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Barracuda Message Archiver vs Veritas Enterprise Vault comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 29, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Barracuda Message Archiver
Ranking in Email Archiving
6th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Veritas Enterprise Vault
Ranking in Email Archiving
3rd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
File Archiving (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Email Archiving category, the mindshare of Barracuda Message Archiver is 3.4%, down from 5.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veritas Enterprise Vault is 5.1%, down from 8.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Email Archiving
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2153010 - PeerSpot reviewer
Easy to use and doesn't require any maintenance
It's just a backup for email so that if people delete and/or try to remove stuff they shouldn't, we can find it It's easy to use. It's a little bit more expensive than the others.  It's like anything. You got to log in when you want stuff nowadays. Other than that, it's pretty good. I didn't…
Charles Nwaokukwu - PeerSpot reviewer
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

"It's easy to use."
"The indexing and searching features are the most valuable features of Veritas Enterprise Vault."
"Veritas Enterprise Vault is highly stable and has low-maintenance."
"Compared to other third-party products, the solution's most valuable features are its cost and security."
"We use the solution to archive emails."
"The most valuable features are ease of use and performance. However, the performance can depend on the workload being used."
"The archive allows the customers to search any items as far back as five or ten years ago."
"Veritas Enterprise Vault has its advantages; it does the work that it's supposed to do effectively."
"The data retrieval process was seamless with Veritas Enterprise Vault"
 

Cons

"The user mailbox management is poor."
"It's a little bit more expensive than the others."
"To give a quick calculation, one year of Veritas Enterprise Vault is more expensive than five years of CommVault."
"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."
"It's not so easy for a layperson or a new user to learn to use Veritas Enterprise Vault."
"Veritas Enterprise Vault should improve its indexing and customization options."
"The solution is not user-friendly and the restoration is not fast. It's also tricky to get information from it."
"The stability could be improved."
"The deployment phase is very hard."
"Veritas Enterprise Vault's cloud backup solution should include the journal archiving feature along with the standard licensing package."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We are satisfied with the pricing and the service is bundled so there are no costs in addition to the standard licensing fees."
"They're a little bit more expensive than the others."
"There is a license required for this solution and it is typically is paid annually."
"Enterprise Vault is a little bit expensive."
"The price for Enterprise Vault is around €100 per user."
"It's an affordable solution"
"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."
"Veritas Enterprise Vault pricing is average, and I rate the solution a five out of ten for pricing."
"Veritas Enterprise Vault is an expensive solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
42%
Computer Software Company
22%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Legal Firm
6%
Educational Organization
19%
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What is your primary use case for Barracuda Message Archiver?
We use Barracuda Message Archiver to keep a copy of our users' emails, both inbound or outbound. Our goal in using it is that from a compliance perspective, we can provide access to our auditors. I...
What do you like most about Veritas Enterprise Vault?
Veritas Enterprise Vault is an archive solution for email and files.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Veritas Enterprise Vault?
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.
What needs improvement with Veritas Enterprise Vault?
The problem is that licensing costs in the last two years are just growing higher and higher. Two years ago, compared to today, the costs rose almost four times, and that is why we are not happy wi...
 

Also Known As

No data available
Enterprise Vault, Symantec Enterprise Vault
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Alfa Romeo, Texas A&M University, Time Warner, Nintendo, Boeing 
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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