Microsoft Defender for Office 365 vs. Webroot Email Security Powered by Zix
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![]() Microsoft Defender for Office 365 | Score8.8 out of 10 | N/A | Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is a security solution used to protect Office 365 against advanced threats, such as phishing and business email compromise. It helps prevent volume-based and targeted attacks, including business email compromise, credential phishing, ransomware, and advanced malware with a robust filtering stack, as well as to detect malicious and suspicious content like links and files across Office 365. | N/A |
Webroot Email Security Powered by Zix | Score6.4 out of 10 | N/A | Webroot Email Security Powered by Zix (formerly Zix Email Threat Protection) solution provides a suite of productivity, email security, and compliance tools built on a secure, easy-to-manage platform designed to help users meet these challenges. It combines Microsoft 365 services, advanced email security, email encryption, large secure file sharing, and unified information archiving. The solution boasts users among more than 80,000 organizations, including institutions in healthcare, finance,… | N/A |
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100% Would buy again 8 Answers | 86% Would buy again 6 Answers | |
| Delivers good value for the price | ||
100% Delivers good value for the price 7 Answers | 100% Delivers good value for the price 7 Answers | |
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100% Happy with the feature set 8 Answers | 86% Happy with the feature set 6 Answers | |
| Lived up to sales and marketing promises | ||
100% Lived up to sales and marketing promises 5 Answers | 100% Lived up to sales and marketing promises 5 Answers | |
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100% Implementation went as expected 6 Answers | 100% Implementation went as expected 7 Answers | |
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| Small Businesses | No answers on this topic | Barracuda Email Protection Score10 out of 10 |
| Medium-sized Companies | Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection (TAP) Score9.1 out of 10 | Avanan Score9.4 out of 10 |
| Enterprises | Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection (TAP) Score9.1 out of 10 | Avanan Score9.4 out of 10 |
| All Alternatives | View all alternatives | View all alternatives |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 8.6 | 6.4 |
| Likelihood to Renew | - | 10.0 |
| Usability | 8.0 | 7.0 |
| Support Rating | - | 9.0 |
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