--- description: Learn more about EMC SourceOne price, benefits, and disadvantages for businesses in South Africa. Read reviews from verified users and discover similar tools. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: EMC SourceOne Price, Reviews & Features - Capterra South Africa 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Archiving Software](/directory/30998/archiving/software) > [EMC SourceOne](/software/168519/emc-sourceone-archiving) # EMC SourceOne Canonical: https://www.capterra.co.za/software/168519/emc-sourceone-archiving > Data archiving solution that enables businesses to archive emails and information from messaging systems, servers, social media \& more > > Verdict: Rated **4.0/5** by 4 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses EMC SourceOne? Cloud-based communication and email archiving solution that helps businesses capture, index, store, manage, retrieve, and dispose of business data. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.0/5** | 4 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 70% | (7/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Dell EMC ## Commercial Context - **Pricing model**: Per Feature - **Pricing Details**: Contact Dell for pricing details. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1 000, 1 001–5 000, 5 001–10 000, 10 000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - Data Retention Management - Version Control - eDiscovery ## Support Options - Chat ## Category - [Archiving Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/30998/archiving/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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[NAKIVO Backup & Replication](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/161328/nakivo) — 4.8/5 (457 reviews) ## Reviews ### "Source one is the best archiving solution available for on premisis" — 4.0/5 > **faizhal** | *21 April 2020* | Consumer Services | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Source one is easy manageable and understandable with more features to keep your email and disk space saved. > > **Cons**: Source should should have more regular updates and features introduced to keep it update with other products > > Best archiving solution ever used for my exchange services ----- ### "How does SourceOne shrink Exchange 2010 Mailbox Database" — 4.0/5 > **Albert** | *23 May 2019* | Mining & Metals | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: ease of use, easy to retrieve archived emails > > **Cons**: Exchange Database(edb) not reducing size after archiving has completed > > 1\. I would like to know how SourceOne shrinks the exchange mailbox database (edb) after archiving has completed, the size of the databases (edbs) are not changing. What configurations need to be done on SourceOne to shrink the database size. 2. Does SourceOne file archiving work with volumes that have de-duplication enabled. I have tried other products for file archiving but they are failing because my volumes are de-duplication enabled. ----- ### "Email (and more) archiving solution which brings some complexity in - use only if really needed" — 3.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *08 March 2018* | Recommendation rating: 3.0/10 > > **Pros**: This product addresses the business need of archiving, and is specifically aimed at email archiving and sharepoint. We have been using it in order to reduce the size of the huge Exchange mailboxes of our users. We did not look into sharepoint archiving much. Emails or other Exchange items are replaced with a stub, which is a pointer to the database where the real item has been moved. Another 'light' option is to remove only attachments and replace them with stubs. Either way, the product works fine and enables the admins to reduce the exchange mailbox footprint. My doubts are more related to the real need of implementing such a complex piece of technology, since nowadays Exchange offers online archive which is a way easier solution to the same issue. > > **Cons**: Issues appear from time to time, as stubs cannot be retrieved. Another issue is also that at times business need will want to bring all the items back (reinflate the mailbox), which may be tricky for huge mailboxes. The jobs will run for a long time, producing a huge amounts of logs in exchange, which will put your partitions at risk and could bring the database offline in certain cases. Updates to the product can be tricky, we had to involve EMC consultants for various days at some point. > > reduce storage footprint on exchange server, but at some cost. ----- ### "Reliable email archive solution with easy user interface" — 5.0/5 > **Tim** | *20 June 2021* | Hospital & Health Care | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Easy-to-use, simple user interface. Intuitive use of filters for searching and restoring. For a tool dedicated to managing your email archive, not a lot of bells and whistles are needed, and you get just what you need. > > **Cons**: From an end user perspective, it’s perfect. The only challenge we have had has been product migrations from one storage platform to another. You absolutely must involve Support for this. > > We needed a way to archive older email to cheaper storage while giving users power to manage their archives. That’s what we got. ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/168519/emc-sourceone-archiving) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | nb | | ----- ## Structured Data