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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft Exchange

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Exchange is a secure email / messaging gateway with file archiving and encryption / data loss capability, available as a hosted service (Exchange Online) or installed (Exchange Server).N/A

    Mimecast Cloud Archive

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/AMimecast Cloud Archive provides an archive storage solution for data retention, as well as search and retrieval of email, attachments and MS Teams conversations. The cloud archiving solution offers search capabilities for employees and automated tools for administrators that simplify management of mailboxes, e-discovery and litigation support.N/A
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    Microsoft ExchangeMimecast Cloud Archive
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft ExchangeMimecast Cloud Archive
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Microsoft ExchangeMimecast Cloud Archive
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
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    Mimecast
    Chose Mimecast Cloud Archive
    Mimecast Cloud Archive is by far the better system. Firstly it integrates into existing security services provided by Mimecast and overall it is built purely for email and large volumes of both users and emails.
    Incentivized
    Chose Mimecast Cloud Archive
    Mimecast gave us some extra features that we believed were beneficial to our business. Removing the archive from the Microsoft hardware was also good to allow separation. Plus, adding the optional exchange backup made Mimecast a clear choice.
    Incentivized
    Chose Mimecast Cloud Archive
    Mimecast has been the best archiving system so far that I've evaluated and/or used with the most "useful" features and best integration.
    Incentivized
    Chose Mimecast Cloud Archive
    The product offering is comparable, while the price is significantly less expensive in contrast to those offered by rivals. Additionally, the solution offers simple indexing and recovery, and it is nicely integrated into a variety of different ecosystems. Connecting across …
    Incentivized
    Chose Mimecast Cloud Archive
    The product offering is similar but the cost is lower in comparison to competitors. Also, the product is well integrated into various ecosystems and provides easy recovery and indexing. There are various connectors and APIs available which makes it easy to connect across …
    Incentivized
    Chose Mimecast Cloud Archive
    One of the big features of Mimecast is the ability to send large files. We used to use CItrix Sharefile for this but switched over to Mimecast's LFS for one large reason...since we are archiving all of our mail in Mimeast anyway we would have wanted these attachments, even if …
    Incentivized
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Microsoft ExchangeMimecast Cloud Archive
    Secure Email Gateway
    Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Microsoft Exchange and Mimecast Cloud Archive
    Feature
    Microsoft Exchange
    8.1
    80 Ratings
    Mimecast Cloud Archive
    -
    Ratings
    Anti-malware8.163 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizability7.975 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Loss Protection8.665 Ratings00 Ratings
    Threat Detection8.064 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sandboxing7.444 Ratings00 Ratings
    End-to-End Encryption8.364 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management Tools8.477 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Microsoft ExchangeMimecast Cloud Archive
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (98 ratings)
    9.5
    (18 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.4
    (8 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (8 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.6
    (8 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.9
    (12 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)