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Zoes vs. Barracuda Email Protection
The short version
DNS changes
None
Zoes
MX change for the gateway
Barracuda
Price for 100 mailboxes
$482.50 / month, billed yearly
Zoes
Quote only
Barracuda
How you buy
Online, self-serve
Zoes
Partners and resellers
Barracuda
Each flagged email
Labelled with the attack type
Zoes
Admin console detection details
Barracuda
What is actually different
Architecture
API only - mail is delivered as before
Barracuda: Gateway in front of mail, plus API
Price
Published
Barracuda: Quoted per bundle
Buying
Sign up and pay online
Barracuda: Through a partner
Running it
Nothing to configure
Barracuda: Gateway policies to maintain
Why teams choose Zoes over Barracuda
Nothing in front of your mail
No MX change and no gateway in the delivery path. If a vendor has an outage, your mail still arrives.
A price you can see
Published per-mailbox pricing that drops as you grow - $5 a mailbox above 50. No sales call.
Live in minutes
Sign up and approve access. On a paid plan, a scan of mail already in your inboxes starts right away.
The attack type on every flagged email
Invoice fraud, credential phishing, impersonation - each dangerous email is labelled, so whoever handles IT knows what it was without a security analyst.
Full comparison
Barracuda does not publish list prices (October 2026). Barracuda is a registered trademark of Barracuda Networks, Inc.; Zoes is not affiliated with it.
Questions
Is Barracuda Email Protection API-based?
Partly. Its impersonation protection connects by API; its gateway sits in front of your mail and needs an MX change. Zoes is API-only.
How much does Barracuda cost?
Barracuda does not publish list prices. Bundles are quoted through partners and resellers.
Can I add Zoes to an existing gateway?
Yes. Zoes checks what reaches the inbox after any gateway, so the two do not conflict.
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