Most migrations start with the same assumption: everything has to move.
Every task, every issue, every comment - years of historical data are pushed into a new system, even if no one has touched them in ages. What teams often discover too late is that this approach creates unnecessary complexity. The new environment becomes cluttered from day one, performance suffers, and users struggle with workflows designed for a different time and scale.
Getint Archiver was created to change that way of thinking.
Instead of asking how to migrate everything, it asks a more important question: what actually needs to move, and what simply needs to be preserved?
What Is Getint Archiver?
Getint Archiver is a data archiving and preservation tool designed for teams using platforms such as Jira, Azure DevOps, monday.com and others. It allows organizations to archive historical records securely while keeping them accessible, searchable, and compliant with internal or regulatory requirements.
The idea is simple but powerful: migrate only the data that actively supports current work, and archive the rest in a structured, reliable way. This approach gives teams a clean start in their new system without cutting ties to their past.
Why Archiving Is Becoming Essential in Migrations
Modern migrations are rarely just technical upgrades. They’re often driven by business changes: license renewals, cost optimization, mergers, restructuring, or a move from on-premise to cloud.
In these scenarios, moving years of inactive data into a new environment can slow down both the migration itself and day-to-day work afterward. Teams end up paying for storage and licenses they don’t need, while users have to navigate through outdated structures that no longer reflect how they work.
Archiving changes the equation. It allows organizations to preserve historical context for audits, reporting, or legal reasons, while keeping the operational system lean, fast, and aligned with current workflows.
How Getint Archiver Works in Practice
The process begins with connecting your existing system to Getint Archiver. Whether you’re using a SaaS deployment or require a self-hosted, on-premise setup, the connection is established securely through APIs. From the start, the focus is on data integrity and controlled access.
Once connected, teams can define exactly how their data should be archived. Instead of a one-size-fits-all export, Getint Archiver allows you to align issue or task types and decide which fields matter. Titles, descriptions, priorities, statuses, labels, comments, attachments, and custom fields can all be included or excluded depending on how detailed your archive needs to be.
Time plays a key role as well. Many organizations archive data based on age, such as records older than a year or five years. Others prefer custom ranges aligned with internal policies. These configurations can be saved and reused, making archiving a repeatable, controlled process rather than a one-off operation.
When everything is ready, the archiving process can be launched and monitored in real time. Detailed reporting and logs provide transparency at every step, which is especially important for large-scale or compliance-driven projects.
Accessing Archived Data Without Friction
Archiving does not mean locking data away.
With Getint Archiver, archived records remain accessible. Teams can preview them directly, export them for external use, or if business needs change migrate archived data into a new system at a later stage. This flexibility ensures that archiving supports long-term strategy rather than limiting future options.
What Sets Getint Archiver Apart
One of the key strengths of Getint Archiver is deployment flexibility. Organizations can choose a cloud-based setup or run the solution entirely behind their own firewall, maintaining full control over where data is stored.
Speed is another differentiator. Archiving with Getint can be significantly faster than traditional migrations, which makes it particularly valuable when teams are racing against license expirations or tight project timelines.
Just as important is Getint’s human-centric approach. Archiving and migration decisions are rarely purely technical, and support reflects that reality. Customers can rely on flexible communication channels - from Jira Service Management and email to Slack for enterprise teams - ensuring that complex scenarios are handled collaboratively, not left to guesswork.
Finally, Getint Archiver is built with compliance and data preservation in mind. For organizations operating under strict legal or regulatory requirements, historical data must be retained but not allowed to interfere with daily operations. Archiving provides that balance: data stays safe, accessible, and out of the way.
When Does Getint Archiver Make Sense?
Getint Archiver is particularly valuable for organizations planning migrations between incident management tools, especially when the goal is to reduce migration scope, improve performance, or maintain compliance without overloading the new system.
It’s also a strong fit for teams that want to move quickly now and decide later what - if anything - should be brought back.
Archive First. Decide Later.
Migration doesn’t have to be a one-way door. With Getint Archiver, teams can archive historical data first, move forward with a clean and efficient system, and retain the freedom to revisit the past only when it truly matters.
If you’re planning a migration and want to understand whether archiving first makes sense in your specific setup, talking to the Getint team can help you map the right approach before making irreversible decisions.
