7-Zip vs. Metalogix Archive Manager

Support a wide range of languages .

Fast for preview zipped files.

Very good compress ratio in 7z format.

Old style interface, but quick and easy to learn.

Command line version with parameter switches for batch scripts.

In advance settings the amount of concurrent threads can be decided by the user.

Free of charge without advertisement, bloatware o potentially unwanted program.

A bit slow and cpu consuming when there are a lot of heavy files

Incentivized

Archive Manager is very cost effective and much less expensive than Veritas Enterprise Vault. I use Archive Manager as protection from ransomware. This has saved me more than once where I can very rapidly restore encrypted files. It is also hardware agnostic and very flexible.

Incentivized

• compress/decompress fast
• interface easy of use
• command line capabilities
• various format supported
• multiplatform

Incentivized

• Email archiving and retrieval - leaves a stub in the users mailbox so they can still see and retrieve emails directly from their mail client.
• Very little admin or maintenance required from IT.
• PST Scavenging - MAM has a tool that will hun the network for rogue PSTs, and import same into MAM so the PST can be deleted.
• The Metalogix team are one of the best support teams we've ever dealt with.
• Prompt, knowledgeable and friendly.

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• outdated interface... but is very quick and is not so bad
• improve speed of compression algorithm
• some compressed files are not fully supported

Incentivized

• Archive Manager has a very steep learning curve. In some areas it seems unnecessarily complicated. You can either spend a great deal of time reading the never ending documentation or pay for their installation services.
• Metalogix was recently acquired by Quest. Since this transition, their support had greatly gone downhill. The last couple of times I have opened a ticket I have been asked for a service tag. Metalogix products do not have service tags and the front level techs seem to be unaware of this.

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Customer support is great and I will typically work with the same representative every time. He is very knowledgeable in the product and has been with Metalogix for a long time. I am concerned how the acquisition from Quest will affect this. It seems like their pool of knowledgeable support representatives is small.

Incentivized

7-Zip is free of charge and meets all our needs in handling compressed files, both those produced by us and those that come from third parties.

The interface is the faster I've ever seen.

The competitor evaluation versions have ads or a lot of reminders that I've to pay now or then.

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Large enterprise scalablity.

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• 0 cost with no suprises
• 1 tool for many formats
• 0 time needed to learn how to use

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• MAM has enable us to tier our email storage intelligently between high speed SAN, Low Cost NAs and Amazon cloud.

Incentivized