Looking at the multi-billion dollar revenue opportunity, many vendors claiming to be Enterprise File Sync & Share (EFSS) providers have emerged. Most of them focus only on the end-user features but lack the enterprise security, controls and visibility required by businesses to ensure protection from data loss, security and compliance risks. This is part 4 of the “Comparing Top 5 Enterprise File Sync and Share (EFSS) and Mobile Collaboration Solutions” series of posts, where we are comparing Vaultize with Accellion, Citrix ShareFIle, EMC Syncplicity and Watchdox – which we believe have enterprise-grade controls and have also found place in Gartner’s EFSS Magic Quadrant. In this series, we will do the comparisons mainly from an enterprise IT perspective; from the end-user perspective, all the solutions are almost at par. In part 2 of this series, we compared Accellion, and in part 3 we compared EMC Syncplicity, giving a perspective on why Vaultize is superior over them. Holistic Approach The first and biggest advantage of Vaultize over any of the competition is the information-centric holistic platform approach towards security, control and visibility through built-in digital rights management (DRM), data loss prevention (DLP), data protection (backup/restore) and enterprise mobility management (EMM) capabilities. This means, irrespective of how the corporate content is being accessed, used (for example, edit and annotate) or shared by the end-users and irrespective of the device being used, everything complies with the IT defined policies, ensuring corporate compliance – even when the content goes beyond the corporate boundaries and to the devices beyond IT control. This is the first and foremost reason why large enterprises – even in highly regulated and security-conscious verticals – trust Vaultize. In this context, Watchdox follows similar information-centric approach but significantly lacks the kind of end-to-end security that Vaultize provides (like encryption at source, control over encryption keys, VPN-fee nature), data loss prevention and mobility management capabilities. Security Vaultize performs military-grade AES 256-bit encryption together with content-aware smart de-duplication at source (that is, on the end-user device itself) before transmitting the data - without solely relying on SSL (because SSL is prone to attacks). This effectively builds a secure tunnel and provides source-to-destination and cradle-to-grave security. As a result, VPN, which leads to poor and frustrating end-user experience, is not required for access, sharing and mobility. Watchdox relies solely on SSL (i.e. needs VPN or additional tunneling) for encrypting the communication channel to secure data from source to server to destination. Access Controls and Tracking Vaultize provides corporate IT complete control on the access to corporate content at the level of a user, data source and the type of data. Vaultize provides

1. Watchdox vs
Vaultize
Comparing Leading
Enterprise File Sync
& Share (EFSS)

2. Comparison Matrix
 Enterprise IT Perspective
• Holistic Approach
• Security
• Access Control and Tracking
• Sharing Controls
• Online Document Viewer
• Sharing Controls
• Outlook Plugin
• Mobility Management Controls
• Data Loss Prevention and Data Protection
• Efficiency
• Deployment Options
 End-user Perspective

3. Vaultize – Holistic Approach
 Information-centric
 Security, Control and Visibility through built-in
• Digital Rights Management (DRM aka IRM)
• Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
• Backup/Restore
• Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM)
 IT team can monitor, control and track even after
data goes to third-party on devices beyond IT control
 Watchdox also follows information-centric approach
but lacks end-to-end security like Vaultize
• Encryption at Source
• No dependence on VPN
• On-disk Encryption on endpoints

4. Vaultize - Security
 Vault KNOX Technology
• Encryption and Content-aware Smart De-duplication both
together at source (patent-pending)
 Does not rely on SSL alone
• SSL is prone to attacks
 Creates secure tunnel like VPN
• So, no need for VPN when using Vaultize
 Adds DRM layer as additional security to manage
rights even after downloaded by third-party
 Watchdox relies on SSL and DRM-encryption

5. Vaultize – Access Control and Tracking
 Control access at the level of user, data source and
content
 Both Vaultize and Watchdox provide Digital Rights
Management (DRM)
• Access rights travel with files – security envelope
• Track access, use (edit, copy/paste, print)
• Even when files leave corporate network
 Vaultize provides additional security fence based on
IP and Geographical location

6. Sharing Controls
 Both Watchdox and Vaultize provide good sharing
controls
 Vaultize has additional controls based on
• IP and Geographical location
• Rights Management – even user can control rights

7. Outlook Plugin
 Both Vaultize and Watchdox convert shared files to
their DRM-encrypted versions
 Watchdox
• Just replaces files in native format to DRM-encrypted
versions
 Vaultize
• Converts attachments into DRM-encrypted versions
• Sends secure links rather than attachments – replacing
attachments (even non DRM-encrypted files)
o Ensures better control
o Reduction in PST size
o Reduction in Exchange Storage – highly reduced TCO
• Auto-conversion based on policies

8. DLP and Backup/Restore
 Vaultize
• Endpoint Encryption and Remote wiping for Windows and
Mobile Devices (iOS/Android)
o Selective file/folder encryption on Windows based on policies
• Automatic wiping based on IP and Geographical location
• Comprehensive Endpoint Backup
o Policy based
o Large size files
o Open files
o Outlook PST – efficient content-aware backup
 Watchdox provides encryption only of shared DRM’d
files

9. Vaultize - Efficiency
 De-duplication at source (together with encryption)
• Up to 90% less bandwidth and storage
• Improves data transfer over internet – roaming users
 NO VPN required with Vaultize
• Improves end-user experience and productivity

10. Deployment Option
 Vaultize
• Scalable Private Cloud
• On-premise
• Purpose-built Appliance
• Public Cloud
 Watchdox
• Public cloud
• On-premise
 Watchdox is know to have issues with large on-
premise deployments and integration with enterprise
infrastructure – Gartner Magic Quadrant

11. End-user Features
 Vaultize is feature rich
 Supports Critical Use Cases like
• FTP Replacement
• Control over Email attachments
• Group Collaboration
 Vaultize is Popular in Security Conscious and
Regulated Veriticals
• Banking, Financial and Insurance (BFSI)
• Pharma and Healthcare

12. More Information
Read a blog at:
http://blog.vaultize.com/comparing-watchdox-and-
vaultize-leading-enterprise-file-sync-share-part-4/

13. sales@vaultize.com
http://www.vaultize.com