# What are the best enterprise information archiving platforms for capturing and retaining regulatory-compliant email and chat records?

<p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Hello! We're exploring which <a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/enterprise-information-archiving">enterprise information archiving platforms</a> give compliance, legal, and IT teams the confidence that every email, chat, and collaboration record is captured completely.</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 financial services firms that need multi-channel capture completeness beyond email.</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 organizations needing tamper-resistant email and metadata retention with legal holds and fast eDiscovery search.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/google-vault/reviews"><strong>Google Vault</strong></a>: Best for Google Workspace-native organizations needing cost-effective compliance archiving.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/arctera-enterprise-vault/reviews"><strong>Arctera Enterprise Vault</strong></a>: Best for Microsoft ecosystem organizations consolidating email, Teams, SharePoint, and IM into a single archive with legal holds and rapid eDiscovery.</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 broker-dealers and asset managers needing WORM-compliant archiving aligned with SEC Rule 17a-4 and CFTC 1.31.</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 channel has created the most regulatory capture risk for your organization? Are these modern messaging platforms like Teams or WhatsApp, or gaps in historical records that predate the current archiving platform?</p>

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&lt;p&gt;Global Relay being specifically mentioned for SEC Rule 17a-4 and CFTC 1.31 alignment is the kind of specific compliance detail that matters when you&#39;re actually in an examination conversation.&lt;/p&gt;

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