Open PGP Security | PGP Desktop vs FileAssurity Open PGP
COST OF OWNERSHIP
FileAssurity OpenPGP costs nearly a third less than PGP Desktop Professional.   Pricing is for a perpetual license.
Product   | Price   | Support   | FileAssurity Open PGP Security | $90 | $50 per year (unlimited requests) | PGP
Desktop Professional 10.0 | $239 | $57 per incident | FileAssurity Open PGP Encryption | $65 | $50 per year (unlimited requests) | PGP Desktop Home 10.0 | $99 | $57 per incident |
FEATURE COMPARISONFeature   | FileAssurity   | PGP Desktop   | Secure file and folder encryption   | ![file encryption](images/pgp_check2.gif)
| ![folder encryption](images/pgp_check2.gif)
| Secure archives (.zip files)   | ![secure archives](images/pgp_check.gif)
| ![digital signatures](images/pgp_check.gif)
| Strong AES 256 bit encryption (FIPS pub 197)   | ![aes encryption](images/pgp_check2.gif)
| ![aes 256 bit encryption](images/pgp_check2.gif)
| Secure file deletion (US Gov DOD standards)   | ![secure deletion](images/pgp_check.gif)
| ![digital signatures](images/pgp_check.gif)
| Secure email attachments and message text Support all email clients - MAPI (Lotus, Outlook, Outlook Express, Novell,  Eudora, etc. and  web based email    | ![secure email](images/pgp_check2.gif)
| ![email encryption](images/pgp_check2.gif)
| Secure text editor   | ![secure text](images/pgp_check.gif)
| ![text encryption](images/pgp_cross.gif)
| Trusted Authorities - no need to import root certificates in order to verify keys signed by a Certificate Authority   | ![certificate authorities](images/pgp_check2.gif)
| ![pgp chain](images/pgp_cross2.gif)
| Digital signing of files - RSA 2048 bit   | ![digital signing](images/pgp_check.gif)
| ![digital signatures](images/pgp_check.gif)
| Cross platform file protection support   | ![pgp encryption](images/pgp_check2.gif)
| ![open pgp encryption](images/pgp_check2.gif)
| Supports industry standard certificate formats x.509, .cer, .p7b, .pem, .p12, .pfx, .asc, .pgp, .gpg   | ![pgp files](images/pgp_check.gif)
| .p7b and .cer not
supported
| Supports industry standard file formats .asc, .pgp, .gpg, .zip   | ![asc files](images/pgp_check2.gif)
| ![x.509](images/pgp_check2.gif)
| Key Manager - import, export, generate, backup and  restore keys, change keystore
password  
| ![password](images/pgp_check.gif)
| ![openpgp](images/pgp_check.gif)
| Certificate / key generation - OpenPGP and X.509   | ![openpgp](images/pgp_check2.gif)
| ![x.509](images/pgp_check2.gif)
| Group support (can allocate users into groups for easy selection)
  | ![group encryption](images/pgp_check.gif)
| only by integration with active directory
or 
Exchange
| Full Disk Encryption / volume encryption   | ![pgp chain](images/pgp_cross2.gif)
| Win XP only
| Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, Vista   | ![pgp winxp](images/pgp_check.gif)
| XP / Vista only
| Free Reader (decryption / verification of files)   | ![file decryption](images/pgp_check2.gif)
| non commercial use only
|
WHAT THE ANALYSTS SAY
FileAssurity Open PGP software
![pgp and PKI encryption](images/scmag_recommended.gif)
| SC Magazine - Group Test Encryption
- Recommend Award
" A competent file encryption system that supports PKI in an open and easy-to-use manner"
  Five star rating for features and value for money
|
" FileAssurity Open PGP is a step in the right direction putting simplified PKI into the hands of end-users" - Mike Bobbitt, Information Security Magazine
" FileAssurity
is a powerful and easy-to-use program for encrypting and protecting your data - perfect for offices that need to keep important documents secure" -  Bruce Stewart, CNET / ZDNET
PGP Desktop Software
" PGP is complicated and difficult to use" -  Bruce Stewart, CNET / ZDNET
" PGP's learning curve is steep, and you're left wondering whether encryption has to be this confusing!" - Kyle MacRae, Computeractive
NOTE:   PGP is
the registered trademark of Symantec  .     |