Communications archiving and compliance · RankedGoogle Vault
Google Vault is a communications archiving and compliance product from Google for Google Workspace environments · google.dev ↗
Strongest at small business, contested with MailStore Server. Thin evidence at enterprise: eight labels.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Ranked first, contested: MailStore Server has 15%.
Smarsh Enterprise Archive is first at 18%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Smarsh Enterprise Archive is first at 42%.
Why models recommend it
“Best Overall Value: Native Ecosystem Archiving ... Built directly into Business Plus and Enterprise plans”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“Start by evaluating Microsoft Purview or Google Vault (depending on your provider).”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Paraphrase question · first choice
“For Google Workspace users, Google Vault for archiving is available in Business Plus ($18/user/month) and Enterprise plans”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Paraphrase question · alternative
“utilizing the native archiving tools included in your existing license is often the smartest move”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Direct question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Avoid relying solely on native archiving tools like Google Vault or Microsoft Purview for strict compliance.”Mistral Small · Negative question · warning
“Built-in tools like Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Teams archiving, or Google Vault alone: These are frequently criticized for critical blind spots.”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
“Purview and Google Vault can be appropriate inside a single ecosystem, but they may not cover cross-platform capture”Perplexity Sonar · Negative question · warning
“Native Solutions (Microsoft Purview / Google Vault) ... Often clunky across non-native channels ... complex UI”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Scale-constrained question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Google Vault, over the 73 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54 | 13 | Compare → | |
| 49 | 5 | Compare → | |
| 41 | 2 | Compare → | |
| 35 | 4 | View → | |
| 29 | 0 | Compare → | |
| 28 | 9 | Compare → | |
| 25 | 4 | Compare → | |
| 20 | 0 | Compare → | |
| 16 | 1 | View → | |
| 15 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of Google Vault →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Google Vault's own site, not checked by Gane.
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How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
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Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
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. These counts come from 67 of the 73 answers that named Google Vault and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
186 of the 211 domain citations in answers naming Google Vault came from a third party's page. Twenty-five were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |