Maarch

Maarch is a French publisher of open-source records and mail management software. Its homepage lists four products: Maarch Courrier for incoming and outgoing mail, Maarch RM for records management and archiving, Maarch Digital Flow and Mercure.

The SaaS edition of Maarch Courrier is sold by a partner under the name Fast Courrier and includes automatic versioning, online editing through OnlyOffice, OCR and automatic mail processing. This is a narrower scope than a general-purpose DMS: the weight lies on mail routing, retention schedules and archives, which is where French administrations and archive services are the typical buyers.

The legal entity in the notice is Maarch SAS, with its registered office at 1 place de la Boule in Nanterre. The French company register lists it under SIREN 452392731, created in January 2004.

Maarch says its SaaS runs on the infrastructure of its parent company Xelians in data centres in the Paris region, and that the hosting is certified for health data (HDS) and ISO 27001. The pages read describe the software as libre and open source but do not name the licence, so that detail is left open here. On-premises installation is the alternative to SaaS.

Maarch publishes no prices. Its support page describes flexible acquisition terms and points public bodies to purchasing catalogues such as UGAP, with a quote prepared after a needs form is submitted. A demonstration is available online.

Documentation and a knowledge base are hosted on the project's forge. Maarch suits organisations that need to meet French archiving and records practice and that buy through public procurement. It is a weaker fit for a private company that wants a general file repository with a published price per user.

What Maarch does well

• Open-source publisher with products for mail, records management and archiving
• SaaS hosted in the Paris region on infrastructure of its parent Xelians
• Hosting stated as HDS and ISO 27001 certified
• On-premises installation is offered as an alternative to SaaS
• Available through French public purchasing catalogues such as UGAP

Where Maarch falls short

• No prices are published
• The open-source licence is not named on the pages read
• The scope is mail and records management, not a general document repository
• The product pages are in French and are aimed at French public-sector practice

Standout feature. Maarch is the only product here built around mail routing and records retention, with hosting stated as HDS and ISO 27001 certified in the Paris region.