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Smarsh Professional Archive

bySmarsh
in
4.4
Market Presence: Digital Communications Governance and Archiving Solutions, Instant Communications Security and Compliance

Overview

Product Information on Smarsh Professional Archive

Updated 13th October 2025

What is Smarsh Professional Archive?

Smarsh Professional Archive is a software designed to capture, archive, and manage electronic communications across multiple channels, including email, social media, mobile messaging, and collaboration platforms. The software enables organizations to comply with regulatory requirements by preserving communication data in a secure and searchable repository. It supports advanced search, e-discovery, and supervision capabilities, allowing legal and compliance teams to access relevant information efficiently. Smarsh Professional Archive addresses the business need for maintaining records of digital communications, supporting audit readiness and risk management through policy-based retention, monitoring, and reporting features.

Smarsh Professional Archive Pricing

Smarsh Professional Archive software utilizes a subscription-based pricing model, where organizations are charged recurring fees based on the number of users and the volume of data archived. The software offers various tiers that align with feature sets and storage requirements, with additional capabilities and integrations available at higher tiers for an incremental cost. The pricing can be adjusted for specific compliance or retention needs depending on organizational requirements.

Overall experience with Smarsh Professional Archive

Information Technology Assistant
500M - 1B USD, Healthcare and Biotech
FAVORABLE

“A Great Solution For Archiving Business Communications ”

5.0
Jan 12, 2026
We use Smarsh for archiving and securing all of our digital communications and it has been working well. The archive is searchable and we can easily search and trace past communications whether from email, mobile, social, and on collaboration platforms. It comes with AI features for easy searching and summarization, and also to enhance efficiency. In addition, Smarsh mitigates risks and centralizes data management.
CCO
<50M USD, Banking
CRITICAL

“I Should Have Listened to the Warnings!”

2.0
May 28, 2024
Smarsh has been one disappointment after another and one headache after another.

About Company

Company Description

Updated 15th August 2024

Smarsh assists organizations in identifying potential risks in their communication data, hence preventing fines or any negative publicity. The company provides solutions that enable customers to capture, retain, and monitor digital communication across various channels. Primarily, Smarsh serves regulated organizations of different scales by flagging regulatory and reputational risks. Its portfolio includes cloud-native applications explicitly designed for digital communications governance and archiving. The company caters to a wide array of industries globally.

Company Details

Updated 26th February 2025
Company type
Private
Year Founded
2001
Head office location
Portland, United States
Number of employees
1001 - 5000
Website
http://www.smarsh.com

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Smarsh Professional Archive Likes & Dislikes

Like

I like the security features offered by Smarsh. The tool ensures operational efficiency. It is an efficient E-Discovery solution for or business. I like that the archive is secure and searching is easy too. Supports scaling.

Like

It appears to be a great program, if only I knew the secrets to how it works.

Like

Better service, quick run around on the issues and focus on long term service

Dislike

No issues experienced while using Smarsh Professional Archive.

Dislike

From the initial contract to every contact with support, I have been frustrated. The initial contract was for $XXXX.XX. Then after a couple of months of frustration, I talked to somebody that sheepishly told me, to get Smarsh to do what I wanted, it would be an additional $XXXX.XX. In other words, if you want it to work, you gotta pay extra. Support speaks to you as if you know the tech language. That isn't helpful. When you start, you are basically thrown into the deep end of the pool with help videos. They are generally useless because they continue the tech-speak that the support people use. I have banged my head against the tech support wall for months on the same issue and all I get back is the same thing, watch the videos or they use techno-jargon which I don't understand. I'm a stock broker, not a computer tech.

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Smarsh Professional Archive Reviews and Ratings

Showing data for 61 ratings and reviews for Digital Communications Governance and Archiving Solutions market. View all 63 ratings and reviews across markets for a complete picture.

4.4

(61 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
51%
4 Star
31%
3 Star
11%
2 Star
5%
1 Star
2%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?

Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.2

Integration & Deployment

4.4

Service & Support

4.3

Product Capabilities

4.5

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  • Information Technology Assistant
    50M-1B USD
    Healthcare and Biotech
    Review Source

    A Great Solution For Archiving Business Communications

    5.0
    Jan 12, 2026
    We use Smarsh for archiving and securing all of our digital communications and it has been working well. The archive is searchable and we can easily search and trace past communications whether from email, mobile, social, and on collaboration platforms. It comes with AI features for easy searching and summarization, and also to enhance efficiency. In addition, Smarsh mitigates risks and centralizes data management.
  • VP, Communications
    50M-1B USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    Pleasing Experience from Product and Service Efficacy

    5.0
    Apr 15, 2025
    Happy with over all experience with the product and service provided by the company
  • SENIOR ACCOUNTANT
    50M-1B USD
    Healthcare and Biotech
    Review Source

    A Great and Secure Business Data Archiving Software

    5.0
    Jan 21, 2025
    The platform is great for archiving business data, first because the storage space is scalable. Secondly, it is secure and makes searching, discovering, and also sharing data easy.
  • IT Associate
    1B-10B USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    Uncovering Smarsh's Support Excellence

    4.0
    Dec 20, 2024
    I have been working with Smarsh on the support perspective and the support from Smarsh was timely and good.
  • Software Developer
    10B+ USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    Good product

    5.0
    Dec 13, 2024
    Good product! User friendly interface and seamless performance
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