Mimecast Cloud Archive vs OpenText InfoArchive

Mimecast Cloud Archive9.3Visit OIOpenText InfoArchive9.0Visit

Higher score Mimecast Cloud Archive #1 in Enterprise Information Archiving Software 9.3/10 Pricing on request ✓ 1 of 5 features Visit Mimecast

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OI OpenText InfoArchive #4 in Enterprise Information Archiving Software 9.0/10 Pricing on request ✓ 1 of 5 features Visit site

• Mimecast Cloud Archive fits best

  Large organizations needing established cloud archiving

• OpenText InfoArchive fits best

  Enterprises preserving varied historical information

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Side by side

Feature	Mimecast Cloud Archive 9.3/10 Visit ↗	OIOpenText InfoArchive 9.0/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.3	9.0
Ranking	#1 in Enterprise Information Archiving Software	#4 in Enterprise Information Archiving Software
Best for	Large organizations needing established cloud archiving	Enterprises preserving varied historical information
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Pricing on request	Pricing on request
Free plan	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Web
Integrations	6 integrations	6 integrations
Features Mimecast Cloud Archive 1/5 · OpenText InfoArchive 1/5
Email archiving	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Collaboration sources	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Retention controls	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Legal hold	✓	✓
Search and export	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Deployment	Cloud	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Policy-driven retention, legal hold, and eDiscovery case management Near-real-time search across archived email and collaboration data Triplicate storage across geographically diverse data centers	Centralizes structured and unstructured information for long-term access Combines event-based retention, legal holds and audit controls Offers cloud, on-premises and hybrid deployment options
Cons	Pricing requires a sales quotation rather than a public plan comparison Export is supported, but specific export formats are not documented The service is cloud-based and lists web as its platform	Pricing requires contacting OpenText sales Its enterprise focus may not suit smaller organizations Listed support channels are documentation and community
Our verdict	Mimecast Cloud Archive is a cloud-based service for archiving email and collaboration data, aimed at organizations managing retention, compliance, legal discovery, and business continuity. It stores inbound, outbound, and internal email… Read the review →	OpenText InfoArchive preserves structured and unstructured information in a centralized archive, with a focus on enterprises that need to retain historical records and keep them accessible. Organizations can use it to decommission… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Mimecast Cloud Archive — where it wins

  • Policy-driven retention, legal hold, and eDiscovery case management
  • Near-real-time search across archived email and collaboration data
  • Triplicate storage across geographically diverse data centers

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires a sales quotation rather than a public plan comparison
  • Export is supported, but specific export formats are not documented
  • The service is cloud-based and lists web as its platform

• OpenText InfoArchive — where it wins

  • Centralizes structured and unstructured information for long-term access
  • Combines event-based retention, legal holds and audit controls
  • Offers cloud, on-premises and hybrid deployment options

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires contacting OpenText sales
  • Its enterprise focus may not suit smaller organizations
  • Listed support channels are documentation and community

• Mimecast Cloud Archive9.3/10 · Pricing on request

  Enterprise archiving with policy-driven retention, legal hold, and collaboration capture.

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• OIOpenText InfoArchive9.0/10 · Pricing on request

  A centralized archive for enterprise records, retention controls and historical-data access.

  Visit siteFull verdict →