DidItBetter Software Product Comparison
Compare our Exchange, Outlook and Office 365 folder sync solutionsProduct Overview| Add2Exchange Enterprise | Add2Outlook Sync | Virtual Add2Exchange Sync Server | AiHosts Exchange Mail with Hosted Sync Server | |
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| Platforms Supported | ||||
| On premise Microsoft Exchange 2016 / 2013/ 2010 and prior | ||||
| Hybrid platform, in house Exchange and Office 365 deployment (sync on premise Exchange to Office 365 for certain folders) | ||||
| Office 365 / Exchange Online | Add2Exchange O365 Edition | |||
| Sync between two different Exchange servers - with a trust | ||||
| Sync between two different Exchange servers - without a trust | ||||
| Cross tenant - sync mailboxes between two different Exchange servers or between two Office 365 tenants - without a trust | ||||
| Hosted Exchange, shared, multi-tenant (for those who do not use a dedicated Exchange server) | ||||
| AiHosts: Hosted Exchange mail included | ||||
| Installation / System Req | ||||
| Standalone or virtual machine | Virtual | Virtual | ||
| Requires Outlook license | ||||
| Single user: workstation installation supported for 1 user | ||||
| Multiple users: Install on replication server or virtual machine | ||||
| Replication machine can be a virtual machine, a hosted Azure or AiHosts | ||||
| On-premise inhouse server or VM installation supported | ||||
| Types of Sync | ||||
| Sync Exchange global address list (GAL) to local contacts mailbox folder for viewing on mobiles | ||||
| Office 365 GAL sync to mobiles | Add2Exchange O365 Edition | |||
| Sync calendar folders | ||||
| Sync contact folders | ||||
| Sync task folders | ||||
| Sync posts/email folders | ||||
| Sync notes | ||||
| Sync Exchange public folders to users local mailbox for viewing on mobiles | ||||
| Sync mailbox resource folders | ||||
| Share meeting rooms, company A and B have their own Exchange and Active Directory, shared office space; separate ADs no trust | ||||
| Sync between two different Exchange servers with trust | ||||
| Sync any combination of mailboxes and public folders -- public to private, private to private, private to public | ||||
| Sync multiple folders to users multiple folders, iPhones, most Androids. Note: Some mobile devices have a limitation of one | ||||
| Replication Settings | ||||
| 1 way sync, view only | ||||
| Bi-directional sync (2 way folder ring sync), allow users to edit synchronized items | ||||
| Full mesh sync so all users have the same information | ||||
| Sync Method Supported | ||||
| One to One | ||||
| Many to One | ||||
| One to Many | ||||
| 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. | ||||
| Determine how you want edits/deletions of items treated for each folder pair relationship you create | ||||
| Privacy option to keep items marked Private in the personal folder from syncing to a public folder or another users personal folder | ||||
| Calendar confidentiality: Relationships support hiding of specific calendar details based on the private flag or special characters | ||||
| Autopop text feature to help you identify which folder the item was created in | ||||
| Control whether users can edit synchronized items | ||||
| Option to copy or not copy Private items | ||||
| Option to recopy deleted items!! | ||||
| Label synchronized items | ||||
| Add On available: Confidential post notifiers: Send email alert notifications to a user’s outside email address reminding them to check their corporate email | ||||
| Award winning sync engine | ||||
| Category: Update any category fields you want and make that change replicate back to the source item | ||||
| Central installation with management console for setting up and managing folder relationships. Nothing installed on user machines nor mobile devices | ||||
| Set it and forget configuration | ||||
| Requires Microsoft Outlook running to sync | ||||
| Scalable, up to unlimited relationships | ||||
| Seamless to users, sync runs automatically in the background. | ||||
| Better Exchange resource management and better memory mgmt. | ||||
| Optimized queries | ||||
| Use local or remote SQL | ||||
| Console enhancement: automatically asks or starts service on close of console | ||||
| Stable and responsive service control manager | ||||
| Licensing | ||||
| Flexible licensing | 2, 10, 20, 50 or unlimited relationships | 2, 10, 50 or unlimited relationships | Up to unlimited | Unlimited, Per User |
| Monthly or Annual Hosting Agreement required | ||||
| 1 year free updates and upgrades included (2 and 3 year option available) | ||||
| 1 year basic email support included (2 and 3 year option available) | ||||
| Free fully functional 21-day trial | ||||
| Add On Tools for end user support | ||||
| Add2Exchange ToolBox | ||||
| Recovery and Migration Manager | Built In | |||
| A2O ToolKit | ||||