Communications archiving and compliance
Asked as “communications archiving platform”, and as “email and chat archiving for compliance”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 56 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each. Added to the November 2026 Edition.
Standing · first-choice share
18%
Contested · Smarsh Enterprise Archive 18%
18Microsoft Purview18Smarsh Enterprise Archive12MailStore Server52others
18% of first choices, contested.
Since October 2026▼−2Since October 2026: 20% → 18%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Smarsh Enterprise Archive held the lead, −2 points on 20%, inside the 11-point floor.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
Small business
Google Vault20%Contested=heldSince October 2026: 20% → 20%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →Mid-market
Smarsh Enterprise Archive18%Contested▼−2Since October 2026: 20% → 18%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageEnterpriseSmarsh Enterprise Archive42%Clear leader↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Smarsh Enterprise Archive (42%) replaces Proofpoint Enterprise Archive (27% then, 18% now), 24 points clear, past the 11-point floor.Standing →
Google Vault20%Contested=heldSince October 2026: 20% → 20%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →Mid-marketSmarsh Enterprise Archive18%Contested▼−2Since October 2026: 20% → 18%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageEnterpriseSmarsh Enterprise Archive42%Clear leader↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Smarsh Enterprise Archive (42%) replaces Proofpoint Enterprise Archive (27% then, 18% now), 24 points clear, past the 11-point floor.Standing →The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01Smarsh Enterprise Archive18%19%53accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 20% → 18%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.20% → 18%
Smarsh Enterprise Archive18%19%53accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 20% → 18%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.20% → 18%02
Microsoft Purview18%19%31accepted challenger▲+10Since October 2026: 8% → 18%, +10 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.8% → 18%
Microsoft Purview18%19%31accepted challenger▲+10Since October 2026: 8% → 18%, +10 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.8% → 18%03
MailStore Server12%5%20accepted challenger▲+5Since October 2026: 7% → 12%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.7% → 12%
MailStore Server12%5%20accepted challenger▲+5Since October 2026: 7% → 12%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.7% → 12%04
Mimecast Cloud Archive7%9%44accepted challenger▼−10Since October 2026: 17% → 7%, −10 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.17% → 7%
Mimecast Cloud Archive7%9%44accepted challenger▼−10Since October 2026: 17% → 7%, −10 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.17% → 7%05
Jatheon5%0%19accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 7% → 5%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.7% → 5%
Jatheon5%0%19accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 7% → 5%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.7% → 5%06Google Vault Lab in the set4%14%29accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 8% → 4%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.8% → 4%
Google Vault Lab in the set4%14%29accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 8% → 4%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.8% → 4%07
OpenText Core Business Communication Archive2%0%21accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%
OpenText Core Business Communication Archive2%0%21accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%08
Proofpoint Enterprise Archive2%17%29accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 5% → 2%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.5% → 2%
Proofpoint Enterprise Archive2%17%29accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 5% → 2%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.5% → 2%09
Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service2%8%13accepted challenger▼−5Since October 2026: 7% → 2%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.7% → 2%
Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service2%8%13accepted challenger▼−5Since October 2026: 7% → 2%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.7% → 2%Show the four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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Veritas Enterprise Vault0%44%18criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Veritas Enterprise Vault0%44%18criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%10Global Relay Archive0%15%33accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 3% → 0%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.3% → 0%
12
Archive3600%9%11accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
Archive3600%9%11accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%11
Theta Lake0%8%24accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Theta Lake0%8%24accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one can't be told apart from repeat variation, and both are shown. Each index measures its own floor from its own repeat, over its own categories, so the floor differs from one index to the next. Both editions asked the same fourteen models. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
Google Vault is made by Google, whose model Gemini 3.5 Flash is in the set. On the four share prompts that model made it the first choice one time of 4; the other thirteen models one time of 52. Lab treatment is defined on the method page; the row is marked, not excluded.
For buyers
Head to head
All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each
Smarsh Enterprise Archive vs JatheonSmarsh Enterprise Archive vs Google VaultSmarsh Enterprise Archive vs OpenText Core Business Communication ArchiveSmarsh Enterprise Archive vs Proofpoint Enterprise ArchiveMicrosoft Purview vs MailStore ServerMicrosoft Purview vs Mimecast Cloud ArchiveMicrosoft Purview vs JatheonMicrosoft Purview vs Google VaultMicrosoft Purview vs OpenText Core Business Communication ArchiveMicrosoft Purview vs Proofpoint Enterprise ArchiveMailStore Server vs Mimecast Cloud ArchiveMailStore Server vs JatheonMailStore Server vs Google VaultMailStore Server vs OpenText Core Business Communication ArchiveMailStore Server vs Proofpoint Enterprise ArchiveMimecast Cloud Archive vs JatheonMimecast Cloud Archive vs Google VaultMimecast Cloud Archive vs OpenText Core Business Communication ArchiveMimecast Cloud Archive vs Proofpoint Enterprise ArchiveJatheon vs Google VaultJatheon vs OpenText Core Business Communication ArchiveJatheon vs Proofpoint Enterprise ArchiveGoogle Vault vs OpenText Core Business Communication ArchiveGoogle Vault vs Proofpoint Enterprise ArchiveOpenText Core Business Communication Archive vs Proofpoint Enterprise Archive
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
010203040506070809G10
111213Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative30%
Key
01Smarsh Enterprise Archive18%
Smarsh Enterprise Archive18%02Microsoft Purview18%
Microsoft Purview18%03MailStore Server12%
MailStore Server12%04Mimecast Cloud Archive7%
Mimecast Cloud Archive7%05Jatheon5%
Jatheon5%06Google Vault4%
Google Vault4%07OpenText Core Business Communication Archive2%
OpenText Core Business Communication Archive2%08Proofpoint Enterprise Archive2%
Proofpoint Enterprise Archive2%09Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service2%
Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service2%10Global Relay Archive0%
11Theta Lake0%
Theta Lake0%12Archive3600%
Archive3600%13Veritas Enterprise Vault0%
Veritas Enterprise Vault0%What they warned about
Three of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.20, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX, MiniMax M2.5 and Muse Glimmer 30B changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Smarsh Enterprise Archive19%
10 of 53 labels negative · 9 of 14 models · 6 hard negative
“Smarsh Enterprise Archive and Proofpoint Enterprise Archive are considered "criticized challengers" due to their complex pricing, unavailability of functions, slow search” Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt
Proofpoint Enterprise Archive17%
5 of 29 labels negative · 5 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“considered "criticized challengers" due to their complex pricing, unavailability of functions, slow search, and lack of robust technical support” Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt
Veritas Enterprise Vault44%
8 of 18 labels negative · 5 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“this legacy solution shows a high share of negative sentiment... likely due to its aging architecture and high complexity” Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt
Global Relay Archive
15%
5 of 33 labels negative · 4 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“Another platform with a high negative rate (47% for small businesses), criticized for similar issues as Proofpoint” Mistral Small, negative prompt
What they cite
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted.
Sites the answers cite
76 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 883 links across 212 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 64 of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category; the method page measures whether that reading tilts an answer.
vendor site · Smarsh38 answers · 59 citations · 13 models
27 answers · 29 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Archon Data Store25 answers · 29 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Wordwatch24 answers · 24 citations · 10 models
vendor site · G223 answers · 42 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Jatheon21 answers · 25 citations · 9 models
vendor site · OpenText17 answers · 17 citations · 9 models
17 answers · 17 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Guideflow16 answers · 20 citations · 8 models
publisher (Gane)14 answers · 16 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Global Relay13 answers · 20 citations · 9 models
13 answers · 14 citations · 8 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
24 answers · 10 models
20 answers · 9 models
17 answers · 9 models
16 answers · 9 models
16 answers · 9 models
14 answers · 8 models
12 answers · 7 models
11 answers · 7 models
11 answers · 9 models
10 answers · 6 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best communications archiving platform”, “communications archiving platform”, “communications archiving platforms”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smarsh Enterprise Archive smarsh.com Smarsh Enterprise Archive 18%, Smarsh Professional Archive 5% | 23% | 146 | 10 | 0 | 13,262 | 77 | |
| Microsoft parent site Microsoft Purview 18%, Microsoft Exchange Online Archiving 4% | 21% | 514 | 2,240,000 | 403,136 | |||
| MailStore Server mailstore.com | 12% | 54 | 50 | 1 | 10,125 | 91 | |
| Mimecast mimecast.com Mimecast Cloud Archive 7% | 7% | 98 | 30 | 0 | 148,929 company | 21 | 5 |
| Jatheon jatheon.com | 5% | 45 | 170 | 0 | 11,762 | 4 | |
| Google Cloud google.dev Google Vault 4% | 4% | 67 | 165,000 | 7,596 | 881,346 | 109 | |
| Barracuda parent site Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service 2%, Barracuda Message Archiver 2% | 4% | 39 | 201,000 | 10,561 | |||
| OpenText parent site OpenText Core Business Communication Archive 2% | 2% | 63 | 14,800 | 1,286 | |||
| Proofpoint parent site Proofpoint Enterprise Archive 2% | 2% | 93 | 27,100 | 1,488 | |||
| MessageWatcher messagewatcher.com | 2% | 10 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 23 sites; 1 of them are among the sites the models cited here (jatheon.com). The first result for “best communications archiving platform” is comply.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best communications archiving platform for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which email and chat archiving for compliance would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top communications archiving platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best communications archiving platform for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a communications archiving platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which communications archiving platforms should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveMailStore ServerChangedBarracuda Cloud Archiving Service, CyberSentriq Email ArchivingMicrosoft Exchange Online Archivingno first choiceagainst: Google Workspace, Microsoft 365
Four alternatives
ComplyKEY MailMeter, Jatheon Enterprise Data Archiving Solution, MailStore Server, Mimecast Cloud ArchiveFive alternatives
Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service, Google Vault, Jatheon, Microsoft Exchange Online Archiving, Mimecast Cloud ArchiveSix alternatives
Global Relay Archive, Jatheon, Microsoft Purview, OpenText Retain Unified Archiving, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Veritas Enterprise VaultThree alternatives
Barracuda Message Archiver, MailStore Server, Zoho MailGPT-5.4 miniProofpoint Enterprise Archive, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveMicrosoft Purview, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveChangedProofpoint Enterprise Archive, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveJatheonagainst: Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Smarsh Professional Archiveno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Archive360, Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service, Nuclei Discovery & Archive SuiteFour alternatives
Global Relay Archive, Microsoft Purview, Mimecast Cloud Archive, PagefreezerFour alternatives
Barracuda Message Archiver, Google Vault, Microsoft Purview, Smarsh SMB / Capture & ArchiveGemini 3.5 FlashSmarsh Enterprise Archiveagainst: Microsoft PurviewMicrosoft Purview, PagefreezerChangedGlobal Relay Archive, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveExchange Online Archiving, Google Vault, Microsoft Purviewagainst: Global Relay Archive, Smarsh Enterprise Archiveno first choiceagainst: Google Vault, Microsoft Purviewnothing named
Four alternatives
Global Relay Archive, Jatheon, Mimecast Cloud Archive, Theta LakeFour alternatives
Jatheon, Mimecast Cloud Archive, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveSix alternatives
Archive360, Arctera Enterprise Vault, Mimecast Cloud Archive, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Shield, Theta LakeFour alternatives
ArcTitan, Jatheon, MailStore Server, PagefreezerPerplexity SonarOpenText Core Business Communication Archiveagainst: MailStore Server or MailStore CloudSmarsh Professional ArchiveChangedGlobal Relay Archive, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveMailStore Serverno first choiceagainst: Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service, Google Vault, MailStore Server, Microsoft Purview DLP, Mimecast Cloud Archive, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive
Four alternatives
Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service, Jatheon, Smarsh Enterprise Archive, SteelEyeTwo alternatives
Mimecast Cloud Archive, OpenText Core Business Communication ArchiveEight alternatives
Google Vault, Jatheon, Microsoft Purview, Mimecast Cloud Archive, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Theta Lake, Wilmac Continuity Replay, WordwatchThree alternatives
Google Vault, Jatheon, Microsoft PurviewGrok 4.20Mimecast Cloud Archiveagainst: Global Relay Archive, Veritas Enterprise VaultSmarsh Enterprise ArchiveChangedagainst: Global Relay Archive, Proofpoint Email Archiving + ComplianceGlobal Relay Archive, Smarsh Enterprise Archiveagainst: Microsoft Purview, Mimecast Cloud Archive, Veritas Enterprise VaultMailStore Serveragainst: Amazon S3, Apache Jamesno first choiceagainst: Google Vault, Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Teams archiving, Smarsh Enterprise Archive
Three alternatives
Pagefreezer, Smarsh Enterprise Archive, Theta LakeSix alternatives
ArcTitan, Google Vault, Libraesva, MailMeter, Microsoft Purview, VaultasticTwo alternatives
Archive360, Theta LakeFour alternatives
Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service, Jatheon, MailStore Cloud, Microsoft 365 Native ArchivingMistral SmallSmarsh Enterprise ArchiveSmarsh Enterprise ArchiveHeldSmarsh Enterprise ArchiveMailStore Serveragainst: MessageWatcher, Theta Lakeno first choiceagainst: Global Relay Archive, Google Vault, Microsoft Purview, Mimecast Cloud Archive, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Smarsh Enterprise Archive
Three alternatives
MessageWatcher, OpenText Core Business Communication Archive, Theta LakeThree alternatives
Google Vault, Jatheon Archiving, Mimecast Cloud ArchiveFive alternatives
Global Relay Archive, Mimecast Cloud Archive, OpenText Core Business Communication Archive, Theta Lake, Veritas Enterprise VaultTwo alternatives
ArchiverFS, PinPoint Document Management SystemDeepSeek V4 FlashMimecast Cloud ArchiveJatheonChangedagainst: Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveSmarsh Enterprise ArchiveMailStore Serverno first choiceagainst: Global Relay Archive, Mail Archiver X, Smarsh Enterprise Archive, Veritas Enterprise Vault
Four alternatives
Global Relay Archive, Google Vault, MailStore Server, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveOne alternative
Mimecast Cloud ArchiveSix alternatives
Global Relay Archive, Jatheon, Mimecast Cloud Archive, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Theta Lake, Veritas Enterprise VaultFour alternatives
Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service, GFI Archiver, Native Microsoft 365 Archiving, SMTP2GOLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceno first choiceHeldno first choiceBarracuda Message Archiverno first choiceagainst: Microsoft Purview, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Smarsh Enterprise Archive
Five alternatives
Google Vault, Intradyn, MailStoreServer, OpenText Core Business Communication Archive, Theta LakeQwen 3.7 FlashMicrosoft Purviewagainst: Commvault, Veritas Enterprise VaultGoogle Vault, Microsoft PurviewChangedSmarsh Enterprise ArchiveMessageWatcherAvePoint, Barracuda Network, Nirvanixagainst: Microsoft, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Veritas Enterprise Vaultagainst: Archive.today, GFI Archiver, MyComplianceOffice, Smarsh Enterprise Archive, Veritas Enterprise Vault
Five alternatives
Google Vault, Intradyn, MessageWatcher, Mimecast Cloud Archive, OpenText™ Core Business Communication ArchiveTwo alternatives
Mimecast Cloud Archive, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveThree alternatives
Hornetsecurity, Mimecast Cloud Archive, Theta LakeThree alternatives
Google Vault, Intradyn, MailStore ServerThree alternatives
Ahsay, Datto, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365Kimi K2Smarsh Professional ArchiveMicrosoft Purview, Mimecast Cloud ArchiveChangedSmarsh Enterprise Archiveagainst: Veritas Enterprise VaultArcTitan, Jatheonno first choiceagainst: Iron Mountain, Mach7 Technologies, Merge iConnect Enterprise Archive, Smarsh Enterprise Archive
Three alternatives
Barracuda Message Archiver, Jatheon, Mimecast Cloud ArchiveThree alternatives
MailStore Server, OpenText Core Business Communication Archive, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveSix alternatives
Global Relay Archive, Google Vault, Microsoft Purview, Mimecast Cloud Archive, OpenText Information Archive, Proofpoint Enterprise ArchiveFive alternatives
Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service, Google Vault, Libraesva Email Archiver, MailStore Server, Microsoft PurviewFour alternatives
Aware, Google Vault, Microsoft Purview, Theta LakeGLM 4.7 FlashXSmarsh Enterprise ArchiveMicrosoft Purview, Smarsh Enterprise Archive, TeamsChangedSmarsh Enterprise ArchiveChanty, Microsoftagainst: Slack Free Planno first choiceagainst: Archive360, GFI Archiver, MessageSolution, Mimecast Cloud Archive, Smarsh Enterprise Archive, Veritas Enterprise Vault, eVault
Four alternatives
MailStore Server, Microsoft Purview, Mimecast Cloud Archive, OpenText Core Business Communication ArchiveTwo alternatives
Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service, OpenText Core Business Communication ArchiveSix alternatives
Archive360, Global Relay Archive, Mimecast Cloud Archive, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Theta Lake, Veritas Enterprise VaultFour alternatives
Archive Intel, Intradyn, Jatheon Archiving, Libraesva Email ArchiverMiniMax M2.5Smarsh Professional ArchiveBarracuda Cloud Archiving Service, Mimecast Cloud ArchiveChangedSmarsh Enterprise ArchiveMailStore Serverno first choicenothing named
Four alternatives
Barracuda Message Archiver, Global Relay Archive, Microsoft Purview, Mimecast Cloud ArchiveTwo alternatives
Google Vault, OpenText Core Business Communication ArchiveSix alternatives
Archive360, Global Relay Archive, Mimecast Cloud Archive, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Theta Lake, Veritas Enterprise VaultThree alternatives
ContentCatcher, MailArchiva, SMTP2GOGPT-6 LunaMicrosoft PurviewMicrosoft PurviewHeldno first choiceMicrosoft Exchange Online Archivingno first choiceagainst: TeleMessage—now branded Smarsh Capture Mobile
Four alternatives
Mimecast Cloud Archive, Nuclei, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveFive alternatives
Global Relay Archive, Google Vault, Mimecast Cloud Archive, Proofpoint Nuclei, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveOne alternative
MailStore ServerMuse Glimmer 30BSmarsh Enterprise ArchiveMicrosoft PurviewChangedSmarsh Enterprise ArchiveMailStore Server, OpenArchiver - Open Archiveragainst: Theta Lakeno first choiceagainst: Smarsh Enterprise Archive, TeleMessage
Three alternatives
Global Relay Archive, Jatheon, Mimecast Cloud ArchiveSix alternatives
Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service, Google Vault, MailStore Server, Mimecast Cloud Archive, OpenText Core Business Communication Archive, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveNine alternatives
Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service, Barracuda Message Archiver, Global Relay Archive, Jatheon, Microsoft Purview, Mimecast Cloud Archive, OpenText Core Business Communication Archive, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Theta LakeThree alternatives
Barracuda Archiver, ContentCatcher, MailpilerBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency.
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 17:35 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 10:42 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 10:56 | yes | 6 | 19 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 15:47 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:28 | yes | 10 | 13 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 14:14 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 15:51 | yes | 22 | 39 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 19:14 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 13:46 | yes | 10 | 52 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 19:34 | yes | 13 | 44 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:35 | yes | 19 | 112 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 10:25 | yes | 12 | 43 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 10:25 | yes | 5 | 13 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:32 | yes | 13 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 12:36 | yes | 9 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 19:27 | yes | 2 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 08:35 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 13:28 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:16 | yes | 5 | 10 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 18:32 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 08:54 | yes | 20 | 27 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 14:45 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 11:32 | yes | 14 | 50 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 16:39 | yes | 24 | 30 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 18:30 | yes | 24 | 64 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 14:38 | yes | 5 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:28 | yes | 4 | 17 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 12:20 | yes | 13 | 25 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 09:42 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:49 | yes | 6 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 14:43 | yes | 9 | 23 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 14:53 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:55 | yes | 10 | 13 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 16:47 | yes | 9 | 12 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 08:43 | yes | 22 | 36 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 14:18 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 13:10 | yes | 10 | 39 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 15:05 | yes | 15 | 41 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:38 | yes | 17 | 121 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 09:22 | yes | 13 | 55 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 16:58 | yes | 9 | 22 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 08:51 | yes | 14 | 31 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:29 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:54 | yes | 4 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 10:41 | yes | 6 | 18 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:01 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:01 | yes | 24 | 18 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 08:48 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 17:26 | yes | 25 | 36 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 14:27 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 16:48 | yes | 10 | 53 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 11:55 | yes | 15 | 18 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:44 | yes | 20 | 55 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 18:14 | yes | 8 | 55 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:02 | yes | 2 | 13 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 18:53 | yes | 14 | 21 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:24 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 18:57 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 18:07 | no | 0 | 20 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 15:35 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:01 | yes | 13 | 23 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:22 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 15:10 | yes | 18 | 23 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:47 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:21 | no | 0 | 30 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:14 | yes | 14 | 64 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 15:50 | yes | 15 | 119 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:57 | no | 0 | 93 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 13:50 | yes | 2 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:28 | yes | 14 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 18:45 | yes | 18 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:20 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 19:41 | yes | 12 | 16 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 13:23 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:26 | yes | 14 | 13 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:56 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 13:53 | yes | 24 | 35 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 18:04 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 08:51 | yes | 15 | 31 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 11:51 | yes | 25 | 42 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 08:56 | yes | 21 | 59 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 19:27 | yes | 19 | 30 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 17:13 | yes | 2 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:00 | yes | 23 | 32 s |
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Arctera read as Arctera Enterprise Vault
Arctera (formerly Veritas Enterprise Vault) read as Arctera Enterprise Vault
Barracuda read as Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service
Barracuda Cloud Archiving read as Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service
Dropsuite read as Dropsuite Email Archiving
Global Relay read as Global Relay Archive
Google Workspace Vault read as Google Vault
MailStore read as MailStore Server
Microsoft 365 Compliance Center read as Microsoft Purview
Microsoft 365 Purview read as Microsoft Purview
Mimecast read as Mimecast Cloud Archive
Mimecast (with Aware) read as Mimecast Cloud Archive
OpenText read as OpenText Core Business Communication Archive
Proofpoint read as Proofpoint Enterprise Archive
Proofpoint Archive read as Proofpoint Enterprise Archive
Smarsh read as Smarsh Enterprise Archive
Smarsh (Professional Archive) read as Smarsh Enterprise Archive
Veritas read as Veritas Enterprise Vault
Veritas (Enterprise Vault) read as Veritas Enterprise Vault
Veritas Technologies read as Veritas Enterprise Vault
Unresolved, counted raw
Apache James
Archive.today
Aware
Barracuda Archiver
Barracuda Network
Chanty
CivicPlus Social Media Archiving
GiraffeMail Archive
GoDaddy Email Archiving
Google Vault for Workspace
Hexamail Vault
Jatheon Enterprise Data Archiving Solution
Jatheon Technologies
LeanMail
Mach7 Technologies (Vendor Neutral Archive)
Mail Archiver X
Mail Assure
MailJerry
MailMeter
MailStore Cloud
MailStore Server or MailStore Cloud
Merge iConnect Enterprise Archive
MessageSolution
Microsoft 365 Email Essentials
Microsoft Teams archiving
MyComplianceOffice
Native Microsoft 365 Archiving
Nirvanix (SonicWall)
Nuclei Discovery & Archive Suite
OpenArchiver - Open Archiver
OpenText Retain
OpenText Retain Unified Archiving
OpenText™ Core Business Communication Archive
Proofpoint Email Archiving + Compliance
Proofpoint Nuclei
Sharp Archive
Shield
Slack Free Plan
Smarsh SMB / Capture & Archive
TeleMessage—now branded Smarsh Capture Mobile
Wilmac Continuity Replay
eVault
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.