How Web Archiving Works - Secure Screenshot Tool
Web archiving is the process of preserving the content and look of a website. But for GrabzIt's Screenshot Tool, archiving is about more than just storage; it is about creating a secure, verifiable record of web pages over time. This facilitates activities such as compliance, brand monitoring, and legal verification.
1. Industry-Leading Durability
We do not just store your files on a standard server. GrabzIt automatically backs up your captures into the cloud using Wasabi. This storage infrastructure provides extreme reliability:
- 11 9s of Durability: Wasabi offers 99.999999999% data durability, ensuring your files are safe from corruption or loss.
- Redundancy: Archived captures are stored in a secure bucket in the US with automatic cross-region replication.
2. Verifiable Data Integrity
To ensure that you can prove when a capture was archived and that it has not been altered since, you can additionally create a verifiable digital signature.
- Tamper Proofing: This signature contains a certified SHA-256 digital signature. If the capture is altered after creation, the signature will fail validation.
- Non-Repudiation: The signature provides a non-refutable creation time that cannot be altered without detection.
3. Archiving Length
Due to the backup costs involved, different upgrade packages backup screenshots for differing lengths of time. If you want us to store your data for longer, please contact us.
| Package | Archive Time |
|---|---|
| Free | Not Archived |
| Micro | Three Months |
| Entry | Six Months |
| Professional | Two Years |
| Business | Three Years |
| Enterprise | Five Years |
Note that tasks deleted on completion will not be archived.
4. Access and Control
You retain full sovereignty over your data. You are never locked in, and you can easily retrieve your archives:
- Download Anytime: You can always download all of your archived captures as a ZIP file. To do this, select the time range on the Manage your Scheduled Tasks page, open the Task you are interested in, and click the download button.
- Automatic Export: When creating a Scheduled Task, you can choose to automatically export your captures to third-party storage.
- Secure Sharing: Links generated to view archived captures use unique tokens and expire automatically after 30 minutes to prevent unauthorized sharing.
