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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Progress ShareFile

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AShareFile is a cloud-based file sharing and storage service built for business. The product was acquired by Citrix Systems in 2011, and is now offered by Progress Software.

    $54.45

    per month 3 users (minimum)

    Unitrends

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AThe Unitrends Recovery Series Backup Appliances are hardware developed for data backup and management. They cover enterprise backup, ransomware detection, recovery assurance, proactive monitoring, and cloud continuity into a single platform for organizations of all sizes.N/A
    Pricing
    Progress ShareFileUnitrends
    Editions & Modules
    Advanced
    $18.15
    per month per user (minimum 3 users)
    Premium
    $28.59
    per month per user (minimum 3 users)
    Industry Advantage
    $45.83
    per month per user (minimum 3 users)
    Virtual Data Room
    $77.00
    per month per user (minimum 5 users)
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Progress ShareFileUnitrends
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual pricing.—
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    Community Pulse
    Progress ShareFileUnitrends
    Considered Both Products
    Progress ShareFile
    No answer on this topic
    Kaseya
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    59 Answers
    89%
    Would buy again
    170 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    41 Answers
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    164 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    59 Answers
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    178 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    40 Answers
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    154 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    43 Answers
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    156 Answers
    Features
    Progress ShareFileUnitrends
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Progress ShareFile and Unitrends
    Feature
    Progress ShareFile
    9.0
    94 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Unitrends
    -
    Ratings
    Versioning9.077 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video files8.857 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio files9.153 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document collaboration9.082 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access control9.589 Ratings00 Ratings
    File search8.090 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device sync9.575 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Security & Administration
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Progress ShareFile and Unitrends
    Feature
    Progress ShareFile
    9.4
    89 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Unitrends
    -
    Ratings
    User and role management9.484 Ratings00 Ratings
    File organization9.490 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device management9.571 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Platform
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Progress ShareFile and Unitrends
    Feature
    Progress ShareFile
    8.8
    90 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Unitrends
    -
    Ratings
    Performance9.287 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reliability8.990 Ratings00 Ratings
    Storage Reports8.373 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Progress ShareFile and Unitrends
    Feature
    Progress ShareFile
    -
    Ratings
    Unitrends
    7.5
    360 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Universal recovery00 Ratings6.8302 Ratings
    Instant recovery00 Ratings8.7290 Ratings
    Recovery verification00 Ratings7.3288 Ratings
    Business application protection00 Ratings6.5262 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations00 Ratings8.0268 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification00 Ratings8.3338 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud00 Ratings6.5213 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression00 Ratings8.0326 Ratings
    Snapshots00 Ratings7.3243 Ratings
    Flexible deployment00 Ratings7.37 Ratings
    Management dashboard00 Ratings6.17 Ratings
    Platform support00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Retention options00 Ratings7.57 Ratings
    Encryption00 Ratings8.36 Ratings
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    Progress ShareFileUnitrends
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    IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
    Score9.1 out of 10
    BDRShield
    Score6.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Apple iCloud
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Bacula Enterprise
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    ownCloud
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Bacula Enterprise
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Progress ShareFileUnitrends
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (119 ratings)
    8.0
    (372 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (8 ratings)
    8.9
    (25 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (33 ratings)
    8.3
    (16 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    6.2
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (14 ratings)
    5.6
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.0
    (14 ratings)
    7.9
    (23 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.1
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    8.7
    (12 ratings)
    Configurability
    6.6
    (2 ratings)
    7.1
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    3.8
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Progress ShareFileUnitrends
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Progress ShareFile
    When we have a particularly large ad or job printing file that would "clog up" the email process, using ShareFile is very helpful. It's also useful for particular photographers we work with to upload a batch of photos all at once. Where it doesn't work as well for us is when trying to get clients to make use of a login to access folders. We find them reluctant to take on the learning curve. It works best for us when we just send them a clickable download link, and at most just require a tracking name and email address.
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    Kaseya
    We have a traditional stack and pretty typical needs as a manufacturer. I have used and evaluated everything out there, but the Unitrends solution fits very well and was competitively priced. I would think if it fits us, it could fit anyone like us with a similar stack.
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    Pros
    Progress ShareFile
    • Secure File Storage and Sharing.
    • Workflows to get customer/affiliate responses to comments on documents.
    • I used to have the signature feature initially, but it was removed from the original plan, so I could only use it if I chose to select the higher plan price.
    • I love the upload notifications and reports on user activity.
    • The document storage versions are fantastic. I am the only user with Delete privileges, and I love that I can make those selections.
    • Integrations with Microsoft 365 - FANTASTIC - thank you.
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    Kaseya
    • It has fully automated and customizable dashboards that can run with less administrative attention.
    • It should be able to run on virtual machines or be deployed as a virtual machine within MS Azure or AWS.
    • It's AI-based ransomware detection helps to understand data characteristics and alerts for ransomware attacks.
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    Cons
    Progress ShareFile
    • The web console is not the most user friendly site to use to get to, and send my files.
    • We have had users that have not liked the change in workflow to get files from Progress ShareFile when they were used to just clicking on files on an email.
    • That management of the tools are not the most user friendly. There have been some improvements but keeping up with certs and setting up new users can be more work than expected.
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    Kaseya
    • Errors on backup jobs could be more clearly explained. As the administrator of the device for my company, I often don't know what caused an error, and can't tell from the error information what happened or caused the error.
    • Updates of the devices should have an automatic option. It takes to much time to do an update to the devices if updates haven't been maintained.
    • Shutdown and restarting the device should be available from the main UI screen to eliminate some time when doing updates or if you're doing some maintenance on the device.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Progress ShareFile
    It's a highly effective and secure storage system, has robust workarounds for serving the various equipment limits of our users, meets high security requirements of HIPAA standards, significantly reduces our needs for producing paper trails.
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    Kaseya
    We have grown very attached to the Unitrends appliances and their use for recovery and other file restoration needs as well as data archival, data replication to other appliance and data migration to other servers or long term storage requirements. The appliances work well and the support for them is very good as well.
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    Usability
    Progress ShareFile
    ShareFile is so easy to use I was able to download all of my projects files and have them set up to sync before my supervisor could even come over to explain the process to me. It is a neatly organized and intuitive software that allows even the less tech-savvy to become power users.
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    Kaseya
    I have never used such an easy product that is stable and scalable like Unitrends. I have been running backups for MANY years. On premise, tape, disk, cloud, you name it. Unitrends is very flexible, stable and has incredible reporting features. It's nice when management requests a report and it takes you 5 minutes to run it and dump it to PDF. How can you beat that?
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    Reliability and Availability
    Progress ShareFile
    The software has never been down when I needed to use it.
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    Kaseya
    The appliances have been there when we need them and have rarely if ever gone down. Hardware issues have been resolved quickly.
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    Performance
    Progress ShareFile
    Easy to use, easy to integrate with Outlook. I only gave it a 9 because I have found that sometimes it does not play nicely with Outlook and can slow it down. But, when that happens (not frequent), I restart Outlook and all is well again
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    Kaseya
    The hardware is adequate and speedy. The user interface responds quickly. Backups complete quickly.
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    Support Rating
    Progress ShareFile
    Citrix was generally responsive and helpful in solving technical issues. Like any cloud based SaaS product there is a danger that it may go down. This was a rare occurrence over my three years of using the product. The more common issue we encountered was clients forgetting their login which was easily managed through a forgot password functionality.
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    Kaseya
    They're incredible, attentive, thorough. They make sure my issue is resolved and follow up. I'm usually behind on giving them a reply or an update. They have always gone above and beyond for me, and I'll continue to do the same for them.
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    Online Training
    Progress ShareFile
    No answers on this topic
    Kaseya
    It was sufficient to get started. It was not super deep. We called support often to get going.
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    Implementation Rating
    Progress ShareFile
    Good documentation for the API. With a little help from RS tech staff, any competent programmer should be able to integrate RightSignature with an existing system in a week or three. That help is easy to get as well
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    Kaseya
    The Unitrends employees involved in the installation were very friendly and knowledgeable. A certain degree of hiccups can be expected during any installation but never shook my confidence because of the friendly and knowledgeable team that was assigned to my project.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Progress ShareFile
    ShareFile is easier and does what you need. I have moved a few organizations from SharePoint to ShareFile. Just easier. You can setup different areas for different departments, setup their permissions and it is easy enough for them to do what they want in their zones. The mobile app works great as well. So you can all the features you really use from SP, but just easier to setup and use.
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    Kaseya
    Symantec Backup Exec was the primary tool used for backups for years. We also used Veeam for some Office 365/Exchange backups. Unitrends once configured and set up works very well against the competition. Backup Exec interface was more user friendly. The search tool for exploring backups was much better than Unitrends as well. Unitrends is much faster if you need to restore an entire VM or large file folders. Also once you have Unitrends all set up, it is very low maintenance, it just works. If something fails 9/10 it will correct itself on the next backup that is scheduled to run
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    Scalability
    Progress ShareFile
    I am a one person office. I have no idea how this software would scale to a larger office.
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    Kaseya
    Once you exceed the capacity of the appliances, you have to forklift a new appliance. This is very expensive.
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    Return on Investment
    Progress ShareFile
    • All of our clients and consulting engineers find ShareFile easy to use, thus complementing our business.
    • Our staff also find ShareFile intuitive, accessible, and easy to use, making it an ideal, everyday indispensable desktop tool for everyone in our company.
    • ShareFile can be linked to our firm's primary website as a placed for private use. We haven't found need for this yet, but might in the future.
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    Kaseya
    • It has saved some deleted file server data for our business department.
    • We have lost some reports for the business department due to an overlooked setting that make the backup reports look great, but the server was not being backed up in reality.
    • Less anxiety for the IT department, we have backup plan and that is worth a lot to us.
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    ScreenShots

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    Screenshot of the ShareFile dashboardScreenshot of ShareFile's Outlook PluginScreenshot of the Projects interfaceScreenshot of ShareFile's link sharing optionsScreenshot of ShareFile's e-signature