Archive-It vs CivicOps
Archive-It
archive-it.org
CivicOps
getcivicops.comSide by side
| Figure | Archive-It | CivicOps |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | $149/mo |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 10 |
| Spec score · Social Media Archiving Software | 7.9 (#10) | 8.0 (#8) |
| Audience | Archive-It serves cultural heritage and other mission-aligned organizations seeking to preserve digital collections. | CivicOps describes its product as built for local government, including clerks, administrators, department contributors, board members, and municipal communicators. |
| Integrations | Archive-It offers APIs and access integrations, including the Partner API, CDX/C API, OpenSearch, and DuraCloud Archive-It Sync. | Meeting archives can be linked or embedded in municipal or WordPress websites, and newsletter signup forms can be embedded in an existing website. |
| Purpose | Archive-It is a curator-controlled service that crawls, hosts, and provides access to web content, including video and social media. | CivicOps combines public meeting management, social media publishing and archiving, and resident newsletters in a municipal workspace. |
| Support | Accounts include access to tutorials, documentation, training, technical assistance, and support from Archive-It web archivists and engineers. | CivicOps lists support at [email protected] and says the $499 onboarding fee covers one two-hour guided session after the trial. |
Plans
CivicOps
- Agenda & Meeting Management — Community (<10,000 residents)$149 a month
- Resident Newsletters — Community (<10,000 residents)$149 a month
- Social Media Management & Archiving — Community (<10,000 residents)$149 a month
- Agenda & Meeting Management — Municipal (10,000–50,000 residents)$199 a month
- Resident Newsletters — Municipal (10,000–50,000 residents)$199 a month
- Social Media Management & Archiving — Municipal (10,000–50,000 residents)$199 a month
- Agenda & Meeting Management — Regional (50,001–150,000 residents)$249 a month
- Resident Newsletters — Regional (50,001–150,000 residents)$249 a month
- Social Media Management & Archiving — Regional (50,001–150,000 residents)$249 a month
- All three solutions — Community (<10,000 residents)$424.65 a month
In their own words
Archive-It
Archive-It has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
CivicOps
CivicOps is a web workspace for local government that combines public meeting management, social media publishing and archiving, and resident newsletters. Meeting tools handle agenda intake, ordered approvals, versioned packet PDFs, meeting-day motions and votes, public archives, and minutes exported to Word or PDF. Recordings up to 500 MB can be uploaded for background transcription. Meeting AI is optional; an authorized human must review proposed minutes and motions before they enter the official record. Social tools connect official accounts, support image posts, previews, review and approval, and immediate or scheduled publishing. Available networks depend on provider APIs and municipal account configuration. Newsletter tools provide branded templates, consent-aware signup forms, scheduled approved sends, and archives with delivery evidence. Archives and signup forms can be linked or embedded on municipal, WordPress, or existing websites. CivicOps lists municipality-level separation, role-based access, hashed passwords, protected sessions, audit events, and encrypted connections. Plans start at $149 a month, with a 30-day trial and $499 onboarding fee.