Vendor Comparison
SteelEye is a compliance platform used globally.
If you're evaluating SteelEye competitors or looking for a SteelEye Alternative for SEC or FINRA compliance, this page compares Comma Compliance and SteelEye across architecture, channel coverage, and exam readiness.
SteelEye is a broad compliance platform: communications archiving, trade surveillance, and regulatory reporting.
Comma Compliance is purpose-built for communications archiving and supervision, with flat pricing, open-source transparency on key capture modules, and exam-ready case management included.
Feature
Comma Compliance
[Competitor]
Architecture
End-to-end — capture, archive, supervision, policy matching, and exam-ready case management, with open source transparency.
End-to-end — capture, archive, communications surveillance, trade surveillance, and regulatory reporting
Built-in archive
Yes — included in platform
Yes
iMessage capture method
Point-of-delivery — not iCloud-dependent
Capture methodology not publicly detailed
WhatsApp capture
Captures both WhatsApp Business and personal WhatsApp
SteelEye has historically partnered with TeleMessage for WhatsApp capture; its current capture methods are not fully documented
Signal capture
Yes — open-source capture code published on GitHub
SteelEye has historically partnered with TeleMessage for Signal capture; its current capture methods are not fully documented
Transparency
WhatsApp and Signal capture code published openly on GitHub — no NDA, no request required
Proprietary; capture methodology not publicly disclosed
Channels supported
30+ channels where conversations happen: iMessage, WhatsApp, Signal, SMS, Voice, Microsoft 365, Teams, Exchange, OneDrive, Gmail, Google Workspace, Slack, Zoom, Webex, Bloomberg Chat, Salesforce, Telegram, and more.
Email, voice, chat/mobile, financial messaging, and collaboration channels
Pricing model
Flat monthly pricing, all platforms included, no per-connector fees, free unlimited exports
Not publicly listed; enterprise contract required
Free trial
Yes
Not publicly offered
Personal vs. business separation
Automatic contact-based filtering — personal contacts can be excluded automatically
On BYOD, iMessage and Signal capture is tied to the device’s number, so personal messages are included. SteelEye recommends consent or dedicated business devices.
Policy processing
Yes — built in
Yes
Custom policy matching
Yes
Yes
Case management
Exam-ready — built for regulatory examination prep
eDiscovery, legal hold, and trade reconstruction
AI compliance monitoring
Real-time policy scanning; human validation before escalation; no client data used for training without consent
Compliance CoPilot
Data ownership
Client retains full ownership; never sold or shared outside authorized sub-processors
Not publicly detailed
Due Diligence
01
Where exactly is the message first captured — at the point of delivery, or after a backup or sync cycle?
02
What conditions must be true for a message to be captured? What happens if any of those conditions aren't met?
03
If a user edits or deletes a message before capture occurs, what version gets archived?
04
Can you show documentation — architecture diagrams, code, or independent audit — of how your capture actually works?
05
Where are encryption keys stored, and who controls them?
06
Are all channels included in the base price, or are there per-connector fees?
07
Are there export or egress fees?
08
Does your case management workflow support regulatory examination prep?
09
Can cases be opened directly from flagged message threads?
10
Is any client data used to train your models? Under what conditions?
11
Can we adjust, refine, or contribute feedback to the detection models?
Security
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