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Digital Safe vs Veritas Enterprise Vault comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Digital Safe
Ranking in File Archiving
6th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Veritas Enterprise Vault
Ranking in File Archiving
1st
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
Email Archiving (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the File Archiving category, the mindshare of Digital Safe is 5.4%, up from 4.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veritas Enterprise Vault is 10.8%, down from 16.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
File Archiving Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Veritas Enterprise Vault10.8%
Digital Safe5.4%
Other83.8%
File Archiving
 

Featured Reviews

it_user948 - PeerSpot reviewer
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…
Charles Nwaokukwu - PeerSpot reviewer
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.

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)."
"The data retrieval process was seamless with Veritas Enterprise Vault"
"Organizations can streamline governance processes and improve compliance by utilizing automated classification to tag and categorize data."
"The most valuable features are ease of use and performance. However, the performance can depend on the workload being used."
"The search feature is the most valuable aspect of the solution."
"Compared to other third-party products, the solution's most valuable features are its cost and security."
"The archive allows the customers to search any items as far back as five or ten years ago."
"Enterprise is a user-friendly product."
"Veritas Enterprise Vault is highly stable and has low-maintenance."
 

Cons

"With flexibility comes complexity. The solution is very complex and requires significant configuration."
"The integration needs to improve."
"I believe it needs better reporting features as well as better way of managing SQL databases and their maintenance."
"Cost is high for Veritas Enterprise Vault."
"The backup area needs improvement. I cannot perform application backup, and I am not able to repair the license."
"One of the big disadvantages is that the product doesn't cover structured data"
"It requires a lot of maintenance; we had a lot of problems with it as services were falling down or failing, so it's not really easy to maintain."
"It's not so easy for a layperson or a new user to learn to use Veritas Enterprise Vault."
"The file-level archiving is very important in Enterprise Vault 12 and this doesn't really exist in early versions."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The price for Enterprise Vault is around €100 per user."
"Veritas Enterprise Vault is an expensive solution."
"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."
"The pricing is very high."
"Enterprise Vault is a little bit expensive."
"It's an affordable solution"
"There is a license required for this solution and it is typically is paid annually."
"Veritas Enterprise Vault pricing is average, and I rate the solution a five out of ten for pricing."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
18%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Construction Company
6%
Educational Organization
6%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
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Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise11
 

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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.
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...
What is your primary use case for Veritas Enterprise Vault?
The major use cases for Veritas Enterprise Vault are email and file acquisition.
 

Also Known As

Micro Focus Digital Safe, Autonomy Zantaz, HPE Autonomy Zantaz, HPE Digital Safe
Enterprise Vault, Symantec Enterprise Vault
 

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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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