Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Arcserve UDP
Score 7.9 out of 10
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Arcserve Unified Data Protection (UDP) is designed to future-proof infrastructure by delivering data protection and disaster recovery for every type of workload. Backed by heterogeneous, image-based technology that protects to and from any target, the vendor boasts combining enterprise-ready features without the complexity of traditional enterprise solutions. Arcserve UDP supercedes the former Zetta DataProtect backup and recovery solution from Zetta.net, acquired by Arcserve July…N/A
Google Vault
Score 9.5 out of 10
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Google Vault is an ediscovery and archiving service for messaging and content created through some applications in G Suite. Users can retain, search, and export an organization’s data from select apps with Vault for G Suite Business and Enterprise editions.N/A
Smarsh
Score 7.5 out of 10
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The Smarsh Enterprise Platform is a unified, cloud-native solution designed to future-proof enterprise communications data strategies. Its technologies include elastic compute, natural language processing, machine learning and artificial intelligence.N/A
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Considered Multiple Products
Arcserve UDP
Chose Arcserve UDP
Arcserve [UDP] has stood the test of time due to its low cost-to-feature value proposition for our company. We have ultimately decided to move to a more MSP-friendly product in N-Able Backup, but Arcserve [UDP] kept us around for years with their reliable and inexpensive …
Chose Arcserve UDP
We used to have Veritas but it was never reliable; we had to set it up several times and it just never worked as expected. Arcserve UDP turned out to be easier to set up, manage, very reliable, and their team is always close to the customer. Our local partner has provided …
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Barracuda was way too slow--I really liked their cloud console, but the backups took forever, never even got to try a restore as our trial period ran out before we could get enough backups done to test.
Unitrends was a bit better, but it had a 3rd-party tool for some features …
Google Vault
Chose Google Vault
Greater security in terms of messages. The integrated system of recovery after failures. Searches are displayed, messages are displayed, and it controls how long email messages will be kept. You can specify policies for your entire domain, and acts as a backup service (backup). …
Chose Google Vault
Google Vault has a much better UI compared to Bloomberg and hence helps in navigation within the software. Bloomberg has better pricing and is much lower than Google Vault. The export feature in Bloomberg is also better than Google Vault by miles. But due to brand value and …
Chose Google Vault
I have not used a competitor to Google Vault, so I am not able to compare to other offerings, but as a company that uses the Google Suite for almost everything, it made sense to add this along. We also heard positive reviews from other companies and other resources so we felt …
Chose Google Vault
Google Vault has an advanced and secure way of storage, and access restrictions for different levels of employees thereby creating more impact on the cloud users.
Chose Google Vault
Veritas Enterprise Vault although the best backup solution present was quite expensive and difficult to implement at an org level. Google Vault is very smooth and easy to implement with orgs already using Google Workspace for business. The only reason for selecting Google …
Chose Google Vault
Proofpoint Enterprise was difficult to initially deploy while Google Vault was straightforward and easy to use from the get-go. Proofpoint Enterprise base eDiscovery product does not include case management and is an add-on and an additional cost which is not the case with the …
Chose Google Vault
Google Vault, unlike the above platforms, has an effective Cloud performance which helps save project time and cost, and its analytical functionalities are the best. Managing multiple information through Google Vault is also an easy operation and its data archiving capabilities …
Chose Google Vault
To be very honest, I have not used any other products. I have been only using Google Vault for my requirements, and I am very happy with it up till now. Google is a big brand, and this product has definitely stood up to that name. Kudos to the Google team. Looking forward to …
Chose Google Vault
The product is similar offering but it is already well integrated into the other g-suite products that we use. It works really well in terms of searching and indexing documents. Other products seemed more elaborate and were complex to implement and use. Since our use case was …
Chose Google Vault
We evaluated Informatica Data Archive before implementing Google Vault. What made us consider Google is ease of integration, affordability, functionality, and mobility.
Smarsh
Chose Smarsh
This was the only appliance of its kind that I have used. Other devices have different capabilities for web filtering such as the checkpoint firewalls, but none of them offered the overall solution that was deployed with this product at that time.
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Small Businesses
Paubox Email Suite
Paubox Email Suite
Score 9.0 out of 10
Cove Data Protection
Cove Data Protection
Score 8.8 out of 10
Cove Data Protection
Cove Data Protection
Score 8.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Druva Security Cloud
Druva Security Cloud
Score 9.4 out of 10
Cove Data Protection
Cove Data Protection
Score 8.8 out of 10
Cove Data Protection
Cove Data Protection
Score 8.8 out of 10
Enterprises
Druva Security Cloud
Druva Security Cloud
Score 9.4 out of 10
Microsoft Exchange
Microsoft Exchange
Score 8.7 out of 10
Microsoft Exchange
Microsoft Exchange
Score 8.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
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User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Midscale infrastructure where a simple and easy to configure and use backup solution is needed to protect workloads on-prem or in the cloud workloads. If you don't want to keep your backups on-prem, you can have them in the cloud.
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Google vault is good to use when you have large document files which needs to be put in cold storage or turn cold storage to hot storage in case the documents need to be retrieved. I t works well on automating tasks around till how long one needs to hold on to the data and then retire the documents as well. Some areas where the Google Vault would be less useful is if some documents needs to be used frequently and they are put in the vault as Google Vault is expensive to use very frequently.
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This appliance is well suited for organizations that have a need to monitor, moderate, or log social networking site use or the use of any website. It is a very solid tool for any information security department to have at their disposal.
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Pros
  • Stability of agents
  • Flexibility (able to load on low-end hardware in a pinch)
  • Reliability of backed up data
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  • Archiving - Archiving of emails, chats, etc, Pretty easy to use and have some amazing features wrt to duration, access, etc.
  • Search - Post archival, Google Vault makes it pretty easy to search for relevant content and eDiscovery.
  • Auditing - Workspace manager can easily audit user activities. Helps security at the org level.
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  • Discovery: It allows for easy discoveries by the compliance and cyber security departments.
  • Ethical walls: This keeps certain departments from talking to each other.
  • Very granular control. This is a big product meaning you can get very detailed with it.
  • Once it's configured and running, we hardly ever have any issues.
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Cons
  • Still a nich player
  • It has taken long to mature and evolve but they are on the way.
  • Dedup is not the best.
  • Not a SaaS solution.
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  • More export options are available to the user, specifically allowing exported data to be imported into a new account easily
  • The interface is very basic and easy to use, but the dashboard could show more information to make it more usable
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  • Its configuration options were very large and required a good deal of time to learn all of the various settings.
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Likelihood to Renew
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It's the only product at this time that meets all of our requirements.
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Usability
It works great in our infrastructure, we have reduced the risk of losing information at a lower TCO compared to other solutions. The implementation process was precise and fast and upgrades have always been smooth. It delivers what it promises.
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Using Google Vault is straightforward
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Support Rating
Pretty good--I haven't actually had to call them much so it's hard to say. The box works well enough and most of my issues have been related to the rest of my network, rather than the appliance itself.
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Alternatives Considered
Arcserve [UDP] has stood the test of time due to its low cost-to-feature value proposition for our company. We have ultimately decided to move to a more MSP-friendly product in N-Able Backup, but Arcserve [UDP] kept us around for years with their reliable and inexpensive product that delivered above and beyond technologically of their competitors throughout all that time.
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Veritas Enterprise Vault although the best backup solution present was quite expensive and difficult to implement at an org level. Google Vault is very smooth and easy to implement with orgs already using Google Workspace for business. The only reason for selecting Google Vault was a quick TAT for implementation but if your org has time for that, Veritas Vault is the best option wrt Storage, discovery, post-sales support, pricing, etc.
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This was the only appliance of its kind that I have used. Other devices have different capabilities for web filtering such as the checkpoint firewalls, but none of them offered the overall solution that was deployed with this product at that time.
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Return on Investment
  • Saved our bacon on one occasion restoring a business critical CRM SQL database
  • Granular Email restore a massive boon
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  • Positive ROI- able to conveniently store and access files/data that otherwise would not have been as organized. Not only makes my day more efficient but leads to a better client experience.
  • Organized storage.
  • Easy interface once you get used it it- give it about a month.
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  • Faster investigative work has led to increased employee efficiency when working on security investigations.
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