Global Relay Archive vs. Microsoft Exchange Online Archiving

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Global Relay Archive
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Global Relay, headquartered in Vancouver, offers Global Relay Archive, a system for managing and archiving unstructured data (e.g. IM, email, etc) in a compliant manner.N/A
Microsoft Exchange Online Archiving
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Exchange Online Archiving from Microsoft is a tool that helps the user solve archiving, compliance, regulatory, and eDiscovery challenges. Hosted on Microsoft globally redundant servers, with IT-level phone support 24 hours a day, seven days a week, Exchange Online Archiving is compatible with Exchange Server 2019, 2016, 2013, and 2010. It’s also available as an add-on service for mailboxes that are hosted online.
$3
per month per user
Pricing
Global Relay ArchiveMicrosoft Exchange Online Archiving
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Global Relay ArchiveMicrosoft Exchange Online Archiving
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Medium-sized Companies
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Enterprises
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Score 8.6 out of 10
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Score 8.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
Global Relay ArchiveMicrosoft Exchange Online Archiving
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.5
(8 ratings)
User Testimonials
Global Relay ArchiveMicrosoft Exchange Online Archiving
Likelihood to Recommend
Global Relay
If you have a finance company and are bound by certain compliance rules then Global Relay is the gold standard. It does cost more than typical Exchange archival solutions so regular non-compliance organizations can look at other options. We have had multiple events that required the use of Global relay some simple some much more complicated. They came through every time.
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Microsoft
Microsoft has a variety of models and tiers available to choose from. Depending on the nature of your firm, you should seek the advice of a specialist. Also, if you're like most people and use Microsoft Office, ask about it. Having the ability to collaborate online while still saving your documents to SharePoint increases your overall productivity.
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Pros
Global Relay
  • legal searches
  • archive of all communications coming and going
  • extraction of data and delivery without users ever touching it
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Microsoft
  • Great granular-level management and backup of all Microsoft 365 mailboxes
  • Content search and investigation of mailboxes without modifying a user's password (without the user knowing)
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Cons
Global Relay
  • Pricing is a bit high for data extraction
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Microsoft
  • Time to restore the mailings
  • To change the characteristics of the archive I need to communicate with the administrator
  • When the administrator eliminates the mail account it also eliminates the archives created
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Alternatives Considered
Global Relay
Exchange Online Archiving is fine but the gold standard for finance is Global Relay. Most clients will go outside of MS for compliance-related archiving.
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Microsoft
The Microsoft Exchange Online Archiving tools are the best with multiple Cloud capabilities which enables the smooth running of all the data processing projects and securing entire business data and easy transfer of any data size across the Cloud services. Archiving functions are also the effective ones with great data analytical capability.
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Return on Investment
Global Relay
  • The business can responsed appropiately to legal actions as required by law
  • The business can remain functioning
  • The product has worked 100% of the time
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Microsoft
  • Is included with exchange online plans at no extra cost, so why not use it?
  • Has helped solve some specific user requirements eg auto-delete emails older than a certain age, and auto move emails from certain folders after a period of time.
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