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# GFI Archiver

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> The single solution source for your email and file archiving needs.
> 
> Verdict: Rated **4.0/5** by 7 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**.

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## Overview

### Who Uses GFI Archiver?

Any business - no specific market.

## Quick Stats & Ratings

| Metric | Rating | Detail |
| **Overall** | **4.0/5** | 7 Reviews |
| Ease of Use | 4.1/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Customer Support Software | 3.3/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Value for Money | 3.6/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Features | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Recommendation percentage | 60% | (6/10 Likelihood to recommend) |

## About the vendor

- **Company**: GFI Software
- **Founded**: 1992

## Commercial Context

- **Starting Price**: €29.00
- **Pricing model**: Flat Rate (Free Trial)
- **Target Audience**: 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000
- **Deployment & Platforms**: Windows (Desktop)
- **Available Countries**: Malta

## Features

- Access Controls/Permissions
- Archiving & Retention
- Audit Management
- Data Retention Management
- Version Control
- eDiscovery

## Support Options

- Chat

## Category

- [Compliance Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/30110/compliance/software)

## Related Categories

- [Compliance Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/30110/compliance/software)
- [Email Management Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/30553/email-management/software)
- [Archiving Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/30998/archiving/software)
- [Email Archiving Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/31007/email-archiving/software)

## Alternatives

1. [Sharp Archive](https://www.capterra.ca/software/1028862/sharp-archive) — 4.6/5 (12 reviews)
2. [ArcTitan Email Archiving](https://www.capterra.ca/software/168612/arctitan) — 4.7/5 (20 reviews)
3. [ManageEngine AD360](https://www.capterra.ca/software/1036382/manageengine-ad360) — 4.6/5 (34 reviews)
4. [Contentverse](https://www.capterra.ca/software/131559/contentverse) — 4.1/5 (19 reviews)
5. [Shield FC](https://www.capterra.ca/software/178915/shield-fc) (0 reviews)

## Reviews

### "Amazing system for exchange" — 5.0/5

> **Andre** | *May 5, 2018* | Hospital & Health Care
> 
> **Pros**: I have always used gfi for on premises exchange archiving of email messages. It works like a charm.
> 
> **Cons**: The advanced search feature could be better. Sometimes I have to do three or four searches instead of just one.

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### "GFI Archiver Review" — 5.0/5

> **Chris** | *January 20, 2023* | Civil Engineering | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Super easy for admins to manage.  Users love that they can get back any email sent or received.  It has helped out in a few legal and HR related incidents.  It was relatively easy to manage when we migrated from on-prem Exchange to O365, just a few tweaks needed.  Runs on standard SQL which keeps things easy.  User licenses are relatively fair and easy to justify.  Integrates into Outlook if you want, or just as easy to use the front end web interface.
> 
> **Cons**: Sometimes the user count gets messed up a bit on the licensing side.  We've had to create some odd group memberships for old and stale users to keep the count down.  A reboot sometimes cleans it up as well.  In older versions, the journal mailbox would get gummed up and fail to archive anything, but that hasn't been an issue for a number of years.  Searches can sometimes be wonky if you add too much info.  Sometimes it's better to be vague in your searches.
> 
> We've been using GFI Archiver since 2008.  It's been migrated a couple of times from old DBs to SQL to newer SQL without issue.  Setup is pretty straightforward.  You can automate and rollover to new DBs (set it and forget it).  We have tracked every internal and external message sent to and from our organization since 2008, and can retrieve any message within a few moments.  Searches are fully indexed and lightning quick.  There are options to  sync old data to a pst file within Outlook (was handy before the days of large mailboxes in Office365, when heavy restrictions applied in on-prem Exchange).  The users love it.  HR and Legal love it.  It has saved our bacon a million times over.

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### "Disappointing, not for organizations with a lot of users/mail" — 3.0/5

> **James** | *February 28, 2018* | Recommendation rating: 5.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Having had such a great experience with GFI Faxmaker it was a logical step to try their Mail Archiver product.  Unfortunately it didn't deliver.  It's priced very aggressively (or was at the time) but the old adage comes to mind "you get what you pay for".  This product might be a great fit for the 5-50 user size Exchange shop but for us it didn't meet the demand.
> 
> **Cons**: We had 300 users and the archiver was essentially unusable on two levels:  Mobile and Search.  The mobile access was a waste of time (no app, a mobile-ready (barely) portal) and searching through your archive for mail took minutes to never (queries would just hang).  To be fair, there were changes we could have made to the configuration, etc. but the first few months were so bad we moved on before we even attempted any remedies (the cost was low enough we could absorb it into our budget).  When you have 300 angry users and not just a few here and there it becomes clear very quickly that the solution isn't meeting the need.

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### "Best e-Mail archiving solution I've used." — 5.0/5

> **Josh** | *November 22, 2017* | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Implementation was pretty simple and support is very helpful.  The product sits in the background and receives a copy of the data that I need it to and just works.  Full search and sort options make it easy to find messages.  My users can even access the software to find their messages as they need to without bothering me.
> 
> **Cons**: Earlier versions were a little clunky and email retrieval was slow but the product really gets better with every revision.  Current version seems to have removed those issues.
> 
> We used to allow the use of large local archive files but since we moved to a centralized archival tool, we've eliminated these files and have decreased the amount of information stored on our Exchange server to boot.   Great product.

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### "Maintenance increased by 300% without any communication\!\!\!\!\!" — 4.0/5

> **Onno** | *February 17, 2020* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 1.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Has been an affordable way to archive mails
> 
> **Cons**: Terrible communication. Price increased by 300%
> 
> Terrible communication.

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