ZL Unified Archive brings archived and in-place unstructured content together for archiving and governance. Designed for large enterprises, including financial institutions and government organizations, it can be deployed on-premises, in the cloud, or in a hybrid setup. Its sources include email, files, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365, SharePoint, social media, instant messages, legacy databases and archives, and structured formats such as CSV, XML, and JSON. Search combines Boolean logic, wildcards, fuzzy logic, and proximity rules. For Teams, it captures files, messages, reactions, and surrounding content for policy application, review, and selective archiving. ZL Records Manager offers more than 20,000 manual and automated classifications, configurable lifecycle policies, an audit log, and one-click legal holds. eDiscovery features include early case assessment, searching and culling, hierarchical tagging, email threading, and customizable workflows within the archive. SharePoint permissions can use access control lists and roles. Pricing is available on request.
Who it is for
It suits large enterprises that need to govern and retain information across varied systems, particularly financial institutions and government organizations. Teams needing configurable records classifications, legal holds, and archive-based eDiscovery may also find its scope relevant.
What is good
- Combines archived and in-place content in one repository.
- Offers on-premises, cloud, and hybrid deployment.
- Records Manager supports over 20,000 classifications.
- Includes audit logs and one-click legal holds.
- Supports searching, tagging, and email threading for eDiscovery.
What to know first
- Pricing is available only on request.
- Its stated audience is large enterprises.
Verdict
ZL Unified Archive covers archiving, records governance, and eDiscovery across many content sources. Organizations considering it should confirm pricing and deployment needs with the vendor.
ZL Unified Archive plans and pricing
All plansCompared on data archiving software
- Retention policies
- Yes
- Legal hold
- Yes
- Immutable archive
- Yes
- Deduplication
- Yes
- Supported data sources
- Email, files, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365, SharePoint, social media, instant messages, IBM Domino, EMC Documentum, legacy databases, legacy archives, CSV, XML, JSON
