Get to know our SaaS Archive solutions

Compare our Archive Management Systems

Want to know and understand the specific and key differences between our two archive management systems, Soutron Archive and MINISIS Archive? 

Welcome to our archive management systems comparison page where you can review each individual feature, side by side and see which solution is best suited to you!

Soutron Global

Which is best for you?

We look forward to learning more about your your requirements and needs for a secure, customised archive management solution. When you are ready, contact us and a member of our team will be happy to discuss this with you.

Please take a moment to review all the key features of our SaaS based archive software below. 

  • MINISIS Archive Vs Soutron Archive

  • MINISIS Archive Vs Soutron Archive

  • Cataloguing
  • Save & Index PDFs / Word Documents to records
  • Barcode Support
  • Customisable Fields
  • Thesaurus (Multilingual & Polyhierarchical )
  • Item / Object Loans
  • Instant direct to printer loan / booking requests
  • RFID Support (Sip2/other)
  • Standards Supported
  • Data Exchange Formats (Import/Export)
  • Management Reports
  • Maximum Admin Users
  • Number of End Users
  • Number of Archives & Locations
  • Number of Record Templates
  • System Configuration
  • New Fields Editor
  • Search Results Editor
  • Hierarchical Cataloging View
  • Events / Collections Management
  • Book ’a time to view’ objects/items
  • Create Descriptive Date Groups
  • DRM Management
  • Image / Thumbnail Watermarking
  • Any limit to number of images shown on record
  • API
  • Any 3rd Party Integrations
  • 3rd Party Services?
  • End User Form Submissions?
  • Soutron Archive

  • Cataloguing
  • Save & Index PDFs / Word Documents to records
  • Barcode Support
  • Customisable Fields
  • Thesaurus (Multilingual & Polyhierarchical )
  • Item / Object Loans
  • Instant direct to printer loan / booking requests
  • RFID Support (Sip2/other)
  • Standards Supported
    ISAD(G), AACRII, RDA, ISAAR, Dublin Core
  • Data Exchange Formats (Import/Export)
    MARCXML, XML, BibTeX, CSV
  • Management Reports
    Unlimited
  • Maximum Admin Users
    Unlimited (Per Contract)
  • Number of End Users
    Unlimited
  • Number of Archives & Locations
    Unlimited
  • Number of Record Templates
    Unlimited
  • System Configuration
  • New Fields Editor
  • Search Results Editor
  • Hierarchical Cataloging View
  • Events / Collections Management
  • Book ’a time to view’ objects/items
  • Create Descriptive Date Groups
  • DRM Management
  • Image / Thumbnail Watermarking
  • Any limit to number of images shown on record
    Unlimited
  • API
    Restful API, SOAP
  • Any 3rd Party Integrations
  • 3rd Party Services?
  • End User Form Submissions?
  • MINISIS Archive

  • Cataloguing
  • Save & Index PDFs / Word Documents to records
  • Barcode Support
  • Customisable Fields
  • Thesaurus (Multilingual & Polyhierarchical )
  • Item / Object Loans
  • Instant direct to printer loan / booking requests
  • RFID Support (Sip2/other)
  • Standards Supported
    ISAD(G), CAAIS, RAD, DACS, EAD & ISAAR
  • Data Exchange Formats (Import/Export)
    XML, MARC, CSV
  • Management Reports
    Unlimited
  • Maximum Admin Users
    Unlimited
  • Number of End Users
    Unlimited
  • Number of Archives & Locations
    Unlimited
  • Number of Record Templates
    Unlimited
  • System Configuration
  • New Fields Editor
  • Search Results Editor
  • Hierarchical Cataloging View
  • Events / Collections Management
  • Book ’a time to view’ objects/items
  • Create Descriptive Date Groups
  • DRM Management
  • Image / Thumbnail Watermarking
  • Any limit to number of images shown on record
    Unlimited
  • API
    Restful API, SOAP
  • Any 3rd Party Integrations
  • 3rd Party Services?
  • End User Form Submissions?

Search Portal / OPAC

Learn about about our end user Search Portal technology. Both of our archive  solutions offer a flexible, fully brandable search interface for your users, members and teams to carry out searches, create saved searches, share collection lists and so much more.

  • M Archive Vs S Archive - Search Portal End User OPAC

  • M Archive Vs S Archive - Search Portal End User OPAC

  • Responsive design
  • Can be branded with your logo & colours
  • Simplify access to content & collections
  • Create custom pages & navigation menu
  • End user\'s My Account’s features
  • End user saved searches
  • End user saved collections/reading lists
  • End user loan history & renew online
  • Play Audio Video Files
  • Embed audio video content - Embedded AV Player
  • Embedded PDF Document Viewer
  • Supports multi-office, locations, sites
  • Multi-lingual support
  • Include RSS Feed / X (Twitter) Feed
  • Social media sharing features (public sites)
  • SEO Friendly
  • Detailed facet search & date filters
  • Search descriptive dates (eg:19th Century...)
  • Single Sign-On SAML & ENTRA ID support
  • 3rd party website search widget available
  • Soutron Archive

  • Responsive design
  • Can be branded with your logo & colours
  • Simplify access to content & collections
  • Create custom pages & navigation menu
  • End user\'s My Account’s features
  • End user saved searches
  • End user saved collections/reading lists
  • End user loan history & renew online
  • Play Audio Video Files
  • Embed audio video content - Embedded AV Player
  • Embedded PDF Document Viewer
  • Supports multi-office, locations, sites
  • Multi-lingual support
  • Include RSS Feed / X (Twitter) Feed
  • Social media sharing features (public sites)
  • SEO Friendly
  • Detailed facet search & date filters
  • Search descriptive dates (eg:19th Century...)
  • Single Sign-On SAML & ENTRA ID support
  • 3rd party website search widget available
  • MINISIS Archive

  • Responsive design
  • Can be branded with your logo & colours
  • Simplify access to content & collections
  • Create custom pages & navigation menu
  • End user\'s My Account’s features
  • End user saved searches
  • End user saved collections/reading lists
  • End user loan history & renew online
  • Play Audio Video Files
  • Embed audio video content - Embedded AV Player
  • Embedded PDF Document Viewer
  • Supports multi-office, locations, sites
  • Multi-lingual support
  • Include RSS Feed / X (Twitter) Feed
  • Social media sharing features (public sites)
  • SEO Friendly
  • Detailed facet search & date filters
  • Search descriptive dates (eg:19th Century...)
  • Single Sign-On SAML & ENTRA ID support
  • 3rd party website search widget available

Software Services

First class client support is our priority at Soutron Global.

We are available to support the applications above and provide the following features as part of our service.

  • M Archive Vs S Archive - Software Service

  • M Archive Vs S Archive - Software Service

  • Cloud Based
  • In Premise Option
  • Support via Help Desk, Telephone, Email
  • Fully Managed Solution
  • ALL Upgrades INCLUDED
  • Backup Frequency
  • Data Migration Service
  • Multi-Year Discounts available
  • Soutron Archive

  • Cloud Based
  • In Premise Option
  • Support via Help Desk, Telephone, Email
    Unlimited Support
  • Fully Managed Solution
  • ALL Upgrades INCLUDED
  • Backup Frequency
  • Data Migration Service
  • Multi-Year Discounts available
  • MINISIS Archive

  • Cloud Based
  • In Premise Option
  • Support via Help Desk, Telephone, Email
    Unlimited Support
  • Fully Managed Solution
  • ALL Upgrades INCLUDED
    IF TSM purchased
  • Backup Frequency
  • Data Migration Service
  • Multi-Year Discounts available

Additional Services

Go further with your Archive thanks to a range of additional Soutron Global services, modules, features and complementary services:

Soutron Review

Improve team collaboration for submitting articles, files, images, while tracking all edits and changes along the review process.

Soutron Discovery

Allows users to search for information from multiple sources at the same time.

Digital Preservation

Thanks to the MINISIS Trusted Digital Repository (TDR), our long term digital preservation solution.

Word / PDF Metadata Summariser

Extract the text from PDF or Microsoft Word and have our tool automatically summarise and catalogue the document’s findings.

Marlborough House, Commonwealth Secretariat

TEstimonial

The Commonwealth Secretariat

Integrating our library and the archives data into a single system without compromising the collection management functionality on either side was a priority. Finally we are able to present our entire holdings to researchers in one go. As existing customers it feels like we’ve had some rather bespoke attention for a very modest increase in our costs.

Hilary McEwan,

Archivist

Next Steps

Important decisions shouldn’t be taken lightly. Let us introduce you to our world class Archive solutions and their capabilities. We can offer:

Soutron Global Next Steps
Soutron Global Next Steps