DidItBetter Software Product Comparison
Compare our Exchange, Outlook and Office 365 folder sync solutionsProduct Overview| Add2Exchange Enterprise / 365 | Add2Outlook | Hosted: Virtual DidItBetter Sync | |
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| Platforms Supported | |||
| On premise Exchange Server 2019 / 2016 / 2013 and prior | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | |
| Office 365 / Exchange Online | Add2Exchange 365 | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| Hybrid: Office 365 and in house Exchange deployment (sync on premise Exchange to Office 365 for certain folders) | Add2Exchange 365 | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| Sync between two different Exchange servers - with a trust | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| Sync between two different Exchange servers - without a trust | [icon name="check"] | ||
| Cross tenant: sync mailboxes between two different Exchange servers or between two Office 365 tenants - without a trust | [icon name="check"] | ||
| Hosted Exchange, shared, multi-tenant (for those who do not use a dedicated Exchange server) | Add2Exchange 365 | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| Hosted Exchange, dedicated machine (non-multi tenant/shared) | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | |
| Installation/System Req | |||
| Standalone or virtual machine | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] Virtual |
| Requires Outlook license | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| Single user: workstation install supported for 1 user | [icon name="check"] | ||
| Multiple users: Install on replication server or virtual machine | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| Replication machine can be a virtual machine, a hosted Azure or Virtual DidItBetter Sync Server | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| On-premise inhouse server or virtual machine installation supported | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | |
| Types of Sync | |||
| Sync Exchange global address list (GAL) to local contacts mailbox folder for viewing on mobiles | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| Office 365 GAL sync to mobiles, Office 365 calendar sync, AND Office 365 contact sync | Add2Exchange 365 | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| Sync calendar folders | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| Sync contact folders | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| Sync task folders | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| Sync posts/mail folders | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| Sync notes | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| Sync Exchange public folders to users local mailbox for viewing on mobiles | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| Sync mailbox resource folders | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| Share meeting rooms, company A and B have their own Exchange and Active Directory, shared office space; separate ADs no trust | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| Sync between two different Exchange servers with trust | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| Sync any combination of mailboxes and public folders -- public to private, private to private, private to public | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| Sync multiple folders to users multiple folders, iPhones, most Androids. Note: Some mobile devices have a limitation of one | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| Replication Settings | |||
| 1 way sync, view only | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| Bi-directional sync (2 way folder ring sync), allow users to edit synchronized items | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| Full mesh sync so all users have the same information | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| Sync Method Supported | |||
| One to One | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| Many to One | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| One to Many | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| Feature Comparison | |||
| Information templates based on a distribution group list: Create and manage folder relationship settings from the Group Relationship Manager. Creates new folders for you too! Make template relationships and attach distribution group to automatically make and remove relationships instead of creating one at a time. | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | |
| Determine how you want edits/deletions of items treated for each folder pair relationship you create | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| Privacy option to keep items marked Private in the personal folder from syncing to a public folder or another users personal folder | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| Calendar confidentiality: Relationships support hiding of specific calendar details based on the private flag or special characters | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| Autopop text feature to help you identify which folder the item was created in | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| Control whether users can edit synchronized items | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| Option to copy or not copy Private items | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| Option to recopy deleted items!! | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| Label synchronized items | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| Add On available: Confidential post notifiers: Send email alert notifications to a user’s outside email address reminding them to check their corporate email | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | |
| Award winning sync engine | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| Category: Update any category fields you want and make that change replicate back to the source item | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| Central installation with management console for setting up and managing folder relationships. Nothing installed on user machines nor mobile devices | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| Set it and forget configuration | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | |
| Requires Microsoft Outlook running to sync | [icon name="check"] | ||
| Scalable, up to unlimited relationships | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| Seamless to users, sync runs automatically in the background. | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| Better Exchange resource management and better memory mgmt. | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| Optimized queries | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| Use local or remote SQL | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | |
| Console enhancement: automatically asks or starts service on close of console | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| Stable and responsive service control manager | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| Licensing | |||
| Flexible licensing | 2, 10, 20, 50 or unlimited relationships | 2, 10, 50 or unlimited relationships | Up to unlimited |
| Monthly or Annual Hosting Agreement required | [icon name="check"] | ||
| 1 year software assurance for free updates and upgrades included (2 and 3 year option available) | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| 1 year basic email support included (2 and 3 year option available) | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| Free 21-day fully functional trial | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | |
| Add On Tools for end user support | |||
| ToolKit | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] | [icon name="check"] |
| Recovery and Migration Manager | [icon name="check"] | Built In | [icon name="check"] |