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Smarsh vs. SonicWall Email Security Appliances

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    SonicWall Email Security Appliances

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ASonicWall Email Security Appliances are for organizations that need a dedicated on-premises solution. SonicWall’s solution can be deployed as a hardened physical appliance, robust virtual appliance or software application. The multi-layered solution provides comprehensive inbound and outbound protection, and defends against advanced email-borne threats such as ransomware, zero-day threats, spear phishing and business email compromise (BEC).N/A
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    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    SmarshSonicWall Email Security Appliances
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    4.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.1
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    User Testimonials
    SmarshSonicWall Email Security Appliances
    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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    SonicWall
    While this solution is capable of managing a smaller environment, I'm weary to install it into a larger customers' environment. This solution does a decent job of basic email security and centrally managed controls. Hardware upgrade options seem limited though if adding a lot more email boxes. Retention options are limited compared to other products.
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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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    SonicWall
    • Simple GUI interface where everything is in one location and easy to use.
    • Simple setup, but allows you to be flexible with different security zones.
    • Robust, stays up and running.
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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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    SonicWall
    • Manufacturer is focused on several solutions (so likely not enough focus in one area)
    • Not the most cost effective solution
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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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    SonicWall
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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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    SonicWall
    We switched from Watchguard to SonicWALL because of the ease of use and everything was located in one place. At the time Watchguard was changing to force you to use a server to manage your VPNs, and we didn't see a reason to have to manage another product when it should have been able to do everything itself. SonicWALL met and exceeded our expectations.
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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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    SonicWall
    • Blocks a majority of spam and malicious emails
    • Sandboxing options limited
    • Not the best solution out there that we have seen
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