Digital Safe vs Veritas Enterprise Vault comparison

Smarsh and Veritas are both solutions in the File Archiving category. Smarsh is ranked #8, while Veritas is ranked #2 with an average rating of 7.8. Smarsh holds a 4.3% mindshare in FA, compared to Veritas’s 9.9% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Smarsh users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 89% of Veritas users who would recommend it.

Digital Safe

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100% willing to recommend

Veritas Enterprise Vault

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89% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Digital Safe and Veritas Enterprise Vault based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Digital Safe

Ranking in File Archiving

8th

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Veritas Enterprise Vault

Ranking in File Archiving

2nd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Email Archiving (4th)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the File Archiving category, the mindshare of Digital Safe is 4.3%, up from 1.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veritas Enterprise Vault is 9.9%, down from 23.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

File Archiving Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Veritas Enterprise Vault	9.9%
Digital Safe	4.3%
Other	85.8%

File Archiving

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it_user948

digital strategist at SMD Services

Solid product, functionally rich, but complex.

The message archiving tool is very powerful and can handle many search / flagging scenarios, as well as numerous message types (SMS, E-mail, bloomberg, etc). With flexibility comes complexity. The solution is very complex and requires significant configuration. If hosting…

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Charles Nwaokukwu

Head, Datacenter and IT Enterprise Applications at GTBANK

Support for data archiving and integration capabilities enhance data management

The GUI of Veritas Enterprise Vault is not friendly; the user interface can be quite convoluted for users or IT people who are not conversant with it. Even for professionals, it can be complex. Over time, if you get the hang of it, you'll understand it, but it's not something you can teach a user to quickly grasp. It's kind of complex. Veritas could do something to change this situation. I've given feedback quite a number of times through various channels, including during support calls. I remember trying to do a system state backup using our NetBackup feature, and I found out that Veritas NetBackup cannot back up a system state. Having numerous solutions instead of just one backup system can be quite unfriendly. They can back up other things such as databases and file servers, but when it comes to carrying a system state backup, it falls short. Honestly, Veritas Enterprise Vault's costing was one of the main reasons we dropped the integration to the cloud.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The message archiving tool is very powerful and can handle many search / flagging scenarios, as well as numerous message types (SMS, E-mail, Bloomberg, etc)."

"Veritas Enterprise Vault is highly stable and has low-maintenance."

"We use advanced indexing and search functionalities heavily, and for compliance, audits, and legal requirements, it's helpful for the recovery purposes of corrupted files."

"User behavior is very smooth."

"Compared to other third-party products, the solution's most valuable features are its cost and security."

"I use the solution to find data loss and restore the data."

"From my experience, the most beneficial aspects of the product are the lower cost per terabyte and the security of old data with ease of access."

"Enterprise is a user-friendly product."

"We currently have and still have a very high investment gains when compared to our investment cost."

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Cons

"With flexibility comes complexity. The solution is very complex and requires significant configuration."

"Dealing with personal information, such as documents that contain a personal number, personal ID or something like that should be improved. Sometimes it works poorly in that regard."

"The GUI is not friendly. The user interface can be quite convoluted for a user or an IT person who is not conversant with Veritas Enterprise Vault to immediately grasp it."

"One of the big disadvantages is that the product doesn't cover structured data"

"Cost is high for Veritas Enterprise Vault."

"The integration needs to improve."

"The product is a very complicated solution. It is not easy to upgrade and get alerts of issues. You have to check it all the time to see if there is an internal error."

"Veritas Enterprise Vault's cloud backup solution should include the journal archiving feature along with the standard licensing package."

"The solution is not user-friendly and the restoration is not fast. It's also tricky to get information from it."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Veritas Enterprise Vault pricing is average, and I rate the solution a five out of ten for pricing."

"Enterprise Vault is a little bit expensive."

"The pricing is very high."

"On a scale from one to ten, where one is expensive and ten is cheap, I rate the solution's pricing a seven out of ten."

"It's an affordable solution"

"The price for Enterprise Vault is around €100 per user."

"Veritas Enterprise Vault is an expensive solution."

"There is a license required for this solution and it is typically is paid annually."

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Financial Services Firm

18%

Government

Outsourcing Company

Computer Software Company

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	9
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	11

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What do you like most about Veritas Enterprise Vault?

Veritas Enterprise Vault is an archive solution for email and files.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Veritas Enterprise Vault?

I don't know if the solution is affordable or if it's still a bit expensive in comparison to other products.

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What needs improvement with Veritas Enterprise Vault?

We just use NetBackup and appliances, and we don't use other solutions. We have NetBackup, and Backup Exec is a lower grade software that we don't utilize. We don't have Access Appliances. We don't...

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Also Known As

Micro Focus Digital Safe, Autonomy Zantaz, HPE Autonomy Zantaz, HPE Digital Safe

Enterprise Vault, Symantec Enterprise Vault

Overview

Autonomy Zantaz is a highly scalable and flexible archiving platform that enables your organization to capture and preserve email messages, attachments, and files in a way that both optimizes storage and allows immediate access for discovery and review by courts, regulators, administrators, and end-users. Powered by IDOL, EAS automates the processing of enormous volumes of information, dynamically exposing the patterns, linkages and meaning within.

Smarsh

Veritas Enterprise Vault is a comprehensive information archiving solution that helps organizations manage and protect their data. It enables seamless archiving of emails, files, and other unstructured data, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. With advanced search and retrieval capabilities, it allows users to quickly access archived information.

Veritas

Sample Customers

EDF, Morgan Stanley, RateCity, Missouri State Courts

Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, Dell, HP, Cisco, Adobe, Symantec, SAP, EMC, Citrix, VMware, Accenture, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Juniper Networks, Lenovo, NetApp, Nokia, Panasonic, Red Hat, Salesforce, Siemens, Sony, Toshiba, Twitter, Verizon, Visa, Vodafone, Walmart, Yahoo, ZTE

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