Barracuda Email Security vs Tessian

Barracuda Email Security and Tessian are both enterprise email gateway solutions. Barracuda Email Security email threat protection platform available as gateway appliance or cloud service, while Tessian human layer security platform preventing inbound threats and outbound misdirected emails. The best choice depends on your organization's size, technical requirements, and budget.

Choose Barracuda Email Security if significantly lower pricing than Proofpoint and Mimecast is your priority and small-to-mid-market organizations wanting effective email security at a lower price point than Proofpoint or Mimecast. Choose Tessian if unique misdirected email prevention addresses a gap no other tool covers well matters most and organizations concerned about both inbound email threats and accidental data loss from misdirected emails and human error.

Tessian starts at Custom pricing / per-user licensing (per-user subscription). Barracuda Email Security starts at From $3.60/user/month / appliance pricing varies (per-user subscription or appliance license). As always, the sticker price only tells part of the story. Factor in add-ons, implementation costs, and what's actually included at each tier.

It depends on how deeply Barracuda Email Security is embedded in your stack. Most teams run both in parallel for a few weeks before cutting over. Check whether Tessian supports importing your existing configs or policies. That's usually the biggest time sink.