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Best Data Archiving Software in 2026

Data archiving software is used to preserve information and support its retrieval over time. Compare supported data sources and retention policies with search and restore, deduplication, and immutable archive capabilities. Legal hold may also be relevant to the records you need to retain. Deployment, free-plan availability, and paid-from pricing offer additional points to weigh. HuskHoard, Preservica, and Archon Data Store are among the entries, with Infobelt Enterprise Information Archiving and Komprise Intelligent Data Management also shown. Consider how the listed features fit the information your organization needs to keep and access.

30 apps
Research read 23 Sept 2026
How the order is worked out

1

Archivematica

Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted+1

Archivematica combines standards-based preservation processing with configurable workflows and archival storage tools.

7.7 Free plan Visit site
2

ESSArch Digital Archive

Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted+2

Choose ESSArch if you need a free, open-source on-premises archive with search and restore across the listed data sources.

7.5 Open source Visit site
3

Fedora Repository

Free plan APILinuxMac+3

Choose Fedora if your institution needs an open-source repository backend with flexible metadata and preservation features.

7.4 Free plan Visit site
4

RODA

Free plan APILinuxMac+3

Choose RODA Community Edition for a self-managed repository serving a mid-sized organization, with ingest, preservation, integrity, and retention capabilities.

7.1 Free plan Visit site
5

Preservica

Free plan APISelf-hostedWeb

Choose Preservica if your organization needs long-term digital preservation with search, access controls and collection management.

7.0 Free plan · paid from $310/mo (annual) Visit site
6

HuskHoard

Free plan Linux

HuskHoard offers tiering, recalls and integrity checks in a free Linux CLI core.

6.9 Free plan Visit site
7

Komprise Intelligent Data Management

Free trial APILinuxSelf-hosted+1

Choose Komprise if your organization needs to manage unstructured data across hybrid storage, prepare datasets for AI, or coordinate large migrations.

6.2 Pricing on request Visit site
8

Datacyclic

Free trial APISelf-hosted

Datacyclic focuses on preserving and governing historical data with flexible deployment and restore options.

6.1 Pricing on request Visit site
9

DataArchiva

Free trial Web

DataArchiva combines Salesforce archiving controls with ways to access or restore archived records.

6.0 Pricing on request Visit site
10

PoINT Storage Manager

Free trial Self-hostedWebWindows

PoINT Storage Manager combines tiering, archiving, retention, and access features for organizations using varied storage technologies.

6.0 Pricing on request Visit site
11

Archive360

Paid APIWeb

Archive360 brings governance controls across communications, enterprise data, and AI interactions, with investigation and analytics connections.

5.8 Pricing on request Visit site
12

Datadobi Open Archive

Paid LinuxSelf-hostedWeb

Datadobi Open Archive brings policy automation, reporting, and auditability to large-scale unstructured-data archiving.

5.8 Pricing on request Visit site
13

Arkivum

Paid APIWeb

Arkivum brings long-term storage, preservation, search and access controls together for organisational archives. Pricing is tailored to each customer, and paper digitisation is not provided directly.

5.7 Pricing on request Visit site
14

Cella Information Lifecycle Management

Paid Self-hostedWeb

Consider Cella if your organization needs to retire legacy systems while preserving searchable, reportable data and applying retention controls.

5.7 Pricing on request Visit site
15

Infobelt Enterprise Information Archiving

Paid APILinuxSelf-hosted+1

Infobelt combines archive controls, broad data-source support, and multiple deployment models for enterprise information management. Organizations will need to request pricing to assess cost.

5.7 Pricing on request Visit site
16

SOLIXCloud Enterprise Archiving

Free trial APISelf-hostedWeb

SOLIXCloud Enterprise Archiving combines broad data-source coverage with retention, legal hold, eDiscovery, and several retrieval methods.

5.7 Pricing on request Visit site
17

Archon Data Store

Paid APISelf-hostedWeb

Archon Data Store combines archival controls, search, and analytics for historical enterprise data.

5.6 Pricing on request Visit site
18

Docbyte Vault

Paid APIWeb

Docbyte Vault combines archival lifecycle management with preservation controls, auditability and defined retention rules.

5.6 Pricing on request Visit site
19

QStar Archive Manager

Paid APILinuxSelf-hosted+1

Choose QStar Archive Manager if your organization needs one active archive across varied storage types, with retention controls and several access protocols.

5.5 Pricing on request Visit site
20

NetApp SnapLock

Paid APISelf-hosted

SnapLock focuses on controlled, durable retention for ONTAP storage.

5.4 Pricing on request Visit site
21

SAP Extended Enterprise Content Management by OpenText
by SAP Extended Enterprise Content Management by OpenText
Paid AndroidiPhoneLinux+4

5.4 Pricing on request Visit site
22

Pagefreezer

Paid ExtensionWeb

Pagefreezer combines archiving across websites, social media, SMS, and corporate chat with search, replay, export, and access controls.

5.3 Pricing on request Visit site
23

Salesforce Archive

Paid APIWeb

Salesforce Archive combines scheduled policies, storage analysis, and record retrieval for Salesforce data.

5.2 From $1/user/mo (annual) Visit site
24

SkyDoks Enterprise

Paid APISelf-hostedWeb

SkyDoks Enterprise covers archive tracking, digital record search, retention governance, and custody history.

5.2 Pricing on request Visit site
25

ZL Unified Archive

Paid APISelf-hostedWeb

ZL Unified Archive brings archiving, records management, search, and eDiscovery together for enterprise content governance.

5.2 Pricing on request Visit site

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