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Barracuda Message Archiver vs Veritas Enterprise Vault comparison

 

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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
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
7.6
Number of Reviews
17
Ranking in other categories
File Archiving (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Email Archiving category, the mindshare of Barracuda Message Archiver is 3.3%, down from 5.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veritas Enterprise Vault is 5.8%, down from 8.8% 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…
Jayson Martin - PeerSpot reviewer
The data retrieval process is seamless
The permission structure plays a big role in the solution's setup process. The deployment process involves setting up all connectors between the Veritas Enterprise Vault, emails, and file servers. At our company, we found the permissions created a complicated situation often during the setup of Veritas Enterprise Vault. The deployment of the solution overall took around a week for our organization.

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."
"User behavior is very smooth."
"The data retrieval process was seamless with Veritas Enterprise Vault"
"The stability is excellent."
"Organizations can streamline governance processes and improve compliance by utilizing automated classification to tag and categorize data."
"Veritas Enterprise Vault is an archive solution for email and files."
"The indexing and searching features are the most valuable features of Veritas Enterprise Vault."
"We use the solution to archive emails."
"The most valuable feature of Veritas Enterprise Vault is the on-premise recall from your email into Outlook."
 

Cons

"The user mailbox management is poor."
"It's a little bit more expensive than the others."
"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."
"Cost is high for Veritas Enterprise Vault."
"Veritas Enterprise Vault's cloud backup solution should include the journal archiving feature along with the standard licensing package."
"The integration needs to improve."
"The file-level archiving is very important in Enterprise Vault 12 and this doesn't really exist in early versions."
"The quality of support by Veritas has declined in the last year."
"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."
"The deployment phase is very hard."
 

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."
"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"
"Veritas Enterprise Vault is an expensive solution."
"The price for Enterprise Vault is around €100 per user."
"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."
"The pricing is very high."
"Enterprise Vault is a little bit expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
62%
Computer Software Company
16%
Legal Firm
4%
Manufacturing Company
4%
Educational Organization
30%
Computer Software Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
5%
 

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?
It's not so easy for a layperson or a new user to learn to use Veritas Enterprise Vault. It's a little complex to understand compared to other products. Veritas Enterprise Vault doesn't support cus...
 

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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