Trustworthy starts at $10/month. Archevi starts at free.
Trustworthy gates "chat with documents" to their $20/month Gold tier, stores everything on US servers, and locks you into annual billing. Archevi includes AI Q&A on every plan — including the Free tier — keeps your data in Canada, and bills month-to-month with no annual lock-in.
Your will, tax returns, and medical records shouldn't live on US servers
Trustworthy is a US company with US-based infrastructure. When a Canadian family uploads a will, a notice of assessment, an OHIP card, or a provincial medical record, it falls under US law — including the CLOUD Act, which can compel a US company to hand over customer data regardless of the customer's nationality.
Archevi is a Canadian corporation hosted in Toronto, subject to PIPEDA. Your documents never leave Canadian soil. For families with provincial medical records, SINs, or property registered in a Canadian jurisdiction, that difference matters.
What you actually pay for AI
Silver $10/mo, Gold $20/mo, Platinum $40/mo — billed annually
- Free tier (1 user, 2 GB, 10 chats/mo)
- Unlimited storage on all paid tiers
- Chat with documents gated to Gold $20/mo
- Annual billing only, no monthly option
- US-based servers (not PIPEDA-aligned)
Free, Core $6/mo, Plus $12/mo, Pro $24/mo — monthly or yearly, cancel anytime
- AI Q&A on every plan including Free
- Canadian data residency (Toronto)
- Privacy-preserving anonymization
- Monthly billing, cancel anytime
- 40% cheaper at every comparable tier
Where Archevi is different
Canadian data residency
Your documents never leave Canada. Hosted in Toronto on DigitalOcean TOR1, subject to PIPEDA, beyond the reach of the US CLOUD Act. Trustworthy stores everything on US servers.
AI Q&A on every plan
Ask questions in plain English from our Free tier upwards. Trustworthy gates "chat with documents" to their $20/month Gold tier — 3.3 times more expensive than Archevi Core.
Privacy-preserving AI
Before any question reaches an AI model, Archevi replaces names, addresses, and account numbers with surrogates. The AI never sees your real personal data. Trustworthy says they don't share your data; we built the architecture so there's nothing to share.
Monthly billing, cancel anytime
Archevi charges month-to-month on every paid tier. Trustworthy sells annual subscriptions only. If your family's needs change, you shouldn't have to commit for a year to find out.
Feature-by-feature comparison
| Feature | Archevi | Trustworthy |
|---|---|---|
Chat with your documents (AI Q&A) | All plans, including Free | Gold ($20/mo) and Platinum only |
Canadian data residency | Toronto (DigitalOcean TOR1) | US-based servers |
PIPEDA compliance | ||
Privacy-preserving anonymization before AI | Names replaced with surrogates before any AI call | |
Free tier | 1 user, 1 GB, 30 queries/mo | 1 user, 2 GB, 10 chats/mo |
Monthly billing | Annual billing only | |
Auto-file rules (explicit + AI) | AI plus user-defined rules | AI only |
Expiry date tracking and alerts | ||
OCR and text extraction | ||
Family sharing with access controls | ||
Emergency delegation ("Trusted Access") | ||
Gmail OAuth inbox sync | Email-to-vault via [email protected] | |
Unlimited cloud storage | Up to 100 GB on Pro |
Organizing vs answering
Trustworthy calls itself "the Family Operating System." The pitch is that it organizes everything — wills, insurance policies, tax returns, medical records, passwords, even Plaid-linked bank accounts. For families worried about what happens when someone becomes incapacitated or dies, it is a polished, well-designed vault. It does organizing very well.
Archevi is different. We do not want to be your operating system. We want to be the tool you open when you need to know something right now. "When does our home insurance expire?" "What was my kid's measles shot date?" "Where is the notice of assessment from last year?" That is the work we optimized for.
This is why AI Q&A is the core interaction on every Archevi plan, including the Free tier. Trustworthy puts "chat with documents" behind their $20/month Gold tier. If asking your documents questions is what you actually want to do, you end up paying 3.3 times more on Trustworthy than on Archevi Core.
There is also a jurisdiction difference worth naming. Trustworthy is a US company with US servers. Under the CLOUD Act, a US court can compel a US company to hand over customer data — even if that customer is Canadian and the data concerns Canadian matters. Archevi is a Canadian corporation with all data stored in Toronto and subject to PIPEDA. For family documents that include SINs, OHIP cards, provincial medical records, or property deeds, that distinction is real.
Both products are honest about what they are. Trustworthy is a calm, broad estate-and-organization tool for families who want to front-load the work of "getting ready." Archevi is a narrower, cheaper, Canadian-first tool for families who want to find answers today.
What Trustworthy does better — and we will say so
Unlimited storage on every paid tier. Archevi caps at 5 GB (Core), 25 GB (Plus), and 100 GB (Pro). For families with large scanned archives — decades of family photos, hundreds of pages of medical imaging, high-resolution property surveys — Trustworthy's unlimited storage on Silver and up is a real advantage. Most families never come close to Archevi's caps, but if you know you will, Trustworthy is honest about not putting a ceiling on you.
Inbox Autopilot with Gmail OAuth. Trustworthy's Inbox Autopilot connects directly to Gmail, pulls attachments automatically, and files them with AI. Archevi has email-to-document (forward attachments to [email protected]) but not full Gmail OAuth sync yet. It is on our roadmap. Trustworthy shipped it first.
Certified Experts concierge tier. At the Platinum tier, Trustworthy assigns a human who walks you through setup, consults on document organization, and handles the work of transferring a paper filing system into the product. For families with complicated estates or no time to do the organizing themselves, that is a real service. Archevi is self-serve.
Brand polish and market presence. Trustworthy is venture-backed and has been in market longer. Their copy ("Please, not another folder") is genuinely great. If you are evaluating on brand alone, they look more established.
Archevi is newer, smaller, cheaper, Canadian, and built by someone who lived the problem. If you want the feature set above more than you want those trade-offs, Trustworthy is a fair choice. If what you want is fast answers, Canadian hosting, and not paying annually for an AI feature that should be table stakes, Archevi is built for you.
Frequently asked questions
Try Archevi free — no card, no annual commitment, no data leaving Canada
Start on our Free plan, upload a few documents, and see how fast you get answers.