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InfoScale vs Mimecast Insider Risk Management and Data Protection comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

InfoScale
Ranking in Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
19th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
IT Infrastructure Monitoring (26th), High Availability Clustering (1st), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (14th), Data Storage for Kubernetes (2nd), Autonomous Operational Resilience (4th)
Mimecast Insider Risk Manag...
Ranking in Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
4th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
97
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Data Loss Prevention (DLP) category, the mindshare of InfoScale is 0.1%. The mindshare of Mimecast Insider Risk Management and Data Protection is 2.7%, up from 2.0% 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 Protection2.7%
InfoScale0.1%
Other97.2%
Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
 

Featured Reviews

TJ
Site Reliability Engineer (Certified) at Kyndryl India
Automated recovery has minimized downtime and supports seamless multi‑datacenter failover
Beyond pricing, there are areas where I would like to see InfoScale improved or enhanced. Veritas offers three management approaches. The first, which Veritas currently recommends, is Veritas Operation Manager. The second is the Cluster Manager Java Console graphical interface. The Cluster Manager Java Console has not been revised since version 6.1 or 6.2. This tool was critical for me, particularly valuable when managing small cluster footprints of 20 to 30 server nodes. I relied heavily on this tool, but Veritas has moved away from it in favor of Operation Manager. I recommend Veritas continue evolving this tool rather than discarding it. The third approach is the command line, suitable for individuals with extensive Veritas expertise and experience, but command line use in live environments consumed excessive time, leading me to prefer the graphical interface. Apart from pricing, I have not discovered disadvantages. The product is excellent. My concern is Veritas discarding the Cluster Manager Java Console in favor of Veritas Operation Manager. Setting up Operation Manager requires time and a dedicated server that runs continuously. I had to create a single server just for Veritas Operation Manager. While this works well for larger environments with hundreds of clusters, it is less useful for smaller deployments. I still recommend Veritas reconsider this application and evolve it by incorporating new features from Veritas Operation Manager. Adding these new features to the Java console would be beneficial because that tool runs on my laptop without consuming environment resources, and I can connect directly to clusters from my laptop. I am not opposing Veritas Operation Manager, which is excellent and resembles hardware management consoles for power machines, but smaller tools that previously performed these tasks should remain as options to provide clients with greater ease. From a features and functionality perspective, I do not find missing features in InfoScale at this moment. However, I am not actively using Veritas, managing only legacy machines on older hardware. I am upgrading operating systems but not Veritas due to contract expiration and end-of-life status. The contract is not being renewed because the customer wants to move away. Since I have not logged into VCS since 2021 and transferred responsibilities to another team, I am unaware of features arriving in version 8 or beyond and cannot comment specifically on recent Veritas introductions.
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Over the last two years, we did not experience any application failover or receive alerts due to the immediate switchover mechanism in active-active mode that ensures no downtime, helping us significantly with confidence and trust in our organization."
"From a recovery standpoint, InfoScale is excellent and easy to manage."
"The best feature in InfoScale is the file system, which is the greatest feature as you can get any storage LUN from any hardware because it's software-defined and create a volume that can consist of storage from two or more different vendors, which avoids any vendor lock-in and makes it easier when you expand as time goes."
"InfoScale's ability to maintain data integrity and availability during a cyber event such as a ransomware attack is excellent."
"It's a stable solution."
"The best feature is that it supports high availability and automatic failover, which minimizes downtime and helps the environment reduce downtime and improve high availability for critical applications."
"It integrates well with other solutions."
"InfoScale does that all by itself without any dependency on different solutions."
"I'm still new to it; I think right now I am 90% happy with it."
"Risk factors can be adjusted for all intricate details."
"Crashplan has saved my company from a great deal of data loss."
"Customer service is fantastic as they are very quick to respond and will help you out with any and every question."
"The product just always has a continuous backup going, which is quite useful for us."
"CrashPlan is an excellent backup product."
"We were using piecemeal procedures that failed more than it saved data."
"Mimecast Insider Risk Management and Data Protection has impacted my organization positively by protecting our environment from malicious links and spam."
 

Cons

"It's very difficult to implement."
"Based on my experience with support, I would rate them a nine, only because occasionally the first person I talk to does not know more than I do and it needs to be escalated to reach someone more knowledgeable."
"Many customers can see the benefit of InfoScale, but they are usually not able to purchase the product because the license cost is very high."
"Many customers can see the benefits of InfoScale, but they are usually not able to buy the products and solutions because of the licensing costs."
"It could be more stable and more secure."
"My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing indicates that pricing is a little higher and should be reduced since most companies cannot afford it."
"While InfoScale is mainly used by enterprise-level customers, it does not inherently support many applications, which presents a scalability issue."
"The primary concern is licensing cost, as the customer is unwilling to invest further and has begun cost-cutting measures."
"We had one server that has tendency to make the client stop, but usually fixes itself if you give it a few hours."
"Reporting could be stronger. With the API you can do a lot of reporting, but it is not built in very robustly."
"From time to time, you will see issues with the software not connecting to the on-premise server, or the client crashes on a users machine."
"My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing indicates that pricing is always very expensive."
"The application, written in Java, required far more system resources on a Client than other solutions."
"They could always reduce the price."
"It's not available for iPads yet."
"I think one we can improve is the compression."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Our clients pay for licensing on a yearly basis."
"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."
"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 is 100% worth the cost to get and keep the support, especially when setting it up."
"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."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
18%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
7%
Media Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Construction Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise4
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business33
Midsize Enterprise29
Large Enterprise44
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Veritas InfoScale Availability?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that it is a bit expensive, but rather than that, because it is used in critical environments with no competitor, most of the customers go f...
What needs improvement with Veritas InfoScale Availability?
InfoScale can be improved if it added more robust reporting features; it has reporting, but it is very simple. If it created an integration with a reporting tool that makes it official, customers c...
What is your primary use case for Veritas InfoScale Availability?
My main use case for InfoScale is that we use it in many scenarios. In some scenarios, we use it for clustering for a product like Enterprise Vault, using InfoScale Enterprise, where we handle the ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Code42 Next-Gen DLP?
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What advice do you have for others considering Code42 Next-Gen DLP?
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What needs improvement with Code42 Incydr?
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Also Known As

Veritas InfoScale Availability, Arctera InfoScale for Kubernetes
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

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