--- title: "DuoCircle vs. Mimecast | DuoCircle" description: "How DuoCircle" image: "https://www.duocircle.com/images/og-default.png" canonical: "https://www.duocircle.com/resources/mimecast-alternatives/" --- DuoCircle vs. # Phishing Protection + Spam Filtering vs. Mimecast How DuoCircle's Spam Filtering and Phishing Protection products compare to Mimecast for email security and continuity. Roughly 90% of category-leader capability at half the cost. Honest about where Mimecast covers more. [ Talk to an Expert → ](/contact/) Coverage match \~80% Price ratio \~50% Capability Phishing Protection + Spam Filtering DuoCircle Mimecast category leader Anti-phishing + anti-spam core Click-time URL inspection BEC + impersonation defense Multi-day email continuity Full email archiving Awareness training Microsoft 365 + Exchange Engineer on the support call partial Phishing Protection + Spam Filtering pricing Per-mailbox, published Pricing on the website. No quote-only gating. Mimecast pricing Bundle, quote-only Verify against their current public posture. Capability comparison ## Phishing Protection + Spam Filtering vs. Mimecast, by capability Honest table. Where the leader covers more, we say so. Capability Phishing Protection + Spam Filtering DuoCircle Mimecast category leader Anti-phishing + anti-spam core Click-time URL inspection BEC + impersonation defense Multi-day email continuity Full email archiving Awareness training Microsoft 365 + Exchange Engineer on the support call partial Pricing on the website ## DuoCircle vs. Mimecast Mimecast is one of the major enterprise email security and continuity vendors. Like Proofpoint, they sell a broad suite (security, archiving, continuity, awareness) with enterprise-tier pricing and an enterprise-tier procurement experience. The capabilities are deep. So is the contract. DuoCircle covers the practical core (anti-spam plus anti-phishing) at roughly half the cost, with engineering-led support and pricing on the product site instead of behind a quote. This page is the honest comparison. ### What DuoCircle covers - **[Spam Filtering](/email/spam-filtering/)** for Microsoft 365, Exchange, and on-premise mail. Multi-layer scoring, tunable false-positive controls, self-service quarantine release. - **[Phishing Protection](/email/phishing-protection/)** with click-time URL inspection, ransomware blocking, and impersonation defense. - **[DMARC Reporting](/email/dmarc/)** and **[SPF Management](/email/spf-management/)** as the authentication side of email security. - **[Backup MX](/email/email-backup-mx/)** for inbound continuity during primary-server outages. What DuoCircle does not cover at full Mimecast scope: long-term regulatory archiving, full information-protection / DLP suite, end-user security awareness training programs, encrypted-mail products at full scope. ### What Mimecast covers that DuoCircle doesn’t - **Long-term regulatory email archiving** with retention, hold, and eDiscovery at compliance-suite scope. (DuoCircle’s [Message Replay](/email/message-replay/) is a 45-day operational recovery layer, not a regulatory archive.) - **Full email continuity** including outbound continuity during a multi-day primary-server outage. DuoCircle’s Backup MX queues inbound; Mimecast’s continuity covers more of the workforce-keep-working scenario. - **Awareness training and phishing simulation** as a built-in product. - **Vendor-tier procurement** for enterprises that explicitly need it. ### Pricing comparison - **Mimecast pricing** is enterprise-tier, gated behind a sales conversation. Expect quotes in the multi-thousand-per-month range for mid-market deployments. - **DuoCircle pricing** is on the product sites. Spam Filtering and Phishing Protection together typically run roughly half what Mimecast charges for an equivalent security-only scope. → **[Visit phishprotection.com](https://phishprotection.com/?utm%5Fsource=duocircle&utm%5Fmedium=capability&utm%5Fcampaign=cross%5Fsell)** for current pricing. ### When to choose Mimecast - You need the full security-plus-archiving-plus-continuity-plus-awareness suite, not just the security layer - You’re an enterprise with budget and procurement structure for tier-one email security - Long-term regulatory archiving is a binding requirement and you want it integrated with your email security stack ### When to choose DuoCircle - You want strong anti-spam and anti-phishing on Microsoft 365 or Exchange without the full Mimecast bundle - You’re mid-market or upper-SMB and the Mimecast quote is not realistic for your budget - You’d rather get pricing off a product site and start a conversation with an engineer than navigate enterprise procurement - Your archiving needs are operational (45-day recovery) rather than long-term regulatory ### When to look elsewhere from both - **If you’re on Google Workspace,** our Spam Filtering and Phishing Protection are not the right fit. 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