Summary of Cloud Archiving Providers

Also from: Why Third-Party Email Archiving

Summary of Cloud Archiving Providers

The following table provides a review of the pure cloud-based archiving solutions that can integrate with various cloud email solutions.

Global Relay
Market Share: 13%
Global Relay sells primarily through partners; mostly financial services
Per user, per month (additional storage fees if allotted limits are exceeded)
Limited (requires direct access via a web browser and separate credentials)
Limited (limited e-discovery workflow, no case management, no legal holds)
Supported
Limited(not integrated into Outlook)

Google
market Share: 14%
Google includes its email archiving solution as part of Google Apps Premier Edition
Per user, per year (additional fees apply based on length of retention); requires subscription to email security service)
Limited (requires direct access via a web browser and separate credentials)
Limited (limited e-discovery workflow, no case management, no legal holds)
Not supported
Not supported

LiveOffice
Market Share: 36%
Largest cloud-based provider
Per user, per month (unlimited storage and retention)
Supported (complete Outlook, OWA and Lotus Notes integration)
Supported (advanced e-discovery workflow, case management and legal holds)
Supported
Supported

Microsoft
Market Share: 5%
Need to purchase through an authorized partner
Per user, per month (additional storage fees if allotted limits are exceeded); requires subscription to email
Limited(requires direct access via a web browser and separate credentials)
Limited (limited e-discovery workflow, no case management, no legal holds)
Supported
Supported

Smarsh
Market Share: 17%
Historically, Smarsh's focus has been financial services
Per user, per month (unlimited storage)
Limited (requires direct access via a web browser and separate credentials)
Limited (limited e-discovery workflow, no case management, no legal holds)
Supported
Not supported

Sonian
Market Share: n/a
Sonian has partnered with a few Hosted Exchange providers
Per user, per month (unlimited storage)
Limited (requires direct access via a web browser and seperate credentials)
Limited (limited e-discovery workflow, no case management, no legal holds)
Not supported
Not supported

USA.NET
Market Share: n/a
Archiving is not a strategic focus for USA.NET
Per user, per month (unlimited storage)
Not supported
Limited (limited e-discovery workflow, no case management, no legal holds)
Supported
Limited