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Mimecast Insider Risk Management and Data Protection vs Wave Systems Safend Data Protection Suite comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Mimecast Insider Risk Manag...
Ranking in Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
3rd
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
97
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Wave Systems Safend Data Pr...
Ranking in Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
51st
Average Rating
6.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Mobile Data Protection (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Data Loss Prevention (DLP) category, the mindshare of Mimecast Insider Risk Management and Data Protection is 2.8%, up from 2.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Wave Systems Safend Data Protection Suite is 0.6%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Mimecast Insider Risk Management and Data Protection2.8%
Wave Systems Safend Data Protection Suite0.6%
Other96.6%
Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
 

Featured Reviews

External Ganesh - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Engineer at Comcast
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.
it_user116502 - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Expert at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
I like the device control. This solution helps us manage risk. Re-installation kills machines. To remove a machine, you have to perform a full reimage.
The most valuable feature is device control This solution helps us manage risk. I would like to see a better upgrade path and process. There are no major issues with the product, but there are major issues with the local reseller and their ability to support us. We have been using this solution…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"My experience using Mimecast Insider Risk Management and Data Protection has been great."
"Customer service is awesome, they are on top of all questions and are US based."
"Works in the background and users are able to perform restores."
"Moving to a single endpoint solution greatly reduced our management time and weekly reports keep us on top of any changes or problems."
"Code42 CrashPlan is by far the best data backup solution on the market."
"This was the best ones that I tested; I loved it then and still love it now."
"In my opinion the CrashPlan solution is best of breed for a corporate data backup solution."
"Set-and-forget (but email reports are available) backup process."
"The most valuable feature is device control."
 

Cons

"Additionally, there have been instances where a document or link has bypassed Mimecast, causing us to question why it was not blocked before reaching users."
"Reporting could be stronger. With the API you can do a lot of reporting, but it is not built in very robustly."
"Adding multi-user support would be huge."
"I would rate Mimecast Insider Risk Management and Data Protection an eight out of ten because sometimes it blocks or holds emails that are supposed to be unblocked."
"The support documents, although very thorough, can take a long time to read through; I would often prefer a simplified version."
"The application, written in Java, required far more system resources on a Client than other solutions."
"I have observed false positives because the solution is rule-based."
"Would like to see the ability to bulk clear alerts in the admin console in a future release."
"Once the solution is installed, it cannot be installed again without killing machines."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is reasonable. It's my understanding that the cost is about $7 for unlimited storage in the cloud per server."
"They were the best solution and surprisingly enough, the cheapest."
"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."
"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 is 100% worth the cost to get and keep the support, especially when setting it up."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Construction Company
9%
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Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business33
Midsize Enterprise30
Large Enterprise44
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Also Known As

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

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