Google Vault vs IBM StoredIQ comparison

Google and IBM are both solutions in the eDiscovery category. Google is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.5, while IBM is ranked #21. Google holds a 4.6% mindshare in eD, compared to IBM’s 2.1% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Google users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of IBM users who would recommend it.

Google Vault

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100% willing to recommend

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100% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Google Vault

Ranking in eDiscovery

2nd

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Email Archiving (5th)

IBM StoredIQ

Ranking in eDiscovery

21st

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Indexing and Search (16th)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the eDiscovery category, the mindshare of Google Vault is 4.6%, down from 16.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM StoredIQ is 2.1%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

eDiscovery Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Google Vault	4.6%
IBM StoredIQ	2.1%
Other	93.3%

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Rahul Gill

GWS/M365 Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Has supported data retention and export tasks while leaving room for greater automation and feature expansion

If we can have more APIs open for Google Vault, that would be great, and instead of doing it manually, it would be better to do it programmatically. I think there is an API available with Google Vault, though I'm not certain about it. I have never used Vault programmatically, but if APIs exist, then it's beneficial, and if there aren't any, we should have the capability for programmers to create some sort of scripting so they can fetch the data. I assess the export feature in Google Vault in terms of ease and efficiency as quite efficient because most of the data we want to see is available in MBOX and PST formats. If possible, I would want to see Google Vault support additional formats such as iCal, iCad, or CardDAV, which are for iPhone users.

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Giuseppe-Barillari

Delivery Manager at Gesel

Helps with GDPR compliance through data discovery and management

We knew that we have a lot of scanned docs inside our repositories, but there was a big issue where we needed to know which content was really an image. Because of the OCR made at runtime during the scan, now we know exactly the data we have. When you have zipped documents the scan will unzip them and find the data inside.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"In my opinion, the search functionality is the best feature."

"In my opinion, the search functionality is the best feature. With Google Vault, we can quickly search for any email within Gmail accounts. And then we can get further information, such as if you want the full header or want to know any extra details about the emails."

"Data retention is very valuable to us."

"Overall, it's a very good product, and I recommend it with some consideration for future improvements."

"I think the most valuable features are Gmail and Drive, and the solution is also very helpful with Google Chat messages because sometimes you might be missing some information and you can search for it in Google Vault, a very helpful feature for our customers."

"Overall, I would rate Google Vault a ten out of ten."

"My impression is that the initial setup process is not that difficult."

"Google Vault acts as a great method for retrieving files from Google Drive and Gmail."

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"In terms of ROI a company will, in a short time, recover from the initial investment, because the product, other than allowing a company to be GDPR compliant, will give a lot of information on how the storage is used and this will guide the IT to better usage of this resource."

"IBM StoredIQ Suite helps to address problems like data discovery, records management, compliance activities, storage optimization, and data migration initiatives."

Cons

"Customer service has been a bit lacking."

"Although it does a good job of searching through data and exporting it, I feel that Google Vault should have more export options available to the user."

"It would be nice if Google would let us download the data in different formats."

"For us, customer service has been a bit lacking, probably with a rating of a five out of ten."

"So, when doing a search, perhaps in some instances when you use terms, the information is not very precise in the sense that I'm not getting what I'm looking for. And in some instances, the information, not all the time, but in some instances, it might not be accurate. For example, when doing a search, if you use too many terms, it might not return any results."

"Searching could be improved. There's a lot of limitations when searching with Google Vault."

"EDiscovery could be improved. It's used for searching, holding, and exporting data for Vault and I believe it should be updated."

"The knowledge base is not as in-depth as it should be."

More Google Vault cons

"The product was born and designed to be used inside the IT department, but it would be improved by allowing end-users to search for info related to specific needs."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Google Vault comes as part of a package deal for us."

"Google Vault is a cheaply priced product. Monthly payments are to be made towards the licensing costs attached to the solution. There are no extra costs apart from the licensing costs attached to the solution."

"Last year, the price was randomly increased and our customers were really facing a challenge around this. Google launched new pricing under different plans, where formerly there were only three plans, and now there are four, each with their own separate usage allowances. I think it's good, though. The basic plan is now the Business Starter plan, and many customers find this plan very convenient and minimal in price. Overall, the pricing for all the plans is good."

"If you have Google Enterprise, then Google Vault is free to use."

"The pricing is fairly cheap."

"The solution is expensive."

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Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	3

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google Vault?

There is no setup cost; it's only the pricing which one needs to pay upon subscribing to Google Vault services.

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What is your primary use case for Google Vault?

A few use cases for Google Vault involve using it for custodian purposes where we have to store their mails, calendars, and mostly the mails, which we have done as a custodian process in order to s...

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Overview

Google Vault lets you retain, hold, search, and export data to support your organization’s archiving and eDiscovery needs. Vault supports:

Email messages
Chats in classic Hangouts with history turned on and Google Talk chats that are on the record
Google Groups
Files in Google Drive and Team Drives
Conversations in Hangouts Chat

Vault is entirely web-based, so there's no need to install or maintain any software. Vault is included with G Suite Enterprise, Business, Education, or Drive Enterprise edition. (Compare editions) Or you can buy Vault licenses for an additional $5 per user, per month.

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IBM StoredIQ addresses the problems that challenge records management, electronic discovery, compliance, storage optimization and data migration initiatives. By providing an in-depth assessment of unstructured data where it resides, the software gives organizations visibility into data to make more informed business and legal decisions.

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Sample Customers

Broadcom, Dr. Agarwal’s Eye Hospital, Globeflight, Maven Wave, McClatchy, NII Holdings, Safetec, Sheboygan County

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