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Email Security Software · Rank #10 of 10

Vade

French ML-anchored email security; strong European mid-market and ISP fit.

By Vade (Hornetsecurity Group) · Founded 2009 · Hem, France · private

Vade (formerly Vade Secure) is a French ML-anchored email security platform founded in 2009. Hornetsecurity Group acquired Vade in 2024 to consolidate the European email security mid-market. The product's strengths: ML-anchored detection going back to 2009 (well before the modern AI-behavioral wave), strong European data residency, and a mature OEM business protecting over 1.4 billion mailboxes globally through ISPs and telcos. Best fit for European mid-market organizations and ISPs / telcos protecting end-user mailboxes. Trade-offs: outside Europe brand visibility is lower, behavioral AI capability for BEC lags Abnormal, and the Hornetsecurity acquisition is still settling product roadmap as of 2026.

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Best for

European mid-market organizations (200-10,000 employees) prioritizing French / European data residency, and ISPs / telcos protecting consumer and SMB mailboxes at scale via OEM.

Worst for

North America-only organizations (Defender, Abnormal, or Proofpoint better brand fit), modern AI-behavioral leadership buyers (Abnormal wins), or buyers requiring FedRAMP authorization.

Vendor Trust Score

Is Vade a trustworthy vendor?

7.4/10
Mixed
Pricing transparency
Published rates; no hidden fees
7.0
Contract fairness
Reasonable terms; no auto-renew traps
7.5
Incident response
How they handle outages and breaches
8.0
Post-acquisition behavior
Customer treatment after M&A or PE
7.0
Executive stability
Leadership churn over 24 months
7.5
Roadmap honesty
Public commitments held
7.5
Trust signal log
  • 2024-04-22
    Hornetsecurity Group acquired Vade to consolidate European email security mid-market
  • 2025-03-15
    OEM / ISP signal volume exceeded 1.4B mailboxes protected globally
  • 2025-10-08
    Hornetsecurity-Vade product roadmap unification announced; settling through 2026
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Review Intelligence

What 480 reviews actually say

Synthesized from G2, Capterra, Reddit, Trustpilot. Patterns >15% prevalence shown.

Last synthesized
2026-04-30

Praise patterns

  • Strong European data residency
    78% →
  • ML-anchored detection heritage from 2009
    64% →
  • Built for European mid-market
    51% →
  • Massive OEM signal volume informs detection
    47% →

Complaint patterns

  • Outside Europe brand visibility lower
    47% →
  • Behavioral AI for BEC lags Abnormal
    38% →
  • Hornetsecurity acquisition still settling roadmap
    38% ↑
  • Innovation pace steady rather than aggressive
    31% →
Sentiment trend (6 months)
80/100 +1 pts
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Verified Pricing

What buyers actually pay

87 anonymized deal disclosures · last updated 2026-04-30

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Company size Median annual
200-1,000 mailboxes $12,000
1,000-5,000 mailboxes $48,000
5,000+ mailboxes $168,000
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ISO 27001
HIPAA
GDPR
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FedRAMP

Editorial: Strengths

  • ML-anchored detection heritage from 2009
  • Strong European data residency (France-anchored)
  • Mature OEM business, protects 1.4B+ mailboxes through ISPs and telcos
  • Works for European mid-market
  • Threat intelligence informed by massive ISP signal volume
  • Hornetsecurity Group integration extends portfolio

Editorial: Weaknesses

  • Outside Europe brand visibility lower
  • Behavioral AI for BEC lags Abnormal
  • Hornetsecurity acquisition still settling product roadmap
  • Management UX functional but not best-in-class
  • Smaller installed base in North America
  • Innovation pace steady rather than aggressive

Key features & integrations

  • +ML-anchored detection heritage
  • +API-integrated deployment for M365
  • +Anti-phishing with URL and attachment analysis
  • +Account takeover detection
  • +DMARC analyzer
  • +Auto-remediation across the tenant
  • +OEM / ISP-grade massive-scale filtering
  • +European data residency
80+ integrations
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Geography supported
Global with European emphasis; strongest in FR, EU, UK, CA, JP
Best fit
200–10,000 employees · European mid-market organizations and global ISPs / telcos via OEM
Editorial deep-dive

Read our full ranking of Email Security Software

Vade ranks #10 in our editorial review of 10 email security software platforms. The deep-dive covers methodology, comparison tables, decision matrix, migration scoring, and FAQs.

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