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Symantec Messaging Gateway vs. Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Symantec Messaging Gateway

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ASymantec offers their platform, the Symantec Messaging Gateway, as a secure email gateway.N/A

    Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/ATrend Micro offers the InterScan Messaging Security secure email gateway with anti-spam, advanced threat & data loss prevention, and encryption capability.N/A
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    Pricing Offerings
    Symantec Messaging GatewayTrend Micro InterScan Messaging Security
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Symantec Messaging GatewayTrend Micro InterScan Messaging Security
    Secure Email Gateway
    Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Symantec Messaging Gateway and Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security
    Feature
    Symantec Messaging Gateway
    -
    Ratings
    Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security
    7.5
    3 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Anti-malware00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Customizability00 Ratings7.43 Ratings
    Data Loss Protection00 Ratings6.73 Ratings
    Threat Detection00 Ratings7.83 Ratings
    Sandboxing00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    End-to-End Encryption00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Management Tools00 Ratings6.42 Ratings
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    User Ratings
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    Broadcom
    It is very well suited for an organization that wants to protect inbound email and use just one product. It may be less appropriate for an organization that is small or has a limited IT support staff.
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    Trend Micro
    Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security is well suited for bigger companies with huge numbers of incoming and outgoing emails. It is really easy to configure, and once setup, there is not much to be done. So this requires minimal administration efforts. However, as the reporting is weak, if this is essential for a company, then it would be better to look into other alternatives.
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    Pros
    Broadcom
    • Prevents SPAM attacks.
    • Filters email based on content.
    • Blocks phishing links.
    • Blocks ransomware links/attacks.
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    Trend Micro
    • Deep Discovery analyzer provides sandboxing and deep threat analyses
    • DLP capabilities are also good. It has a number of pre defined DLP templates
    • Works very well against targeted attacks
    • Lowers impact at the email gateway as it filters away the email in the cloud
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    Cons
    Broadcom
    • The web interface can be difficult at times.
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    Trend Micro
    • Higher false positive rate for Spam detection.
    • Logging can be difficult to search.
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    Support Rating
    Broadcom
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    Trend Micro
    Easy to use, easy to pull data, easy to see what is going on in our specific environment.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Broadcom
    Without mentioning some of the other products by name, I can tell you that Symantec Messaging Gateway is one of the best.
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    Trend Micro
    Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security is much cheaper than Kasprsky Security for Email Server. Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security is easier to install and the maintenance effort required is much less than this required by Kasprsky Security for Email Server. However Kasprsky Security for Email Server does have a better GUI and does indeed offer a better protection degree. However, taking into account that both were tested behind a firewall, most of the threats had already been eliminated there...
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    Return on Investment
    Broadcom
    • It would be difficult to determine the exact ROI Symantec Messaging Gateway had on your overall business. However, I can assure you the downtime suffered due to inbound email threats has been reduced to nearly zero in our environment. If IT isn't chasing down ransomware/phishing issues and users aren't staring at a quarantined PC, life is good.
    • There are no negative impacts on ROI that I can think of.
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    Trend Micro
    • We have been able to see threats more easily now than before and have become more aware towards them
    • The IT infra footprint has become more secure and controlled
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