AppRiver from OpenText vs. Trend Micro Email Security

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
AppRiver from OpenText
Score 4.5 out of 10
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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
Trend Micro Email Security
Score 8.8 out of 10
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Trend Micro Email Security stops phishing, ransomware, and BEC attacks, and uses an optimum blend of cross-generational threat techniques, like machine learning, sandbox analysis, data loss prevention (DLP), and other methods to stop email threats. The solution connects with other Trend Micro security layers to share threat intelligence and provide central visibility of threats across the organization. Trend Micro Email Security protects Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Office 365, Gmail, and other…N/A
Pricing
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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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
Trend Micro Email Security
8.4
Ratings
1% above category average
Anti-malware9.80 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Customizability8.90 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Data Loss Protection6.90 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Threat Detection9.70 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Sandboxing6.70 Ratings7.00 Ratings
End-to-End Encryption9.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Management Tools8.60 Ratings9.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
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Likelihood to Renew
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Usability
10.0
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Support Rating
8.4
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User Testimonials
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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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Trend Micro Email Security is really a good tool to protect email from cyber attacks and provide end-to-end email data security. The encryption function is amazing. The anti-malware function is really helpful it's performed real-time email scanning.
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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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  • Policy creation and customization are quick and easy for both inbound and outbound emails.
  • Logs are easy to search.
  • End user email quarantine digests are convenient.
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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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  • Take less memory resources, so the computer does not slow down.
  • More frequent product updates.
  • Make it easier to set up.
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Likelihood to Renew
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The product really does everything it can and offers it very simply. In other words, after using it for many years like us, it feels as if the email system could not exist without Trend Micro Email Security. Using email in a corporate structure without this or any other product is the job of brave people.
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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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While Trend Micro Email Security provides enhanced email security capabilities to mitigate most email threats one of the major draw back was certain filters do not provide a wider time frame for searches within a single search.
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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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As a reseller, it can be difficult to locate the appropriate support number to call, however, once a case has been opened for a support request, it is generally resolved fairly quickly.
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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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It's a simple solution to configure and monitor, you just need to edit records in dns and spf. there are pre-set security rules that can be modified and implemented very simply.
You can quickly check the path of an email and the rules that checked the email to understand the cause of the block
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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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  • eliminating the threat before it enters the organization makes the network more secure
  • You don't have to check all PCs when a user clicks on a fake link because the email is delete before.
  • eliminate spam and ads
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