Brolly vs Global Relay Event Archiving API

Brolly captures social media conversations as records for organizations that need to preserve and produce them. Through official APIs, it connects to Facebook, Instagram, Threads, X, YouTube, LinkedIn and TikTok, capturing posts, comments, replies, reactions, edits, deletions, media and API-supported direct messages with metadata and timestamps. Teams can search connected accounts and export response packages in PDF, CSV, HTML or JSON. Archive & Monitoring plans include unlimited accounts, users and storage; their monthly size is based on new records captured. Flying Solo is $108 a month for 250 records, Maven is $438 a month for 1,000, Juggler is $768 a month for 3,000, and Maestro is $1,098 a month for 5,000. Listed prices are guaranteed for 12 months. Insights adds engagement, sentiment and keyword analytics plus risk signals. Protect uses AI moderation to hide specified comments and spam while retaining a record of what was hidden and why. Brolly is web-based and offers a 30-day trial, but it does not currently import third-party archives.

Global Relay Event Archiving API sends social media, collaboration, and customer experience events into Global Relay Archive. It supports more than 40 event types, including posts, replies, profile updates, and other user activity. Global Relay authenticates, validates, transforms, and stores submitted data so archive users can discover and analyze it. Applications must be registered and declare the data types they will archive. Authentication uses OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials; endpoints require HTTPS and follow HTTP/1.1, and any language with an HTTP library can call them. Each source platform needs its own credential set, while attachments must first be uploaded to the files endpoint. Listed connectors include Jira Cloud, LinkedIn, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Salesforce Chatter, WhatsApp Business, Zoom, and Webex. Archived content is stored in a WORM-compliant, tamper-proof format with integrity checks and chain-of-custody tracking. Retention is configurable, with legal hold, advanced search, and exports to PST, EML, FTP, DVD, or hard drive. Pricing is on request.