our Cisco ETD for graymail filtering and reduced the amount of unwanted advertising and other legitimate emails.
    • Creating unique policies that were tailored to block or allow emails from certain senders.
    • Stopped malicious email traffic (e.g., malicious attachments and links) with rules for identifying and stripping potentially malicious attachments or links.
    • Allows easy configuration for other email security measures such as SPF, DMARC and DKIM.
    • Cisco engineers provide an annual free security health check. We took advantage of several security health checks where Cisco certified engineers go over the security setting of our Cisco ETD. We were provided a written report that highlighted strengths and weaknesses of our Cisco ETD setup.
    • Monitoring email traffic flow is almost overwhelming with the amount of information you can obtain from the portal. This gives valuable information to IT staff in terms of volume and type of emails the company is receiving.
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    Cons
    Fortra
    • A vital business tool, but at a somewhat high cost for small businesses.
    • Some new functions are not quite responsive, so adding them after they have been completed would be ideal.
    • Simplifying your registration would be a great help in saving time.
    • Having adequate knowledge to handle the software makes it easier to use it and allows it to function properly.
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    Cisco
    • The web interface is definitely dated
    • The software updates to the user interface and the documentation online are not congruent. Some docs are old and information is lacking to make changes
    • The email filtering and email search features are really dated. And other tools are more user friendly
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Fortra
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    There is a 50/50 chance that we will renew. We are in the middle of moving from on-prem to the cloud so we may not need it once we are fully migrated.
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    Usability
    Fortra
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    Good interface, easy to use and set up. If there were any issues, there is very good documentation and videos that one can follow for additional setup and best practices. As typical with most Cisco solutions, there are more features than needed for our purposes but good to know they are there in case of future needs
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    Reliability and Availability
    Fortra
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense's availability is great and reliable when you need it most. We haven't had any noticeable outages or issues.
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    Support Rating
    Fortra
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    Strong support with fast response. TAC can suggest best mail policy regarding customer challenges Some cases they need to do patch directly to appliance. TAC does not need to remote the appliance through our laptop. They use secure connection to appliance, check the logs and response through the problems
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    Implementation Rating
    Fortra
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    The implementation went well, no issues or problems to report.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Fortra
    Trustifi-Email Security is an excellent solution to keep data, customers, and employees protected against email threats, in addition to having great ease of use and cost savings for being cloud-based. Comparatively, Agari Phishing Defense not only offers us cloud-based software with artificial intelligence but also helps us quickly stop any threat that could harm both our employees and our brand. It performs continuous inbox scans to find any abnormal behavior and thus prevent spread throughout the business environment. This is why we chose Agari Phishing Defense.
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    Cisco
    Cisco SETD, with a broad deployment and full integration with Microsoft 365 gives us a strong protection, especially where we can leverage its strengths: Microsoft‑365 integration, mailbox remediation, policy enforcement, and your visibility across Cisco tools.


    Proofpoint is better around user awareness (warning tags etc.), and continuity/archiving. Considering that we have a full Cisco stack, choosing Proofpoint would come with higher cost, learning curve, possible redundancy of features, licensing complexity.
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    Return on Investment
    Fortra
    • It is a tool that has been vital to our company since it does not allow threats to reach our email inbox, because it carries out a scan of each email.
    • Its integration with different email gateways allows us to keep our environments protected.
    • It enables us to keep our employees and our brand protected from phishing and BEC threats.
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    Cisco
    • Our email security has increased.
    • Users are now more confident about their email security.
    • Management of threat detection and prevention has become easier.
    • Finer controls on spam filtering gives customization capability.
    • GDPR compliance ensures peace of mind from a regulation point of view.
    • The quarantine feature has ensured that we do not lose important emails while they are being analyzed.
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    ScreenShots

    Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense Screenshots

    Screenshot of an Impact Report showing efficacy metrics and ROI indicatorsScreenshot of a detailed view of phishing messagesScreenshot of the dashboard