Archive Intel vs Smarsh Archive

Archive Intel captures, reviews, archives, and retrieves business communications for SEC- and FINRA-regulated firms and other organizations. Its Contextual AI evaluates communications against recordkeeping requirements, while human review workflows allow configurable escalation and random review scheduling. AI Marketing Review can flag potentially noncompliant language before distribution, suggest alternatives, and retain review actions and decisions. For business texting on personal devices, Archive Intel captures iMessage, WhatsApp, and Android SMS with contact-level allow or block lists to separate personal conversations. Listed channels include social networks, workplace messaging, email, video chat, and CRM services. Customers can access and export records on demand without retrieval or export fees; 1TB of storage is included. Archive Intel says it is SOC 2 Type II certified and stores records in non-alterable WORM format. The platform is available on Android, iOS, and the web. Pricing lists a $99 a month platform fee, plus $12 per user per month per connector and $40 per user per month for text archiving, with no minimums. AI Marketing Review is an add-on starting at $500 a month.

Smarsh Archive stores business communications in a searchable archive for compliance, discovery, and business insight. It retains native content with metadata from more than 100 channels, including email, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Zoom, mobile SMS, social media, chat, instant messages, and voice. Custom channels can capture additional sources. Search includes AI tools, filtering, and faceted views, with exports in PST, EML, HTML, XML, and optionally EDRM formats. Retention controls include policy rules, immutable WORM storage, configurable legal holds, and defensible deletion. Smarsh lists support for SEC Rule 17a-4, FINRA, MiFID II, FCA, CIRO, and other supervisory expectations. Safeguards include TLS in transit, AES 256 at rest, isolated key management, SIEM monitoring, record hashes, and multi-availability-zone redundancy. APIs cover capture, search, export, retrieval, reporting, discovery, surveillance, identity management, and ingestion. The archive is custom-configured for organizational requirements. Pricing is available on request.