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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    AppRiver from OpenText

    Score4.5 out of 10
    N/AAppRiver from OpenText (formerly from Zix from 2019, which was acquired by OpenText), is a hosted messaging gateway and security platform featuring anti-spam and email encryption / data loss capability.N/A
    Pricing
    Mimecast Advanced Email SecurityAppRiver from OpenText
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Mimecast Advanced Email SecurityAppRiver from OpenText
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Mimecast Advanced Email SecurityAppRiver from OpenText
    Considered Both Products
    Mimecast
    Chose Mimecast Advanced Email Security
    We found Mimecast to offer the value and features we were seeking at a more competitive price when compared to its competitors. It was a significant enhancement over the cloud-based service we used prior to switching. Therefore, we've been happy with our choice and would …
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    OpenText
    Chose AppRiver from OpenText
    AppRiver's securetide spam filter is good, but I will say, it's the one product we moved away from. We switched to ProofPoint for email threat protection, and ProofPoint's quarantine notice and some other advanced features, at the time of our switch, were clear improvements …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    69 Answers
    50%
    Would buy again
    3 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    68 Answers
    67%
    Delivers good value for the price
    4 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    72 Answers
    67%
    Happy with the feature set
    4 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    62 Answers
    80%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    4 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    63 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    Mimecast Advanced Email SecurityAppRiver from OpenText
    Secure Email Gateway
    Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Mimecast Advanced Email Security and AppRiver from OpenText
    Feature
    Mimecast Advanced Email Security
    8.0
    67 Ratings
    4% below category average
    AppRiver from OpenText
    8.5
    7 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Anti-malware8.565 Ratings9.86 Ratings
    Customizability8.566 Ratings8.96 Ratings
    Data Loss Protection6.655 Ratings6.94 Ratings
    Threat Detection8.463 Ratings9.77 Ratings
    Sandboxing8.058 Ratings6.75 Ratings
    End-to-End Encryption8.555 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Management Tools7.764 Ratings8.67 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Mimecast Advanced Email SecurityAppRiver from OpenText
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (79 ratings)
    8.9
    (31 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (54 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.0
    (7 ratings)
    8.4
    (25 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.9
    (28 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Mimecast Advanced Email SecurityAppRiver from OpenText
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    OpenText
    AppRiver is great for both small and large organizations. Small businesses are unlikely to have much if any technical support staff available to them, for which AppRiver would be a great help. Likewise for large companies, having AppRiver can save your tech support team from dealing with basic, common, and repetitive application support, and allowing them to better focus on more important tasks at hand.
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    Pros
    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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    OpenText
    • Very useful daily quarantine list emailed to users.
    • Suspicious emails can be viewed online in their sandbox to check validity before releasing from quarantine.
    • Multiple ways to filter emails (domain, email address, text, etc)
    • Link protection is one of the newest options available and we absolutely love it!!
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    Cons
    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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    OpenText
    • They do not support DMARC and DKIM at this time and I don't know when or if they ever will.
    • Their SPF record is not great and can possibly cause issues, at least that is what my support company has told me.
    • Scanning of links in emails seems super limited and or non-existent. THings get through with completely bad malicious all the time and I assume they are not scanning them or they don't have a proper AV on their end.
    • Once a domain is whitelisted any bad emails that may be spoofing that email domain are let through and no other filters apply to the emails. It's frustrating to have to white list 20+ individual email addresses from a company and not be able to white list just the domain and not feel secure doing that.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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.
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    OpenText
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    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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    OpenText
    AppRiver is very easy to use. A new employee can begin using it on their first day.
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    Reliability and Availability
    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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    OpenText
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Mimecast
    Pages need to consistently load quickly. Sometimes good, sometimes not.
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    OpenText
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    Support Rating
    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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    OpenText
    AppRiver's live support is above what I expected, and I use it exclusively. I always get a professional, courteous, and knowledgeable tech that is easy to understand within a few minutes of placing a call. If you do have to leave a message they have always promptly returned my call.
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    In-Person Training
    Mimecast
    We did not have in-person training. All was done through meetings and on phone.
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    OpenText
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Mimecast
    Training was good from Mimecast as well as the Mimecast knowledgebase.
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    OpenText
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Mimecast
    Easy to set up and configure, but did have Mimecast assistance.
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    OpenText
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    OpenText
    AppRiver requires the least amount of management time, the pricing is better and the minimums are such that almost all SMB's won't be buying shelfware. If you are an MSP, become a partner and you will see spam problems become a thing of the past.
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    Scalability
    Mimecast
    The solution continues to grow and add features.
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    OpenText
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    Mimecast
    Professional services for our setup was excellent, quick and knowledgeable.
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    OpenText
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    Return on Investment
    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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    OpenText
    • Efficiency, teams adapt quickly to changes or new business needs.
    • Support gives us alternatives on how to establish new timings for new business lines on email.
    • An increase in profit owing to a reduction in the amount of assistance our in-house IT staff is required to provide.
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