# Veritas Enterprise Vault alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 243 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Veritas Enterprise Vault holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/veritas-enterprise-vault/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Smarsh Enterprise Archive: 41
- Google Vault: 23
- Proofpoint Enterprise Archive: 23
- Microsoft Purview: 21
- Global Relay: 16
- Mimecast Cloud Archive: 14

## Communications archiving and compliance

**Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Veritas Enterprise Vault.

- Google Vault: first choice in 18 of those 84
- MailStore Server: first choice in 13 of those 84
- Microsoft Purview: first choice in 12 of those 84
- Jatheon: first choice in 4 of those 84
- Smarsh Enterprise Archive: first choice in 4 of those 84
- Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service: first choice in 3 of those 84
- Dropsuite: first choice in 3 of those 84
- GFI Archiver: first choice in 3 of those 84

**Mid-market**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Veritas Enterprise Vault (Veritas Enterprise Vault is #12 of 12 at 0%).

- Smarsh Enterprise Archive: first choice in 18 of those 82
- Mimecast Cloud Archive: first choice in 10 of those 82
- Microsoft Purview: first choice in 6 of those 82
- Proofpoint Enterprise Archive: first choice in 6 of those 82
- Global Relay: first choice in 5 of those 82
- Google Vault: first choice in 5 of those 82
- Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service: first choice in 4 of those 82
- Jatheon: first choice in 4 of those 82

**Enterprise**: 77 of 84 answers did not name Veritas Enterprise Vault (Veritas Enterprise Vault is #9 of 10 at 0%).

- Smarsh Enterprise Archive: first choice in 19 of those 77
- Proofpoint Enterprise Archive: first choice in 17 of those 77
- Global Relay: first choice in 11 of those 77
- Jatheon: first choice in 4 of those 77
- Mimecast Cloud Archive: first choice in 4 of those 77
- Microsoft Purview: first choice in 3 of those 77
- Microsoft Exchange Online Archiving: first choice in 2 of those 77
- Arctera: first choice in 1 of those 77

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