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7-Zip vs. Smarsh

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
7-Zip
Score 9.4 out of 10
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7-Zip is a file archiving tool free and open source under the GNU LGPL license, which features strong AES-256 encryption in 7z and ZIP formats, self-extracting capability for 7z format, and localizations for 87 languages. It is available for Windows.N/A
Smarsh
Score 7.5 out of 10
N/A
The 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
Pricing
7-ZipSmarsh
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
7-ZipSmarsh
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
7-ZipSmarsh
Considered Both Products
7-Zip
FR
Filippo Rizzi
CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
Chose 7-Zip
7-Zip is free of charge and meets all our needs in handling compressed files, both those produced by us and those that come from third parties.
The interface is the faster I've ever seen.
The competitor evaluation versions have ads or a lot of reminders that I've to pay now or …
Smarsh
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose 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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7-ZipSmarsh
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Medium-sized Companies
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Enterprises
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Score 9.2 out of 10
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Score 9.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
7-ZipSmarsh
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
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7.5
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Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
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User Testimonials
7-ZipSmarsh
Likelihood to Recommend
Support a wide range of languages .
Fast for preview zipped files.
Very good compress ratio in 7z format.
Old style interface, but quick and easy to learn.
Command line version with parameter switches for batch scripts.
In advance settings the amount of concurrent threads can be decided by the user.
Free of charge without advertisement, bloatware o potentially unwanted program.
A bit slow and cpu consuming when there are a lot of heavy files
FR
Filippo Rizzi
CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
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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.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Pros
  • compress/decompress fast
  • interface easy of use
  • command line capabilities
  • various format supported
  • multiplatform
FR
Filippo Rizzi
CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
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  • 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.
Will Jordan | TrustRadius Reviewer
Will Jordan
Infrastructure Analyst
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Cons
  • outdated interface... but is very quick and is not so bad
  • improve speed of compression algorithm
  • some compressed files are not fully supported
FR
Filippo Rizzi
CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
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  • Its configuration options were very large and required a good deal of time to learn all of the various settings.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Likelihood to Renew
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It's the only product at this time that meets all of our requirements.
Will Jordan | TrustRadius Reviewer
Will Jordan
Infrastructure Analyst
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Alternatives Considered
7-Zip is free of charge and meets all our needs in handling compressed files, both those produced by us and those that come from third parties.
The interface is the faster I've ever seen.
The competitor evaluation versions have ads or a lot of reminders that I've to pay now or then.
FR
Filippo Rizzi
CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
Read full review
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.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Return on Investment
  • 0 cost with no suprises
  • 1 tool for many formats
  • 0 time needed to learn how to use
FR
Filippo Rizzi
CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
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  • Faster investigative work has led to increased employee efficiency when working on security investigations.
Verified User
Anonymous
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