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# Barracuda Impersonation Protection vs Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Comparison - What are their main differences?

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Reviews

**Barracuda Impersonation Protection** [

4.5/5(88)

](https://www.g2.com/products/barracuda-impersonation-protection/reviews#reviews)

**Microsoft Defender for Office 365** [

4.5/5(298)

](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-microsoft-defender-for-office-365/reviews#reviews)

Pricing

**Barracuda Impersonation Protection**
Free Trial

No pricing available

**Microsoft Defender for Office 365**
 **$2.00** 1 User Per Month · Microsoft Defender for Office Plan 1

**Pricing Insights**
from reviews

Time to Implement

**Barracuda Impersonation Protection**
1 monthFaster

Based on 12 responses

**Microsoft Defender for Office 365**
2 months

Based on 10 responses

Return on Investment

**Barracuda Impersonation Protection**
12 months2 months sooner

Based on 10 responses

**Microsoft Defender for Office 365**
14 months

Based on 7 responses

Perceived Cost

**Barracuda Impersonation Protection**
$$$$$

**Microsoft Defender for Office 365**
$$$$$

Average Discount

**Barracuda Impersonation Protection**
8%

**Microsoft Defender for Office 365**
12%4% more

Pros & Cons

**Barracuda Impersonation Protection**
[
Phishing Protection (8)
](https://www.g2.com/products/barracuda-impersonation-protection/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1441649&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Ease of Use (7)
](https://www.g2.com/products/barracuda-impersonation-protection/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1442091&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
False Positives (8)
](https://www.g2.com/products/barracuda-impersonation-protection/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1441551&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Complexity (3)
](https://www.g2.com/products/barracuda-impersonation-protection/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1441180&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)

**Microsoft Defender for Office 365**
[
Ease of Use (9)
](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-microsoft-defender-for-office-365/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1426149&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Security (9)
](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-microsoft-defender-for-office-365/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1425350&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Complexity (8)
](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-microsoft-defender-for-office-365/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1424859&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
False Positives (6)
](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-microsoft-defender-for-office-365/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1426481&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)

Integrations

**Barracuda Impersonation Protection**
[

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Microsoft 365

](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft365/reviews)[

 ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/large_detail/large_detail_69054bc7d40597b06fc3905720ccc914/microsoft-outlook.png "Product Avatar Image")

Outlook

](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-outlook/reviews)[
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**Microsoft Defender for Office 365**
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Adobe Acrobat

](https://www.g2.com/products/adobe-acrobat/reviews)[

 ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/large_detail/large_detail_ae5d46296d0f8afa0fd352fc44bf419d/microsoft365.png "Product Avatar Image")

Microsoft 365

](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft365/reviews)[

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Microsoft OneDrive

](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-onedrive-for-business/reviews)[

 ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/large_detail/large_detail_69054bc7d40597b06fc3905720ccc914/microsoft-outlook.png "Product Avatar Image")

Outlook

](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-outlook/reviews)[
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Screenshots

**Barracuda Impersonation Protection**
 ![Barracuda Impersonation Protection screenshot](https://images.g2crowd.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=600,height=600,fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,/https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/attachment/file/1318972/Screenshot-1.png)

**Microsoft Defender for Office 365**
 ![Microsoft Defender for Office 365 screenshot](https://images.g2crowd.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=600,height=600,fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,/https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/attachment/file/1244899/MicrosoftTeams-image-_1_.png)

Ratings

Meets Requirements

**Barracuda Impersonation Protection**

8.9

8.983

**Microsoft Defender for Office 365**

9.0

9.0231

Ease of Use

**Barracuda Impersonation Protection**

8.8

8.885

**Microsoft Defender for Office 365**

8.9

8.9234

Ease of Setup

**Barracuda Impersonation Protection**

9.2

9.274

**Microsoft Defender for Office 365**

8.7

8.7118

Ease of Admin

**Barracuda Impersonation Protection**

9.0

9.077

**Microsoft Defender for Office 365**

8.9

8.9100

Quality of Support

**Barracuda Impersonation Protection**

8.9

8.974

**Microsoft Defender for Office 365**

8.7

8.7225

Has the product been a good partner in doing business?

**Barracuda Impersonation Protection**

9.0

9.075

**Microsoft Defender for Office 365**

8.8

8.8101

Product Direction (% positive)

**Barracuda Impersonation Protection**

8.8

8.880

**Microsoft Defender for Office 365**

9.4

9.4222

Features

Cloud Email Security[Hide 14 FeaturesShow 14 Features](javascript:void(0);)

8.9

24

8.8

164

Administration

Intelligence Reporting

9.2(won by 0.4)

24

8.8

148

|

Verified

Email Integration Suppor

9.4(won by 0.4)

24

9.0

147

|

Verified

Access Management

8.6

23

8.8(won by 0.2)

140

|

Verified

Data Loss Prevention

7.5

24

8.5(won by 1.0)

140

|

Verified

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

Maintenance

Auditing

8.8(won by 0.1)

24

8.7

138

|

Verified

Allow and block lists

9.0(won by 0.2)

24

8.8

145

|

Verified

Compliance

8.3

24

8.8(won by 0.5)

142

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

Archiving

8.9(won by 0.3)

23

8.6

135

|

Verified

Security

Anti-Malware/Anti-Spam

9.2(won by 0.2)

24

9.0

151

|

Verified

Encryption

8.3

23

8.9(won by 0.6)

141

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

Quarantine

9.2(won by 0.5)

23

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

8.7

145

|

Verified

Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)

9.3(won by 0.3)

23

9.0

144

|

Verified

Anti-Phishing

9.3(won by 0.3)

22

9.0

148

|

Verified

Account takeover prevention

8.9(won by 0.2)

23

8.7

138

|

Verified

Intelligent Email Protection[Hide 12 FeaturesShow 12 Features](javascript:void(0);)

8.4

33

8.9

5

Administration

Email Clients

8.9

30

9.0(won by 0.1)

5

Compliance

8.2(won by default)

30

Not enough data

Intelligence Reporting

8.5(won by default)

30

Not enough data

Role-Based Rules

7.7(won by default)

30

Not enough data

Detection

Real-Time Detection

8.6

30

8.7(won by 0.1)

5

Data Exfiltration Detection

8.1(won by default)

30

Not enough data

Activity Monitoring

8.2(won by default)

30

Not enough data

Protection

Spam Filtering

9.1(won by 0.1)

31

9.0

5

Targeted Attack Prevention

8.8(won by default)

30

Not enough data

Policy Enforcement

8.2(won by default)

29

Not enough data

Agentic AI - Intelligent Email Protection

Autonomous Task Execution

Not enough data

Not enough data

Adaptive Learning

Not enough data

Not enough data

Email Anti-spam[Hide 54 FeaturesShow 54 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

7.8

14

Agentic AI - Email Anti-spam Features

Autonomous Task Execution

Not enough data

8.1(won by default)

13

Proactive Assistance

Not enough data

7.4(won by default)

11

Additional Functionality

Phishing Protection

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Recovery

Not enough data

Not enough data

Archiving & Retention

Not enough data

Not enough data

Backup and Recovery

Not enough data

Not enough data

Policy Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Email Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Loss Prevention

Not enough data

Not enough data

Single Sign On

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Storage Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Fraud Detection

Not enough data

Not enough data

Email Routing

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Verification

Not enough data

Not enough data

Compliance Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Filtering

Not enough data

Not enough data

Search/Filter

Not enough data

Not enough data

SURLB/URIBL Filtering

Not enough data

Not enough data

Security Auditing

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Synchronization

Not enough data

Not enough data

Anti Virus

Not enough data

Not enough data

Risk Assessment

Not enough data

Not enough data

Greylisting

Not enough data

Not enough data

Audit Trail

Not enough data

Not enough data

Reporting/Analytics

Not enough data

Not enough data

Allow/Block List

Not enough data

Not enough data

Vulnerability Scanning

Not enough data

Not enough data

Active Directory Integration

Not enough data

Not enough data

Compression

Not enough data

Not enough data

Email Tracking

Not enough data

Not enough data

Encryption

Not enough data

Not enough data

Anti Spam

Not enough data

Not enough data

Disaster Recovery

Not enough data

Not enough data

AI Copilot

Not enough data

Not enough data

Tagging

Not enough data

Not enough data

Secure Data Storage

Not enough data

Not enough data

Activity Tracking

Not enough data

Not enough data

Spam Blocker

Not enough data

Not enough data

Microsoft Outlook Integration

Not enough data

Not enough data

Spam Analysis

Not enough data

Not enough data

API

Not enough data

Not enough data

Categorization/Grouping

Not enough data

Not enough data

Event Tracking

Not enough data

Not enough data

Inbox Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Spam Detection

Not enough data

Not enough data

Authentication

Not enough data

Not enough data

Third-Party Integrations

Not enough data

Not enough data

Reporting & Statistics

Not enough data

Not enough data

Spam Quarantine

Not enough data

Not enough data

SSL Security

Not enough data

Not enough data

Generative AI

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Retention Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Access Controls/Permissions

Not enough data

Not enough data

Monitoring

Not enough data

Not enough data

Show 1 feature category with incomplete data

Email Security[Hide 32 FeaturesShow 32 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

Not enough data

Additional Functionality

Phishing Protection

Not enough data

Not enough data

Threat Response

Not enough data

Not enough data

Domain Check

Not enough data

Not enough data

Security Auditing

Not enough data

Not enough data

AI/Machine Learning

Not enough data

Not enough data

Third-Party Integrations

Not enough data

Not enough data

AI Copilot

Not enough data

Not enough data

Reporting/Analytics

Not enough data

Not enough data

Anomaly/Malware Detection

Not enough data

Not enough data

SURLB/URIBL Filtering

Not enough data

Not enough data

Activity Dashboard

Not enough data

Not enough data

Scheduled/Automated Reports

Not enough data

Not enough data

For MSPs

Not enough data

Not enough data

Whitelisting/Blacklisting

Not enough data

Not enough data

Fraud Detection

Not enough data

Not enough data

Spam Blocker

Not enough data

Not enough data

Spam Quarantine

Not enough data

Not enough data

API

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Leak Prevention

Not enough data

Not enough data

Encryption

Not enough data

Not enough data

Audit Trail

Not enough data

Not enough data

Real-Time Monitoring

Not enough data

Not enough data

Spam Analysis

Not enough data

Not enough data

Policy Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Alerts/Escalation

Not enough data

Not enough data

Email Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Vulnerability Scanning

Not enough data

Not enough data

Generative AI

Not enough data

Not enough data

Threat Protection

Not enough data

Not enough data

Email Attachment Protection

Not enough data

Not enough data

Email Filtering

Not enough data

Not enough data

Two-Factor Authentication

Not enough data

Not enough data

User Insights

Reviewers' Company Size

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Barracuda Impersonation Protection

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)

17.0%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)

67.0%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)

15.9%

[![Microsoft Defender for Office 365](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/a8a99a96fda235658139f710592f8a53/microsoft-microsoft-defender-for-office-365.svg "Microsoft Defender for Office 365")](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-microsoft-defender-for-office-365/reviews)

Microsoft Defender for Office 365

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)

25.9%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)

37.9%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)

36.2%

Small-Business

(50 or fewer emp.)

17.0%

25.9%

Mid-Market

(51-1000 emp.)

67.0%

37.9%

Enterprise

(\> 1000 emp.)

15.9%

36.2%

Reviewers' Industry

[![Barracuda Impersonation Protection](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/5e6350725a634ca6e0d4f8106054b6c4/barracuda-impersonation-protection-formerly-barracuda-sentinel.svg "Barracuda Impersonation Protection")](https://www.g2.com/products/barracuda-impersonation-protection/reviews)
Barracuda Impersonation Protection

Information Technology and Services

10.2%

Higher Education

9.1%

Manufacturing

8.0%

Hospital & Health Care

5.7%

Construction

4.5%

Other

62.5%

[![Microsoft Defender for Office 365](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/a8a99a96fda235658139f710592f8a53/microsoft-microsoft-defender-for-office-365.svg "Microsoft Defender for Office 365")](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-microsoft-defender-for-office-365/reviews)
Microsoft Defender for Office 365

Information Technology and Services

25.7%

Computer & Network Security

12.5%

Computer Software

12.5%

Financial Services

5.4%

Accounting

2.9%

Other

41.1%

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## Barracuda Impersonation Protection vs Microsoft Defender for Office 365

When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Microsoft Defender for Office 365 easier to use. However, Barracuda Impersonation Protection is easier to set up and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Barracuda Impersonation Protection overall.

- Reviewers felt that Microsoft Defender for Office 365 meets the needs of their business better than Barracuda Impersonation Protection.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Barracuda Impersonation Protection is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Microsoft Defender for Office 365 over Barracuda Impersonation Protection.