Communications archiving and compliance for enterprise buyers
Asked as “communications archiving platform”, and as “email and chat archiving for compliance”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 55 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each. Added to the November 2026 Edition.
Standing · first-choice share
42%
Clear leader
42Smarsh Enterprise Archive18Proofpoint Enterprise Archive09Mimecast Cloud Archive31others
42% of first choices, clear leader.
Since October 2026↗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.Smarsh Enterprise Archive leads at 42%, replacing Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, which led at 27% and stands at 18% now: 24 points clear, past the floor. The verdict moved from contested to clear leader.
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.Standing →EnterpriseSmarsh 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.This page
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.Standing →EnterpriseSmarsh 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.This pageThe standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01Smarsh Enterprise Archive42%12%64endorsed leader▲+19Since October 2026: 23% → 42%, +19 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.23% → 42%
Smarsh Enterprise Archive42%12%64endorsed leader▲+19Since October 2026: 23% → 42%, +19 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.23% → 42%02
Proofpoint Enterprise Archive18%8%53accepted challenger▼−9Since October 2026: 27% → 18%, −9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.27% → 18%
Proofpoint Enterprise Archive18%8%53accepted challenger▼−9Since October 2026: 27% → 18%, −9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.27% → 18%03
Mimecast Cloud Archive9%15%40accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 9% → 9%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.9% → 9%
Mimecast Cloud Archive9%15%40accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 9% → 9%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.9% → 9%04Global Relay Archive5%10%52accepted challenger▼−9Since October 2026: 14% → 5%, −9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.14% → 5%
05
OpenText Core Business Communication Archive5%0%26accepted challenger▲+3Since October 2026: 2% → 5%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 5%
OpenText Core Business Communication Archive5%0%26accepted challenger▲+3Since October 2026: 2% → 5%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 5%06
Jatheon4%0%16accepted challenger▼−5Since October 2026: 9% → 4%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.9% → 4%
Jatheon4%0%16accepted challenger▼−5Since October 2026: 9% → 4%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.9% → 4%07
Microsoft Purview2%30%30criticized challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 5% → 2%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.5% → 2%
Microsoft Purview2%30%30criticized challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 5% → 2%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.5% → 2%Show the three products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
10
Veritas Enterprise Vault0%30%27criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Veritas Enterprise Vault0%30%27criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%09
Archive3600%10%21accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
Archive3600%10%21accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%08
Theta Lake0%0%20accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Theta Lake0%0%20accepted 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.
Head to head
Smarsh Enterprise Archive vs Microsoft PurviewSmarsh Enterprise Archive vs MailStore ServerSmarsh Enterprise Archive vs Mimecast Cloud Archive
Head-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not enterprise.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 →
010203G04
050607080910Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative60%
Key
01Smarsh Enterprise Archive42%
Smarsh Enterprise Archive42%02Proofpoint Enterprise Archive18%
Proofpoint Enterprise Archive18%03Mimecast Cloud Archive9%
Mimecast Cloud Archive9%04Global Relay Archive5%
05OpenText Core Business Communication Archive5%
OpenText Core Business Communication Archive5%06Jatheon4%
Jatheon4%07Microsoft Purview2%
Microsoft Purview2%08Theta Lake0%
Theta Lake0%09Archive3600%
Archive3600%10Veritas Enterprise Vault0%
Veritas Enterprise Vault0%What they warned about
Six of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. GPT-5.4 mini, Perplexity Sonar, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, MiniMax M2.5 and GPT-6 Luna 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.
Veritas Enterprise Vault30%
8 of 27 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 5 hard negative
“The need to consolidate or face obsolescence and retrofitting archaic architectures is cited as a core driver for moving off the product.” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
Microsoft Purview30%
9 of 30 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“Avoid On-Premises or Hybrid for Pure Predictability: Solutions like Microsoft Purview (with archiving) ... can lead to variable costs” Grok 4.20, budget prompt
Smarsh Enterprise Archive12%
8 of 64 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“Smarsh - due to its complex and often vague pricing, unavailability of certain functions, slow search performance, and lack of robust technical support and documentation.” Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt
Global Relay Archive
10%
5 of 52 labels negative · 5 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Models to Avoid (or Negotiate Carefully) | Global Relay | Per-user + per-connector + add-on modules” Kimi K2, budget 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
77 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. 999 links across 239 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 · Smarsh36 answers · 71 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Global Relay30 answers · 43 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Archon Data Store29 answers · 37 citations · 11 models
vendor site · G225 answers · 48 citations · 10 models
25 answers · 31 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Jatheon24 answers · 30 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Proofpoint24 answers · 26 citations · 14 models
vendor site · Wordwatch23 answers · 23 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Archive36020 answers · 32 citations · 10 models
vendor site · OpenText20 answers · 21 citations · 9 models
publisher (Gane)18 answers · 19 citations · 6 models
vendor site · Veritas16 answers · 19 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.
22 answers · 9 models
21 answers · 10 models
19 answers · 8 models
18 answers · 12 models
15 answers · 7 models
14 answers · 8 models
12 answers · 6 models
12 answers · 6 models
11 answers · 5 models
10 answers · 5 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 | 42% | 146 | 10 | 0 | 13,262 | 77 | |
| Proofpoint parent site Proofpoint Enterprise Archive 18% | 18% | 93 | 27,100 | 1,488 | |||
| Mimecast mimecast.com Mimecast Cloud Archive 9% | 9% | 98 | 30 | 0 | 148,929 company | 21 | 5 |
| Comma Compliance commacompliance.com | 7% | 6 | |||||
| Global Relay Archive globalrelay.com | 5% | 102 | 21,100 | 3 | |||
| OpenText parent site OpenText Core Business Communication Archive 5% | 5% | 63 | 14,800 | 1,286 | |||
| Jatheon jatheon.com | 4% | 45 | 170 | 0 | 11,762 | 4 | |
| Microsoft parent site Microsoft Purview 2%, Microsoft Exchange Online Archiving 2% | 4% | 514 | 2,240,000 | 403,136 | |||
| Microsoft Purview retention/eDiscovery + Exchange Online archive mailboxes + Teams retention policies | 2% | ||||||
| Proofpoint Message Center / Secure Messaging Archive | 2% |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 23 sites; 2 of them are among the sites the models cited here (jatheon.com, proofpoint.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 an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which email and chat archiving for compliance would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade communications archiving platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best communications archiving platform for a large company that needs predictable total cost across thousands of users?”Scale-constrained“We are a 5,000 person company with SSO, SOC 2 and procurement review requirements evaluating a communications archiving platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which communications archiving platforms should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Proofpoint Enterprise ArchiveProofpoint Enterprise ArchiveHeldSmarsh Enterprise ArchiveJatheonno first choiceagainst: Gmail, Office 365
Three alternatives
Global Relay Archive, Smarsh Enterprise Archive, Veritas Enterprise VaultThree alternatives
Global Relay Archive, Jatheon, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveFour alternatives
Global Relay Archive, Microsoft Purview, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Veritas Enterprise VaultThree alternatives
Archive360, Barracuda Message Archiver, Global Relay ArchiveGPT-5.4 miniProofpoint Enterprise Archive, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveMicrosoft Purview retention/eDiscovery + Exchange Online archive mailboxes + Teams retention policies, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveChangedGlobal Relay Archive, Smarsh Connected ArchiveProofpoint Enterprise Archiveagainst: Veritas Enterprise Vaultno first choiceagainst: Google Workspace
Two alternatives
Global Relay Archive, Microsoft PurviewOne alternative
Mimecast Cloud ArchiveFive alternatives
Archive360, Jatheon, Microsoft Purview Communications Compliance, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Veritas Enterprise VaultTwo alternatives
Global Relay Archive, Smarsh PlatformGemini 3.5 FlashSmarsh Enterprise ArchiveSmarsh Enterprise ArchiveHeldagainst: Microsoft PurviewGlobal Relay Archive, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveProofpoint Enterprise Archiveno first choiceagainst: ArcTitan, Dell EMC SourceOne, GWAVA/Retain, Google Vault, HP/Autonomy, Intradyn, MailStore Server, Microsoft 365 E3, Symantec, Veritas Enterprise Vault
Six alternatives
Archive360, Global Relay Archive, Microsoft Purview, Mimecast Cloud Archive, Shield Platform, Theta LakeFour alternatives
Global Relay Archive, Mimecast Cloud Archive, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Theta LakeFive alternatives
Archive360, Microsoft Purview, Mimecast Cloud Archive, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Theta LakeThree alternatives
Global Relay Archive, Microsoft Purview, Smarsh Enterprise ArchivePerplexity SonarSmarsh Enterprise ArchiveOpenText Core Business Communication ArchiveChangedagainst: Microsoft PurviewGlobal Relay Archive, Smarsh Enterprise Archiveagainst: Google VaultOpenText Core Business Communication Archiveagainst: Global Relay Archive, Mimecast Cloud Archive, Proofpoint Enterprise Archiveno first choiceagainst: Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service, Dropsuite Email Archiving, Google Vault, Intradyn, MailStore Server, Mailpiler, Microsoft Purview or Exchange Online Archiving, Mimecast Cloud Archive, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Vaultastic, Veritas Enterprise Vault
Five alternatives
Microsoft Purview, OpenText Core Business Communication Archive, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Theta Lake, WordwatchThree alternatives
Global Relay Archive, Jatheon, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveEight alternatives
Bloomberg Vault, Jatheon, Microsoft Purview, Mimecast Cloud Archive, OpenText Core Business Communication Archive, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Theta Lake, Veritas Enterprise VaultTwo alternatives
Microsoft Purview, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveGrok 4.20Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveSmarsh Enterprise ArchiveHeldGlobal Relay Archive, Smarsh Enterprise Archiveagainst: Microsoft PurviewMimecast Cloud Archiveagainst: Microsoft PurviewGlobal Relay Archive, Smarsh Enterprise Archiveagainst: Google Vault, Microsoft Purviewnothing named
Four alternatives
Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service, Jatheon Archiving, Microsoft Purview, Proofpoint Enterprise ArchiveFive alternatives
Global Relay Archive, Google Vault, Microsoft Purview, Mimecast Cloud Archive or Awareness Suite, Proofpoint Enterprise ArchiveThree alternatives
Mimecast Cloud Archive, OpenText Core Business Communication Archive, Veritas Enterprise VaultThree alternatives
Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Smarsh Enterprise Archive, Veritas Alta ArchivingFour alternatives
Mimecast Cloud Archive, OpenText Core Business Communication Archive, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Veritas Enterprise VaultMistral SmallMimecast Cloud Archive, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveOpenText Core Business Communication Archive, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveChangedProofpoint Enterprise ArchiveJatheonno first choiceagainst: Archive360, Front, Global Relay Archive, Microsoft Purview, Smarsh Enterprise Archive, Veritas Enterprise Vault
Two alternatives
Microsoft Purview, Theta LakeTwo alternatives
Global Relay Archive, Theta LakeSeven alternatives
Global Relay Archive, Jatheon Archiving, Microsoft Purview, Mimecast Cloud Archive, OpenText Core Business Communication Archive, Smarsh Enterprise Archive, Theta LakeTwo alternatives
Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Theta LakeDeepSeek V4 FlashSmarsh Enterprise ArchiveProofpoint Enterprise Archive, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveChangedSmarsh Enterprise ArchiveMimecast Cloud Archiveagainst: Microsoft Exchange Online Archiving, Veritas Enterprise Vaultno first choiceagainst: Microsoft Purviewagainst: Barracuda Message Archiver, Enterprise Vault, HP/Autonomy derivatives, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Smarsh Enterprise Archive
Three alternatives
Global Relay Archive, Microsoft Purview, Mimecast Cloud ArchiveFour alternatives
Global Relay Archive, Microsoft Purview, Mimecast Cloud Archive, Theta LakeFive alternatives
Global Relay Archive, Mimecast Cloud Archive, OpenText Information Archive, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Veritas Alta ArchivingThree alternatives
Global Relay Archive, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceno first choiceHeldno first choiceGlobal Relay Archive, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Smarsh Enterprise Archiveno first choiceagainst: Microsoft Purview, Smarsh Enterprise Archive, ThetaLak*e*
Qwen 3.7 FlashProofpoint Message Center / Secure Messaging ArchiveSmash EnterpriseChangedGlobal Relay Archive, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveComma Complianceno first choicenothing named
Four alternatives
Broadcom (formerly Symantec) Enterprise Vault / InfoScale, Commvault, Smarsh Enterprise Archive, VerintTwo alternatives
Mimecast Cloud Archive, Proofpoint Enterprise ArchiveThree alternatives
Jatheon Archiving, Theta Lake, WordwatchTwo alternatives
OpenText Core Business Communication Archive, Proofpoint Enterprise ArchiveKimi K2Mimecast Cloud ArchiveSmarsh Enterprise ArchiveChangedSmarsh Enterprise Archiveagainst: Google Workspace, Microsoft 365Comma Complianceagainst: Global Relay Archive, Mimecast Cloud Archive, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveGlobal Relay Archive, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Smarsh Enterprise Archivenothing named
Three alternatives
OpenText Core Business Communication Archive, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveTwo alternatives
Mimecast Cloud Archive, Veritas Alta ArchivingFive alternatives
Arctera Enterprise Vault, Global Relay Archive, Mimecast Cloud Archive, MirrorWeb, Veritas Enterprise VaultTwo alternatives
Jatheon, OpenText Core Business Communication ArchiveGLM 4.7 FlashXSmarsh Enterprise ArchiveSmarsh Enterprise ArchiveHeldGlobal Relay Archive, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveMicrosoft Exchange Online Archivingagainst: Mimecast Cloud Archive, Veritas Enterprise Vaultno first choiceagainst: Global Relay Archive, Smarsh Enterprise Archive
Four alternatives
Comma Compliance, Global Relay Archive, MirrorWeb, OpenText Core Business Communication ArchiveFour alternatives
Microsoft 365 Native Solutions, Mimecast Cloud Archive, OpenText Core Business Communication Archive, Proofpoint Enterprise ArchiveNine alternatives
ACA Group, Google Cloud, Microsoft, Mimecast Cloud Archive, NICE Actimize, OpenText Core Business Communication Archive, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Verint, Veritas Enterprise VaultTwo alternatives
OpenText Core Business Communication Archive, SSE Email ArchivingMiniMax M2.5Mimecast Cloud Archive, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveSmarsh Enterprise ArchiveChangedSmarsh Enterprise ArchiveComma Complianceagainst: Microsoft Exchange Online Archivingno first choiceagainst: ConnectWise Cloud Backup, TeleMessage, Veritas Enterprise Vault
Two alternatives
Global Relay Archive, NICE ActimizeTwo alternatives
Global Relay Archive, Veritas Alta ArchivingFive alternatives
Global Relay Archive, Mimecast Cloud Archive, OpenText Core Business Communication Archive, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Veritas Enterprise VaultTwo alternatives
Archive Intel, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveGPT-6 LunaSmarsh Enterprise ArchiveProofpoint Enterprise Archive, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveChangedGlobal Relay Archive, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Smarsh Enterprise Archiveagainst: Microsoft Purview, Mimecast Cloud ArchiveMicrosoft Purviewno first choiceagainst: Enterprise Vault 12.x or older unsupported installations, TeleMessage
Three alternatives
Global Relay Archive, Microsoft Purview, Proofpoint Enterprise ArchiveTwo alternatives
Global Relay Archive, Microsoft PurviewTwo alternatives
Bloomberg Vault, Theta LakeTwo alternatives
Global Relay Archive, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveOne alternative
Microsoft PurviewMuse Glimmer 30BSmarsh Enterprise ArchiveSmarsh Enterprise ArchiveHeldSmarsh Enterprise Archiveagainst: Microsoft native archivingComma Compliance, Proofpoint Enterprise Archiveagainst: Global Relay Archive, Smarsh Enterprise Archiveno first choiceagainst: Actiance, Archive360, Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service, Barracuda Message Archiver, Barracuda View Archiving, EV.cloud, GlobalRelay, Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 / 2007 R2 Archiving Server, Mimecast Cloud Archive, Smarsh Enterprise Archive, Veritas Alta Archiving, Veritas Enterprise Vault
Two alternatives
Global Relay Archive, Proofpoint Enterprise ArchiveTwo alternatives
Microsoft Purview Compliance / Information Protection, Mimecast Cloud ArchiveSix alternatives
Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service, Barracuda Message Archiver, Global Relay Archive, Mimecast Cloud Archive, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Theta LakeBold 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 14:46 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:46 | yes | 2 | 6 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 18:53 | yes | 13 | 25 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 09:00 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:40 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 15:17 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 13:32 | yes | 20 | 22 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 18:22 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:16 | no | 0 | 31 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:53 | yes | 15 | 48 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:25 | yes | 25 | 29 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 13:02 | yes | 5 | 27 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 16:21 | yes | 4 | 13 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 16:37 | yes | 13 | 20 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 14:21 | yes | 15 | 10 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 13:26 | yes | 2 | 5 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 16:46 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 14:30 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:10 | yes | 15 | 20 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 19:09 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 12:51 | yes | 24 | 34 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:47 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:32 | yes | 10 | 39 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 11:28 | yes | 20 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:48 | yes | 25 | 39 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 15:58 | yes | 24 | 43 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 14:27 | yes | 4 | 16 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 08:35 | yes | 21 | 26 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 17:52 | yes | 13 | 10 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 14:20 | yes | 6 | 10 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 17:58 | yes | 12 | 25 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 09:30 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:12 | yes | 15 | 16 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 15:07 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 12:01 | yes | 23 | 34 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:27 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 14:57 | yes | 5 | 34 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 15:04 | yes | 18 | 59 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:18 | yes | 23 | 85 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 15:30 | yes | 5 | 28 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 17:04 | yes | 10 | 34 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:27 | yes | 25 | 41 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:37 | yes | 19 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:27 | yes | 5 | 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 08:55 | yes | 7 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:16 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:36 | yes | 5 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 14:30 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:24 | yes | 25 | 34 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 16:29 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:44 | yes | 23 | 95 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 16:37 | yes | 23 | 62 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:35 | yes | 21 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 10:02 | yes | 8 | 59 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 19:44 | yes | 2 | 15 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:23 | yes | 24 | 39 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 08:54 | yes | 19 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 13:29 | yes | 3 | 9 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 10:45 | no | 0 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 14:28 | yes | 10 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:42 | yes | 15 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 11:30 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 17:47 | yes | 25 | 42 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 13:01 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 18:53 | no | 0 | 33 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 18:57 | yes | 15 | 21 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 16:50 | yes | 24 | 39 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 19:02 | no | 0 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:59 | yes | 4 | 20 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 18:37 | yes | 15 | 29 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 12:20 | yes | 20 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 19:04 | yes | 4 | 9 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 15:22 | yes | 5 | 22 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 19:19 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:36 | yes | 12 | 17 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:11 | yes | 14 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 18:19 | yes | 24 | 71 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 18:49 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 11:50 | no | 0 | 39 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 17:42 | yes | 25 | 28 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:30 | yes | 24 | 82 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 19:21 | yes | 25 | 135 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 14:06 | yes | 3 | 32 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:18 | yes | 25 | 34 s |
Normalization in this category
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Arctera 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 Purview read as Microsoft Purview
Mimecast read as Mimecast Cloud Archive
Mimecast (Cloud Archive & Aware) read as Mimecast Cloud Archive
Mimecast (Mimecast Aware) read as Mimecast Cloud Archive
OpenText read as OpenText Core Business Communication Archive
Proofpoint read as Proofpoint Enterprise Archive
Proofpoint (Enterprise Archive) read as Proofpoint Enterprise Archive
Proofpoint Archive read as Proofpoint Enterprise Archive
Proofpoint Digital Communications Governance read as Proofpoint Enterprise Archive
Smarsh read as Smarsh Enterprise Archive
Smarsh (Captiva Solution) read as Smarsh Enterprise Archive
Smarsh (Smarsh Enterprise Platform) read as Smarsh Enterprise Archive
Smarsh Enterprise Platform read as Smarsh Enterprise Archive
Veritas read as Veritas Enterprise Vault
Veritas (Enterprise Vault / Digital Compliance) read as Veritas Enterprise Vault
Veritas (InfoArchive & DataCo) read as Veritas Enterprise Vault
Veritas Alta (formerly Enterprise Vault) read as Veritas Alta Archiving
Unresolved, counted raw
ACA Group (ComplianceAlpha)
Actiance
Barracuda View Archiving
Broadcom (formerly Symantec) Enterprise Vault / InfoScale
CallCabinet
Dell EMC SourceOne
EV.cloud
Enterprise Vault
Enterprise Vault 12.x or older unsupported installations
GWAVA/Retain
HP/Autonomy
HP/Autonomy derivatives
Intradyn's All-in-One Message Archiving and Digital Communications Solution
Microsoft 365 Native Solutions
Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 / 2007 R2 Archiving Server
Microsoft Purview Communications Compliance
Microsoft Purview Compliance / Information Protection
Microsoft Purview or Exchange Online Archiving
Microsoft Purview retention/eDiscovery + Exchange Online archive mailboxes + Teams retention policies
Microsoft native archiving
Mimecast Cloud Archive or Awareness Suite
Office 365
Patrina
Proofpoint Message Center / Secure Messaging Archive
SSE Email Archiving
Shield
Shield Platform
Shield/Behavox
Smarsh Platform
Teamwire
TeleSign / MessageArchiver
ThetaLak*e*
Veritas Merge1
Vertias Alta (formerly Enterprise Vault)
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.