Deployment options
Where your archive runs is your decision.
Run Archively three ways: a managed cloud, a dedicated managed environment, or a customer-controlled self-hosted deployment. The controls and exports stay identical. What changes is who runs it and where data lives.
Last reviewed July 2026
- Options
- Cloud / Private
- Self-hosted
- Customer-controlled, Linux
- Authentication
- SAML SSO · MFA
- Exports
- Identical across options
The decision matrix
Same controls. Same exports. Different operator.
Data residency is set by the option you choose. The row for where data lives is the one your IT and legal reviewers will read first.
| Compared on | Archively Cloud | Archively Private, dedicated managed | Archively Private, customer-controlled self-hosted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who operates it | Archively, on shared managed infrastructure | Archively, in an environment dedicated to your institution | Your institution, on Linux infrastructure you control |
| Where data lives | Archively-managed multi-tenant cloud | A dedicated environment operated by Archively | Infrastructure you control, in the location you choose |
| Authentication | SAML SSO and MFA | SAML SSO and MFA | SAML SSO and MFA |
| Exports | Standards-based, at every stage | Standards-based, at every stage | Standards-based, at every stage |
| First-year engagement | Archively Launch, required in year one | Archively Launch, required in year one | Archively Launch, required in year one |
The two offers
Cloud, or Private.
Archively Cloud
Archively operates the infrastructure; your team operates the archive. Your institution's data is separated inside a managed multi-tenant cloud. Priced as an annual subscription plus the one-time Archively Launch engagement.
MANAGED MULTI-TENANT CLOUD
Archively Private
A dedicated environment operated by Archively, or a customer-controlled self-hosted deployment on Linux. Scoped per institution, with a higher annual subscription plus infrastructure and launch work.
DEDICATED MANAGED · OR CUSTOMER-CONTROLLED SELF-HOSTED
Map your infrastructure and data-exit requirements before the evaluation.
A working setup using your records, not a sales presentation.