What Webrecorder does

Webrecorder Software LLC is a US-based, privately held software company that builds open-source web archiving tools for capturing, replaying, and preserving interactive web content. Its technology stack centers on browser-based archiving that uses real browser rendering to capture dynamic, JavaScript-heavy content — including pages behind logins and paywalls — and exports archives in the open WACZ (Web Archive Collection Zipped) format developed by the company, which is listed as a sustainable digital format by the Library of Congress. Its core products are Browsertrix (a hosted SaaS for automated browser-based crawling at scale with real-time monitoring, crawl deduplication, and machine-assisted quality assurance), ArchiveWeb.page (a free Chrome extension and desktop app for manual capture), and ReplayWeb.page (serverless browser-side playback of WARC/WACZ files), supported by developer tools (Browsertrix Crawler, pywb, py-wacz) under permissive open-source licenses. The company, spun out of Rhizome in 2020 after founding in 2014 by Ilya Kreymer, runs on a hybrid go-to-market combining product-led growth (self-serve sign-up, Chrome Web Store distribution, free open-source tooling) with enterprise field sales for Pro and Enterprise tiers that include on-premise deployment and dedicated support; revenue is generated primarily from tiered subscriptions (individual plans from $30–$120/month, Pro/Enterprise custom annual contracts) and professional services, with the rest of the user base served through free and open-source tools. Webrecorder's customers are predominantly libraries, archives, universities, government agencies, and arts and human-rights organizations worldwide — including Internet Archive, UK Web Archive, Arquivo.pt, IIPC member organizations, Stanford University Press, and Perma.cc — placing the company in the digital preservation and compliance market where the Pew Research Center cited that 38% of webpages from 2013 are no longer accessible.

Name

Webrecorder

Legal name

Webrecorder Software LLC

Website

https://webrecorder.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Webrecorder builds open-source web archiving tools that capture, store, and replay interactive websites, serving libraries, universities, government agencies, and cultural institutions worldwide through its Browsertrix SaaS, ArchiveWeb.page extension, ReplayWeb.page player, and the WACZ open standard.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Web Archiving Software

NAICS

Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services (51929), Libraries and Archives (51921), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Web Archiving, Cache & Snapshot Services (BPAMAAAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Browser & Web Navigation Utilities (toolbars, new-tab, bookmarks) (BPAMAAAH), News & Content Aggregation Portals (BPAMAAAI)

Keywords

• Web archiving software
• Browser-based crawling
• Digital preservation tools
• WACZ format tools
• Open source archiving

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Revenue model

1. Browsertrix Cloud Subscriptions: Tiered SaaS subscription model for hosted Browsertrix platform. Individual plans range from $30-120/month for varying execution time, storage, concurrency, and page limits. Pro and Enterprise tiers offer custom pricing with dedicated support and advanced features.
2. Professional Services: Expert web archiving services for Enterprise tier including dedicated account managers, expert archivists, custom crawl reports, and on-premise deployment support.
3. Open Source Tools (Free): Free browser extension (ArchiveWeb.page) and ReplayWeb.page for individual users. pywb Python toolkit and other developer tools are freely available under open source licenses.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Webrecorder develops open-source and SaaS web archiving tools that allow users to capture, store, and replay interactive websites and web sessions. Its flagship product, Browsertrix, is a hosted cloud platform that uses real browsers to crawl dynamic, JavaScript-heavy websites, including pages behind logins, and to perform quality assurance on archived content. Complementary tools include ArchiveWeb.page (browser extension/desktop app for manual capture) and ReplayWeb.page (serverless playback of WARC/WACZ archives).

Product overview

Webrecorder provides a comprehensive suite of open source web archiving tools designed to make digital preservation accessible to everyone. The core product portfolio consists of Browsertrix (a cloud-hosted SaaS archiving platform with automated crawling and quality assurance), ArchiveWeb.page (a free browser extension for manual capture), and ReplayWeb.page (a serverless playback system for web archives). The products work together within the Webrecorder ecosystem: Browsertrix provides automated enterprise-grade archiving with collaborative features, ArchiveWeb.page enables manual capture directly from the browser, and ReplayWeb.page delivers high-fidelity replay of archived content without server requirements. All tools use and support the open WACZ (Web Archive Collection Zipped) format, a portable standard developed by Webrecorder. The developer tools include Browsertrix Crawler (command-line application), pywb (Python replay toolkit), and py-wacz (WARC-to-WACZ converter). The organization, founded in 2014 and spun off from Rhizome in 2020, maintains its commitment to open source principles while offering commercial hosted services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Browsertrix: Automated browser-based web crawling platform at scale, including a hosted SaaS service.
• ArchiveWeb.page
• ReplayWeb.page

Products and services

• Browsertrix Cloud-hosted SaaS platform providing automated browser-based web crawling at scale, with high-fidelity capture of dynamic websites, real-time monitoring, quality assurance tools, deduplication, and collaborative workspace features.
• ArchiveWeb.page Free Chrome extension and desktop application that records complex web interactions while browsing; archives are stored locally and can be downloaded as WACZ files, with experimental IPFS peer-to-peer sharing.
• ReplayWeb.page Serverless web archive playback system that enables viewing and embedding WARC/WACZ files directly in the browser without specialized server infrastructure.
• Browsertrix Crawler Open-source command-line application responsible for all crawling operations in Browsertrix; available for self-hosted deployments and programmatic integration via API.
• pywb Open-source, production-grade Python-based web archive replay system; recommended for adoption by the International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC).
• py-wacz Command-line application for creating and validating WACZ archive files, providing lossless WARC-to-WACZ conversion.
• Webrecorder Player Webrecorder's first desktop application for recording and replaying web archives; legacy product superseded by newer tools.

Quantifiable outcome

• Captures 100% of dynamically loaded content that renders in a browser
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Digital OceanminorOthersInfrastructure provider for Browsertrix hosted service. Listed as approved subcontractor for data processing. Digital Ocean hosts cloud infrastructure for the SaaS platform.
• WasabiminorOthersObject storage provider for Browsertrix. Listed as approved subcontractor for storing archived web content and WACZ files.
• RhizomecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOriginal home of Webrecorder project. Arts organization focused on digital art and culture. Webrecorder spun off as independent organization from Rhizome in 2020.
• IIPC (International Internet Preservation Consortium)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal consortium of libraries and archives working on web preservation. Recommended pywb to member organizations. Webrecorder tools built to IIPC standards.
• StripeminorOthersPayment processor for Browsertrix subscriptions. Handles payment processing so Webrecorder never sees customer payment information directly.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Internet Archive: The largest nonprofit digital preservation organization and a direct customer of Webrecorder. Operates its own web archiving tools (Heritrix, Wayback Machine) and is both a peer and ecosystem partner, competing in open-source crawling while endorsing Webrecorder's replay and capture formats.
• Hanzo: Enterprise web archiving vendor focused on compliance, legal hold, and eDiscovery use cases. Directly comparable to Browsertrix Enterprise tier and competes for the same institutional/professional archiving budgets.
• PageFreezer: Commercial web and social media archiving platform serving compliance, legal, and regulated industries. Competes head-to-head with Browsertrix Enterprise in the same buyer segment (large institutions with compliance mandates).
• Archive.today: Independent web archiving service that lets users capture and replay snapshots of webpages. Directly comparable to ArchiveWeb.page and ReplayWeb.page as a consumer-facing archiving tool with overlap in format support and target audience.
• Conifer (Rhizome): The original Webrecorder.io product, retained by Rhizome after Webrecorder spun off in 2020. Direct historical and functional peer offering browser-based web archiving with a focus on arts and cultural heritage content.
• Perma.cc: Service that creates permanent archives of web references for legal and academic citations. Operates in the same web archiving space, serves a similar audience (law schools, courts, journals), and is itself a Webrecorder customer.

Emerging players

• Visualping: Website change detection and monitoring platform. Lightweight competitor for users who primarily need to track changes to webpages rather than capture fully interactive archives, representing a partial-overlap use case.
• Stillio: Automated website screenshot and change-monitoring service. Adjacent rather than directly competing — captures visual snapshots rather than full interactive archives — but serves overlapping use cases (compliance, change tracking, website backup).

Broad incumbents

• Smarsh: Large compliance archiving and communications intelligence platform. Competes indirectly in the broader digital archiving market, especially in regulated industries where web archiving is one component of a wider retention solution.
• Proofpoint Archive: Enterprise compliance archiving solution covering email, social, and web content. A broader incumbent whose web archiving capabilities overlap with Browsertrix Enterprise in regulated verticals.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• GitHubgithub.com/webrecorder
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCOHO8gYUWpDYFWHXmIwE02g
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/webrecorder

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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