Social Archiver

Overview

Social Archiver is a personal archiving service for saving public posts, your own posts, and other content you are permitted to keep. It is best for people who want a searchable record across social and web sources, with content primarily stored on their devices. The breadth of capture and choice of clients stand out, but the free plan’s 10 successful archives per month makes it a measured start rather than an unlimited archive.

Key features

Profile crawling and scheduled subscriptions support ongoing collection, while a searchable timeline, tags, places, collections, and advanced search help users retrieve material later. The guide covers 21 platforms and sources, including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, Reddit, YouTube, Bluesky, Mastodon, LinkedIn, X/Twitter, Threads, podcasts, Substack, Medium, Tumblr, and RSS blogs. That range is valuable for anyone collecting across formats, but capabilities vary by source, so coverage does not mean identical capture from every service.

Archives can include rich metadata and images or video where supported. The Obsidian client can produce Markdown output, and Markdown and ZIP exports give users portable ways to keep or work with their archive. Media retention depends on the source, so this is not a guarantee of a complete copy of every post.

Web, mobile, Chrome extension, and Obsidian clients accommodate different capture habits. The browser extension handles supported URLs and web-page clipping; standalone iOS and Android apps add mobile capture. The mobile app integrates with Immich, Raindrop, Notion, Readwise Reader, and Karakeep. Karakeep is beta, and some integrations depend on app rollout or build availability, so users should not base a workflow on an integration that has not reached their version.

Storage is local-first: saved posts, notes, and media are primarily kept on-device. Enabling sync or web sharing sends related content and metadata to Social Archiver’s servers, which matters to users who want to keep an archive strictly local. AI comments can use desktop CLI tools, Apple’s on-device model, or Cloud AI. Cloud AI handles summaries, glossaries, translation, and AI tag suggestions, but sends the archive text needed for the task to Social Archiver’s server and asks for consent the first time. Very long archives can exceed its length limit, while other comment types require desktop or supported Apple Intelligence.

The service is for lawful personal archiving; it does not provide access to other people’s private accounts, credentials, devices, or restricted data.

Pricing

The Free plan costs nothing, billed forever. It allows 10 successful archives per month, with duplicates and failed attempts excluded from the quota, and includes local browsing and search plus mobile app, browser extension, and Obsidian plugin access. It is a sensible way to build a modest archive, but regular collectors will hit the monthly cap.

Premium Monthly costs $3.99 a month, billed per month. It removes the monthly archive limit while active and adds authorized personal archive processing, sync across signed-in devices, and monthly Cloud credits for AI and supported paid cloud services. It fits users who need ongoing capture and multi-device access without an annual commitment.

Premium Annual costs $39.99 a year, billed per year, or about $3.33/month. It provides the same Premium access and sync support, making it the lower monthly-cost subscription for users prepared to pay annually.

Lifetime costs $69.99, paid once, billed one-time. It has no monthly archive limit or subscription renewal and includes monthly Cloud credits for AI and supported paid cloud services, subject to fair use and acceptable use rules. It suits long-term users who prefer not to renew a subscription, though the same use rules still apply. Premium remains subject to rate limits, and monthly Cloud credits should not be mistaken for unlimited AI or cloud usage. Web checkout questions go to support by email; App Store and Google Play purchases follow the relevant store’s refund process.

Platforms

Social Archiver supports Android, iOS, macOS, browser extension, and web. Its Obsidian client adds a Markdown-oriented option. This range suits people who want to capture from both mobile and desktop, though the specific capture capabilities vary with the source and client.

Who it's for

Choose Social Archiver if you want a personal, searchable collection spanning social networks and other web sources, especially if local-first storage, Obsidian output, and multiple capture clients fit your habits. It is less suitable for users who need uniform capture from every source, unlimited free archiving, or cloud features without sending content off-device.

Pros and cons

• Pro: A 21-source range, scheduled subscriptions, and profile crawling support broader and more regular collection than one-off clipping alone.
• Pro: Timeline organization, advanced search, Markdown and ZIP exports, and Obsidian output make archives easier to navigate and carry elsewhere.
• Pro: Local-first storage keeps saved material primarily on-device by default.
• Con: Source capabilities vary, and images or video are captured only where supported.
• Con: The free plan stops at 10 successful archives per month, so frequent collectors need a paid plan.
• Con: Sync, sharing, and Cloud AI involve sending related content or archive text to Social Archiver’s servers.

Alternatives

Social Media Archiving Software is the broader category guide for readers comparing archiving tools.

Aleph Archives may suit buyers who want self-hosted or web access, a free trial, and flexible subscription plans; its Basic plan is $19 a month and Standard is $39 a month.

InnoARCHIVE is a paid API and web alternative from InnoDIGI, founded in 2011 and based in Rosmalen, Netherlands.

MirrorWeb Insight is a paid web-based alternative.

Proofpoint Enterprise Archive is a paid alternative with Android, iOS, web, and Windows platforms.

Verdict

Social Archiver is a strong fit for individuals who want to collect and search personal archives across a broad set of social and web sources, with local-first storage and portable exports. Its strongest reason to choose it is the combination of varied capture routes, organization, and device-based storage; its chief limitation is uneven source support alongside a strict free monthly cap. Look elsewhere if you need enterprise-oriented options, guaranteed identical capture across services, or a workflow that keeps sync and AI processing entirely on-device.