DataMotion vs. Digital Guardian

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
DataMotion
Score 9.3 out of 10
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DataMotion integrates modern secure information exchange through a variety of APIs, a no-code web component, connectors, and pre-built solutions that enable integration with existing workflows without having to replace systems or develop a new solution from scratch.N/A
Digital Guardian
Score 9.0 out of 10
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The Digital Guardian Platform from Fortra (formerly HelpSystems, acquired in late 2021) is a cloud-delivered data protection platform purpose-built to stop data loss by both insiders and outsiders on Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems. Additionally, Digital Guardian User Activity Monitoring enables users to detect, investigate and mitigate suspicious user actions to ensure sensitive data doesn’t get out. And Digital Guardian for Data Discovery provides visibility and auditing of sensitive…N/A
Pricing
DataMotionDigital Guardian
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
DataMotionDigital Guardian
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
DataMotionDigital Guardian
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User Ratings
DataMotionDigital Guardian
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
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9.0
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Likelihood to Renew
7.1
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Usability
6.3
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Availability
7.0
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Performance
8.0
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Support Rating
7.3
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Implementation Rating
7.0
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Configurability
7.0
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Ease of integration
8.8
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Product Scalability
7.0
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Vendor post-sale
7.0
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7.0
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User Testimonials
DataMotionDigital Guardian
Likelihood to Recommend
The Datamotion Secure Mail plug-in can be installed and used in Outlook while sending mail. In the search category, if you keep SecureMail 500 Admin and hit go, you can see how many admins there are. You can also see how many users there are and the license consumption.
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When Digital Guardian works well, it really is fairly seamless. You may notice a tiny bit of additional lag on some programs, but for the most part, when it functions properly, it's fairly unobtrusive. Therein lies the rub...when it functions properly. We had frequent program conflicts with Digital Guardian. We had one issue that caused Digital Guardian to completely cripple Microsoft Outlook, and similarly cripple Microsoft Excel. It took Digital Guardian weeks to even release any kind of fix for the issue, and the first several fixes did not, in fact, resolve the issue. We ended up having to completely remove it from our environment and are still waiting for a confirmed more stable version, as it simply caused far too much disruption to our user base, and also consumed an extremely large amount of time from our admins dealing with user issues related to these problems.
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Pros
  • It gives us a view of email usage on the network, as well as a view of all email viruses hitting the mail servers. This allows us to quickly identify and respond to any security threats and ensure that their email infrastructure is protected against potential attacks.
  • Tracking of communications and monitoring of audit transfers.
  • filtering of email messages and encryption of sensitive customer data.
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  • Email data leaks - DLP software must prevent certain actions to work well. Let's say you try to copy and paste an SS # to an email, or upload sensitive data to your personal email account. Guardian Edge can prevent that, and then alert administrators that it happened
  • Unauthorized file copies - Guardian Edge can also prevent users from copying files from a sensitive restricted area to somewhere else where they might be able to more easily exfiltrate it. A good example would be from a company file share to a less secure server or their own home drive
  • Alerting Administrators of suspicious activities - Any time a user uploads a file to an upload service or personal email, it is logged and reported as an event to be reviewed. If it found nothing in scanning the data, it will still notify you that it happened so you can review it yourself to confirm it wasn't a false negative.
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Cons
  • The address book interface to add users could be made simpler
  • The copy and paste feature could be improved
  • When composing an email the system should automatically search address book to provide less typing of Contact names already existing as a send to the person
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  • Digital Guardian is perfect in database protection, hence, no complaint.
  • Digital Guardian makes the detection process effective, hence, reliable.
  • Finally, Digital Guardian is cloud focused or delivered, hence, concrete and efficient.
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Likelihood to Renew
We have more testing to do before we decide if we will make a final decision to use the product as we believe we would also implement datamotion for the acquisitions we have planned for this year
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Usability
I could see DataMotion being used anywhere that needs to send confidential data or information within our outside of the workplace. This platform sends and receives emails securely. Also, the DataMotion support team response time is very helpful/appreciated and they will help you get things up and running quickly. I would definitely recommend [it].
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Reliability and Availability
Why are you asking me
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Support Rating
Responses always seem timely and the support seems to be pretty good. We haven't really had any major issues with the software yet, so I that's the reason I gave only an 8. If something more difficult were to pop up, I'd have a little more to say on the support for the product.
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Implementation Rating
Make sure to break up the implementation in phases
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Alternatives Considered
For us, the deciding factor was the ease with which DataMotion SecureMail could be deployed and managed. We really needed a type of product that wouldn't place too much pressure on the IT department. We also delighted with the DataMotion SecureMail's effectiveness and how drastically it would cut our spam.
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Digital Guardian consists of an elite team of professionals, who easily [identify] any threat and the possibility of cyberattacks. Further, Digital Guardian has the ability to prioritize the handling of the database, based on the risk that each carries. Finally, Digital Guardian has [an] attack sequence that is detailed, progressive, and sustainable.
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Scalability
Ridiculous question. It’s scalable and that is why we would want to use it
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Return on Investment
  • Increased efficiency with information sharing as it prevents the need for a cumbersome portal to transmit information/documentation.
  • Allows for accurate detail of document timing and deadlines with the tracking of emails sent and read.
  • Complies with a number of our audit industries standards for secure encrypted data transmission.
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  • The professional threat detectors and cyber security analysts [increase] the reliability of the company database.
  • Cloud coverage allows easy deployment and efficient systematic controls.
  • Lastly, Digital Guardian [values] and monitors the procedures or the roles that every player makes in the company.
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ScreenShots

DataMotion Screenshots

Screenshot of the DataMotion self-service center provides one-stop access for DataMotion products and free trials. It also has answers to frequently asked questions, documentation, and options to get support.Screenshot of the DataMotion mobile app for Apple iPhone and iPad is available for all DataMotion customers. Linking with an existing DataMotion account, disk quota, and message retention period, it extends secure exchange with users wherever they are.Screenshot of the DataMotion secure message portal login includes single sign-in option with Google, Microsoft, and Apple credentials. OAuth2 support is available for corporate IdP integration (Okta). The portal can be customized and co-branded with corporate colors and logos.Screenshot of where DataMotion offers documentation, helper libraries, and SDKs, available in a self-service customer center, for API integration.