# What are some email archiving solutions for financial services firms needing SEC and FINRA-compliant long-term retention?

<p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">We're exploring which <a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/enterprise-information-archiving">email archiving platforms</a> satisfy the specific retention requirements of SEC Rule 17a-4 and FINRA Rule 4511. Immutable, WORM-compliant storage with long-term retention periods, fast eDiscovery retrieval, and the audit trail integrity that examination readiness demands. </p><ol>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/smarsh-smarsh/reviews"><strong>Smarsh</strong></a>: Best for broker-dealers and RIAs that need purpose-built FINRA/SEC archiving.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/global-relay/reviews"><strong>Global Relay</strong></a>: Best for financial services firms that need the benchmark FINRA-compliant archive.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/mimecast-mimecast-cloud-archive/reviews"><strong>Mimecast Cloud Archive</strong></a>: Well-suited for financial services firms needing tamper-resistant retention with legal holds and fast eDiscovery.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/jatheon-enterprise-data-archiving-solution/reviews"><strong>Jatheon Enterprise Data Archiving Solution</strong></a>: Best for firms with data residency or independence requirements.</li>
</ol><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Which part of your SEC or FINRA email archiving program has been hardest to satisfy — WORM compliance certification, capture completeness across all channels, or rapid retrieval under examination time pressure?</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true"></p>

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&lt;p&gt;Has anyone here used Jatheon specifically because of data residency requirements? Curious what drove that decision over the more commonly mentioned options.&lt;/p&gt;

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