Archive-It

Archive-It is a service that allows institutions to preserve materials they have archived from the web. It includes an online account for users to create, describe, manage, and download their web archive collections and access options to search and browse these archives.

The service runs on Internet Archive’s non-profit, self-owned and operated data centers and includes forever storage of archived materials. Archive-It partners also have perpetual access to these archives, even if they choose to end their subscription.

How is Archive-It different from the Wayback Machine

Archive-It and the Wayback Machine both make it possible to archive web pages, however, the services differ significantly. Wayback Machine’s Save Page Now allows the public to add webpages to the overall Wayback Machine collection. Archive-It is a full-featured end-to-end suite of services for institutions collecting, managing, preserving, downloading, and providing public access to web and born-digital archival collections.

Archive-It also contains tools for creating collections, managing what type of web-published content is archived and how often, adding keywords or metadata to collections, deciding whether this content is public or private, downloading your archived collections, and other custom features.

The service also includes a public online collection branded for your institution, full-text search for your collections, and integrations, APIs, and connections with cataloging, preservation, and access services used by libraries, archives, and others.