The 2000s Called. They Want Their Archive Back.

Communications data has evolved. Did your archive?

Smarsh delivers the modern, intelligent archiving your enterprise deserves

While your business has embraced modern platforms like Slack, Microsoft Teams and mobile messaging, your current archive solution may be stuck in the Napster and MySpace era. Our archive captures every emoji, GIF, AI prompt, and conversation thread in full native context. We enrich, reconcile, and intelligently tier your data to optimize efficiency and reduce cost — all while ensuring it’s compliant and ready to act on.

50% reduction in data retention costs
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reduction in data retention costs

20% savings in admin overhead with end-to-end reconciliation
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savings in admin overhead with end-to-end reconciliation

65% less time spent on e-discovery
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less time spent on e-discovery

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Modern conversations aren’t emails — so why archive them that way?

Smarsh saves your communications in their original, native format — capturing full context across emojis, threads, reactions, and channel-hopping. We then take it one step further by enriching data so that it is instantly accessible, searchable and actionable for your business needs.

Legacy archives are putting you at risk

You need an archive that is built for the communication channels of today and tomorrow. Smarsh gives your teams the tools to tag, annotate, escalate, filter, mark for privilege, and more — all in real time.

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Manual processes are dragging your team down

Ready to get rid of the manual processes that slow your team’s productivity? The Smarsh API suite is engineered to meet the specific data needs of the enterprise. Our robust, real-time APIs deliver automation at scale, accelerating data access, custom integrations, and regulatory workflows.

Competitive scorecard

Smarsh Enterprise Archive vs. Competitor Archive Solutions

  • Scalability and Performance
  • Data Access and Transparency
  • Integration
  • Compliance and Risk Management
  • Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
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Does the archive offer scalability and top performance?

Through our partnership with AWS, Smarsh offers unmatched ingestion and performance with cloud-native elasticity.

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1 scalability and performance
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Does the archive provide intelligent access to data with speed?

Smarsh offers visibility dashboards and secure, cloud-native data storage optimized for scale, integrity and cost-effectiveness.

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2 data freedom and transparency
AREA OF INQUIRY

Is the archive integrated and accessible?

With Smarsh it’s easy to integrate across compliance workstreams, applications and automate processes with an open API framework.

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3 integration
AREA OF INQUIRY

Is the solution purpose-built for regulatory compliance?

Smarsh has decades of experience supporting the world’s leading banks and ensuring organizations meet stringent regulatory requirements while enhancing efficiency in audits, investigations and risk management.

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4 compliance and risk management
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How does the total cost of ownership compare?

Smarsh offers an automated approach to storage with policy-based action control to move data to the correct tier, reducing retention costs up to 50%.

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5 total cost of ownership

“Smarsh’s deletion capability is a benefit in addition to data tiering... With Smarsh, disposition is just on and running in real time.”

-- Executive Director, Financial Services

“Before Smarsh, it could be days before we got the data out... There was no ability to reconcile and ensure movement between archive and surveillance tools.”

-- Executive Director, Financial Services

“The biggest challenge is capturing all the different communications channels out there today. It’s not just email anymore.”

-- Senior Technical Expert, Financial Services
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The Smarsh difference

The Smarsh Archive doesn’t just store your data; it contextualizes and secures it, making it instantly accessible and actionable for your business needs. Whether you’re facing regulatory audits, compliance challenges, or looking to drive AI initiatives, Smarsh ensures your data is always ready to deliver. 

The time to upgrade is now. Bring your archive into this decade.

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