Every organisation loses access unless it has bought an archive. Oracle's help says the project closes in not less than 30 days, and archive access depends on the subscription between the project owner and Oracle. Without an archive, documents can be downloaded as a ZIP and mail exported one item at a time.
An Aconex Archive is ordered from Oracle. A SIINC backup lives in your own storage.
When an Oracle Aconex project ends, Oracle closes it in not less than 30 days, and every organisation loses access to its data unless it has bought an archive. Oracle offers three. The Online Archive keeps read-only access inside Aconex, the offline Project Archive is downloaded once at the end, and Scheduled Archive runs on a dedicated PC through the project. SIINC backs up 11 Aconex modules, including documents, mail and workflows, into Amazon S3 or Azure Blob Storage your company owns.
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Oracle Aconex Archives or SIINC: the short answer
Oracle Aconex Archives and SIINC both keep Aconex project data after access ends, but an Aconex Archive is an Oracle product you request a quote for, while SIINC is a backup in storage you own. Oracle's offline archives hold registered documents and mail, and the Online Archive keeps read-only access inside Aconex for a contracted period, typically a year. SIINC backs up 11 Aconex modules, including documents, mail, workflows and forms, into your own Amazon S3 or Azure Blob Storage, with a portal to search and download them.
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Oracle Aconex Archives and SIINC, side by side
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| Capability | Oracle Aconex Archives | SIINC |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Oracle's own archive products, ordered through a quote request in Aconex | A scheduled backup of Aconex into your own cloud storage |
| Options | Online Archive (hosted in Aconex), Project Archive (one download at the end), Scheduled Archive (a local app on a dedicated PC during the project) | One service, running hourly as standard through the project |
| What is kept | Offline archives hold registered documents, with versions, and sent, received and draft mail. The Online Archive keeps every module you used | 11 modules, including documents, supplier documents, packages, mail, workflows, tasks, forms, project fields and related items |
| Where it lives | In Oracle's cloud (Online), or as an application on your PC or network (offline) | Amazon S3 or Azure Blob in your own account and region |
| How long you have it | Online Archive for a contracted period or, typically, an annual subscription. Offline copies are yours once downloaded | As long as your own retention rules keep it, including after you stop using SIINC |
| How it is bought | Request a quote in Aconex and Oracle's sales team contacts you. Scheduled Archive is licensed separately | Per GB per month for SIINC. Storage is billed by AWS or Azure in your own account |
| What it needs to run | Scheduled Archive needs a dedicated PC with a permanent internet connection | Nothing to install. SIINC is a hosted service |
| Finding records | Search documents and mail, export documents with a register, export mail as PDF or EML with attachments | The Aconex Portal, with eight module views, record details and bulk ZIP download |
| Putting records back into Aconex | Archives are read-only. Organisations with archive access cannot create new information on the project | Yes, including into a different Aconex account |
| Projects owned by another organisation | Archive access depends on the subscription between the project owner and Oracle | Backs up the projects your Aconex connection can see, including ones another organisation owns, once that organisation's admin approves the connection |
When is Oracle Aconex Archives enough?
- You want Oracle's own record, opened in Oracle's viewer, with document and mail registers ready to hand over.
- You need online, read-only access to every module you used, in the Aconex screens your team knows, and a contracted or annual subscription suits you.
- Documents and mail are all you need, and a single download at the end of the project is enough.
- Your contract asks for an Oracle-issued archive at completion.
When do you need SIINC instead of Oracle Aconex Archives?
- You want the copy in your own AWS or Azure account, under your own retention rules, not in Oracle's cloud or on one PC.
- Workflows, forms, tasks and related items matter, not only documents and mail.
- You are a contractor or consultant on someone else's Aconex project, and you do not want your record to depend on the owner's subscription.
- You also run Procore or Autodesk Forma and want one backup service and one set of storage rules across all three.
- You need execution history and an audit log that show what was captured and when.
- You may need to put records back into Aconex later, including into a different account.
Using Oracle Aconex Archives and SIINC together
Some organisations will still order an Aconex Archive at completion because the contract calls for one. SIINC runs alongside it during the project, so a copy already sits in your storage whether or not the archive is ordered before access closes.
Oracle Aconex Archive vs SIINC questions
Oracle Aconex Archive vs SIINC questions
Oracle does not publish prices. You request a quote from the Archive Quote page in Aconex, and Oracle's sales team contacts you to discuss the order.
Your organisation's registered documents and its sent, received and draft mail. It is a downloadable application whose viewer opens in your browser, and it exports documents with a register and mail as PDF or EML with attachments.
A separately licensed application that keeps a local, read-only copy of documents and mail during the project. Oracle says it should run on a dedicated PC with a permanent internet connection.
Yes. SIINC backs up the projects your Aconex connection can see, including ones owned by another organisation, subject to your permissions. An admin of the organisation that owns the project approves the SIINC connection.
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