A secure Everplans alternative for Canadian families
Everplans is an estate-planning service from New York. Archevi is a Canadian family document vault. Your documents are stored in Canada, and personal details are redacted before any AI model sees them. When you ask a question, the answer points to the page it came from in your own files.
Where Archevi is different
Ask, and see where the answer came from
Everplans organizes what you type into it. Archevi reads the documents you upload. Ask "what is the deductible on our home insurance?" and you get the number with the document and page it came from.
Stored in Canada
Archevi is a Canadian company and stores your documents and backups in Toronto. Personal information is redacted before any AI model sees a question or a passage. Everplans is a New York company, and its security page does not say where data is hosted.
One vault for the whole household
Each person in the family gets their own login to the same vault. Upload a document once and anyone you allow can ask about it from their own phone.
Useful every year
Archevi pulls expiry dates out of passports and insurance policies and reminds you before they lapse. That helps long before anyone needs an estate plan.
Feature-by-feature comparison
| Feature | Archevi | Everplans |
|---|---|---|
Ask questions about your documents Archevi: Every answer cites the document and page Everplans: Guided checklists; document Q&A not advertised | ||
Canadian company, documents stored in Canada Archevi: DigitalOcean Toronto Everplans: New York company | ||
Free plan Archevi: AI questions included Everplans: Free tier stores up to three items | ||
Monthly billing option Everplans: Premium is billed yearly | ||
Shared household vault, separate logins Everplans: Household plans for two; Deputies sign up separately | ||
Guided end-of-life planning checklists Archevi: Not our focus | ||
Access for named people after death Archevi: On our roadmap Everplans: Deputies, with a waiting period you set | ||
Independent security exam Archevi: PIPEDA-aligned, self-assessed Everplans: SOC 2 Type II (company statement) |
Two tools built for different moments
Everplans starts from a hard moment: what your family needs to know if something happens to you. It walks you through sections for your wishes and your accounts, and lets you decide who sees what, and when.
Archevi starts from a more ordinary one. The insurance company is on the phone and you need the policy number now. You upload the paperwork once, and anyone in the family can ask where it is or what it says.
For Canadian families there is one more difference. Archevi is a Canadian company and your documents are stored in Toronto. Everplans is based in New York and has been owned by National Guardian Life since 2021.
What Everplans does well
Planning for the end of life. Everplans has spent years building guided checklists for wishes, funeral plans and accounts. If you want a structured walkthrough of what to write down for your family, that is its strength, and Archevi does not try to replace it.
Access after death. Everplans lets you name Deputies who can unlock sections after you pass away, with a waiting period you choose. Archevi has family members and sharing controls, but no after-death unlock yet. It is on our roadmap.
An independent security exam. Everplans says it has completed a SOC 2 Type II examination. Archevi is built to align with PIPEDA, but that is our own assessment. We have not had a formal audit and we do not claim a certification.
Frequently asked questions
Sources for Everplans details (checked October 2026):
Find the policy number before the call ends.
Start on the free plan with no credit card. Upload a few documents and ask your first question.