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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft Exchange

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Exchange is a secure email / messaging gateway with file archiving and encryption / data loss capability, available as a hosted service (Exchange Online) or installed (Exchange Server).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

    Solix EDMS

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASolix Enterprise Data Management Suite (Solix EDMS) is an information lifecycle management solution, from Solix Technologies in Santa Clara. Solix helps infrastructure and operations leaders implement the right policies, processes, and technology for application decommissioning and data retention, and helps users identify infrequently accessed historic data from production applications, and ‘move’ it to a secure archive with data integrity and access preserved. Solix EDMS also identifies…

    $7

    per month

    Pricing
    Microsoft ExchangeSmarshSolix EDMS
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Email Archiving
    $7
    per month
    File Archiving
    $523
    per month
    Application Retirement
    $723
    per month
    Database Archiving
    $723
    per month
    Enterprise Archiving
    $1,985
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft ExchangeSmarshSolix EDMS
    Free Trial
    NoNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
    Microsoft ExchangeSmarshSolix EDMS
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    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    65 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    63 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    68 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    46 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    52 Answers
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    Features
    Microsoft ExchangeSmarshSolix EDMS
    Secure Email Gateway
    Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Microsoft Exchange and Smarsh and Solix Enterprise Data Management Suite (Solix EDMS)
    Feature
    Microsoft Exchange
    7.3
    84 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Smarsh
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    Solix Enterprise Data Management Suite (Solix EDMS)
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    Ratings
    Anti-malware6.567 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizability8.079 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Loss Protection8.368 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Threat Detection6.566 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sandboxing7.444 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    End-to-End Encryption6.767 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management Tools8.080 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Microsoft Exchange Online Archiving
    Score8.4 out of 10
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    Score8.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft ExchangeSmarshSolix EDMS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (102 ratings)
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
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    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.9
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    -
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    Ease of integration
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
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    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    -
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    Vendor post-sale
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor pre-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Microsoft ExchangeSmarshSolix EDMS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    Creating and receiving emails is simple. Managing contacts is a nice feature, especially connecting to Active Directory. Calendar management is also helpful and sharing access to others' calendars for scheduling meetings is useful. And reserving resources such as rooms or equipment is also useful. Personal and shared mailboxes are good features, as well. Tasks are a little lacking, but other than that, the features are thorough.
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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.
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    Solix Technologies
    Solix EDMS is the recognized global provider of enterprise data management solutions for information lifecycle management and compliance. It helps data migration for [application] sunsetting and upgrades, reduce storage, and secures sensitive data. Solix is considered a pioneer in providing a complete infrastructure platform to manage data across [applications], e-mail, and documents in an enterprise.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • As we have a large user base of 11,000 users we use MailTips to avoid people getting confused with people with similar names in the organization.
    • The integration between Teams Meeting and Resource booking is generally very good. The Scheduling Assistance makes it easy to scan calendars and find free periods to provisionally scheduled events.
    • Marking yourself as Out of the Office and busy is easy, as is sharing your calendar within the team/organization or individuals.
    • Voicemail integration and the ability to receive missed chats in your inbox are highly used and useful.
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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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    Solix Technologies
    • Automates the process for archiving and purging of historical data.
    • Helps towards greater business agility without spending a fortune on servers and storage.
    • It is the foundation for E-Discovery through long-term data retention, data masking, database audit, and enterprise search.
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • The two main factors for the better reliability & Uptime of internally hosted Exchange Server depends on Exchange Server configuration and the level of investment the organization is willing to provide for hosting the Exchange Server On-Premise Environment. As the data is stored in the organization’s hardware, any disaster may lead to the loss of email and servers.
    • Losing data might affect business continuity and rebuilding it can be costly.
    • Security remains a major concern.
    • Security of data loss is main concern. To ensure that, organization needs to configure networks, systems and Exchange platform against possible threats.
    • Hardware and license costs are high.
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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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    Solix Technologies
    • Still some minor upgrade on indexes of records.
    • It was a bit tough to get started so user onboarding could be improved.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    Email and calendars in a business setting are requirements. And Microsoft continues to be the standard of business applications. Microsoft 365 makes Microsoft Exchange easy to use. Everything is in the cloud. Let Microsoft take care of the hardware, the software, and the security. You just enable your business users with the functionality they need.
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    Smarsh
    It's the only product at this time that meets all of our requirements.
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    Solix Technologies
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Exchange has come a long way over the years and has nowhere near the technical overhead required for support as it did back in 2003/2007 and prior. The integrations with Teams, Defender, Sharepoint, Copilot and many other products make it a solid and well-rounded tool used for many day-to-day tasks.
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    Smarsh
    No answers on this topic
    Solix Technologies
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    Microsoft
    Exchange is setup with multiple servers behind load balancers to provide high availability.
    Incentivized
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    Smarsh
    No answers on this topic
    Solix Technologies
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Microsoft
    I would say it's the best email product I've experienced.
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    Smarsh
    No answers on this topic
    Solix Technologies
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    We have a good enterprise agreement with Microsoft which affords us quick phone support. I have found the support staff knowledgeable and prompt with a solution when required. At times it may be difficult to schedule a call back, this is mainly due to our need for calls early in the morning which happens to be during a shift change at Microsoft support.
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    Smarsh
    No answers on this topic
    Solix Technologies
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    Implementation/conversion can be quite complex and, unless you have certified Exchange administrators in-house, you should strongly consider a 3rd party consultant for this implementation.
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    Smarsh
    No answers on this topic
    Solix Technologies
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Exchange Product The best cloud-based enterprise-grade archiving platform with a host of features that enable files to be securely archived and retrieved with advanced search options. This tool is very easy to use and has a User-friendly interface. It is a highly reliable platform that allows all employees to automatically store their data without any limitations. It offers a cost-effective solution with customized policy management. We are happy that the customer support team is always fast and concerned, and the product's uninterrupted service experience. It is very good that it stores data in real-time without losing it, even in the event of a disaster. The cost-effective solution and integration with other tools are seamless.
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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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    Solix Technologies
    At the core of Solix EDMS is the Solix Enterprise Metadata Manager which manages multiple applications metadata for all data types independent of the hardware platforms. By implementing Solix, companies will keep data growth in check and lower storage costs, and improve overall system and reporting performance.
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    Scalability
    Microsoft
    The only time Exchange has failed us is when we did something to cause the failure.
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    Smarsh
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    Solix Technologies
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • It has been an important factor in allowing seamless communication with clients and scheduling business meetings, which in turn works in the company's favor.
    • Haven't noticed any negative impact Exchange has had on our ROI. The support team is also responsive and helpful.
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    Smarsh
    • Faster investigative work has led to increased employee efficiency when working on security investigations.
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    Solix Technologies
    • Helps create rapid database subsets for test and development.
    • Benefitted from faster backup and recovery.
    • Helped towards greater business agility without spending a fortune on servers and storage.
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