Mail archive vs. export

I just finished exporting my Inbox and Sent box and now I'm wondering if I should have Archived instead...
I want to free up room in Mail so I don't have to purchase more iCloud storage and I want to have all my old, old email somewhere accessible and searchable. I think that "Archive Message..." is what I want, but the help file says
"Depending on the account type, the Archive mailbox is stored on the mail server."
so that's not much help - Which is it? How do I know if mine will be stored on the server (requiring me to purchase more space) or on my Mac?
Is it possible to get them off the iCloud server and "out" of my inbox but still have them searchable without having to re-import 10,000 messages so I can find one?
The mail account in question was originally "Dot-Mac", then that became "Mobile Me" at some point, and now I'm not sure if it's on iCloud or not. I do use iCloud for notes, calendars and contacts.

Click the plus-sign icon at the bottom of the mailbox list to create a new mailbox. Choose On My Mac as the location. Move messages into that mailbox. They'll be deleted from the server.

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