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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft Exchange Online Archiving

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AExchange Online Archiving from Microsoft is a tool that helps the user solve archiving, compliance, regulatory, and eDiscovery challenges. Hosted on Microsoft globally redundant servers, with IT-level phone support 24 hours a day, seven days a week, Exchange Online Archiving is compatible with Exchange Server 2019, 2016, 2013, and 2010. It’s also available as an add-on service for mailboxes that are hosted online.

    $3

    per month per user

    Sonian (discontinued)

    Score4.8 out of 10
    N/ABarracuda Cloud Archive, or Sonian, was a file archiving option developed by Sonian and acquired by Barracuda Networks in November 2017. It has been discontinued.N/A
    Pricing
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    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft Exchange Online ArchivingSonian (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
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    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    86%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    86%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
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    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft Exchange Online ArchivingSonian (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (7 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft Exchange Online ArchivingSonian (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    Microsoft has a variety of models and tiers available to choose from. Depending on the nature of your firm, you should seek the advice of a specialist. Also, if you're like most people and use Microsoft Office, ask about it. Having the ability to collaborate online while still saving your documents to SharePoint increases your overall productivity.
    Incentivized
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    We have had a couple of legal inquiries which required us to review emails for a user or users. Using the Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service, we have been able to perform searches quickly, narrowing or expanding the search criteria is easy, resulting in exactly what we were looking for. This has saved us with claims for collections, as well as a couple of legal HR matters. It is my trusted go to application.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Great granular-level management and backup of all Microsoft 365 mailboxes
    • Content search and investigation of mailboxes without modifying a user's password (without the user knowing)
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Sonian search is rightly praised for ease of use, scale, performance and accuracy.
    • Sonian archive can be deployed rapidly without the need for costly professional service engagements.
    • Seamless process to import PST files into the archive.
    • Sonian has a high focus on compliance and governance which is reflected with their fast and accurate search function.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • Time to restore the mailings
    • To change the characteristics of the archive I need to communicate with the administrator
    • When the administrator eliminates the mail account it also eliminates the archives created
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Speed is slow sometimes
    • The Outlook plugin does not always find all emails when searching
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    It performs as expected with no exceptions.
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
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    We only need support when initially setting it up. We really have not had to call for user or help support on this product. It has always worked and is always easy to use.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    The Microsoft Exchange Online Archiving tools are the best with multiple Cloud capabilities which enables the smooth running of all the data processing projects and securing entire business data and easy transfer of any data size across the Cloud services. Archiving functions are also the effective ones with great data analytical capability.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    Sonian is a pure SaaS solution and is easy to manage and use. It's cost effective and does exactly what it says on the tin
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • Is included with exchange online plans at no extra cost, so why not use it?
    • Has helped solve some specific user requirements eg auto-delete emails older than a certain age, and auto move emails from certain folders after a period of time.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • We have been able to reduce a lot of store space by moving all PST files to the archiver.
    • Users love how easy it is to find old emails that were deleted long ago.
    • Some users now rely on this service
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