The Best Wayback Machine AlternativesTop Web Archiving Services and other similar apps like Wayback Machine

Wayback Machine is described as 'With the power of the Wayback Machine, you can go back in time to see how a website has changed and evolved through the history of the Web' and is a very popular Web Archiving service in the web browsers category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Wayback Machine for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Mac, Windows, Linux and Self-Hosted apps. The best Wayback Machine alternative is Archive.today, which is free. Other great apps like Wayback Machine are Internet Archive, ArchiveBox, PreserveTube and Archive-It.

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Wayback Machine alternatives are mainly Web Archiving Services, but if you're looking for Bookmark Managers or Ebook Libraries you can filter on that. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Wayback Machine.
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Wayback Machine alternatives page was last updated Oct 16, 2024
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  1. Archive.today icon

    Archive.today

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    Archive.today allows you to "take a photo" of a webpage that will always be available even if the original page changes or is deleted.

    16 Archive.today alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Tor
    Archive.today screenshot 1

    Archive.today Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Save web page for offline use
    3.  Share screenshots

    Archive.today VS Wayback Machine

     

    • Most users think Archive.today is a great Wayback Machine alternative.

    • Archive.today is the most popular Web-based alternative to Wayback Machine.

    • Archive.today is the most popular free alternative to Wayback Machine.

    • Archive.today is Free and ProprietaryWayback Machine is also Free and Proprietary
  2. Internet Archive icon

    Internet Archive

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    The Internet Archive is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, it provides free access to researchers, historians, scholars, the print disabled, and the general public.

    36 Internet Archive alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    Internet Archive screenshot 1

    Internet Archive Features

    1.  Media library
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  No registration required
    4.  Interactive Presentations
    5.  Crowdsourced
    6.  No Tracking
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  Full-Text Search
    9.  Decentralized

    Internet Archive VS Wayback Machine

     
    Comments about Internet Archive as an Alternative to Wayback Machine
    DifferentDance8Real
    Negative Oct 16, 2024
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    The Internet Archive are the people behind Wayback Machine, so suggesting the Internet Archive as a good alternative to WBM is like saying that Google is a good alternative for gmail

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    • Internet Archive is Free and ProprietaryWayback Machine is also Free and Proprietary
    • Internet Archive is DecentralizedWayback Machine is not according to our users
  4. ArchiveBox icon

    ArchiveBox

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    Self-hosted archiving platform storing web content as HTML, PDFs, screenshots, media, and WARC files; imports links from bookmarks, RSS, or files; supports browser history, complex sites, JSON indexing, Git repo archiving, regular scheduling, and offline browsing.

    61 ArchiveBox alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    ArchiveBox screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Network Tools
    2.  Website screenshots

    ArchiveBox VS Wayback Machine

     

    • ArchiveBox is the most popular Windows, Mac, Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to Wayback Machine.

    • ArchiveBox is the most popular Open Source alternative to Wayback Machine.

    • ArchiveBox is Free and Open SourceWayback Machine is Free and Proprietary
    • ArchiveBox is Privacy focusedWayback Machine is not according to our users
  5. PreserveTube icon

    PreserveTube

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    Preservetube is an open-source YouTube archiving tool designed to help preserve and protect online videos from being lost due to censorship, copyright takedowns, or other reasons. Our mission is to make it easy for anyone to download and archive their favorite YouTube videos for...

    7 PreserveTube alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    PreserveTube screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Ad-free

    PreserveTube VS Wayback Machine

     
  6. Archive-It icon

    Archive-It

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    A web archiving service to harvest and preserve digital collections.

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    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online

    Archive-It VS Wayback Machine

     

    • Some users think Archive-It is a great Wayback Machine alternative, some don't.

    • Archive-It is the most popular commercial alternative to Wayback Machine.

    • Archive-It is Paid and ProprietaryWayback Machine is Free and Proprietary
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    Ghost Archive

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    An archiver like web.archive.org and archive.is but also lets archiving of facebook posts

    12 Ghost Archive alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    mainpage

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No registration required

    Ghost Archive VS Wayback Machine

     
  9. Time Travel icon

    Time Travel

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    Browse through billion of web pages archived from 1996 from several services : Internet Archive Waybackmachine, Archive-It, British Library, archive.today, GitHub and many more!

    11 Time Travel alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
    Time Travel screenshot 1

    Time Travel VS Wayback Machine

     
  10. MirrorWeb icon

    MirrorWeb

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    Website archiving and monitoring solution helping financial services firms capture legally admissible records of their websites, drive compliance costs down and improve efficiency through compliance automation.

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    MirrorWeb Features

    1.  Website Monitoring

    MirrorWeb VS Wayback Machine

     

    • MirrorWeb is the most popular SaaS alternative to Wayback Machine.

    • MirrorWeb is Paid and ProprietaryWayback Machine is Free and Proprietary
  11. Resurrect Pages icon

    Resurrect Pages

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    Dead pages, broken links, the scourge of the internet. Powerhouse sites like Slashdot and Digg can bring a server to its knees. What do we do when a page is dead but we still want to see it? Call in the clerics, and perform a resurrection ceremony!

    7 Resurrect Pages alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Firefox
    The dialog embedded in the "Net Error" page.

    Resurrect Pages VS Wayback Machine

     
  12. Archive Page icon

    Archive Page

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    Adds a button to the Mozilla Firefox toolbar. When clicked, it sends the URL of the current tab to archive.today to preserve a snapshot of the page, and opens the result in a new tab.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Firefox
    Archive Page screenshot 1

    Archive Page VS Wayback Machine

     

    • Archive Page is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Wayback Machine.

    • Archive Page is Free and Open SourceWayback Machine is Free and Proprietary

  13. Wayback Classic

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    🕸 A frontend for the Wayback Machine which works on old browsers.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Wayback Classic screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Wayback Classic VS Wayback Machine

     
  14. SetWayback.com icon

    SetWayback.com

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    A daily recurring capture service is available to help preserve the digital world. The service provides an easy solution for archiving any website on a daily basis, ensuring that even the most dynamic content is captured and preserved for future generations.

    License model

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    • Online
    SetWayback.com screenshot 1

    SetWayback.com VS Wayback Machine

     
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