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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    LiveVault

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ALiveVault is a data backup and recovery option acquired by J2 Global from Iron Mountain.N/A

    Smarsh

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/AThe 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
    Pricing
    LiveVaultSmarsh
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    LiveVaultSmarsh
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    LiveVaultSmarsh
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of LiveVault and Smarsh
    Feature
    LiveVault
    8.5
    1 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Smarsh
    -
    Ratings
    Universal recovery6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instant recovery9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recovery verification6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business application protection9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Snapshots9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Flexible deployment8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform support9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Retention options9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Encryption9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    LiveVaultSmarsh
    Small Businesses
    BDRShield
    Score6.5 out of 10
    Amazon S3 Glacier
    Score9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Bacula Enterprise
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Google Vault
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Bacula Enterprise
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Microsoft Exchange Online Archiving
    Score8.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    LiveVaultSmarsh
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    LiveVaultSmarsh
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Ziff Davis Inc
    Our company was originally with VaultLogix which was taken over by LiveVault. The transition to the new product was not as smooth as expected and presented us with issues especially with a restore. Restore and what files needed to be included in the backup policy were not communicated to us correctly and it was not until a customer's server failed that we found out we couldn't do a restore because we were missing files that were needed for a complete restore.
    I don't believe it works very well for backups of virtual servers. Installation of the product is user-friendly.
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    Smarsh
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Ziff Davis Inc
    • Easy to install the client piece.
    • Easy to setup the backup policies.
    • Data encryption and security.
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    Smarsh
    • 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
    Ziff Davis Inc
    • It does not play very well with virtual servers.
    • Support is not always responsive.
    • Issues with failed backups have cost our company time and money.
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    Smarsh
    • 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
    Ziff Davis Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Smarsh
    It's the only product at this time that meets all of our requirements.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Ziff Davis Inc
    LiveVault is the only product we have used. The reason is that we chose it initially was the fact you can restore individual files. Also that the data is transferred offsite to a secure data center and data is backed up again, providing a second offsite copy.
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    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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    Return on Investment
    Ziff Davis Inc
    • LiveVault has initially cost us more labor time than we anticipated for our IT staff.
    • Installing cloud backup has given us a piece of mind that our data and our customer's data is safe.
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    Smarsh
    • Faster investigative work has led to increased employee efficiency when working on security investigations.
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