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How Harbor compares
Harbor is built from the ground up for today’s family. It’s free and open source, and it holds its own against the best commercial vaults.
| Question | Harbor | Trustworthy | Everplans | Quicken LifeHub | Paperless-ngx |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | $0 to $480 a year | $99.99 a year | $1.99 to $3.99 a month | Free |
| Where your records live | Your own hardware | Trustworthy’s servers | Everplans’ servers | Amazon’s cloud, run by Quicken | Your own hardware |
| Built for | Household records | Household records | Life and estate planning | Household records | General documents |
| Legal requests handled by | You | Trustworthy | Everplans | Quicken | You |
| If the company is sold | Not applicable | Can pass to the buyer | Can pass to the buyer | Can pass to the buyer | Not applicable |
| Storage | Unlimited | 2 GB to unlimited, by plan | 3 items free, then unlimited | 30 GB | Unlimited |
| Backups | Nightly, tested monthly | Manual export | Manual download | Manual download, every 30 days | An export command you schedule |
| Two-step sign-in | Required | Required | Optional | Only when something looks unusual | Optional |
| On your phone | Web app built for phones | iOS and Android apps | iPhone app | iOS and Android apps | Community apps |
| Source code | Open (AGPL-3.0) | Closed | Closed | Closed | Open (GPL-3.0) |
| Setup | Your own Linux machine | Sign up in a browser | Sign up in a browser | Sign up in a browser | Your own server |
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IN DETAIL
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- Harbor vs TrustworthyA self-hosted Trustworthy alternativeA hosted family vault with AI filing. Who holds your records, and ten years of cost.Read the comparison
- Harbor vs EverplansA self-hosted Everplans alternativeA planning vault that has changed owners twice since 2021.Read the comparison
- Harbor vs Quicken LifeHubA self-hosted Quicken LifeHub alternativeA low-cost add-on under Quicken’s company-wide privacy policy.Read the comparison
- Harbor vs Paperless-ngxA Paperless-ngx alternative for familiesThe open-source document manager, against a household data manager.Read the comparison
Your data. Your rules. Your Harbor.
Free, open source, and on a machine you own.