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Communications archiving and compliance · November 2026 Edition

MailStore Server vs Jatheon

Zero of fourteen models named MailStore Server first on the direct prompt; zero named Jatheon. MailStore Server was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Jatheon by nine and MailStore Server carries 20 labels and Jatheon 19, so the shares are not directly comparable.

MailStore Server

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Jatheon

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share12%5%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate5%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#5A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels2019A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, MailStore Server reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Smarsh Enterprise Archive was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. Smarsh Enterprise Archive vs MailStore Server · Smarsh Enterprise Archive vs Jatheon · Microsoft Purview vs MailStore Server

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; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the communications archiving and compliance page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
MailStore ServerFirst choices, of fourteen modelsJatheon
Direct00
Paraphrase11
Comparative00
Budget-constrained62
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 against MailStore Server
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, MailStore Server and Jatheon were named in the same answer twelve times, of the 54 answers naming MailStore Server and the 50 naming Jatheon. In those answers Jatheon took the first choice one time and MailStore Server eight.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where MailStore Server and Jatheon stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
MailStore Server Jatheon first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, MailStore Server on the left and Jatheon on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where MailStore Server and Jatheon stood in it.

Neither was the first choice, one was named

7 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Smarsh Enterprise Archive alternatives: ComplyKEY MailMeter, Jatheon Enterprise Data Archiving Solution, MailStore Server, Mimecast Cloud Archive
Gemini 3.5 FlashSmarsh Enterprise Archive alternatives: Global Relay Archive, Jatheon, Mimecast Cloud Archive, Theta Lake
Perplexity SonarOpenText Core Business Communication Archive alternatives: Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service, Jatheon, Smarsh Enterprise Archive, SteelEye
DeepSeek V4 FlashMimecast Cloud Archive alternatives: Global Relay Archive, Google Vault, MailStore Server, Smarsh Enterprise Archive
Kimi K2Smarsh Professional Archive alternatives: Barracuda Message Archiver, Jatheon, Mimecast Cloud Archive
GLM 4.7 FlashXSmarsh Enterprise Archive alternatives: MailStore Server, Microsoft Purview, Mimecast Cloud Archive, OpenText Core Business Communication Archive
Muse Glimmer 30BSmarsh Enterprise Archive alternatives: Global Relay Archive, Jatheon, Mimecast Cloud Archive

Neither was named

7 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniProofpoint Enterprise Archive, Smarsh Enterprise Archive alternatives: Archive360, Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service, Nuclei Discovery & Archive Suite
Grok 4.20Mimecast Cloud Archive alternatives: Pagefreezer, Smarsh Enterprise Archive, Theta Lake
Mistral SmallSmarsh Enterprise Archive alternatives: MessageWatcher, OpenText Core Business Communication Archive, Theta Lake
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Qwen 3.7 FlashMicrosoft Purview alternatives: Google Vault, Intradyn, MessageWatcher, Mimecast Cloud Archive, OpenText™ Core Business Communication Archive
MiniMax M2.5Smarsh Professional Archive alternatives: Barracuda Message Archiver, Global Relay Archive, Microsoft Purview, Mimecast Cloud Archive
GPT-6 LunaMicrosoft Purview alternatives: Mimecast Cloud Archive, Nuclei, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Smarsh Enterprise Archive

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
MailStore Server leads by fifteen points.
MailStore Server15%#2 of 12
Jatheon0%#7 of 12
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
MailStore Server leads by seven points.
MailStore Server12%#3 of 13
Jatheon5%#5 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Jatheon leads at enterprise.
Jatheon4%#6 of 10
MailStore Server0%#– of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about MailStore Server

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.

“MailStore, Mimecast, Proofpoint, Barracuda, and similar email-focused products may be inadequate if you must retain Teams, Slack, WhatsApp, SMS, voice, social media, or trader communications.” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“the best communications archiving platform is typically MailStore Server (or its cloud variant, MailStore Cloud)” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · first choice
“MailStore Server is the best default if your main requirement is email archiving” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice
“For a company with a limited budget, MailStore Server is the clear winner” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Jatheon

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.

“My top recommendation ... would be ArcTitan or Jatheon Cloud” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
“Best overall for limited budget: Jatheon Cloud” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · first choice
“Jatheon Cloud is the strongest choice” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.