Confinity vs Permanent.org.
Permanent.org is a nonprofit long-term data preservation service, endowment-funded, focused on file storage that outlasts any single company.IHonest summary
Permanent.org is a serious, admirable mission: a nonprofit whose whole job is keeping files readable for decades. Families who prioritise institutional-grade durability often have accounts. Confinity is warmer in texture - there is a writing surface for new entries, a remembrance layer for people you've lost, and a Yearbook at the end of the year. Confinity publishes its preservation contract today and tracks Confinity Trust CIC formation as the legal continuity layer.
IIReal differences
- Primary object
- A file safeConfinity: a home for memory (writing + files + remembrance).
- Writing surface
- None — files onlyConfinity: first-class journal + remembrance editors.
- Printed artefact
- NoneConfinity: annual Yearbook, Family plan included.
- Continuity structure
- Endowment-backed nonprofitConfinity: published preservation contract plus Trust CIC formation track.
- Multi-contributor
- Limited sharing modelConfinity: built for a household, up to 6 members.
- Price model
- Donation + storage tiersConfinity Family: £14.99/mo or £149/yr.
'A file safe keeps the records. A home keeps the texture.'— Confinity principle
IIIWho should pick which
When Permanent.org is the right pick
If your primary need is multi-decade institutional-grade file preservation — and a writing surface is not important — Permanent's mission is specifically that.When Confinity is the right pick
If you want a warm home where a family writes together, with a legal trust backstop for the archive, a printed Yearbook, and a first-class remembrance surface — Confinity is built for that.