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Microsoft Exchange vs Veritas Enterprise Vault comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Exchange
Ranking in File Archiving
3rd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
89
Ranking in other categories
Email Applications (3rd), Wireless Email (1st)
Veritas Enterprise Vault
Ranking in File Archiving
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
Email Archiving (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the File Archiving category, the mindshare of Microsoft Exchange is 11.3%, down from 13.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veritas Enterprise Vault is 23.3%, up from 22.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
File Archiving
 

Featured Reviews

Dean Della Pella - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers great reliability and good mobile access features
In my company, the product takes care of email communications as it handles all the emails and scheduling emails. Within the tool, the calendars are used extensively by our company and its customers. The tool has improved the areas revolving around calendars and scheduling tasks since it has helped in the unification of everyone working in the company under the same system. The most beneficial features of email management stem from the tool's ability to let its users combine the tasks and the calendar while also being able to organize emails. The security and compliance features have impacted our organization, and it has been extremely helpful since such functionalities are needed for compliance purposes. For the customers and my company, being secure and having control of the handling of emails is extremely important. The integration capabilities do not have a direct impact on the email portion of the product, but it does have the ability to set up meetings with the help of Microsoft Teams. The mobile access feature provided by the product helps our company in the area of productivity. I recommend the product to others who plan to use it. Based on the features and functionalities of the product, it would be beneficial to rule for any company where it is chosen. The product offers good functionalities and reliability. I rate the overall a nine out of ten.
Jayson Martin - PeerSpot reviewer
The data retrieval process is seamless
The permission structure plays a big role in the solution's setup process. The deployment process involves setting up all connectors between the Veritas Enterprise Vault, emails, and file servers. At our company, we found the permissions created a complicated situation often during the setup of Veritas Enterprise Vault. The deployment of the solution overall took around a week for our organization.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The most valuable features are that you can exchange information, tasks, attachments, and enhance the process in a short amount of time."
"Microsoft Exchange is a user-friendly product that is easy to manage and configure."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Exchange are it is always online and has broad email and file-sharing capabilities."
"On-premises Microsoft Exchange is good because it protects data privacy."
"It is a very stable tool...It is a very scalable tool."
"Microsoft Exchange's most valuable feature is that it's old-fashioned communication, meaning it's good for people who aren't able to work comfortably in a cloud environment."
"It's a very user-friendly application. The mail server is also valuable when compared to other services like SquirrelMail."
"Customers can benefit from this new pricing model because it's expensive and now with the subscription they can budget for this."
"The most valuable feature of Veritas Enterprise Vault is the on-premise recall from your email into Outlook."
"Enterprise is a user-friendly product."
"The most valuable features are ease of use and performance. However, the performance can depend on the workload being used."
"I use the solution to find data loss and restore the data."
"The indexing and searching features are the most valuable features of Veritas Enterprise Vault."
"The archive allows the customers to search any items as far back as five or ten years ago."
"The data retrieval process was seamless with Veritas Enterprise Vault"
"Veritas Enterprise Vault is an archive solution for email and files."
 

Cons

"I think that improvements should be made in creating greater abilities for Microsoft Exchange in terms of Reasearch and Development."
"From a security point of view, Microsoft should enhance the new features. Technical support could also be better."
"The solution's hybrid deployment process could be improved, particularly for customers who initially started in the cloud and may want to return to an on-premises setup. Microsoft could make this transition more flexible."
"The calendar integration in Exchange is not that great. The email features are okay, but it doesn't integrate well with the calendar and appointments, especially Zoom appointments. It integrates fine with Microsoft Teams, but Zoom is a challenge."
"Microsoft Exchange could improve the price."
"It is important to have the updated version for scalability."
"Nothing is perfect, that's why I am giving Microsoft Exchange a nine."
"The only thing that could be improved is the pricing."
"Dealing with personal information, such as documents that contain a personal number, personal ID or something like that should be improved. Sometimes it works poorly in that regard."
"Veritas Enterprise Vault's cloud backup solution should include the journal archiving feature along with the standard licensing package."
"It's not so easy for a layperson or a new user to learn to use Veritas Enterprise Vault."
"The solution is not user-friendly and the restoration is not fast. It's also tricky to get information from it."
"The platform's price could be affordable for small businesses."
"The stability could be improved."
"Veritas Enterprise Vault should improve its indexing and customization options."
"I cannot perform application backup, and I am not able to repair the license."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution's pricing is fine...I do think the tool offers value for money."
"We are currently using enterprise licenses for the solution. They are different pricing models available. There are individual, cloud-based, and enterprise licenses all with different pricing models. The larger the number of users, the lesser the price. For small to medium companies like us, we feel it is expensive."
"I have Outlook 365 Professional, and Exchange comes in the bundle with other solutions, such as Word and OneDrive. I pay for the use of the bundle monthly and I can imagine if you are a company with many licenses the pricing model would be a lot different."
"Compared to the other options in the market, the licensing costs attached to Microsoft Exchange seem reasonable."
"Licensing costs for Microsoft Exchange have increased, but are still fair. For some users, the cost is high considering the number of functions and features they will use."
"The product is quite cheap."
"I rate Microsoft Exchange a four out of ten for pricing because it is quite cheap, and many companies use the solution."
"The price of Microsoft Exchange is reasonable."
"The pricing is very high."
"Enterprise Vault is a little bit expensive."
"On a scale from one to ten, where one is expensive and ten is cheap, I rate the solution's pricing a seven out of ten."
"It's an affordable solution"
"The price for Enterprise Vault is around €100 per user."
"Veritas Enterprise Vault pricing is average, and I rate the solution a five out of ten for pricing."
"There is a license required for this solution and it is typically is paid annually."
"Veritas Enterprise Vault is an expensive solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
15%
Government
11%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Educational Organization
48%
Computer Software Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Government
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

How does Zimbra Collaboration compare with Microsoft Exchange?
Zimbra is a free, open source collaborative software suite. The features I like best are the ease of integration and the email, calendar, and collaboration server with web interface. In addition, I...
What do you like most about Microsoft Exchange?
The initial setup was straightforward and fast.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Exchange?
The licensing and pricing are quite costly, which can demotivate customers from opting for features and upgrades. However, the solution provides value for money if one is well-acquainted with Excha...
What do you like most about Veritas Enterprise Vault?
Veritas Enterprise Vault is an archive solution for email and files.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Veritas Enterprise Vault?
On a scale from one to ten, where one is expensive and ten is cheap, I rate the solution's pricing a seven out of ten.
What needs improvement with Veritas Enterprise Vault?
It's not so easy for a layperson or a new user to learn to use Veritas Enterprise Vault. It's a little complex to understand compared to other products. Veritas Enterprise Vault doesn't support cus...
 

Also Known As

Exchange, MS Exchange
Enterprise Vault, Symantec Enterprise Vault
 

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Sample Customers

Paderborn-Lippstadt Airport, Scitec Nutrition, British Airways, InnoGames, Osteology Foundation, Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH, NTC Contracting
Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, Dell, HP, Cisco, Adobe, Symantec, SAP, EMC, Citrix, VMware, Accenture, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Juniper Networks, Lenovo, NetApp, Nokia, Panasonic, Red Hat, Salesforce, Siemens, Sony, Toshiba, Twitter, Verizon, Visa, Vodafone, Walmart, Yahoo, ZTE
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