Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service vs Global Relay Archive

Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service9.1Visit Global Relay Archive8.6Visit

Higher score Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service #3 in Enterprise Information Archiving Software 9.1/10 Pricing on request ✓ 5 of 5 features Visit Barracuda

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Global Relay Archive #7 in Enterprise Information Archiving Software 8.6/10 Pricing on request ✓ 1 of 5 features Visit Global Relay

• Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service fits best

  Enterprises archiving email and legacy IM

• Global Relay Archive fits best

  Compliance teams archiving regulated communications

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Side by side

Feature	Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service 9.1/10 Visit ↗	Global Relay Archive 8.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.1	8.6
Ranking	#3 in Enterprise Information Archiving Software	#7 in Enterprise Information Archiving Software
Best for	Enterprises archiving email and legacy IM	Compliance teams archiving regulated communications
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Pricing on request	Pricing on request
Free plan	—	Not checked yet
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Desktop, Mobile	Cloud
Platforms	Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android	Web
Integrations	9 integrations	4 integrations
Features Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service 5/5 · Global Relay Archive 1/5
Email archiving	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Collaboration sources	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Retention controls	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Legal hold	✓	✓
Search and export	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Specs
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Our review
Pros	Retention policies, legal holds, audit trails, and exports support e-discovery. Boolean, full-text, and metadata search with saved searches. Access through web, Outlook add-in, desktop, and mobile apps.	Immutable preservation with integrity checks and audit trails Legal holds support custodians, domains, cases, and dynamic criteria Cross-channel search plus eDiscovery review, analytics, and export
Cons	Pricing is provided through a sales inquiry rather than public per-user rates. Instant-message archiving is limited to supported Lync and Skype for Business versions. Its focus is email and legacy IM rather than a broad range of collaboration sources.	Pricing requires contacting sales rather than selecting a published plan Fewer named integrations than broader archiving platforms Capture specifics are strongest for Microsoft 365 email
Our verdict	Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service is a cloud-hosted archive for organizations that need to retain, retrieve, and investigate business email. It captures messages through SMTP journaling or direct retrieval from supported email servers,… Read the review →	Global Relay Archive is a cloud-based system for capturing, normalizing, preserving, and retrieving enterprise communications as authoritative records. It is aimed at regulated organizations that need retention management, surveillance,… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service — where it wins

  • Retention policies, legal holds, audit trails, and exports support e-discovery.
  • Boolean, full-text, and metadata search with saved searches.
  • Access through web, Outlook add-in, desktop, and mobile apps.

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing is provided through a sales inquiry rather than public per-user rates.
  • Instant-message archiving is limited to supported Lync and Skype for Business versions.
  • Its focus is email and legacy IM rather than a broad range of collaboration sources.

• Global Relay Archive — where it wins

  • Immutable preservation with integrity checks and audit trails
  • Legal holds support custodians, domains, cases, and dynamic criteria
  • Cross-channel search plus eDiscovery review, analytics, and export

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires contacting sales rather than selecting a published plan
  • Fewer named integrations than broader archiving platforms
  • Capture specifics are strongest for Microsoft 365 email

• Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service9.1/10 · Pricing on request

  A focused cloud archive for email compliance, e-discovery, and legacy IM retention.

  Visit BarracudaFull verdict →
• Global Relay Archive8.6/10 · Pricing on request

  Compliance-focused archiving with strong legal holds and eDiscovery, sold through a sales-led model.

  Visit Global RelayFull verdict →