Proofpoint Enterprise Archive vs Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service

Proofpoint Enterprise Archive9.2Visit Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service9.1Visit

Higher score Proofpoint Enterprise Archive #2 in Enterprise Information Archiving Software 9.2/10 Pricing on request ✓ 1 of 5 features Visit Proofpoint

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

• Proofpoint Enterprise Archive fits best

  Regulated enterprises archiving many communication types

• Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service fits best

  Enterprises archiving email and legacy IM

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Side by side

Feature	Proofpoint Enterprise Archive 9.2/10 Visit ↗	Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service 9.1/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.2	9.1
Ranking	#2 in Enterprise Information Archiving Software	#3 in Enterprise Information Archiving Software
Best for	Regulated enterprises archiving many communication types	Enterprises archiving email and legacy IM
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Pricing on request	Pricing on request
Free plan	Not checked yet	—
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Desktop, Mobile	Cloud, Desktop, Mobile
Platforms	Web, Windows, iOS, Android	Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android
Integrations	5 integrations	9 integrations
Features Proofpoint Enterprise Archive 1/5 · Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service 5/5
Email archiving	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Collaboration sources	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Retention controls	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Legal hold	✓	✓
Search and export	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Specs
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Our review
Pros	Searches email, collaboration, social media, and SMS content. Combines retention policies, litigation holds, and eDiscovery case workflows. Exports to PST, CSV, JSON, EML, EDRM XML, and Relativity load files.	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.
Cons	Pricing requires contacting sales. Delivered as a cloud service, not an on-premises product. Its breadth may exceed the needs of organizations archiving email alone.	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.
Our verdict	Proofpoint Enterprise Archive, now presented by Proofpoint as Proofpoint Archive, is a cloud-based communications archive for organizations managing regulatory retention, legal discovery, and end-user access. It is aimed at enterprises… Read the review →	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 →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Proofpoint Enterprise Archive — where it wins

  • Searches email, collaboration, social media, and SMS content.
  • Combines retention policies, litigation holds, and eDiscovery case workflows.
  • Exports to PST, CSV, JSON, EML, EDRM XML, and Relativity load files.

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires contacting sales.
  • Delivered as a cloud service, not an on-premises product.
  • Its breadth may exceed the needs of organizations archiving email alone.

• 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.

• Proofpoint Enterprise Archive9.2/10 · Pricing on request

  A managed archive for retaining, searching, and exporting communications across multiple channels.

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• 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 →