Barracuda Message Archiver vs Forcepoint Email Security Cloud

Barracuda Message Archiver9.4Visit Forcepoint Email Security Cloud7.9Visit

Higher score Barracuda Message Archiver #1 in Email Anti-Spam Software 9.4/10 Pricing on request ✓ 0 of 3 features Visit Barracuda

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Forcepoint Email Security Cloud #5 in Email Anti-Spam Software 7.9/10 Pricing on request ✓ 3 of 3 features Visit Forcepoint

• Barracuda Message Archiver fits best

  Organizations needing email archiving, not filtering

• Forcepoint Email Security Cloud fits best

  Businesses needing cloud gateway sandboxing

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Side by side

Feature	Barracuda Message Archiver 9.4/10 Visit ↗	Forcepoint Email Security Cloud 7.9/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.4	7.9
Ranking	#1 in Email Anti-Spam Software	#5 in Email Anti-Spam Software
Best for	Organizations needing email archiving, not filtering	Businesses needing cloud gateway sandboxing
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Pricing on request	Pricing on request
Free plan	—	Not checked yet
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Desktop	Cloud
Platforms	Web, Windows, macOS	Web
Integrations	13 integrations	3 integrations
Features Barracuda Message Archiver 0/3 · Forcepoint Email Security Cloud 3/3
Phishing detection	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Malware scanning	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Attachment scanning	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Specs
Quarantine access	Not checked yet	User_and_admin
Supported mail platforms	Not checked yet	Microsoft Exchange, Gmail for Business, and other email providers
Quarantine retention	Not checked yet	30 days
Deployment type	Not checked yet	Cloud_gateway
Our review
Pros	Legal holds, eDiscovery workflows, audit trails, and configurable retention Boolean and full-text search across messages, attachments, and metadata Physical, virtual, cloud, and hybrid deployment with broad integrations	Cloud sandboxing and advanced malware analysis Quarantine workflows for administrators and end users Supports Exchange, Gmail for Business and other providers
Cons	Focused on archiving rather than primary anti-spam protection Pricing requires a customized quote from sales No AI features or free plan	Pricing requires contacting Forcepoint sales End-user quarantine access depends on administrator enablement Web platform with no listed endpoint software option
Our verdict	Barracuda Message Archiver is built to capture, retain, search, and export email for organizations with compliance, litigation, and records-management requirements. SMTP journal capture records messages as they are sent or received, while… Read the review →	Forcepoint Email Security Cloud filters inbound and outbound external email before it reaches an organization’s network. It combines antivirus and antispam filtering with phishing detection, malware analysis, attachment and image analysis,… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Barracuda Message Archiver — where it wins

  • Legal holds, eDiscovery workflows, audit trails, and configurable retention
  • Boolean and full-text search across messages, attachments, and metadata
  • Physical, virtual, cloud, and hybrid deployment with broad integrations

  Where it doesn't

  • Focused on archiving rather than primary anti-spam protection
  • Pricing requires a customized quote from sales
  • No AI features or free plan

• Forcepoint Email Security Cloud — where it wins

  • Cloud sandboxing and advanced malware analysis
  • Quarantine workflows for administrators and end users
  • Supports Exchange, Gmail for Business and other providers

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires contacting Forcepoint sales
  • End-user quarantine access depends on administrator enablement
  • Web platform with no listed endpoint software option

• Barracuda Message Archiver9.4/10 · Pricing on request

  A strong email archive for compliance workflows, but not a primary anti-spam filter.

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• Forcepoint Email Security Cloud7.9/10 · Pricing on request

  A cloud gateway combining email filtering, sandboxing, quarantine and routing controls.

  Visit ForcepointFull verdict →