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Why Leading Enterprises Choose Smart Stack 4.0
See how Smart Stack 4.0 delivers what legacy solutions cannot.
Total Cost of Ownership
$500K annual unlimited license vs. multi-vendor alternatives
First-Year Estimated Difference
$1.2M
Reduction
71%
Users & Data
Unlimited
Included in $500K Annual License
Based on 10,000 users · 500 TB
Featured Capabilities
Validate capability and performance for your deployment
| Component | Smart Stack 4.0 | Alternative |
|---|---|---|
| Trusted Data Memory | Included | $600K/yr |
| Trusted Data Refinery | Included | $500K/yr |
| Supervision & Compliance | Included | $300K/yr |
| Modeled Compute Benefit (Excluded from Total) | Estimate separately | $400K/yr |
| Safe Data Drop | Included | — |
| Systems Integrator (3mo) | Included | $300K |
| First-Year Total | $500K | $1.7M |
Pricing Assumptions & Methodology
Trusted Data Memory
$60/user/year for compliant journal archiving with full envelope capture (Smarsh, Global Relay, Mimecast competitors). Includes retention, search, legal hold, and BCC/DL metadata.
Supervision & Compliance
$30/user/year for communication supervision modules (typical add-on to archiving platforms).
Trusted Data Refinery
$1,000/TB/year for combined data discovery, classification, enrichment, and organization across File Shares and SharePoint (BigID + Varonis + AI data platforms). Minimum $500K.
Reduced Compute Costs
$800/TB/year in avoided compute costs from eliminating ROT (up to 60% of dark data), reducing AI query volume, and preventing security scan overhead on bloated datasets.
Safe Data Drop
Secure intake and transfer layer with chain of custody, expiring links, audit trails, and consolidated downloads. No direct competitor equivalent.
Systems Integrator
$300K one-time cost for typical 3-6 month engagement (Smart Stack 4.0 includes a full 3-month dedicated SI at no additional cost).
Estimates based on published enterprise pricing and industry benchmarks. SI cost is one-time in Year 1. Modeled compute benefits are excluded from the comparison total. Actual costs vary by vendor and contract terms.
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Built for Every Stakeholder
For CIOs
Flat-fee pricing stabilizes runaway data costs and eliminates renewal shock from consumption-based vendors.
For CISOs
Trusted Data Refinery reduces the blast radius of sensitive data before enabling Copilot—proactive hygiene over reactive alerts.
For Legal
Data Drop eliminates dependency on slow, expensive vendor exports—regain control over discovery timelines.
For Microsoft Sellers
Smart Stack 4.0 accelerates Copilot adoption by solving data readiness upstream—driving Azure consumption and customer success.
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