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See how Comma compares on capture, archiving, supervision and e-discovery.

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Comma Compliance compared with the selected vendors, row by row
CapabilityComma ComplianceGlobal RelayFull comparisonMicrosoft PurviewFull comparisonSmarshFull comparison
Capture
WhatsApp capture
Partial or conditional: WhatsApp Business only, via a direct Meta BSP relationship. Personal WhatsApp not captured.
Not supported: Microsoft still documents a TeleMessage connector, but TeleMessage has not resumed service since its May 2025 breach
Not supported: Via TeleMessage, whose services have been suspended since 2025
Signal capture
Not publicly documented: Not documented
Not supported: Microsoft still documents a TeleMessage connector, but TeleMessage has not resumed service since its May 2025 breach
Not supported: Via TeleMessage, whose services have been suspended since 2025
iMessage capture method
Partial or conditional: Syncs with the user's Apple ID/iCloud account; depends on Apple sync rather than real-time capture
Partial or conditional: Via third-party connector; previously routed through TeleMessage infrastructure
Partial or conditional: iCloud backup-based
Channels supported
50+ data types, including email, mobile, social, Bloomberg, and financial messaging
Exchange, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Yammer, and Microsoft 365 Copilot; non-Microsoft channels need third-party connectors
80+ channels, including email, mobile, social, voice, and collaboration
Personal vs. business separation
Supported: Simple toggle: users mark contacts as business or personal, and only business conversations are archived
Partial or conditional: Authorization-based: employees authorize Global Relay access to their corporate iCloud account
Not supported: Not natively supported for non-Microsoft channels
Partial or conditional: Structural separation via a separate compliant app, MDM containerization, or carrier-level capture
Archive
Architecture and archive
Supported: End-to-end: capture, archive, supervision, policy matching, and exam-ready case management in one platform. Archive included, with the option to push to a third-party archive.
Supported: Enterprise platform: capture, archiving, supervision, and review in one managed platform. Archive included.
Supported: Microsoft 365-native governance platform, strong for Exchange, Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive. Archive included; non-Microsoft channels need third-party connectors.
Partial or conditional: Modular capture, archive, supervision, and review workflows across multiple systems
WORM storage
Supported: Yes: written at point of capture
Supported: Yes
Supported: Yes
Supported: Yes
Supervision
Policy processing and custom matching
Supported: Yes: built in, with custom policy matching
Supported: Yes, with custom policy matching
Supported: Yes, with custom policy matching
Supported: Yes, via the enterprise platform, with custom policy matching
AI compliance monitoring
Supported: Real-time policy scanning; human validation before escalation; no client data used for training without consent
Supported: Proprietary LLM with chain-of-thought reasoning
Supported: Yes
Supported: "AI-powered supervision"
Case management and e-discovery
Partial or conditional: eDiscovery and litigation-oriented, built for legal holds and investigations
Partial or conditional: Oriented toward litigation, legal hold, and internal investigations
Partial or conditional: eDiscovery and litigation-oriented, integrating with third-party vendors
Trust
Transparency
Not supported: Capture code: not published. Pricing: not published.
Partial or conditional: Capture code: not published. Pricing: published as part of Microsoft 365 licensing.
Not supported: Capture code: not published. Pricing: not published.
Commercial
Pricing and free trial
Not publicly listed; varies by deployment size and data sources; export fees set per order form. No public free trial.
Bundled with Microsoft 365 E3/E5; Communication Compliance needs E5 or an add-on; third-party connectors cost extra. Free trial via the Microsoft 365 Purview Suite.
Not publicly listed; enterprise contract required; per-connector add-ons common; export fees may apply. No public free trial.

Competitor feature descriptions reflect publicly available documentation and may not capture all capabilities. Information is reviewed periodically.

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