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Google Vault vs. Microsoft Exchange Online Archiving

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Google Vault

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/AGoogle 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

    Microsoft Exchange Online Archiving

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AExchange Online Archiving from Microsoft is a tool that helps the user solve archiving, compliance, regulatory, and eDiscovery challenges. Hosted on Microsoft globally redundant servers, with IT-level phone support 24 hours a day, seven days a week, Exchange Online Archiving is compatible with Exchange Server 2019, 2016, 2013, and 2010. It’s also available as an add-on service for mailboxes that are hosted online.

    $3

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Google VaultMicrosoft Exchange Online Archiving
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google VaultMicrosoft Exchange Online Archiving
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Google VaultMicrosoft Exchange Online Archiving
    Considered Both Products
    Google
    Chose Google Vault
    It's more intuitive to use.
    Incentivized
    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 …
    Incentivized
    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 …
    Incentivized
    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 …
    Incentivized
    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
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    86%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
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    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
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    86%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Enterprises
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    Score8.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Google VaultMicrosoft Exchange Online Archiving
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (17 ratings)
    8.3
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
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    User Testimonials
    Google VaultMicrosoft Exchange Online Archiving
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Google
    Well suited - 1. Quick archival esp in Google workspace apps. Very easy to archive and store important conversations, chats, etc. 2. Search and eDiscovery - Very important feature. Less appropriate - 1. Export - Very limited options and sometimes a cause of concern due to limited options post eDiscovery. 2. Integration - Very limited integration options and leads to the use of multiple alternatives or workspaces. 3. Archival post deletion - No option for this that leads to missing important elements sometimes.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    Microsoft has a variety of models and tiers available to choose from. Depending on the nature of your firm, you should seek the advice of a specialist. Also, if you're like most people and use Microsoft Office, ask about it. Having the ability to collaborate online while still saving your documents to SharePoint increases your overall productivity.
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    Pros
    Google
    • 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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    Microsoft
    • Great granular-level management and backup of all Microsoft 365 mailboxes
    • Content search and investigation of mailboxes without modifying a user's password (without the user knowing)
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    Cons
    Google
    • 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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    Microsoft
    • Time to restore the mailings
    • To change the characteristics of the archive I need to communicate with the administrator
    • When the administrator eliminates the mail account it also eliminates the archives created
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    Usability
    Google
    Using Google Vault is straightforward
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
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    Alternatives Considered
    Google
    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 rather simpler data backup and retrieval, hence it seemed a good fit to implement
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    The Microsoft Exchange Online Archiving tools are the best with multiple Cloud capabilities which enables the smooth running of all the data processing projects and securing entire business data and easy transfer of any data size across the Cloud services. Archiving functions are also the effective ones with great data analytical capability.
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    Return on Investment
    Google
    • 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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    Microsoft
    • Is included with exchange online plans at no extra cost, so why not use it?
    • Has helped solve some specific user requirements eg auto-delete emails older than a certain age, and auto move emails from certain folders after a period of time.
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