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    Overview
    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

    AppRiver from OpenText

    Score4.5 out of 10
    N/AAppRiver from OpenText (formerly from Zix from 2019, which was acquired by OpenText), is a hosted messaging gateway and security platform featuring anti-spam and email encryption / data loss capability.N/A
    Pricing
    Microsoft ExchangeAppRiver from OpenText
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft ExchangeAppRiver from OpenText
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Microsoft ExchangeAppRiver from OpenText
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    Chose Microsoft Exchange
    Overall Exchange just has more features, therefore you can do more with it. It's relatively easy to manage once you know what you are doing and it just runs extremely well. When you need 99.99% email reliability, you can beat the robustness of Exchange.
    Incentivized
    OpenText
    Chose AppRiver from OpenText
    From AppRiver to Office 365, the support crew was exceptionally detailed and helpful. For new users, distribution groups, members on lists, and adding supplementary email addresses to current profiles for my teams, they led me through the process.
    Incentivized
    Chose AppRiver from OpenText
    Initially we were using Microsoft Office 365 for licensing, an on-premise Exchange server for e-mail, and The E-mail Laundry for spam filtering. After months of unsuccessful attempts to migrate our e-mail to Office 365, AppRiver was the only solution that successfully …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    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 ExchangeAppRiver from OpenText
    Secure Email Gateway
    Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Microsoft Exchange and AppRiver from OpenText
    Feature
    Microsoft Exchange
    8.1
    80 Ratings
    AppRiver from OpenText
    8.5
    7 Ratings
    Anti-malware8.163 Ratings9.86 Ratings
    Customizability7.975 Ratings8.96 Ratings
    Data Loss Protection8.665 Ratings6.94 Ratings
    Threat Detection8.064 Ratings9.77 Ratings
    Sandboxing7.444 Ratings6.75 Ratings
    End-to-End Encryption8.364 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Management Tools8.477 Ratings8.67 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Microsoft ExchangeAppRiver from OpenText
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (98 ratings)
    8.9
    (31 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.9
    (12 ratings)
    8.4
    (25 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)