Living Archive

Name

Living Archive

Legal name

Living Archive Limited

Website

https://livingarchive.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Asset Management

NAICS

Libraries and Archives (51921), Libraries and Archives (519210)

akta.pro primary industry

Media Archiving & Long-Term Preservation Planning (HSAFAGAK)

Keywords

• Digital asset management
• Cloud storage software
• Content management platform
• Media archival software
• Collaborative workspace

Headquarters

HQ city

North Shields

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Software Subscription: Living Archive operates on a subscription model with scaleable packages for teams and users, offering different tiers based on storage and feature requirements for organisations of various sizes.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Living Archive is a cloud-based digital asset management and archival platform that helps cultural, charity, and heritage organisations store, organise, retrieve, exhibit, and showcase multimedia content. It combines a centralised media repository, role-based collaboration tools, and dynamic online exhibition capabilities in one unified solution, replacing fragmented multi-platform storage with a single accessible system for non-technical users.

Product overview

Living Archive is a single unified platform designed for cultural, charity, and heritage organisations to store, manage, exhibit, and showcase their multimedia content. The platform combines media organisation, retrieval tools, collaboration features, and exhibition/presentation capabilities in one accessible solution. No separate modules, add-ons, or sub-products are identified—Living Archive operates as an all-in-one archival and exhibition platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Living Archive

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Widen (Acquia): Long-standing digital asset management platform now part of Acquia, serving marketing and brand-driven organisations. Compares to Living Archive on DAM fundamentals but is positioned for enterprise marketing use cases rather than cultural/heritage verticals.
• Bynder: Enterprise digital asset management platform serving a broad range of mid-market and enterprise customers. Comparable in core DAM functionality (storage, organisation, sharing) but not verticalised for cultural/heritage organisations like Living Archive.
• Canto: Established DAM vendor providing media management, brand asset organisation, and sharing tools to mid-market and enterprise customers. Overlaps with Living Archive on core storage and organisation features but lacks heritage-sector specialisation.
• Adobe Experience Manager Assets: Enterprise DAM component within Adobe's Experience Manager suite. Competes at the high end of the DAM market with broad functionality but lacks the cultural-sector-specific archival and exhibition workflows that Living Archive emphasises.

Direct peers

• Axiell: Provider of collections management and digital preservation software for museums, libraries, and archives. Competes with Living Archive in the heritage/cultural sector with overlapping archival and exhibition functionality.
• CollectiveAccess: Open-source collections management and DAM software used by museums, archives, and galleries. Competes in the same niche as Living Archive, addressing media organisation, public access, and collection documentation for cultural organisations.
• Tessera (formerly Modes): Digital asset management platform purpose-built for museums and cultural organisations. Closely overlaps with Living Archive's value proposition of organising, storing, and exhibiting multimedia collections in the heritage sector.
• Gallery Systems (TMS): Vendor of The Museum System (TMS) and related collection management software for museums and cultural institutions. Comparable to Living Archive in serving heritage/cultural organisations managing collections and digital assets.
• Omeka: Open-source web publishing platform for digital collections, widely used by libraries, museums, and archives. Overlaps with Living Archive on cultural/heritage focus, multimedia collection management, and online exhibition use cases.
• ResourceSpace: Open-source digital asset management platform widely adopted by museums, galleries, and heritage organisations. Directly comparable to Living Archive in target customers (cultural/heritage), core function (DAM/media archival), and mid-market positioning.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks2 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/LivingArchiveUK
• Facebookfacebook.com/LivingArchive.Net
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/living-archive

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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