Communications archiving and compliance for small business buyers
Asked as “communications archiving platform”, and as “email and chat archiving for compliance”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 59 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each. Added to the November 2026 Edition.
Standing · first-choice share
20%
Contested · MailStore Server 15%
20Google Vault15MailStore Server14Microsoft Purview51others
20% of first choices, contested.
Since October 2026=heldSince October 2026: 20% → 20%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Google Vault held the lead, ±0 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.This pageMid-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.Standing →
Google Vault20%Contested=heldSince October 2026: 20% → 20%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageMid-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.Standing →The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01Google Vault Lab in the set20%8%36accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 20% → 20%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.20% → 20%
Google Vault Lab in the set20%8%36accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 20% → 20%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.20% → 20%02
MailStore Server15%3%32accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 18% → 15%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.18% → 15%
MailStore Server15%3%32accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 18% → 15%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.18% → 15%03
Microsoft Purview14%10%31accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 14% → 14%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.14% → 14%
Microsoft Purview14%10%31accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 14% → 14%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.14% → 14%04Smarsh Enterprise Archive5%32%44criticized challenger▲+1Since October 2026: 4% → 5%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 5%
Smarsh Enterprise Archive5%32%44criticized challenger▲+1Since October 2026: 4% → 5%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 5%05
Intradyn3%17%12accepted challenger▲+1Since October 2026: 2% → 3%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 3%
Intradyn3%17%12accepted challenger▲+1Since October 2026: 2% → 3%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 3%06
OpenText Core Business Communication Archive2%35%17criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 2%
OpenText Core Business Communication Archive2%35%17criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 2%Show the six products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
12Global Relay Archive0%56%25criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
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Proofpoint Enterprise Archive0%48%23criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Proofpoint Enterprise Archive0%48%23criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%10
Mimecast Cloud Archive0%43%28criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Mimecast Cloud Archive0%43%28criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%08
Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service0%28%18criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service0%28%18criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%09ArcTitan0%21%14accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 4% → 0%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 0%
07
Jatheon0%20%15accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 4% → 0%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 0%
Jatheon0%20%15accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 4% → 0%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 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 three times of 4; the other thirteen models nine times of 52. Lab treatment is defined on the method page; the row is marked, not excluded.
For buyers
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 small business.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 →
0102030405060708A09
1011G12
Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative40%
Key
01Google Vault20%
Google Vault20%02MailStore Server15%
MailStore Server15%03Microsoft Purview14%
Microsoft Purview14%04Smarsh Enterprise Archive5%
Smarsh Enterprise Archive5%05Intradyn3%
Intradyn3%06OpenText Core Business Communication Archive2%
OpenText Core Business Communication Archive2%07Jatheon0%
Jatheon0%08Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service0%
Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service0%09ArcTitan0%
10Mimecast Cloud Archive0%
Mimecast Cloud Archive0%11Proofpoint Enterprise Archive0%
Proofpoint Enterprise Archive0%12Global Relay Archive0%
What they warned about
Three of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, 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.
Global Relay Archive
56%
14 of 25 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 7 hard negative
“Criticized in the same evaluations (~47% negative), with reports of complexity, limited small-business focus” Grok 4.20, negative prompt
Mimecast Cloud Archive43%
12 of 28 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 5 hard negative
“Another platform with a 47% negative rate, indicating potential issues with performance or user experience.” Mistral Small, negative prompt
Smarsh Enterprise Archive32%
14 of 44 labels negative · 9 of 14 models · 6 hard negative
“Small businesses should avoid or be cautious about Proofpoint, ArcTitan, Mimec" ... "complex, often vague pricing, unavailability of functions, slow search” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
Proofpoint Enterprise Archive48%
11 of 23 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 6 hard negative
“you should be very cautious (or outright avoid) the following communications‑archiving platforms: - Proofpoint Enterprise Archive” GLM 4.7 FlashX, 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
73 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. 894 links across 186 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 · 56 citations · 13 models
publisher (Gane)32 answers · 32 citations · 10 models
31 answers · 41 citations · 10 models
vendor site · OpenText28 answers · 32 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Jatheon24 answers · 31 citations · 10 models
vendor site · SourceForge21 answers · 25 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Intradyn17 answers · 22 citations · 11 models
17 answers · 19 citations · 7 models
vendor site · MailStore16 answers · 42 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Archon Data Store16 answers · 21 citations · 6 models
vendor site · G215 answers · 20 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Guideflow15 answers · 17 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.
32 answers · 10 models
26 answers · 9 models
24 answers · 11 models
24 answers · 11 models
15 answers · 8 models
15 answers · 8 models
15 answers · 9 models
13 answers · 6 models
13 answers · 8 models
12 answers · 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft parent site Microsoft Purview 14%, Microsoft Purview DLP 5%, Microsoft Exchange Online Archiving 3%, Microsoft 365 3% and 1 more | 27% | 514 | 2,240,000 | 403,136 | ||
| Google Cloud google.dev Google Vault 20% | 20% | 67 | 165,000 | 7,596 | 881,346 | 109 |
| MailStore Cloud mailstore.com MailStore Server 15%, MailStore Cloud 2% | 17% | 54 | 50 | 1 | 10,125 | 91 |
| Smarsh Enterprise Archive smarsh.com Smarsh Enterprise Archive 5%, Smarsh Professional Archive 2% | 7% | 146 | 10 | 0 | 13,262 | 77 |
| ContentCatcher | 5% | |||||
| SMTP2GO smtp2go.com | 5% | 11 | ||||
| Intradyn intradyn.com | 3% | 19 | 170 | 0 | 8,751 | 0 |
| Dropsuite Email Archiving dropsuite.com | 2% | 9 | ||||
| OpenText parent site OpenText Core Business Communication Archive 2% | 2% | 63 | 14,800 | 1,286 | ||
| Exchange Online Archiving | 2% |
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 small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which email and chat archiving for compliance would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top communications archiving platforms for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best communications archiving platform for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a communications archiving platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which communications archiving platforms should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5MailStore ServerMailStore ServerHeldMailStore ServerMicrosoft Exchange Online Archivingno first choiceagainst: ArcTitan, Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service, Microsoft Purview, Mimecast Cloud Archive
Three alternatives
Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service, Microsoft Exchange Online Archiving, Mimecast Cloud ArchiveTwo alternatives
Jatheon, OpenText Core Business Communication ArchiveFour alternatives
Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service, MailArchiva, Microsoft Exchange Online Archiving, TitanHQ ArcTitanThree alternatives
Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service, Google Vault, MailStore ServerGPT-5.4 miniBarracuda Message ArchiverMicrosoft PurviewChangedProofpoint Enterprise Archive, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveGoogle Vault, Microsoft 365 retentionno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Google Vault, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveFour alternatives
Google Vault, Slack's Discovery API/retention tools, Smarsh Enterprise Archive, Theta LakeFour alternatives
Global Relay Archive, Jatheon, N-able Mail Assure, PauboxThree alternatives
Global Relay Archive, Microsoft Purview retention + eDiscovery, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveGemini 3.5 FlashDropsuite Cloud Archivingagainst: Global Relay Archive, Veritas Enterprise VaultGoogle Vault, Microsoft 365ChangedMirrorWebGoogle Vault, Microsoft Exchange Online Archiving, Microsoft Purview DLPagainst: Global Relay Archive, Mimecast Cloud Archive, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveGoogle Vault, Microsoft Purviewagainst: Google Workspace, Micro Focus Digital Safe, Microsoft 365, Mimecast Cloud Archive, OpenText Core Business Communication Archive, Smarsh Enterprise Archive, Veritas Enterprise Vault
Six alternatives
Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Mimecast Cloud Archive, Smarsh Enterprise Archive, Theta LakeFive alternatives
Intradyn, Jatheon, Mimecast Cloud Archive, MirrorWeb, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveFour alternatives
Google Vault, Microsoft Purview, Pagefreezer, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveFour alternatives
ArcTitan, Dropsuite Email Archiving, MailStore Server, MirrorWebThree alternatives
Global Relay Archive, Pagefreezer, Smarsh Enterprise ArchivePerplexity SonarMailStore Cloudagainst: OpenText Core Business Communication ArchiveOpenText Core Business Communication ArchiveChangedMailStore Serveragainst: Global Relay Archive, Jatheon, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveMailStore Serveragainst: Intradyn, Jatheonno first choiceagainst: Barracuda Message Archiver, Enterprise Vault/OpenText enterprise deployments, Global Relay Archive, Google Vault, MailStore Server, Microsoft Purview, Mimecast Cloud Archive, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Smarsh Enterprise Archive
Five alternatives
ArcTitan, Exchange Online Archiving, Google Vault, Mimecast Cloud Archive, Proofpoint Essentials ArchiveFive alternatives
Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service, Microsoft 365 retention, Microsoft Purview, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Smarsh Professional ArchiveFour alternatives
Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service, Google Vault, Microsoft Purview, Proofpoint Essentials ArchiveFour alternatives
ArcTitan, Exchange Online Archiving, Google Vault, Microsoft PurviewGrok 4.20Google Vaultagainst: Mimecast Cloud Archive, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveMicrosoft 365, Microsoft Purview DLPChangedagainst: OpenText Core Business Communication Archive, SlackBarracuda Message Archiver, MailStore Serveragainst: Global Relay Archive, Proofpoint Enterprise ArchiveMailStore Serveragainst: Theta LakeGoogle Vaultagainst: Smarsh Enterprise Archiveagainst: Global Relay Archive, Mimecast Cloud Archive, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Smarsh Enterprise Archive
Two alternatives
MailStore Server, Microsoft PurviewEight alternatives
Archive360 FastCollect for Slack, Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service, CyberSentriq, Google Vault, Google Workspace, Pagefreezer, Smarsh Enterprise Archive, VaultasticThree alternatives
Google Vault, Microsoft Purview, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveFive alternatives
ContentCatcher, Dropsuite Email Archiving, Google Vault, Microsoft Purview, SMTP2GOFive alternatives
Intradyn, Jatheon, Microsoft Purview, Mimecast Cloud Archive, OpenText Core Business Communication ArchiveMistral SmallComplyGoogle Vault, Microsoft PurviewChangedno first choiceContentCatcher, SMTP2GOagainst: Theta Lakeno first choiceagainst: Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service, Global Relay Archive, Mimecast Cloud Archive, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Smarsh Enterprise Archive
Two alternatives
Intradyn, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveThree alternatives
Jatheon, OpenText Core Business Communication Archive, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveSix alternatives
ArcTitan Cloud, DeepView Platform, Google Vault, MailStore Server, Microsoft Purview, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveTwo alternatives
Intradyn, PinPoint Document Management SystemDeepSeek V4 FlashDropsuite Email Archiving, Smarsh Professional Archiveagainst: OpenText Core Business Communication ArchiveGoogle Vault, Microsoft PurviewChangedno first choiceagainst: Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveMailStore Serverno first choiceagainst: Acronis, ArcMail, GFI MailArchiver, Global Relay Archive, Google Vault, Mailpiler, Microsoft 365 Native Archiving, Mimecast Cloud Archive, Postini, Veeam
Two alternatives
Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service, MailStore ServerTwo alternatives
MailStore Server, Smarsh Professional ArchiveFive alternatives
ArcTitan, Google Vault, Jatheon, MailStore Server / MailStore Cloud, Microsoft PurviewTwo alternatives
Dropsuite Email Archiving, Smarsh CaptureLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceno first choiceHeldno first choiceno first choiceno first choiceagainst: Global Relay Archive, Mimecast Cloud Archive, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Smarsh Enterprise Archive
Qwen 3.7 FlashIntradynGoogle Vault, Microsoft PurviewChangedSourdough Solutionsagainst: Proofpoint Enterprise ArchiveContentCatcherno first choiceagainst: Acronis, Global Relay Archive, Mimecast Cloud Archive, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Smash Enterprise, Veeam
Three alternatives
Jatheon Archiving, Mimecast Cloud Archive, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveTwo alternatives
Proofpoint Nuclei Discovery & Archive, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveThree alternatives
Barracuda Message Archive, Mimecast Cloud Archive, SkyKickThree alternatives
PinPoint Document Management, SMTP2GO, YourcoKimi K2MailStore Serveragainst: Barracuda Cloud Archiving ServiceMicrosoft PurviewChangedMailStore Serveragainst: Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service, JatheonMailStore Serveragainst: Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service, Intradyn, YourcoSmarsh Enterprise Archiveagainst: ArcMail, Global Relay Archive, Microsoft 365 Native Archiving, Smarsh Enterprise Archive
Three alternatives
ArcTitan, Microsoft Purview, Smarsh Professional ArchiveFour alternatives
Mimecast Cloud Archive, OpenText Core Business Communication Archive, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Smarsh Professional ArchiveOne alternative
ArcTitanTwo alternatives
ContentCatcher, NinjaOne SaaS BackupThree alternatives
Google Vault, OpenText Core, Proofpoint Enterprise ArchiveGLM 4.7 FlashXSmarsh Enterprise Archiveagainst: OpenText Core Business Communication ArchiveComma, MailStore ServerChangedno first choiceSMTP2GOno first choiceagainst: ArcTitan, Global Relay Archive, Mimecast Cloud Archive, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Smarsh Enterprise Archive
Two alternatives
Global Relay Archive, Mail Backup XFour alternatives
Archive360, MailStore Cloud, Microsoft Purview, OpenText Core Business Communication ArchiveThree alternatives
Intradyn, MailStore Server, Open Archiver EnterpriseMiniMax M2.5IntradynSmarsh Enterprise ArchiveChangedGoogle Vault, MailStore Server / MailStore Cloud, Microsoft PurviewContentCatcher, SMTP2GOno first choicenothing named
Four alternatives
ArcTitan, MailStore Server, Microsoft Purview, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveTwo alternatives
Libraesva Email Archiver, OpenText Core Business Communication ArchiveOne alternative
YourcoGPT-6 LunaGoogle Vault, Microsoft Purviewagainst: Archive IntelGoogle Vault, Microsoft PurviewHeldGoogle VaultGoogle Workspaceno first choiceagainst: Google Vault, Microsoft Purview, Slack's built-in retention/export
Three alternatives
Global Relay Archive, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveThree alternatives
Microsoft Purview, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Smarsh Enterprise ArchiveTwo alternatives
MessageWatcher, Microsoft ExchangeOne alternative
Microsoft PurviewMuse Glimmer 30BExchange Online Archiving, Google Vaultagainst: Global Relay Archive, Smarsh Enterprise Archive, Theta LakeMicrosoft Purview DLPChangedagainst: OpenText Core Business Communication ArchiveOpenText Core Business Communication Archive, Smarsh Enterprise Archive, Smarsh Professional Archiveagainst: Archive360, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, ShieldMailArchiva On-Premiseagainst: Intradyn’s all-in-one archiving platform, Smarsh’s Capture & Archive for SMBsMailStore Serveragainst: ArcTitan, Global Relay Archive, Mimecast Cloud Archive, Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, Smarsh Enterprise Archive
Four alternatives
ArcTitan, Intradyn, MailStore Server, comply.comThree alternatives
Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service, Google Vault, Smarsh Professional Archive for SMBOne alternative
Mimecast Cloud ArchiveFour alternatives
ContentCatcher, MailStore Server, Microsoft Purview DLP, YourcoBold 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 08:39 | yes | 18 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:13 | yes | 2 | 4 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 10:39 | yes | 7 | 17 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 16:15 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:06 | yes | 13 | 17 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 19:13 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 17:59 | yes | 24 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 13:01 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 11:25 | yes | 9 | 45 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 11:11 | yes | 14 | 41 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:08 | yes | 25 | 30 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 17:49 | yes | 15 | 47 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 14:59 | yes | 4 | 19 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:35 | yes | 15 | 20 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:51 | yes | 18 | 10 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 18:19 | yes | 3 | 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 17:59 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 19:03 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:48 | yes | 15 | 16 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 11:53 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:41 | yes | 21 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:22 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 17:09 | yes | 9 | 50 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 16:00 | yes | 22 | 77 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 18:22 | yes | 23 | 148 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:07 | yes | 5 | 21 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 12:49 | yes | 2 | 16 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:23 | yes | 23 | 37 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 16:41 | yes | 10 | 10 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 08:38 | yes | 7 | 7 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 09:39 | yes | 8 | 25 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:16 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:03 | yes | 19 | 21 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 18:16 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 12:34 | yes | 24 | 34 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 13:43 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:12 | no | 0 | 31 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 10:41 | yes | 24 | 34 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:47 | yes | 15 | 23 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 15:34 | yes | 22 | 47 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 14:26 | yes | 5 | 19 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 18:11 | yes | 24 | 36 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 15:43 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:53 | no | 0 | 4 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 10:54 | yes | 3 | 16 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:31 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:25 | yes | 19 | 12 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 19:36 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 17:23 | yes | 23 | 29 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 13:15 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 11:34 | yes | 5 | 33 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 18:25 | yes | 14 | 56 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:55 | yes | 24 | 19 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:57 | yes | 5 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 13:49 | yes | 3 | 18 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 17:33 | yes | 15 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 11:09 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 17:36 | no | 0 | 6 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 18:26 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:09 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:25 | yes | 14 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 16:56 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 13:05 | yes | 23 | 54 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 17:49 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:45 | no | 0 | 27 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:48 | yes | 9 | 22 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:44 | yes | 15 | 49 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 15:18 | no | 0 | 37 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 15:18 | yes | 3 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 15:12 | yes | 15 | 22 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 16:11 | yes | 18 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 17:17 | yes | 4 | 7 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 15:44 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 17:31 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:40 | yes | 13 | 12 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:33 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 17:11 | yes | 24 | 62 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 15:55 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 16:30 | yes | 14 | 41 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 17:12 | yes | 25 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 15:49 | yes | 16 | 54 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 10:23 | no | 0 | 21 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 15:09 | yes | 4 | 21 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 16:51 | yes | 17 | 32 s |
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Arctera (formerly Asigra) 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
Dropsuite (now continuing as NinjaOne SaaS Backup) read as Dropsuite Email Archiving
Dropsuite (now part of NinjaOne SaaS Backup) 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
OpenText read as OpenText Core Business Communication Archive
OpenText Business Communication Archive read as OpenText Core Business Communication Archive
Proofpoint read as Proofpoint Enterprise Archive
Proofpoint Archive read as Proofpoint Enterprise Archive
Proofpoint Essentials read as Proofpoint Enterprise Archive
Proofpoint Nuclei Discovery & Archive Suite read as Proofpoint Enterprise Archive
Proofpoint Nuclei Suite read as Proofpoint Enterprise Archive
Smarsh read as Smarsh Enterprise Archive
Smarsh (Professional Archive - SMB Tier) read as Smarsh Enterprise Archive
Smarsh (Professional Archive) read as Smarsh Enterprise Archive
Smarsh Archive read as Smarsh Enterprise Archive
Unresolved, counted raw
ArcTitan Cloud
Archive360 FastCollect for Slack
Backupery
Barracuda Archiving
Barracuda Mail Archiver
Barracuda Message Archive
CloudM Archive
CyberSentriq Email Archiving for SMB
DeepView Platform
Dropsuite Cloud Archiving
Element
Enterprise Vault/OpenText enterprise deployments
Everlaw
Exchange Plus
Intradyn’s all-in-one archiving platform
Mail Backup X
MailArchiva On-Premise
MailStore Cloud
Mattermost
Microsoft Exchange
Microsoft Purview retention + eDiscovery
NinjaOne SaaS Backup (formerly Dropsuite)
Paubox Email Suite
Piler
PinPoint Document Management
Postini
Professional Archive by Smarsh
Professional-tier Global Relay
Proofpoint Nuclei Discovery & Archive
Relativity
Saketa
Shield
Slack's Discovery API/retention tools
Slack's built-in retention/export
Smarsh Capture (for SMB)
Smarsh Professional Archive for SMB
Smarsh’s Capture & Archive for SMBs
Sourdough Solutions
SysCloud
Theta Lake Compliant Collaboration Archive
TitanHQ ArcTitan
Vaultree
Zix Archive
Zoho eProtect
comply.com
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.