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Head-to-head · Internet Archiving Software

Archive-It vs Heritrix

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 2 checks side by side
Higher score Archive-It #1 in Internet Archiving Software 9.2/10 Pricing on request · 15-day trial Free trial✓ 0 of 2 features Visit Archive-It
Heritrix #6 in Internet Archiving Software 8.0/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 1 of 2 features Visit Heritrix

Archive-It leads on 0 checks, Heritrix on 1, and 1 is even. Who comes out ahead on the 2 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreArchive-It · 9.2/10
  • Free planonly Heritrix
  • Free trialonly Archive-It
  • Most featuresHeritrix · 1 of 2

Archive-It scores higher on our rubric for internet archiving software: 9.2 against 8.0 out of 10; our editors rank them #1 and #6.

Heritrix offers free plan; Archive-It doesn't.

Archive-It is the better fit for institutions preserving curated web collections long term. Heritrix is the better fit for technical teams building configurable crawl workflows.

  • Archive-It fits best

    Institutions preserving curated web collections long term

  • Heritrix fits best

    Technical teams building configurable crawl workflows

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Side by side

Feature Archive-It 9.2/10 Visit ↗ Heritrix 8.0/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 9.2 8.0
Ranking #1 in Internet Archiving Software #6 in Internet Archiving Software
Best for Institutions preserving curated web collections long term Technical teams building configurable crawl workflows
Pricing model Paid Free
Starting price Pricing on request · 15-day trial Free plan
Free plan — ✓ (best)
Free trial 15 days —
Deployment Cloud Self-hosted
Platforms Web Linux, Windows
Built for Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Archive-It 0/2 · Heritrix 1/2
Scheduled crawls Not checked yet Not checked yet
API access Not checked yet ✓ (best)
Specs
Capture scope Not checked yet Website
Capture frequency Not checked yet Not checked yet
Archive export Not checked yet Warc
Retention period Not checked yet Not checked yet
Our review
Pros
  • Schedule website and social-media captures with configurable crawl scope.
  • Manage collection metadata, search archives, and publish or restrict access.
  • Preserve replicated WARC copies with downloads, APIs, reports, and QA tools.
  • Set crawl scope, inclusion and exclusion rules, and resource limits
  • Manage jobs through a web interface or REST API
  • Write crawled content with WARC writer components
Cons
  • Pricing is quote-based and tied to annual data needs.
  • Social capture and replay capabilities vary by platform.
  • A 15-day trial is available, but there is no perpetual free plan.
  • Requires teams to operate their own infrastructure
  • Job configuration and crawl policies require technical oversight
  • Recurring schedules and retention depend on deployment and configuration
Our verdict

Archive-It is a cloud service from the Internet Archive for organizations that collect, manage, preserve, search, and provide access to web archives. Libraries, archives, museums, universities, public institutions, nonprofits, and other…

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Heritrix is an open-source web crawler developed by the Internet Archive for archival-quality crawling. It is aimed at technical teams and organizations that operate their own web-archiving infrastructure, rather than buyers seeking a…

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  1. Archive-ItInternet Archiving Software 9.2Pricing on request · 15-day trial
  2. HeritrixInternet Archiving Software 8.0Free plan

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Archive-It — where it wins

    • Schedule website and social-media captures with configurable crawl scope.
    • Manage collection metadata, search archives, and publish or restrict access.
    • Preserve replicated WARC copies with downloads, APIs, reports, and QA tools.

    Where it doesn't

    • Pricing is quote-based and tied to annual data needs.
    • Social capture and replay capabilities vary by platform.
    • A 15-day trial is available, but there is no perpetual free plan.

  • Heritrix — where it wins

    • Set crawl scope, inclusion and exclusion rules, and resource limits
    • Manage jobs through a web interface or REST API
    • Write crawled content with WARC writer components

    Where it doesn't

    • Requires teams to operate their own infrastructure
    • Job configuration and crawl policies require technical oversight
    • Recurring schedules and retention depend on deployment and configuration
  • Archive-It9.2/10 · Pricing on request · 15-day trial

    A managed web-archiving service with scheduled capture, replicated WARC storage, and collection tools.

    Visit Archive-ItFull verdict →
  • Heritrix8.0/10 · Free plan

    A configurable crawler for teams operating their own web-archiving infrastructure.

    Visit HeritrixFull verdict →

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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