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GFI Software

GFI MailEssentials

Composite Score

8.0 /10

CX Score

8.2 /10

6 Reviews Write a Review

What is GFI MailEssentials?

GFI MailEssentials provides anti-spam and email security for your mail servers

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GFI MailEssentials Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

97 Likeliness to Recommend

94 Plan to Renew

94 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+100 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love GFI MailEssentials?

0% Negative

0% Neutral

100% Positive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Feature Ratings

Average 92

End User Spam Visibility and Controls

100

Anti Phishing and Spear Phishing

100

Anti Spam and Bulk Email Detection

100

Reporting Components

Encryption and Decryption

Email Retention and Archiving

Anti Malware Behavioral Detection

URL and Malware Detection

Hosted Email Support

Anti Malware Signature Detection

Data Loss Prevention

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 90

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

Breadth of Features

GFI MailEssentials Reviews

Bransy R.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Utilities
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2021

Dedicated and Approved Email Safety Program

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates GFI MailEssentials from other similar products?

GFI MailEssentials easily detects URL that has malware, and it blocks them from being loaded on our systems. Furthermore, GFI MailEssentials developed an anti-spam that is accurate and strict.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Many attackers uses some means like phishing, which the software has features to stop it. Also, the backup and archiving features that we get from GFI MailEssentials keeps our content safety and in any time accessible.

What do you dislike most about this product?

GFI MailEssentials lacks the customization feature, which would make us set or navigate the program based on what works for our company. For efficient software execution, the flexibility feature is critical.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Emailing is the primary and formal means of communication for companies. However, for their safety, GFI MailEssentials is a requirement, and therefore, the importance of this program is always felt.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity

How We Deliver

GFI MailEssentials

What is GFI MailEssentials?

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GFI MailEssentials Ratings

97 Likeliness to Recommend

94 Plan to Renew

94 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+100 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love GFI MailEssentials?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

End User Spam Visibility and Controls End-user email digest release capability and client integration for fine tuning.

Anti Phishing and Spear Phishing Heuristic detection techniques that recognize common characteristics of phishing attacks.

Anti Spam and Bulk Email Detection Basic inbound blocking using multitude of triggers: IP address, content, header, and other reputation-based identifiers.

Reporting Components Lightweight controls and components that are easily embeddable and reusable. Integration with common apps such as Word, Excel, etc.

Encryption and Decryption Advanced capabilities to encode data and information with visibility and controls.

Email Retention and Archiving Inbound and outbound logging capabilities.

Anti Malware Behavioral Detection Active code detection and execution.

URL and Malware Detection Live detection and following of URL embedded links and execution of active content.

Hosted Email Support Integration and support capabilities with third-party hosted email providers.

Anti Malware Signature Detection Comprehensive signature malware detection capabilities through threat intelligence sourcing.

Data Loss Prevention Detection of potential data breaches by monitoring, detecting and blocking the electronic transmission of sensitive data.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

GFI MailEssentials Reviews

Bransy R.

Dedicated and Approved Email Safety Program

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Title

Feature Ratings

End User Spam Visibility and Controls

Anti Phishing and Spear Phishing

Anti Spam and Bulk Email Detection

Reporting Components

Encryption and Decryption

Email Retention and Archiving

Anti Malware Behavioral Detection

URL and Malware Detection

Hosted Email Support

Anti Malware Signature Detection

Data Loss Prevention

Vendor Capability Ratings

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

Breadth of Features