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Gutting the Barracuda.
Barracuda’s claims do not always reflect reality. Upon closer examination, you may discover that what they really offer is not everything you’d expect.
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Barracuda users lose important functionality. Barracuda solutions are sold by functionality, so low-end models have substantially less capability. Important features such as LDAP access, end-user controls, and spam quarantines are not available, forcing users to move up to more expensive systems just to get the basic functionality that their businesses need. To get a fully-functional Barracuda system, a user would have to pay approximately $10,000 for a properly equipped Model 600. For Barracuda list pricing, see optrics.com. For Barracuda features, see barracudanetworks.com.
SonicWALL Anti-Spam/Email Security solutions have the same comprehensive functionality regardless of pricing tier, whether extended to 25 or 100,000 users.
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Barracuda exposes users to new spam attacks up to 12 times longer. Barracuda e-mail reputation systems contain input from 50,000 of their own sources and they only deliver updates to their systems once an hour,1 creating update gaps that expose customers to spam break-outs.
SonicWALL applies its Global Response Intelligent Defense (GRID) Network to collect real-time input from millions of global sources and deliver updates to SonicWALL Anti-Spam/Email Security solutions every 5 minutes, keeping users safer from new attacks.
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Barracuda’s outbound protection is not always complete. Barracuda claims they do outbound e-mail protection on the same system as inbound, but all they provide is a simple disclaimer and outbound virus protection. If organizations want additional outbound e-mail security, they must purchase a second system—doubling the cost and management burden. For Barracuda list pricing, see optrics.com.
SonicWALL Anti-Spam/Email Security solutions all provide complete inbound and outbound e-mail filtering in one system.
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Barracuda is twice the cost. Barracuda touts a low cost ($695) system, but all you get is a Model 100 appliance— subscriptions cost extra. Need a spam quarantine? Want LDAP integration? That's another $1400 to upgrade to Model 300. For a 100-user system that connects to LDAP and provides spam quarantines, a Barracuda solution will cost approximately $2,500 (or double that cost if you want to add outbound e-mail protection which requires an additional device). For Barracuda list pricing, see optrics.com.
SonicWALL offers a 100-user Anti-Spam/Email Security solution featuring both inbound and outbound e-mail protection, LDAP integration, end-user quarantines and more—for only $2,100. For SonicWALL pricing, see firewalls.com.
Customerstell it like it is.
“We’d been getting hammered by 90,000 spam messages a day using the Barracuda. In just the first hour we switched to SonicWALL, total spam count was reduced to only three.”
Jim Walker, Jet Plumbing and Drain Services
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Barracuda's threat update options are located in the "Advanced" tab in the "Energizer Updates" section.
