Two places. Both already yours.
Salesforce record data — stays in your org
FilePreserve runs entirely inside your own Salesforce organization as a managed package. It reads object/record data using the permissions and sharing rules of whichever user is running it — it never sees or accesses more than that user already has access to. There's no external API call and no third-party service involved in reading or evaluating your Salesforce records.
Archived files — your own AWS S3 bucket
When an archive job runs, files move to an AWS S3 bucket you create and control in your own AWS account — never FilePreserve's own infrastructure. Connection uses Salesforce's native AWS Signature Version 4 authentication, a built-in Named Credential/External Credential pattern — no custom signing code, no separate storage layer in between.
Native, with-sharing Apex — no external API surface
Every Apex class that touches data runs with sharing. There's no
FilePreserve-operated server, no proxy, and no external API surface beyond the S3
connection you configure yourself — built to touch as little of your architecture as
possible.
Keeping your data in your own AWS account means your compliance posture stays yours.
Your archived files carry the same regulatory weight your Salesforce records already do — FDA CAPA/complaint documentation, PHI-adjacent records for CMS RADV response. Storing them in an AWS account you already control and audit, instead of a vendor's shared infrastructure, means that posture never depends on a third party's certifications or security practices. Bring-your-own-storage isn't a limitation — it's the deliberate, considered choice.
- Your compliance data sits in a third-party vendor's own multi-tenant storage
- You're trusting their certification stack, not auditing it yourself
- A vendor breach is now your compliance incident too
- Your archived files sit in an AWS account you already control and audit
- Your compliance posture is governed by your own AWS controls, not a third party's
- We never host, proxy, or retain a copy of your archived files ourselves
Stated plainly, not buried in a footnote.
Read the exact data-handling breakdown.
The Privacy Policy and Setup Guide go into the specific technical detail behind everything on this page.