# Smarsh Professional Archive: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 4 judge labels across 1 category by 4 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/smarsh-professional-archive

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Communications archiving and compliance](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/security/communications-archiving-and-compliance/index.md) | 5% | 6 | 25% | 4 |

## What the models said for it

- "Choose Smarsh Professional Archive if compliance archiving across email and chat is the central requirement." (Perplexity Sonar, Comms archiving)
- "Smarsh Professional Archive is likely the strongest all-around choice" (Kimi K2, Comms archiving)
- "Smarsh Professional Archive — Best Overall for Mid-Market" (MiniMax M2.5, Comms archiving)

## And against it

- "What I'd avoid on a tight budget: enterprise-first platforms like Smarsh Professional Archive" (GPT-5.4 mini, Comms archiving)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Smarsh Professional Archive, from 10 of the 10 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- smarsh.com: 10 (its own site)
- cybersecurity.opentext.com: 9
- g2.com: 6
- softwaresuggest.com: 5
- jatheon.com: 4
- softwareadvice.com: 4
- archondatastore.com: 3
- expertinsights.com: 3
- getapp.com: 3
- saasworthy.com: 3

### Pages cited

- https://cybersecurity.opentext.com/products/archiving-compliance/business-communication-archive: 9
- https://smarsh.com/smb/capture-archive: 8
- https://softwaresuggest.com/email-archiving-software: 5
- https://g2.com/products/smarsh-smarsh-professional-archive/reviews: 4
- https://smarsh.com/: 4
- https://smarsh.com/archive: 4
- https://softwareadvice.com/email-archiving/small-business: 4
- https://scmgalaxy.com/tutorials/top-10-archiving-tools-features-pros-cons-comparison: 3

## What it publishes

Every page smarsh.com exposes, read 2026-10-05: 1831 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 834 pages, 14 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-28
- case study: 25 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- webinar or virtual event: 98 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2020-07-01
- conference or event: 22 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-11-20
- report or ebook: 190 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 7 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-10
- template or tool: 4 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 5 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-01-28
- podcast or video: 64 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2022-12-20
- news or press: 162 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-09-28 blog: Early case intelligence legal discovery https://www.smarsh.com/blog/thought-leadership/early-case-intelligence-legal-discovery
- Recent: 2026-09-23 blog: Finra rule 2210 ai supervision https://www.smarsh.com/blog/thought-leadership/finra-rule-2210-ai-supervision
- Recent: 2026-09-23 blog: Government records retention schedule https://www.smarsh.com/blog/thought-leadership/government-records-retention-schedule
- Recent: 2026-09-23 blog: Government records management 2026 ai cloud compliance https://www.smarsh.com/blog/thought-leadership/government-records-management-2026-ai-cloud-compliance
- Recent: 2026-09-21 blog: What can you do with mcp https://www.smarsh.com/blog/what-can-you-do-with-mcp/
- Recent: 2026-09-16 blog: Agentic intelligence launch https://www.smarsh.com/blog/thought-leadership/agentic-intelligence-launch/

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.