Archive-It

6.5easy start · #7 of 40
in Social Media Archiving Software

Free to practise onnot on record
Free trialyes
Well documentedyes
Runs where you worknot on record

Runs on api, Web.

Archive-It is ranked #7 of 40 in social media archiving software on The Geeks Club. It runs on API, Web. There is no free plan. A free trial is offered.

Archive-It plans and pricing

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Archive-It annual subscription Not published Annual, renewable; request a quote Subscription level based on annual data budget · Quote based on collection needs support.archive-it.org · 8 Oct 2026

Compared on social media archiving software

Free plan: No
Retention options: permanent
Advanced search: Yes
Export formats: WARC, JSON, CSV, XML
Capture frequency: scheduled

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The record

Purpose: Archive-It is a curator-controlled service that crawls, hosts, and provides access to web content, including video and social media.
Crawling: Subscribers can use Brozzler and/or Standard crawling technology to collect content from the live web.
Collection tools: The service includes crawl scoping tools, metadata fields, ten capture frequencies, crawl reports, and quality assurance and reporting tools.
Discovery and access: Collections support full-text and metadata search, and partners can make content public or restrict access to collections.
Preservation: Archive-It stores web archive data in WARC format and maintains at least two verified copies in separate Internet Archive data centers.
Integrations: Archive-It offers APIs and access integrations, including the Partner API, CDX/C API, OpenSearch, and DuraCloud Archive-It Sync.
Analytics: Partners can connect accounts to the Internet Archive’s self-hosted Plausible Analytics instance to view usage statistics for accounts, collections, and archived pages.
Support: Accounts include access to tutorials, documentation, training, technical assistance, and support from Archive-It web archivists and engineers.
Trial: A 15-day trial is available with no financial obligation; its Brozzler tool can collect up to 10 GB at a time.
Subscription term: Subscriptions are annual and renewable, with levels determined by the amount of data to be captured during the year.
Data budget: The annual data budget resets at renewal, and captured data from crawls and uploaded WARCs counts toward it.
Capture limitations: Forms and search boxes do not retain their functionality in archived pages, and some complex JavaScript applications may need engineering help.
Robots.txt: The crawler respects robots.txt by default, with an option to ignore it on a host-by-host basis.
Audience: Archive-It serves cultural heritage and other mission-aligned organizations seeking to preserve digital collections.

Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

Best Social Media Archiving Software in 2026#7 of 40

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