SmartVault

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Document sharing and collaboration management software

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4.3 /5
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Value for Money
4/5
Features
4.2/5
Ease of Use
4.2/5
Customer Support
4.1/5

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Tracey
Tracey
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  • Industry: Financial Services
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Awesome to add to my tech stack

Reviewed on 2020/11/16

My compliance department introduced SmartVault instead of google drive or another service. I...

My compliance department introduced SmartVault instead of google drive or another service. I couldn't be happier! And, the integration with docusign is awesome.
My clients find it easy to work with .

Pros

It's an easy way to securely hold all of my clients documents. I LOVE that it works well with docusign. My clients find it easy to use.

Cons

If you cannot get in touch with customer service (everyone is busy!) they have FAQ's that I easily found what I was looking for!

Kristi
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Monthly for 6-12 months
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Much to learn

Reviewed on 2020/11/12

I mainly use SmartVault for storing and sharing financial reports and other files that need to be...

I mainly use SmartVault for storing and sharing financial reports and other files that need to be safely sent to/from my clients. The user interface is professional looking and a step up from what I was using. At some point I need to take the time to meet with someone and really gain a better understanding of how some of the features work.

Pros

It is great for securely sharing financial reports.

Cons

There is a pretty big learning curve to the software.

Alternatives Considered

ShareFile

Reasons for Choosing SmartVault

I have more confidence in the security of SmartVaut and it is also has a more professional appearance.

Switched From

Dropbox Business

Reasons for Switching to SmartVault

SmartVault was highly recommended by my peers
Jonathan
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  • Industry: Food & Beverages
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10

Smartvault served a purpose for a growing business

Reviewed on 2023/12/08

Overall, it was fine. A good solution for what we needed at the time

Overall, it was fine. A good solution for what we needed at the time

Pros

Smartvault gave us an immediate secure file storage system that was desperately needed

Cons

Smartvault could be difficult to navigate and confusing for users simply uploading or adding files

Georgia
Georgia
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Consistent and Cheaper than other options out there

Reviewed on 2020/11/16

Overall I am very happy with the service for the price.

Overall I am very happy with the service for the price.

Pros

It is consistent across the many years we have used it at my small account firm. It is a cheaper options for delivering our tax returns to our clients.

Cons

We have some issues with permissions on our end and on the client end that requires some troubleshooting and frustration.

Steve
Steve
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  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Smooth link to Lacerte but could use improvement on links to clients

Reviewed on 2017/11/07

Integration with Lacerte and cloud storage. Does provide one place to receive documents from...

Integration with Lacerte and cloud storage. Does provide one place to receive documents from clients, send documents to client and share documents within our team.

Pros

What I like most is the direct link to Lacerte tax software. Employees can send a return or any form from Lacerte with only one click.

Cons

Sending documents to clients seems inefficient - for example the only way to send more than one document is via a "link" or password encrypted email - would like ability to select multiple documents from different folders and send by email link, not just passwords.

Ryan
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

Customer service is terrible and getting worse

Reviewed on 2022/05/17

It started off well for the first year. It's gotten progressively worse with bugs and software...

It started off well for the first year. It's gotten progressively worse with bugs and software issues. The customer service went from good the terrible.

Pros

Works with Intuit tax prep software and DocuSign

Cons

The customer service is awful. You will often be ignored. When someone looks into an issue, the tendency is to blame Windows, Outlook, or any product other than SmartVault. To date, the issue has always been with SmartVault.

Jessica
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10

Great Idea not the best implementation

Reviewed on 2021/12/07

It was great at the beginning but having a lot of customers to migrate was kind of a headache and...

It was great at the beginning but having a lot of customers to migrate was kind of a headache and not so easy to use for my liking

Pros

Is a good concept, nice storage capabilities

Cons

not so easy to implement, did not like that is kind of confusing to use

Carly
Carly
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Easy & Fairly priced solution for small CPA firm

Reviewed on 2020/11/12

I have been using SmartVault for the past year in my own CPA firm, and was looking for a document...

I have been using SmartVault for the past year in my own CPA firm, and was looking for a document storage system and a way to securely transmit files to clients. SmartVault's features and pricing made sense for my size and needs.

Pros

I like the desktop syncing and the ability to keep all my files stored securely and paperlessly in the cloud

Cons

I don't think it rolls forward engagements well across multiple clients/binders

Raquel
Raquel
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Smart Vault

Reviewed on 2020/11/12

Pros

-Very easy to use
-Stores everything in one place
-Very fast

Cons

I feel in QuickBooks you should be able to have 2 books open at the same time and be able to use smartvault.

Joe
Joe
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Good, simple software

Reviewed on 2020/11/17

Pros

I like the ease of use and document management features of SmartVault. I also use the template folders that somebody in SmartVault set up for us at the start.

Cons

The integration with Taxcalc. We need this to make the software more streamline. Hopefully this will be there soon.

Oscar
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  • Industry: Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Monthly for Free Trial
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Smartvault

Reviewed on 2023/12/09

Pros

Good and easy way to keep safe tour documents.

Cons

Not to stable connections with external.

Surbh
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Smartvault - Really Smart?

Reviewed on 2023/02/20

was good, have scope of improvement

was good, have scope of improvement

Pros

Secure file sharing , available 24X7 on the go

Cons

you need to download , edit and reupload the file if any edit has to be made by client and us both.online editing is not available

Lydia
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

SmartVault used everyday

Reviewed on 2020/11/12

I have been using SmartVault for over 5 years, when I first started with SmartVault it was because...

I have been using SmartVault for over 5 years, when I first started with SmartVault it was because Intuit decided to no longer offer Document Management System and they partnered with SmartVault, you could say I grew up with SmartVault, over the years they have added additional features to enhance and not only allow me to be paperless but now automated too.

Pros

Love the integration with my tax software, ProSeries and also DocUSign which I depend on immensely. With the Pandemic and having to social distance this ability allowed me to continue to work and stay in business.

Cons

difficult to understand how to set functions up and utilize the more advanced features

Alternatives Considered

ShareFile

Reasons for Choosing SmartVault

no choice, they stopped making it for a year or two, when they brought it back I stayed with SmartVault

Reasons for Switching to SmartVault

Integration with ProSeries
Joe
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Great integration with our tax software

Reviewed on 2020/11/17

The cloud software has been great at moving our firm from the back office server environment to the...

The cloud software has been great at moving our firm from the back office server environment to the cloud.

Pros

The features most liked about SmartVault for us has been the ease of initial installation, the integration with our Intuit ProSeries Software and how it has helped our office move to the cloud for a safe secure location for our data.

Cons

The folder setups for multiple clients could stand to be easier. Seems like we've been having most issues in how to set up engagement folders that are not pre-formatted. Also the price is not incredibly cheap for us, but due to integration don't have much choice.

JERRY
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Highly reccomend SmartVault

Reviewed on 2020/11/23

We use to use Lacerte DMS. It was a nightmare. Always having to reformat and things kept in diff...

We use to use Lacerte DMS. It was a nightmare. Always having to reformat and things kept in diff folders. Data was not easily found either. With SV connected desktop software we can find any client easily.

Pros

We love how SmartVault is integrated with Intuit/Lacerte. It makes our lives simple, efficient, and stress-free.

Cons

in mid-2019 SV did an update that made uploading files more stable and faster. Since then I honestly have no complaints. We upgraded our internet speed for faster uploads and using SV is just a breeze. I did think of one issue, but I do not know if the problem is Lacerte's fault or SV? Sometimes a client may already be in SV with years of historical data, but SV will create a new folder for that client under their Lacaerte client ID? So a duplicate of sorts. I have not found a consistent pattern and never complained because it's rare and random.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 1.0 /10

Great Idea, Poor Implementation

Reviewed on 2019/02/07

After we got past the initial stage, we ran out of space. Then we ran out of space again. Then, the...

After we got past the initial stage, we ran out of space. Then we ran out of space again. Then, the dashboard told us that we had space, but we were getting error messages that we were out of space. Then, it got until my staff and I were receiving an error message every time we went to log into the online portion. The Quickbooks backup feature and the Docusign feature never worked. The Outlook plug-in was repeatedly stopped by Outlook for slowing it down. The support team is constantly backed up and you can expect very long wait times, but I'd imagine most of their customers are having the same issue. After the Docusign issue, we made the decision to pull our company and count our experience as sunk costs and a lesson learned. We quit using Smart Vault and switched to IntuitLink and Docusign proper (just in case anyone wants a better option here)

Pros

I like the idea, but that's it. I loved what the software said it would do-- it seemed like a silver bullet solution at the time.

Cons

The bugs. This idea needs a lot of work on implementation.

caitlin
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

great product for tax prep firms and our clients

Reviewed on 2020/11/13

Pros

SmartVault has added tremendous value to the product we offer our clients. In addition to viewing their current and prior year tax returns, they can view tax documents as well, which is incredibly useful. Eliminates the need for storing years of paperwork. Our clients have found it very easy to set up and use as well. Really a great product.

Cons

I have no complaints thus far, product has worked beyond expectations.

Brianna
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Great Product!

Reviewed on 2020/12/09

Pros

SmartVault is a great product. We have total confidence that when we print a document from our accounting software into SmartVault that it will be there. Once and awhile an employee may accidentally delete a document (human error happens) and we love the ability to retrieve docs from the recycle bin! Total confidence is a good feeling when dealing with important information.

Cons

There isn't anything that would deter me from referring it to a friend.

Karina
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

No Cons, Just Pros!

Reviewed on 2020/11/12

It is great for important document storage. Easy to function, manage documents and share with...

It is great for important document storage. Easy to function, manage documents and share with clients as well.

Pros

Its storage is what I liked the most and the fact that it's so easy to manage and get access to certain folders.

Cons

So far so good, there are no cons from my personal experience.

Hita
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Smartvault

Reviewed on 2020/11/13

Great Customer Service. Many years ago we switched from Filecabinet CS. Happy with portal....

Great Customer Service. Many years ago we switched from Filecabinet CS. Happy with portal. Accessible from any where.

Pros

Connected Desktop features. On portal you can open up multiple clients

Cons

Cannot open multiple clients on Desktop at the same time

Michael
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

SmartVault - Indispensable

Reviewed on 2020/11/14

The team at SmartVault provided a straightforward and efficient onboarding process with follow up...

The team at SmartVault provided a straightforward and efficient onboarding process with follow up training and assistance. Can't fault them!

Pros

Prior to using this solution I used a variety of cloud storage providers along with some other applications, SmartVault brought everything together and provides a step closer to a paperless office.

Cons

Nothing causes concern and everything works well.

Amanda
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

I would recommend

Reviewed on 2020/11/17

Works very well once your comfortable with the software and are able to teach your clients how to...

Works very well once your comfortable with the software and are able to teach your clients how to use it.

Pros

I have been very satisfied with smart vault. It allows us to organize, archive, & share documents securely for a large amount of client files. You can access docs easily while out at a client or while working from home.

Cons

Integration was a little tough until we got the hang of it.

Charmaine
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Best Software to store documents

Reviewed on 2021/06/17

It is one great software that helps to go paperless.

It is one great software that helps to go paperless.

Pros

The best thing I like about this software is the storage capacity and pace available. It is very convenient and easy to use.

Cons

Since I do not have the admin access I cannot delete a file I accidentally uploaded to SmartVault and have to request my manager to do the same. Have to sometimes mostly refresh the folder once the document has been uploaded.

Michael
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

SmartVault - EASY OF USE

Reviewed on 2022/06/07

Pros

easy to use and friendly user interface.

Cons

support is not that great. they need to be more helpful

Olivia
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Valuable Platform for Tax Season

Reviewed on 2020/11/12

Pros

This platform helps to take some of the hassle out of tax season. I like that it integrates with DocuSign and has a pretty easy to use interface.

Cons

I wish the settings would automatically notify us if there is an upload instead of making us click this feature on manually.