Avanan vs. Kaspersky Security for Mail Server

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Avanan
Score 9.4 out of 10
N/A
Avanan, from Check Point since the August 2021 acquisition, connects security technologies to enterprise cloud applications in order to improve protection of sensitive corporate data and IP. According to the vendor, Avanan's one-click deployment allows customers to deploy a new security solution in seconds. Because it requires no appliance, agent or gateway proxy, Avanan can begin protecting any cloud application immediately, with no effect on users.
$4
per user per month
Kaspersky Security for Mail Server
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Kaspersky Labs headquartered in Moscow offers email server and antimalware for email via the company's Kaspersky Security for Mail Server software product.N/A
Pricing
AvananKaspersky Security for Mail Server
Editions & Modules
Advanced Anti-Phishing
$4.00
per user per month
Complete Malware Protection
$5.00
per user per month
Full-Suite Protection
$8.00
per user per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AvananKaspersky Security for Mail Server
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPrices for fewer than 500 users.
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Features
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Secure Email Gateway
Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Product A and Product B
Avanan
8.5
Ratings
2% above category average
Kaspersky Security for Mail Server
9.1
Ratings
8% above category average
Anti-malware10.00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Customizability8.00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Data Loss Protection8.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Threat Detection10.00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Sandboxing6.50 Ratings9.20 Ratings
End-to-End Encryption7.20 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Management Tools10.00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
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AvananKaspersky Security for Mail Server
Small Businesses
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Score 9.3 out of 10
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Score 9.3 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Trend Micro Worry-Free Services Suite
Trend Micro Worry-Free Services Suite
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Avanan
Avanan
Score 9.4 out of 10
Enterprises
Cisco Cloud Email Security
Cisco Cloud Email Security
Score 10.0 out of 10
Avanan
Avanan
Score 9.4 out of 10
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User Ratings
AvananKaspersky Security for Mail Server
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
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8.2
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
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Usability
10.0
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Availability
9.1
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Performance
6.4
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Support Rating
9.3
(0 ratings)
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In-Person Training
1.0
(0 ratings)
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Online Training
8.2
(0 ratings)
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Implementation Rating
9.0
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Configurability
9.1
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Product Scalability
9.1
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Vendor post-sale
9.1
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Vendor pre-sale
9.1
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User Testimonials
AvananKaspersky Security for Mail Server
Likelihood to Recommend
This software is well-suited for a company that is looking to protect its data from common security breaches. It is very user-friendly and easy to implement, which is why these few things make it easily usable on a daily basis. This software also allows for much faster cloud performance and provides regular reports which provide security analytics.
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Kaspersky Security for Mail Server reduced almost 60% of email threats that help us to reduce the manual effort on filtering the spam and phishing emails.This enable us to utilized our manpower in different sectors and improve the productivity of our company. The gives cloud based and on premises security solution under the same license and provides fist class of cyber security and threats protection
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Pros
  • The dashboard for Avanan makes all of the most important information easy to digest.
  • Alerting - specifically, the Geo-Location alerts allow us to see if a user has possibly been compromised.
  • The End-User Email Quarantine experience gives users the ability to request emails be released, which trains them to better spot legitimate emails.
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  • Neural network based anti-phishing and anti-spam for multilayered security.
  • Scalable resources according to business growth.
  • Flexible to use in almost all devices.
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Cons
  • I only ever had one complaint, we had a few hiccups during the setup process. We have now been a customer for two years and have had no further issues. It is likely that the setup pain points have now been resolved as well. Overall the product does what it claims while providing a very intuitive interface.
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  • False positives.
  • Integration can be fiddly.
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Likelihood to Renew
Cost, need to make sure the cost is competitive for how many users are using email protection as we move users to MS Teams and don't rely so much on full access to email accounts (both sending and receiving internal and external).
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Usability
Usability is so easy. It was a quick configuration with entering in some credentials, accepting terms and permissions and before you know it it's already going through and taking a look at existing emails. Portal is very easy to use and there are always updates with decent logs. The new UI is great and highly intuitive.
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Reliability and Availability
Always been available as needed.
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Performance
It's not all the time, on occasion the platform can delay email by seven to ten minutes.
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Support Rating
Avanan support always is ready to respond to user requests and typically does it in an exceptionally quick timeframe. Most requests are not even needed to be escalated as their team will look at active threats and deal with them before they are even a problem. Monthly meetups are also great in obtaining our needs as well as showing us what is new and in the horizon.
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In-Person Training
There was no in person training.
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Online Training
Takes a lot to get a 10 out of 10.
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Implementation Rating
Ensure system administration and exchange admin are up to speed on Avanan
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Alternatives Considered
I have used Cisco's secure Email, one of the major dislike is User Interface that is buggy and not user friendly. It does not update it's database for spam sites. Integration process takes much time whereas Avanan takes very less time. Cisco Secure Email sometimes deletes the important emails and that is worst where as Avanan has good AI/ML integration there are very rare false positive in deleting emails.
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Microsoft Exchange Online Protection is very easy to set up and has way fewer false positives than Kaspersky Security for Mail Server. It has virtually the same features as the Kaspersky alternative and it is extremely easy to set up. It feels like Microsoft Exchange Online Protection gives slightly more transparency about its conclusions, which allows users to make an informed decision about certain messages.
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Scalability
It does what they claim and then some.
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Return on Investment
  • Improved risk mitigation by providing additional layer protection for M365.
  • Easy to setup and configure. No expert knowledge required and no downtime required.
  • Customizable license count. No need to buy the same number of mailbox users if you really don't want to protect some unused mailboxes.
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  • Reduced number of attacks on staff.
  • Increased number of false positives.
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