SmartVault Review
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I utilized Smartvault as a document control feature for our existing clients. Smart Vault then nearly tripled its price for the service. The only notifications of this were some spam emails. Once I found out it was too late. Customer service has been incredibly slow to respond, unhelpful, condescending and unrealistic, requiring several hours of phone calls to get anything answered or changed, I've found. In my view, If I had time to find another service, I would, but at this point, switching would take so much time that I guess we will have to stick it out another year, until things slow down and I can find a replacement. In my opinion, I'd strongly recommend that new users keep looking for something better.
Pros
- Easy navigation
- Email notifications
- Document previews
Cons
- Customer service
- Pricing
- User interface should be smoother
Return on Investment
- has made sharing documents with large numbers of clients easier
- has forced us into using their service, or spending time to find a better alternative, in my experience.
- Speaking personally the product has cost us several thousand dollars over predicted budget costs for a 3-year projection
Alternatives Considered
Citrix ShareFile and Dropbox
