Mimecast Insider Risk Management and Data Protection vs NetVault Plus comparison

The compared Mimecast and Quest Software solutions aren't in the same category. Mimecast is ranked #10 in DLP , with an average rating of 7.7, and holds a 2.7% mindshare in the category. Quest Software is ranked #22 in DRS , with an average rating of 8.0, and holds a 1.9% mindshare. Additionally, 98% of Mimecast users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 86% of Quest Software users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 29, 2026

Mimecast Insider Risk Management and Data Protection and NetVault Plus compete in data management and protection. While Mimecast is favored for user satisfaction due to pricing and support, NetVault Plus is preferred for its superior features, appealing to users seeking feature-rich solutions.

Features: Mimecast provides excellent insider risk management with information governance, threat detection, and compliance. NetVault Plus shines in data backup and disaster recovery, offering multi-cloud support and application protection. NetVault's extensive backup and scalability further highlight its strengths.

Room for Improvement: Mimecast needs enhancements in comprehensive backup options and scalability beyond risk management. Additionally, expanding multi-cloud support could elevate its offerings. NetVault Plus can improve user interface intuitiveness, streamline deployment procedures, and offer a more transparent pricing structure to increase accessibility.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Mimecast's deployment is straightforward with cloud solutions and responsive support. NetVault Plus, although more complex due to feature depth, provides detailed guidance and robust customer service. Mimecast integrates seamlessly, while NetVault Plus requires more setup effort, balanced by strong assistance.

Pricing and ROI: Mimecast offers competitive pricing with clear ROI through risk management efficiencies. NetVault Plus, with higher initial costs, delivers substantial ROI by ensuring critical data protection and downtime reduction. Mimecast is cost-effective for budget-conscious users, while NetVault Plus offers comprehensive value for extensive data management environments.

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Mindshare comparison

Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Mimecast Insider Risk Management and Data Protection	2.7%
Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention	6.2%
Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention	4.8%
Other	86.3%

Data Loss Prevention (DLP)

Disaster Recovery (DR) Software Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
NetVault Plus	1.9%
Veeam Data Platform	10.5%
VMware Live Recovery	7.0%
Other	80.6%

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Featured Reviews

Cobe Van Coller

Network Architect at IP Dimension

Cloud security has improved remote access and has reduced costs for smaller client sites

I have used Cloudflare One's Identity-Aware Proxy, and it is quite straightforward from what I have seen so far. The app registration on the Azure side integrates fully into Cloudflare, and I am very satisfied with that part because it is easy to set up. The integration of Cloudflare One's Secure Web Gateway and Zero Trust Network Access works without any issues. That part is pretty automatic, and if you complete the rest of the setup, it comes together by itself with no issues from my side. What makes it nice is that we can actually start replacing on-site firewalls at this stage for the smaller clients because it does not matter if they go to a coffee shop or work from home; they are still secured by the same connection. The hops get shorter and you get better latency. We have done testing to see if it is better. One thing that we did notice with our proof of concept with our current client is that they have people connecting from the UK. When they used their previous VPN solution, uploading CAD drawings and other files to the server took a long time. They mentioned that it is much quicker on Cloudflare One's solution. I definitely believe that is part of the improved performance, and I am satisfied with that as well. What is nice about Cloudflare One is that it makes the setup easier and also easier to train technicians to maintain it. Compared to legacy systems, we do not need to get fancy firewalls in place that are costly. That is definitely also a cost-saver with Cloudflare One.

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External Ganesh

Security Engineer at Sky Deutschland GmbH

Insider threats have been detected faster and internal data exposure is now controlled

Regarding how Mimecast Insider Risk Management and Data Protection can be improved, sometimes the tool is slightly laggy, wherein it would take some time for us to fetch the related logs from the Mimecast portal, and that of course can be improved. There could also be a graph or a kind of a graph where, if the organization has a smaller number of employees, it is fine, but if it has a large number of employees and different departments, then in that case, Mimecast could give us an AI suggestion upon how to improvise the current security posture, how we stand and where we can go up to in terms of implementing or tweaking the policies. As the organization's size gets bigger, it would also be better if Mimecast could provide some solutions upon how to segregate the users into groups and what groups can have which policies. Those kinds of features can be added. Regarding Mimecast Insider Risk Management and Data Protection's AI capabilities, I think its governance and security could improve as I am not entirely sure how it works. It would be helpful if Mimecast could, as the AI capabilities are in place, maintain a strict governance policy upon the data that is being processed, especially for user personally identifiable information. As insider risk management sometimes also gets into the personal details of the user, organizations might be hesitant; even we are also hesitant to use the AI capabilities. If Mimecast could provide more information about how they store the data and whether the agents are local agents or cloud-hosted agents, that would be of great help for the organizations to consider its AI capabilities while adhering to the compliance needs of a particular organization.

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Arno Wolthers

System Administrator at DIANA FEA BV

Reliable multi-platform backups have protected diverse servers and virtual libraries

Quest NetVault can improve in the area of Office 365 backups. Two years ago, I purchased the Office 365 plug-in or leased it for a year, and I have never been able to have a solid backup of Office 365 using Quest NetVault. I have resorted to a different solution specifically for Office 365 backups. It is not that it never works, but it fails so many times that it is not production-ready. On a weekly basis, I encounter problems and have to restart jobs or figure out what is wrong and then run it again. It simply needs to run as all the other Quest NetVault jobs do. If tomorrow there was a brand new Quest NetVault and I had the option to add something to make my life easier, besides improving the Office 365 backup, I would like to see that Quest Co Store products should be a part of Quest NetVault. They work and interact, but I have the impression it should be one solution.

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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 blocking feature is very good."

"Using Cloudflare One makes my work quite easy because for DDoS protection, all I need to do is understand the OSI model and click; it makes it easier than trying to write a command line or use a Linux command."

"Cloudflare Access is part of the Zero Trust philosophy."

"Cloudflare DDoS mitigates DDoS attacks."

"It will take the blow rather than our applications should an attack occur."

"It's a perfect solution from my perspective; it's easy to understand and easy to configure."

"Cloudflare Zero Trust Platform removes the risk of exposing the applications to the public."

"The simplicity of the solution is its valuable features as almost no effort was needed to learn the configurations. It is also one of the cheapest firewalls available in this category."

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"Setting up CrashPlan was easy from start to finish."

"Customer Service: Exceptional Technical Support: Exceptional. Always get a native English speaker."

"In my opinion the CrashPlan solution is best of breed for a corporate data backup solution."

"Since I started working with CrashPlan we have less tickets open, since we offer monitor issues we received daily alerts and most of the issues are fixed even before the customer realizes they have an issue."

"t has a very user friendly status bar with common errors and has logs built in to the console so we can review the issues or status of CrashPlan."

"Code42 has excellent customer support."

"Having an enterprise backup solution in place instead of relying on odd one-off solutions, such as time machine, easily saves $20,000+ in desktop support and admin time a year."

"The solution is very stable. Very rarely do we have any issues with it. We don't have to deal with bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. We find it to be reliable."

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"The platform helps us with efficient QoreStor deduplication (DD) capabilities and configuration."

"If a job is pending, the solution communicates it to us through emails."

"The initial setup is straightforward. It's not that complicated. Deployment took maybe about 15 minutes."

"Its dashboard is quite well done. When you log into the GUI, you can basically see everything you need to know. There is also the possibility to edit the view as you like, which is great."

"The user interface is good."

"It is working fine, and we are able to protect our customer's applications and data across their company with this single solution from Quest."

"The solution allows us to block off our network and only give access to whatever we want."

"The interface is very user-friendly."

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Cons

"Cloudflare Zero Trust Platform needs to improve its documentation. It took time to do the implementation."

"I would like them to include a VPN feature to provide a secure connection to the data center."

"The initial onboarding was causing us some confusion."

"Feedback could be enhanced."

"The response time for support must be reduced."

"Operating and tuning the product is difficult."

"The pricing is an area that can be improved. Pricing, as far as I recall, was the source of our problems."

"From a logging perspective, it is still a bit difficult to see exactly what users are being blocked with the current views."

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"My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing indicates that pricing is always very expensive."

"Reporting is pretty limited if you are not using the API."

"The GUI could use improvement, but generally it's fine."

"Not available for iPads yet."

"Since the product works in the background and, so far, has been able to restore multiple versions of files, I don't see any need for improvement."

"I would highlight reporting and analytics improvement. While the dashboard looks great, getting highly customized reports out of the system without using an external API can be difficult."

"I would rate Mimecast Insider Risk Management and Data Protection an eight out of ten because we need improvements in policies, and although I am not aware of other organizations' experiences, we are facing some lags, and there are points we must work on."

"We had one server that has tendency to make the client stop, but usually fixes itself if you give it a few hours."

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"There's no positive impact that NetVault Plus has brought to my company; I mean, there's no particular benefit I have seen from using it."

"The product’s SQL backup plugin needs improvement."

"The license expired without any warning and that caused us some problems."

"The storage capacity is very low."

"Improvements should come, particularly in compatibility, backup performance, or better troubleshooting."

"The interface can be improved. It should be more clear what features are available and make them easy to find."

"Improvements could be made in the deduplication and data management capabilities. There is also a need for better security measures, as security is critical to ensure backups are safe and free from malware."

"NetVault does not have the feature set that Commvault has."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price tag is no longer $200,000, but rather $300,000 to $400,000. It's twice."

"The prices are slightly expensive."

"The solution is not that expensive."

"Cloudflare Zero Trust Platform's pricing is good."

"The solution's pricing lacks transparency."

"My company has to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs attached to the solution. There are no hidden charges apart from the licensing costs of the solution."

"The pricing is somewhere in the middle. I would rate the pricing a seven out of ten."

"The pricing of the solution is cheap. The licensing cost is also very low. I rate the cost and pricing a three out of ten."

"It was expensive. It was more expensive than Eureka, and it was more expensive than Barracuda Backup, but what we got was a full team. They didn't come in and nickel and dime us. They provided the assistance we needed. They didn't say that they need to charge us for something or it is going to take another statement of work. It was all bundled into it... We pay for the software maintenance. It is probably 18% or 20% of the license fee for rev releases."

"It used to be a good solution for SOHO in particular as it had unlimited storage for a reasonable price. However, their pricing model has changed and they are now primarily targeting enterprise users."

"They were the best solution and surprisingly enough, the cheapest."

"The pricing is reasonable. It's my understanding that the cost is about $7 for unlimited storage in the cloud per server."

"It is 100% worth the cost to get and keep the support, especially when setting it up."

"The price of our 12-month contract is approximately $1,500 AUD ($1,100 USD)."

"The tool is expensive."

"When we purchased four licenses, we were given a very good price. However, it is still on the high side when compared to some other vendors."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Construction Company

19%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

16%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Construction Company

Comms Service Provider

Construction Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Performing Arts

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	10
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	12

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	27
Midsize Enterprise	29
Large Enterprise	35

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	6

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Also Known As

Cloudflare Area 1 Email Security, Cloudflare Bot Management, Cloudflare Gateway, Cloudflare Zero Trust Platform, Cloudflare DDoS, Cloudflare SASE & SSE Platform

Mimecast Incydr, Code42 Next-Gen DLP, Code42 Next-Gen Data Loss Protection, Code42 Forensic File Search, Code42 Backup + Restore

NetVault Backup, Quest NetVault, Quest NetVault Backup, BakBone

Overview

Cloudflare One is a comprehensive platform for security, performance, and connectivity. It provides features like rate limiting, DDoS protection, and application access, tailored to enhance user experience while securing internet access and accelerating communications.

Designed to integrate security measures with ease of use and scalability, Cloudflare One offers a secure web gateway and zero trust network access. These features ensure seamless setup and operation, making connectivity reliable and protected. Users appreciate its integrated console, intuitive interface, and the ability to manage risk effectively. It offers straightforward deployment, improves latency, and boasts cost-effectiveness. While its onboarding process and documentation need enhancement, its value in content delivery and application shielding is notable. Despite challenges in integrating Cloudflare Access with existing VPNs and the need for better automation and support, it remains vital for DNS and infrastructure protection.

What features make Cloudflare One stand out?

Rate Limiting: Controls the traffic rate to prevent abuse.
DDoS Protection: Shields applications from distributed denial-of-service attacks.
Secure Web Gateway: Provides secure internet access with seamless operation.
Zero Trust Network Access: Ensures secure, application-based connectivity without relying on traditional VPNs.
Access for Connectivity: Facilitates access to internal applications securely.

What benefits should users look for in reviews?

Security: Robust measures for DNS and browsing protection.
Performance: Enhanced site accessibility and communication speed.
Cost-Effectiveness: Offers competitive pricing for its features.
Ease of Deployment: Straightforward and efficient setup process.

In industries like finance, retail, and technology, Cloudflare One is crucial for enabling secure remote access and protecting web applications against dynamic threats. It supports compliance access policies and enhances content delivery, playing a key role in safeguarding digital infrastructure.

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Mimecast Insider Risk Management and Data Protection streamlines automated backups and simplifies navigation with intuitive interfaces, supporting cross-platform environments and central administration.

Offering seamless integration of security and management tools, Mimecast Insider Risk Management and Data Protection enhances data protection while ensuring ease of use. With real-time data management and centralized administration, businesses experience minimized maintenance effort. Despite needing improvements in reporting, account management, and mobile integration, its robust risk scoring and lightweight clients offer substantial benefits. Designed for corporate and HIPAA-related data, it aids recovery from device losses and strengthens data loss prevention, integrating well into egress strategies.

What are the key features of Mimecast?

Automated Backups: Ensures data is backed up seamlessly with minimal intervention.
Real-time Data Management: Provides up-to-date data access and processing.
Cross-platform Support: Maintains functionality across different systems and devices.
Intuitive Interfaces: Easy navigation improves user experience.
Centralized Administration: Allows for streamlined management of data and security measures.
Risk Scoring: Customizable settings for enhanced data protection.

Which benefits and ROI should users consider?

Ease of Use: Simplifies complex data protection tasks with intuitive processes.
Maintenance Efficiency: Reduces manual effort through automated features.
Resource Utilization: Optimizes device and cloud resources for better performance.
Robust Support: Ensures help is readily available to address issues.

Industries like healthcare and legal benefit from Mimecast's data recovery support for HIPAA-compliance and large-scale unstructured data management. The platform is adaptable for both on-premises and cloud-based deployments, essential for maintaining security in high-risk environments such as during legal investigations.

Mimecast

NetVault Plus is a dependable backup and recovery solution that efficiently manages and protects data across multiple environments, supporting scalable operations through user-friendly features and extensive compatibility with databases and virtual systems.

NetVault Plus offers a comprehensive approach to data backup and recovery, suitable for large-scale implementations across various industries. With capabilities in snapshot-based backup, swift recovery, and malware scanning, it ensures stable operations. The platform supports numerous databases and virtual machines, providing network access control and timely email updates on job statuses. Users benefit from its straightforward recovery processes and the ability to create backup jobs and tape server restoration. Though improvements are needed in web interface speed, pricing transparency, restore accuracy, and compatibility with newer technologies like MongoDB and Microsoft updates, it remains a significant tool for robust data protection.

What are the core features of NetVault Plus?

Efficient Search: Quickly locates tables and databases for easier management.
Built-in Reports: Offers built-in reporting capabilities for insightful data analysis.
User-Friendly Interface: Ensures ease of use for managing backup and recovery tasks.
Snapshot-Based Backup: Provides reliable snapshots for faster data restoration.
Malware Scanning: Protects data with integrated scanning for threats.

What should users expect in terms of benefits and ROI?

Scalability: Supports large-scale deployments efficiently.
Wide Support: Compatible with many database types and virtual machine setups.
Fast Recovery: Enables quick restore requests across regions.
Stable Operations: Ensures consistent performance over time.

In specialized industries like pharmacy and retail, NetVault Plus enhances client data management and security log processes, leveraging application snapshotting to protect virtual environments such as Nutanix Xi. It provides robust protection and backup solutions tailored to diverse server versions, including Oracle, SQL, and bare metal recovery scenarios.

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Adobe, Okta, Samsung, Taylormade, Boston University, Lending Club, North Highland, Stanford University, Ping Identity, Qualcomm, Pandora.

intel, Mars, MERK, Microsoft, Uber, Visa

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