Smarsh Communications Intelligence Platform (with Actiance) vs. Webroot Email Security Powered by Zix

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Smarsh Communications Intelligence Platform
Score 7.5 out of 10
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Actiance was a social media compliance and archiving platform acquired by Smarsh in November 2017. It is now part of the technology underlying the Smarsh Communications Intelligence Platform. Actiance products Vantage and Socialite are now Connected Capture. Actiance Alcatraz is now Connected Archive.N/A
Webroot Email Security Powered by Zix
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Webroot Email Security Powered by Zix (formerly Zix Email Threat Protection) solution provides a suite of productivity, email security, and compliance tools built on a secure, easy-to-manage platform designed to help users meet these challenges. It combines Microsoft 365 services, advanced email security, email encryption, large secure file sharing, and unified information archiving. The solution boasts users among more than 80,000 organizations, including institutions in healthcare, finance,…N/A
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
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Secure Email Gateway
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Smarsh Communications Intelligence Platform (with Actiance)
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Ratings
Webroot Email Security Powered by Zix
9.5
1 Ratings
12% above category average
Customizability00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Threat Detection00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
End-to-End Encryption00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Management Tools00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
Smarsh Communications Intelligence Platform (with Actiance)Webroot Email Security Powered by Zix
Likelihood to Recommend
7.5
(2 ratings)
9.2
(28 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.1
(2 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
7.5
(27 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Smarsh Communications Intelligence Platform (with Actiance)Webroot Email Security Powered by Zix
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Webroot, an OpenText company
I have already recommended Zix to a number of our coworkers in the home healthcare industry, and a number of those coworkers also use Zix, which makes it quite simple to connect with one another. Because it pertains to health care, which is an industry in which it is vital to maintain confidentiality and sensitivity, we also utilize it within our own organization to communicate with one another.
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Pros
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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Webroot, an OpenText company
  • Makes it easy for those receiving emails to create an account and retrieve the email.
  • Peace of mind knowing emails are secure, and can be tracked.
  • Monitoring inbound email threats is easy.
  • Support has been very quick resolving or explaining support tickets I've created.
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Cons
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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Webroot, an OpenText company
  • Ease of use. Other competitors platform is WAY easier to use and customize.
  • You have to cover THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION with coverage, even though only a handful will need to use email encryption
  • The Zix Protect platform is a complete joke to customize and use.
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Likelihood to Renew
Smarsh
It's the only product at this time that meets all of our requirements.
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Webroot, an OpenText company
It did delivers exactly what is needed, what was promised, is cost effective, and is incredibly easy to use and manage.
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Usability
Smarsh
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Webroot, an OpenText company
It is much simpler to configure and operate in comparison to other anti-spam applications. Zix's customer usage is comparable to that of other spam filters on the market; but, in terms of convenience of use, Zix comes out on top. Daily delivery of logs is provided, and the user is not required to sign in order for an email to be sent.
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Support Rating
Smarsh
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Webroot, an OpenText company
Zix is very good about response times and information. They even proactively e-mail us about known issues. I have never had an issue go unresolved, and the support team tends to answer quickly unless it's a strange, complicated request. The only time that happened was doing a search through logs, and that was entirely on me and my unfamiliarity with their flavor of Linux.
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Alternatives Considered
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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Webroot, an OpenText company
Cost is competitive, but factoring in Office licensing really made sense for my organization. Cost is lower for more features - I was able to move to Zix and get the top of the line package, moving from a mid-tier product at a competitor. Workflows and process have improved, and the filter is more accurate than our previous filter
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Return on Investment
Smarsh
  • Faster investigative work has led to increased employee efficiency when working on security investigations.
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Webroot, an OpenText company
  • Recommended Zix as secure email resource to the salesforce and seems to have been nicely adopted.
  • Peace of mind that some emails are hopefully getting encrypted and that we are more secure than we were before...sometimes. Again, there should be some indication to the sender that their information was sent securely. Even if it is a pop up or something.
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