Digital Guardian vs ZENworks Suite comparison

Fortra and OpenText are both solutions in the Endpoint Encryption category. Fortra is ranked #14, while OpenText is ranked #11. Fortra holds a 2.6% mindshare in EE, compared to OpenText’s 2.8% mindshare. Additionally, 80% of Fortra users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of OpenText users who would recommend it.

Digital Guardian

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 3, 2025

ZENworks Suite and Digital Guardian are competing in the enterprise software market, focusing on endpoint management and data protection, respectively. Digital Guardian is favored for its advanced data protection features, worthwhile for the extra cost, whereas ZENworks Suite is noted for its competitive pricing and support.

Features: ZENworks Suite offers endpoint management with patch management, asset inventory, and configuration management. Digital Guardian focuses on data loss prevention, encryption, and threat detection, suitable for industries with strict data protection needs.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: ZENworks Suite ensures straightforward deployment with significant integration and setup support, while Digital Guardian has a more complex deployment due to its comprehensive security measures, aligning well with high compliance standards. ZENworks Suite's customer service is commended for effective support, whereas Digital Guardian provides in-depth technical assistance specifically geared towards security needs.

Pricing and ROI: ZENworks Suite is characterized by a lower setup cost, offering strong ROI with cost-effective endpoint management solutions. Digital Guardian, requiring a higher initial investment, delivers considerable ROI through its advanced data protection and compliance benefits, making it a valuable option for organizations prioritizing data security.

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Categories and Ranking

Digital Guardian

Ranking in Endpoint Encryption

14th

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Loss Prevention (DLP) (24th), Mobile Data Protection (6th), Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) (32nd), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (61st)

ZENworks Suite

Ranking in Endpoint Encryption

11th

Average Rating

9.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Endpoint Encryption category, the mindshare of Digital Guardian is 2.6%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ZENworks Suite is 2.8%, up from 1.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Endpoint Encryption Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
ZENworks Suite	2.8%
Digital Guardian	2.6%
Other	94.6%

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Syed Mubeen

IT Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Enterprise data protection has supported regulatory compliance and integrates with classification tools

In terms of functionality, many features are valuable in Digital Guardian, as the first thing for most customers is that they are using solutions such as Boldon James and Titus, which fall under the classification side, and Digital Guardian can easily integrate with this data classification solution and has a very granular level of configuration and policy tuning. Digital Guardian's data protection policies are indeed useful for my clients. Regarding Digital Guardian, I find it to be a very good solution, and in fact, it is an enterprise-level solution that has very tight integration with most of the products, with Fortra but also with others.

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reviewer2134215

Consultant at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Fast with great patching and the ability to prioritize critical work

For a customer that had 4,000 devices, and at the time they had something that only supported Windows. We suggested this product, and the client was able to manage inventory and patch beyond just Windows devices. It helped them maintain compliance and patching permissions. They could do all the patching of all the devices within a week - offering less downtime.

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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 technical support is really terrific."

"Regarding Digital Guardian, I find it to be a very good solution, and in fact, it is an enterprise-level solution that has very tight integration with most of the products, with Fortra but also with others."

"We have been able to monitor access to files from each of our workstations."

"It has the added advantage of offering forensic analysis."

"The most valuable feature of Digital Guardian is its reputation. They have scored high on the Gartner Magic Quadrant."

"It can scale from 100 to 10,000. There's no problem with the scalability."

"I like the solution's adaptive inspection and container inspection."

"There is a built-in endpoint detection response that helps save money."

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"The setup is pretty straightforward."

"The stability is good."

Cons

"It would be helpful if there was an on-premise version of the solution for companies that cannot use the cloud, such as government sectors."

"There are a lot of issues with the current version of the Endpoint agent. It's not stable, it's resource-consuming, and there are some performance issues. If they could improve the stability of the agent it would be great."

"Digital Guardian is an excellent solution but our experience with the partner has been the most horrible experience we have ever had with any partner."

"The solution has complexities around policy creation and deployment."

"The initial setup is a bit more complex than other solutions."

"For vendor support, such as Fortra support, I would rate it a seven because all the support comes from different parts that sometimes have challenges meeting time zones, and sometimes they reroute to distributors and rely on partners."

"The room for improvement with Digital Guardian is that it will be better with the Linux agent because it is the only DLP solution for Linux workstations. It still needs to upgrade the agents to the latest version for the Linux kernel."

"When considering potential areas for improvement, it may be beneficial for Digital Guardian to optimize its processes and reduce the computational demands on the system, particularly with regard to high CPU usage. Although Digital Guardian offers numerous benefits, it can consume a substantial amount of RAM and CPU power."

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"I'm not on the most current version, however, I know one area that I didn't get into that I kind of wanted to is to have a mobile device management tool. My understanding is it's improved a lot from the version I have. It may be a feature that is already available."

"If they could introduce it on the cloud, it would be ideal."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of Digital Guardian is on the higher end compared to other vendors."

"The price of Digital Guardian is expensive."

"If I compare Digital Guardian with Symantec, the license cost is lower, but McAfee can be cheaper than Digital Guardian. It depends on how many licenses you plan to buy and how big the project is. The cost is not so high as Symantec, but not as cheap as McAfee. They can easily sell the solution for price."

"The cost was around $300,000."

"I rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten because Digital Guardian is expensive."

"Digital Guardian has both, subscription and perpetual licenses, but I think when everything (all technologies) will go to the cloud they will only offer subscriptions."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Healthcare Company

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Company Size

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Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	10
Large Enterprise	3

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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Digital Guardian?

Regarding points for improvement, from a technical aspect, I do not see any suggestions that have come to my notice, but it is an enterprise-level product, and the issue is that it works only with ...

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What is your primary use case for Digital Guardian?

The main use case for Digital Guardian is for endpoint DLP, as it is the product for endpoint-level DLP and is one of the core requirements for many enterprises that have to follow compliance, so t...

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What advice do you have for others considering Digital Guardian?

I would recommend Digital Guardian to other users, as I mentioned, we have to see the client's existing environment, and since we are not bound to sell Digital Guardian, we are open to selling even...

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Overview

Digital Guardian is proud to be part of Fortra’s comprehensive cybersecurity portfolio, and one of the Data Protection family of products. Fortra simplifies today’s complex cybersecurity landscape by bringing complementary products together to solve problems in innovative ways. These integrated, scalable solutions address the fast-changing challenges you face in safeguarding your organization. With the help of the powerful protection from Digital Guardian and others, Fortra is your relentless ally, here for you every step of the way throughout your cybersecurity journey.

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ZENworks Full Disk Encryption (formerly Novell ZENworks Full Disk Encryption) reduces the cost of deploying, managing, and troubleshooting encrypted laptops and desktops. It has automated data protection that locks out threats. It manages encrypted devices remotely and cut travel costs. Avoids security breaches and stay out of the news and gives IT staff a familiar management environment.

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The Fifth Avenue Theatre, Jabil Circuit

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