# Comma Compliance - Communication Compliance Suite

Compliance archiving for 40+ channels, designed against SEC 17a-4 & FINRA 4511. Capture iMessage, WhatsApp, Signal, Bloomberg Chat & more, exam-ready.

Source: https://commacompliance.com/
Last updated: 2026-08-24

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For regulated firms

# Most compliance software was built for email.Comma was built for
everything after.Compliance management software for SEC/FINRA messaging across 40+ channels.

Capture messages before they disappear.
Point of delivery archiving for WhatsApp, Signal, iMessage, Slack, and 40+ channels.
Personal content stays private, habits stay the same.

Designed to meet SEC 17a-4 and FINRA 4511.

[Book a Demo](/get-in-touch)[See Pricing](/pricing)

*Image: Comma Priority Queue flagging potential policy breaches over Email, WhatsApp, and iMessage, each row showing the flagged message, channel, and an Under review status*

## Off-channel Communication
On the Record

[Point-of-delivery capture](/encrypted-messaging-compliance)

### Every channel. Not just email.

[WhatsApp](/whatsapp-compliance-archiving),[Signal](/signal-compliance-solution),[iMessage](/imessage-compliance), and[40+ more](/platform-integrations). Encrypted channels captured off-device with no app modifications and no employee opt-in required.

*Image: Comma connections panel showing WhatsApp, iMessage, and Signal connected and Telegram available to connect*

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*Image: Comma connections panel showing WhatsApp, iMessage, and Signal connected and Telegram available to connect*

*Image: Comma archived messages across WhatsApp, Signal, Slack, and iMessage, searchable by platform, user, and thread with per-message PDF export*

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*Image: Comma archived messages across WhatsApp, Signal, Slack, and iMessage, searchable by platform, user, and thread with per-message PDF export*

[WORM archive](/compliance-archiving)

### Kept for your full retention period. Searchable in one place.

Search across every channel by contact, keyword, or platform. Business messages separated from personal.

[Supervision & exports](/exam-ready-cases)

### Continuous messaging supervision for regulated firms.

Capture, review, and archive — every channel, every day. [Flag violations](/policy-matching), document resolutions, and export an exam-ready package in one click.

*Image: Comma case panel showing a recorded reportability decision logged under FINRA Rule 4530*

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*Image: Comma case panel showing a recorded reportability decision logged under FINRA Rule 4530*

Transparency focused

## We open-source our WhatsApp and Signal capture code. No other compliance vendor does.

After the TeleMessage breach, 'trust our architecture' isn't enough. Comma's capture connectors are on GitHub — WhatsApp under MIT, Signal under GPL v3. Your security team can audit every line before you deploy.

No NDA. No request required. Just the code.

[WhatsApp capture →](https://github.com/comma-compliance/whatsapp-capture)[Signal capture →](https://github.com/comma-compliance/signal-capture)

Why it can't wait

## $3.2 billion in off-channel fines since 2021.

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    Regulators aren't waiting for complaints. In [one 2024 action](https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2024-98), the SEC charged 26 firms over off-channel messages, with penalties from $400,000 to $50 million.

-   02

    Despite policies banning iMessage and WhatsApp, employees use them to meet client expectations — creating blind spots in your risk management strategy. Banning apps was never a compliance strategy.

-   03

    Clunky workarounds and forced SMS make it harder for your team to communicate, and easier to miss key conversations. Firms need a solution that works with the tools clients and employees already use.

## What compliance teams tell us

> "We asked to see under the covers before signing. They walked us through the architecture point by point — capture methodology, storage, the open-source connectors. Halfway through I realized we weren't talking to a vendor, we were talking to engineers who actually understood the compliance problem."

Michael W.

Chief Compliance Officer, Marina Ventures

> "We've been needing a solution for our team having multiple devices and Comma actually did what we needed."

Erica M.

VP Legal & Compliance, Hudson Asset Management

> "They got back to me so quickly on additional features we requested. Happy to recommend them."

Mark R.

Director of Compliance, 581 Group

## See the difference for yourself.

Comma closes the gap on off-channel communications across 40+ platforms.

[Get in Touch](/get-in-touch)[Enterprise options](/pricing#enterprise)

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## How Comma stacks up

### [Smarsh Alternative](/compare/smarsh-alternative)

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