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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Avanan

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/AAvanan, 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

    Mimecast Advanced Email Security

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AThe Mimecast Secure Email Gateway is a messaging security option with anti-spam / anti-malware, data loss prevention, large file send, and other features, from UK company Mimecast.N/A
    Pricing
    AvananMimecast Advanced Email Security
    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
    AvananMimecast Advanced Email Security
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPrices for fewer than 500 users.—
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    Community Pulse
    AvananMimecast Advanced Email Security
    Considered Both Products
    Check Point Software Technologies
    Chose Avanan
    Avanan is better than Mimecast as it secures the inbox right at the user level and protects against all external email threats. Mimecast is a better marketing company but feature to feature Avanan is a better solution and delivers better results than Mimecast any day
    Incentivized
    Chose Avanan
    Comparing Avanan to the competitors listed above, I think Mimecast would be the only real threat to accurately detecting and quarantining phishing and malware attempts as well as ransomware. With the advanced API, Avanan has an extremely high chance of catching things that …
    Incentivized
    Chose Avanan
    We believe Avanan's API-based solution is more effective than the traditional Secure Email Gateways for controlling malicious emails. The solution does not require any change of MX records and is hidden from the Internet. Pulling unwanted email messages from multiple mailboxes …
    Incentivized
    Chose Avanan
    Avanan provides a nonstop service, which I really appreciate, as the other providers did not. This is really important to me because otherwise, emails wouldn't be able to go through. Avanan was easy to deploy and manage, and overall, it is a great product that I highly …
    Incentivized
    Chose Avanan
    We felt that Avanan was a better solution with easier implementation and better cloud management. Liked the fact that Avanan uses an API versus a gateway, for more direct access to the Gmail and Drive, even after the delivery.
    Incentivized
    Mimecast
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    99%
    Would buy again
    108 Answers
    93%
    Would buy again
    69 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    105 Answers
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    68 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    108 Answers
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    72 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93 Answers
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    62 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    95 Answers
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    63 Answers
    Features
    AvananMimecast Advanced Email Security
    Secure Email Gateway
    Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Avanan and Mimecast Advanced Email Security
    Feature
    Avanan
    8.5
    111 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Mimecast Advanced Email Security
    8.0
    67 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Anti-malware10.0106 Ratings8.565 Ratings
    Customizability8.0107 Ratings8.566 Ratings
    Data Loss Protection8.094 Ratings6.655 Ratings
    Threat Detection10.0107 Ratings8.463 Ratings
    Sandboxing6.594 Ratings8.058 Ratings
    End-to-End Encryption7.276 Ratings8.555 Ratings
    Management Tools10.0107 Ratings7.764 Ratings
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    Score10 out of 10
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    Score10 out of 10
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    Barracuda ESG (discontinued)
    Score6.4 out of 10
    Avanan
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cisco Cloud Email Security
    Score10 out of 10
    Avanan
    Score9.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AvananMimecast Advanced Email Security
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (113 ratings)
    8.5
    (79 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (34 ratings)
    8.2
    (54 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.3
    (35 ratings)
    6.0
    (7 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (28 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AvananMimecast Advanced Email Security
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Check Point Software Technologies
    What it says, it provides. It has the Data leak prevention that is the major help while we have to deal with lot of clients at a time. It has the Secure Click that checks any embedded hyperlink so that when we work on emails we don't have to worry about the hidden security threats inside a email.
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    Mimecast
    Mimecast's advanced email security remains the number one security tool available for any organization. You will be ahead of the game before anything gets in and users start clicking. Users are often the ones who can disclose sensitive data and compromise the organization and its brand.
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    Pros
    Check Point Software Technologies
    • 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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    Mimecast
    • Simplicity: Once set up, Mimecast Advanced Email Security is easy to use, intuitive, and simple. This reduces onboarding time with new employees.
    • Robust Audit Trail: Being able to see what happened with specific emails, why things happened, and who was responsible for them helps to reduce troubleshooting time as well as improving overall email observability.
    • Clean Interface: Mimecast Advanced Email Security is a Swiss-Army-Knife of email security. There are many different configurations and complex rules that can be implemented. To make this manageable Mimecast Advanced Email Security has implemented a simple and clean UI. Being able to favorite commonly used features makes a huge difference in usability.
    • Simple SSO Integration: This seems like a no-brainer, but its odd to see how many SaaS products either don't support SSO, or make it so complicated and convoluted that setup and maintenance becomes a fully time job.
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    Cons
    Check Point Software Technologies
    • 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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    Mimecast
    • I would like to see some additional improvement around the attachment protection, specifically what may be getting caught and what types of files are attempting to be delivered via email by impersonators.
    • The Targeted Threat Protection is a great product, and I wish there was a dashboard for this service where we could easily see the types of emails and/or links that have been caught as part of the protection module that could be shared with executives.
    • Finally, I feel that the phishing protection is great and honestly don't believe there should be much improvement needed there.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Check Point Software Technologies
    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).
    Incentivized
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    Mimecast
    There is no question as to the value of the product to the business and the disruption of changing vendors would not be worth any savings possibly achieved by switching.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Check Point Software Technologies
    The end-users love not having their inboxes fill up with extra useless emails. As an administrator, it is simple to implement and maintain. The ability to put something into test mode before going live makes our life a lot easier and less stressful. Avanan has many different components to make your life easier.
    Incentivized
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    Mimecast
    The console is nice, but it could use some improvements for day to day activities for Admins. I find I am jumping around all over to get what I need (always searching for the right area). Being able to customize a Dashboard or having a central typical activities dashboard will be helpful to save more time.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Check Point Software Technologies
    Always been available as needed.
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    Mimecast
    Overall, it's very good, but I do remember a few times in the past year we have seen some availability issues.
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    Performance
    Check Point Software Technologies
    It's not all the time, on occasion the platform can delay email by seven to ten minutes.
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    Mimecast
    Pages need to consistently load quickly. Sometimes good, sometimes not.
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    Support Rating
    Check Point Software Technologies
    Support has always been there for me, they take on suggestions and product improvements quite seriously. I've spoken to techs and you can tell that they care about the product and the service in which they deliver. Avanan support is always responsive in everything I throw them and in most cases they don't tell me how to build out a widget or custom query, they actually do it for me and send it to me.
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    Mimecast
    When calling them you get best in the world customer services but as previously mentioned their online community and capabilities are a bit lacking. They want you to log into their portal to see updates on issues (vs. using a public facing service) and I rarely find the answers to my issues in electronic format. Their online presence is only helpful with the simplest of issues.
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    In-Person Training
    Check Point Software Technologies
    There was no in person training.
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    Mimecast
    We did not have in-person training. All was done through meetings and on phone.
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    Online Training
    Check Point Software Technologies
    Takes a lot to get a 10 out of 10.
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    Mimecast
    Training was good from Mimecast as well as the Mimecast knowledgebase.
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    Implementation Rating
    Check Point Software Technologies
    Ensure system administration and exchange admin are up to speed on Avanan
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    Mimecast
    Easy to set up and configure, but did have Mimecast assistance.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Check Point Software Technologies
    Avanan has a one-click solution, which subscribers or clients use to deploy a new security update. Further, Avanan has the protection of any cloud application, which means, it bypasses any security threat and maintain the set safety processes. Finally, data leakage is a shield that Avanan has deployed, a very smooth process in the firm.
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    Mimecast
    In my opinion, Mimecast Advanced Email Security outpaces Microsoft in terms of usability and reduction of spam and phishing emails. Mimecast Advanced Email Security was cheaper than Proofpoint, but I suspect Proofpoint is doing better on staying current with trends than Mimecast Advanced Email Security. I think Abnormal offers the best incoming email security, but does not offer outgoing email data loss prevention or encryption, which is a key use cast for us.
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    Scalability
    Check Point Software Technologies
    It does what they claim and then some.
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    Mimecast
    The solution continues to grow and add features.
    Incentivized
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    Professional Services
    Check Point Software Technologies
    No answers on this topic
    Mimecast
    Professional services for our setup was excellent, quick and knowledgeable.
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    Return on Investment
    Check Point Software Technologies
    • 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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    Mimecast
    • Enhanced email security across the business.
    • This product has reduced the risk of being hit by malware/phishing; Mimecast has been holding emails efficiently after reviewing emails.
    • The reporting side is practical, helps create a business case for the product, and shows its worth.
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