Mimecast Cloud Archive vs ZL Unified Archive

Mimecast Cloud Archive9.3Visit ZL Unified Archive8.7Visit

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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ZL Unified Archive #6 in Enterprise Information Archiving Software 8.7/10 Pricing on request ✓ 1 of 5 features Contact ZL Tech

• Mimecast Cloud Archive fits best

  Large organizations needing established cloud archiving

• ZL Unified Archive fits best

  Enterprises consolidating archives across legacy systems

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Side by side

Feature	Mimecast Cloud Archive 9.3/10 Visit ↗	ZL Unified Archive 8.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.3	8.7
Ranking	#1 in Enterprise Information Archiving Software	#6 in Enterprise Information Archiving Software
Best for	Large organizations needing established cloud archiving	Enterprises consolidating archives across legacy systems
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	17 integrations
Features Mimecast Cloud Archive 1/5 · ZL Unified Archive 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 retention policies, legal holds, and archived content. Archives email, files, collaboration data, and legacy sources. Combines deduplication with records management and eDiscovery workflows.
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 sales. Its enterprise focus may not suit smaller organizations. Cloud, on-premises, and hybrid options can require deployment planning.
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 →	ZL Unified Archive brings email, files, collaboration content, social media, and legacy data into a centralized repository. ZL Technologies positions it for enterprises that need consistent information governance across older and newer… 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

• ZL Unified Archive — where it wins

  • Centralizes retention policies, legal holds, and archived content.
  • Archives email, files, collaboration data, and legacy sources.
  • Combines deduplication with records management and eDiscovery workflows.

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires contacting sales.
  • Its enterprise focus may not suit smaller organizations.
  • Cloud, on-premises, and hybrid options can require deployment planning.

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

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

  Visit MimecastFull verdict →
• ZL Unified Archive8.7/10 · Pricing on request

  A centralized archive for enterprises managing content across legacy and modern systems.

  Contact ZL TechFull verdict →