AppRiver from OpenText vs. Paubox Email Suite

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
AppRiver from OpenText
Score 4.5 out of 10
N/A
AppRiver 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
Paubox Email Suite
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Paubox, headquarted in San Francisco, offers their HIPAA compliant encrypted email service, the Paubox Email Suite, which features Encrypted Email, Inbound Security with ExecProtect, and Email DLP under one subscription.
$29
per month up to 10 users
Pricing
AppRiver from OpenTextPaubox Email Suite
Editions & Modules
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Standard
$29
per month up to 10 users
Plus
$59
per month up to 10 users
Premium
$79
per month up to 10 users
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AppRiver from OpenTextPaubox Email Suite
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
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Secure Email Gateway
Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Product A and Product B
AppRiver from OpenText
8.5
Ratings
2% above category average
Paubox Email Suite
-
Ratings
Anti-malware9.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizability8.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Loss Protection6.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Threat Detection9.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Sandboxing6.70 Ratings00 Ratings
End-to-End Encryption9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Management Tools8.60 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
AppRiver from OpenTextPaubox Email Suite
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
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10.0
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Usability
10.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.4
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
AppRiver from OpenTextPaubox Email Suite
Likelihood to Recommend
I would highly recommend AppRiver for inbound email filtering. We have been very pleased with the performance and the ease of use. The occasional email does get through, but I have had that happen on any email filtering we have used in the past. Great product and great support as well
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We use the solution to ensure emails are encrypted end-to-end. The solution determines encryption status between the email providers and will step in to add additional layers of encryption as necessary. Additionally, with inbound email protection, the solution can detect impersonation attempts. They also have a DLP module that can be used to detect emails being sent with sensitive information in them.
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Pros
  • Ease of management for a MSP. Even though there is no integration w/ PSA tools currently, I don't see this as a negative. The management is multi-tenant and simple to navigate.
  • Support via chat is fast and very competent. Only downside is they are just available during extended business hours, not 24x7 on the chat.
  • Reselling Office 365 is very simple and gives us an advantage over our competitors. Includes pre sales support and post sale support.
  • Encrypted email services act much like others, it works very well and includes and Outlook Plug in to make it obvious you intend to send messaged encrypted.
  • Email continuity. Email queuing is included, so if your onsite server goes down, mail queues at the spam filter until service is restored. You can step it up w/ their email continuity service which give you access to your mail at the spam filter in cases where your mail server is down for an extended period of time.
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  • Seamlessly chooses regular email when supported by our customer, and a secure messaging portal when not.
  • Integrates easily and transparently with existing email tools.
  • Reasonably priced.
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Cons
  • We had an issue with bills coming to us instead of going directly to the client that took a little longer to fix than we would have preferred.
  • It would be nice if the bills included the domain name. When I was receiving my client's bill, it was difficult to tell which domains the bill was for.
  • Cost a little more than from Microsoft directly.
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  • A little setup involved, but the support team was very helpful.
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Usability
AppRiver is very easy to use. A new employee can begin using it on their first day.
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Support Rating
AppRiver's live support is above what I expected, and I use it exclusively. I always get a professional, courteous, and knowledgeable tech that is easy to understand within a few minutes of placing a call. If you do have to leave a message they have always promptly returned my call.
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Alternatives Considered
AppRiver takes Microsoft 365 and simplifies the billing, provisioning, and support, to the point that we no longer have to deal with Microsoft directly, are able to simply focus on the product, rather than all the settings, setup, and all the other headaches typically associated with setting up a Microsoft365 Tenant.
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I selected Paubox and Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) to use together in tandem because I heard reviews and feedback from many other business owners in my field that these two programs worked the best individually and interfaced seamlessly best together as a pair. The chorus from my industry screamed "G Suite plus Paubox" so after cursory research of other services, I subscribed to both services without seriously considering any other options and never regretted the choice for a second. They work every bit as well both together and independently as was promised to me.
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Return on Investment
  • We were able to drop our email scanning software that was taking hours to clear the cache of emails daily. The reduction in delays on email scanning improved our efficiency as emails take seconds to minutes to get to where they are going not hours.
  • Encrypted email service (Cypher-Post) is difficult to use as well as our recipients do not like how difficult it is to use. The stub emails that contain links often get deleted because people are trained not to click on links in emails. This has caused substantial delays in people getting emails from us.
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  • Easy to use.
  • Compliance with secure email is not an issue.
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