Backup & Recovery · Reviewed 21 Oct 2026

Ottomatik

Automated file and database backups with scheduling, storage options, and monitoring.

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Ottomatik at a glance

Overview

01

Summary

The useful answer before the supporting detail.

Ottomatik is a cloud-based backup service that automates file and database backups on a schedule, storing them off-site S1. It is used by developers, agencies, and startups to protect their data without manual intervention S20. The service simplifies backup management with features like automated scheduling, multiple storage options, and monitoring S20.

02

Product identity and positioning

Name, category, positioning, audience, and first-party claims.

  • Identity: Ottomatik is a cloud-based automated backup service for files and databases S1.
  • Core purpose: It solves the problem of manual, unreliable backups by automating the process S1.
  • Intended users: Developers, agencies, and startups who need simple, secure data protection S20.
  • Product scope: A web application that connects to servers to perform scheduled backups of files and databases S20.
  • Positioning: Positioned as "Backups Made Easy," emphasizing simplicity and automation S1.
  • Claimed distinction: Claims to transform backups from a chore into something you want to use S20.
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Use cases and audiences

Who the product serves and the jobs it is designed to handle.

AudiencePractical use case
DevelopersAutomate backups for personal projects or client websites to prevent data loss S1.
AgenciesEnsure all client websites are backed up daily and can be restored easily S72.
StartupsProtect fast-growing internal web applications by backing up to S3 storage S72.
BusinessesMaintain business continuity by automating backup procedures and reducing downtime S6.

Features

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Features and capabilities

Core functions and evidence-backed product capabilities.

CapabilityWhat it does
Automated backupsSchedules and runs backups of files and databases automatically S1.
Database supportBacks up MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB databases S20.
Multiple storage optionsStores backups on your own cloud storage (e.g., Amazon S3, Dropbox) or Ottomatik's servers S20.
Team managementAllows creating individual logins with role-based permissions S20.
NotificationsSends real-time and summary notifications for successful and failed jobs S20.
WebhooksIntegrates with existing systems by posting job status via webhooks S20.
Restore flexibilityRestores backups to a different server or database, aiding migration and testing S75.
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Integrations and ecosystem

Connected products, exports, APIs, and workflow compatibility.

Integration or interfaceTypeWhat it enables
Amazon S3IntegrationStore backup files in your own Amazon S3 account S20.
DropboxIntegrationStore backup files in Dropbox S20.
Google DriveIntegrationStore backup files in Google Drive S78.
BackblazeIntegrationStore backup files in Backblaze S78.
WebhooksAPIPost job status to existing systems S20.
OpenSSHProtocolExecutes backup commands over SSH connections S20.

Pricing

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Pricing and plans

Published plans, free access, trials, credits, and pricing limitations.

Plan or offerVerified price and billingIncludedLimits
Lite$14 per month, billed monthly S703 backup jobs; 5 GB storage; daily backups; unlimited users S70Not established
Professional$79 per month, billed monthly S7050 backup jobs; 100 GB storage; backup every 5 minutes; API and automations S70Not established
Agency$199 per month, billed monthly S70250 backup jobs; 200 GB storage; backup every minute; API and automations S70Not established
Free tierOne backup free, no credit card required S70Not establishedNot established
Trial14-day free trial S1Not establishedNot established

Competition

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Competitive landscape

Domains competing for the same organic search demand.

Sampled competitors

CompetitorFirst-page appearancesSampled queriesAverage positionQueries observed
docs.github.com212.5create branches in github
facebook.com111ottomatik
stackoverflow.com112create branches in github
datto.com112ottomatik
github.com113create branches in github
reddit.com113ottomatik
safegrd.dev114ottomatik
w3schools.com115create branches in github
ondeso.com115ottomatik
gitprotect.io116create branches in github

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Customers, testimonials, and first-party review claims

Page typeEvidenceSource
reviewsverne logohttps://ottomatik.io/reviews
reviewsOttomatik Reviewshttps://ottomatik.io/reviews
reviewsMaking developers lives easier is why we do this.https://ottomatik.io/reviews
reviewsCreate your first backuphttps://ottomatik.io/reviews
reviews](https://bzwhwzm9dm5.typeform.com/to/BPKMqLfz)https://ottomatik.io/reviews
reviews— Testimonialshttps://ottomatik.io/reviews
reviewsHear what our clients sayhttps://ottomatik.io/reviews
reviews“Ottomatik just works. Simple file and database back-ups without the fuss.”https://ottomatik.io/reviews
reviewsTaylor Otwellhttps://ottomatik.io/reviews
reviewsFounder, Laravelhttps://ottomatik.io/reviews
reviews“I genuinely had nightmares about my business's database blowing up. We’ve all read horror stories about a new hire accidentally hitting the delete key without a working backup in sight. With this in mind, I can’t tell you how much of a relief it is that Ottomatik automatically backs up my database multiple times a day."https://ottomatik.io/reviews
reviewsFounder, Laracastshttps://ottomatik.io/reviews
reviews**"Good value for money"https://ottomatik.io/reviews
reviews**Scheduled backups is the most important things for us and this is well provided by Ottomatik.https://ottomatik.io/reviews
reviewsSimplicity in use and in presentation. Gui shows the neccessarry things.https://ottomatik.io/reviews
reviewsDevOps Engineerhttps://ottomatik.io/reviews
reviews**"Easy to setup and scale backups for your SaaS platform"https://ottomatik.io/reviews
reviews**Overall very pleased. We run a large payments platform, and database backups are critical for our customers to ensure that we don't lose data.https://ottomatik.io/reviews
reviewsIt's also important to have a working database backup solution that we don't need to configure once it's been set.https://ottomatik.io/reviews
reviews‍It was extremely easy to setup and get going. I was able to get offsite backups working within 20 minutes!https://ottomatik.io/reviews

Independent review sources discovered

No links to supported independent review platforms were discovered on the collected pages.

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AI visibility

Measured ChatGPT and Google AI mentions with cited sources.

AI-assistant referral traffic

  • Estimated current generative-AI referral share: 1.5%

Scout traffic model did not return a separate AI-referral trend series for this domain.

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Site-stated AI capabilities

No supporting public-page evidence was collected for this category.

These are first-party product claims, not independent measurements of AI-search visibility.

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Marketing opportunities

Actions calculated directly from the collected evidence.

OpportunityRecommended actionEvidence
Striking-distance keywordVolume 2,400 · https://ottomatik.io/post/how-to-create-a-new-branch-on-github
Important pagehttps://ottomatik.io/post/how-to-create-a-new-branch-on-github · 2 sampled keywords · best position 6
Competitor gap2 first-page appearances across create branches in github

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Website evidence gaps

  • integrations: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
  • customers: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
  • changes: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
  • technical: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.

Trust and proof

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Customers, proof, and reviews

Published proof, customer signals, and review evidence.

Independent reviews

PlatformPageHow it was foundNote
Michael Stivala BlogBacking up Laravel Applications – Michael StivalaGrounded web searchAn external service makes backing up multitudes of websites easier, and gives you a single dashboard to handle all your backups. I’ve recently tried out two similar ones: Ottomatik and BitCan. ... Ottomatik ... Ottomatik is a service targeted specifically to Laravel apps. It requires you to install a small application on your server before you can start configuring your backups. Once you get that out of the way it offers you a fluent interface to configure and schedule your backups, and optional
SourceForgeIperius Backup vs. Ottomatik Comparison ChartGrounded web search### Reviews/Ratings Overall 3.0 / 5 ease 4.5 / 5 features 4.5 / 5 design 4.0 / 5 support 3.0 / 5 Read all reviews ### Reviews/Ratings Overall 0.0 / 5 ease 0.0 / 5 features 0.0 / 5 design 0.0 / 5 support 0.0 / 5
SaaSHubWeap.io VS Ottomatik - compare differences & reviews?Grounded web searchRating 0 reviews Pricing Paid Free trial €7 / Monthly (Unlimited backup snapshots for 10 Droplets & Volumes) ... is dedicated to providing developers & sysadmins with server management tools that make cumbersome, repetitive tasks super simple.
ottomatik.ioOttomatik ReviewsGrounded web search“ Ottomatik just works. Simple file and database back-ups without the fuss.” ... I genuinely had nightmares about my business's database blowing up. We’ve all read horror stories about a new hire accidentally hitting the delete key without a working backup
SourceForgeOttomatik vs. Percona Backup for MongoDB Comparison ChartGrounded web search### Reviews/Ratings Overall 0.0 / 5 ease 0.0 / 5 features 0.0 / 5 design 0.0 / 5 support 0.0 / 5 ### Reviews/Ratings Overall 4.7 / 5 ease 4.5 / 5 features 4.7 / 5 design 4.4 / 5 support 4.4 / 5 Read all reviews

Customer proof

Proof typeNamed customer or sourceEvidence
TestimonialEric Barnestestimonial — just works. (Ottomatik / Super Simple Backups)

Independent mentions

  • Importance of Automated Backups Against Growing Threats / Ottomatik — Many people assume that SaaS suppliers provide good data security. Every trustworthy system already constantly stores snapshot backups and replicates data in real-time. The service shouldn't be relied upon, though, as backups might be viewed and altered by a hacker with access to the SaaS infrastructure. ... In case of an emergency, make a backup of your SaaS data. Assume the worst and be ready for it to happen. You will probably have a data breach occurrence, which is unfortunate because most i
  • How Flux’s Technical Consultation Transformed Ottomatik.io — resulted in improved scalability and flexibility of the product, allowing for easier and faster deployment of new features and updates. This enabled the product to keep up with the ever-changing needs of
  • File Backup — Taylor Otwell Founder of Laravel #### “Ottomatik is effortless and I had my first backup in just a few minutes. Enter your credentials, set a schedule, and done.” Eric Barnes Founder of Laravel News
  • Automated MySQL Backup — just works. Simple file and database back-ups without the fuss.” Taylor Otwell Founder of Laravel #### “Ottomatik is effortless and I had my first backup in just a few minutes. Enter your credentials, set a schedule, and done.” Eric Barnes Founder of

External links were grounded in one live web search. Search snippets are leads, not independently scraped page content; rejected links remain available in Review evidence.

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Company, security, and trust

Ownership, policies, security signals, and public trust evidence.

SignalFindingSource
Company and ownershipFounder of Laravelsource
Contact and supportOur tech support team is ready to help you with any queries you may have. Just email us at support@ottomatik.io and we will get back to you with an answer as soon as possible.source
Legal and privacy14 Day Free Trial • Cancel Anytime • No Credit Card Requiredsource
Security and complianceSensitive data encrypted at rest, Public Key Authentication, SSL encrypted network communications.source
Uptime and status pageLooking for SLA, SSO, and compliance? Our Enterprise plans can be customized based on your business needs.source

Every trust signal above is backed by a collected page or a registration record.

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Documentation and product updates

Help resources, product guidance, and visible changes over time.

Resource or updateTypeWhat is availableDate or freshness
Quick Guide About Offsite Data Backup / OttomatikGuideGuides, comparisons, pricing breakdowns, use cases, and how-to articles. (source)Not dated

Not found in the collected public sources: public roadmap, changelog or release notes, status page, separate help center or knowledge base.

Technical

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Technical and delivery signals

Delivery model, platforms, API, data ownership, reliability claims and release activity.

SignalFindingSource
Delivery model (cloud, self-hosted, desktop, browser extension)Cloud-based web application S1.S1
Platforms and appsWeb platform; no native mobile or desktop apps mentioned S1.S1
API and extensibility (API, SDK, webhooks, MCP, plugins)Webhooks for job status integration S20.S20
Data ownership and exportUsers can store backups on their own cloud storage providers S20.S20
Performance and reliability claimsNot published on the collected pages.—
Release activityNot published on the collected pages.—
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Measured infrastructure

Domain, certificate, and hosting signals, measured directly.

SignalFinding
First archived2016-03-22 — web archive
TLS certificateGoogle Trust Services, valid, expires 2026-12-13
Security headersHSTS, CSP, X-Frame-Options
Headers not servedX-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy
Server headercloudflare
Mail handled byaspmx.l.google.com, alt1.aspmx.l.google.com
Nameserversbrad.ns.cloudflare.com, ruth.ns.cloudflare.com

Not measurable: rdap: no RDAP server published for .io. A gap here means the lookup was unavailable, not that the finding is negative.

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Technical site audit

A bounded multi-page crawl with page-level issues and URLs.

Scout — Bounded technical crawl

  • Pages crawled: 15 of 15 maximum
  • Technical health: 93/100
  • Critical issues: 0
  • Warnings: 22
  • Notices: 1

Issues

SeverityIssueValueAffected URL
warningMissing canonical URL—https://ottomatik.io/
warningMissing canonical URL—https://ottomatik.io/postgresql-backup-restore
warningMissing canonical URL—https://ottomatik.io/supabase-backup
warningPage should have one primary H14https://ottomatik.io/pricing
warningMissing canonical URL—https://ottomatik.io/pricing
warningMissing canonical URL—https://ottomatik.io/reviews
warningMissing canonical URL—https://ottomatik.io/blog
warningMissing canonical URL—https://ottomatik.io/about
warningMissing meta description—https://ottomatik.io/privacy-policy
warningMissing canonical URL—https://ottomatik.io/privacy-policy
noticeLow visible word count125https://ottomatik.io/privacy-policy
warningMissing meta description—https://ottomatik.io/terms
warningMissing canonical URL—https://ottomatik.io/terms
warningMissing canonical URL—https://ottomatik.io/post/backup-retention-policies
warningTitle length should be reviewed84https://ottomatik.io/post/backup-verification-prove-backups-work
warningMissing canonical URL—https://ottomatik.io/post/backup-verification-prove-backups-work
warningTitle length should be reviewed89https://ottomatik.io/post/mysql-backup-flags-explained
warningMissing canonical URL—https://ottomatik.io/post/mysql-backup-flags-explained
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample5https://ottomatik.io/
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample5https://ottomatik.io/postgresql-backup-restore
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample5https://ottomatik.io/file-backup
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample5https://ottomatik.io/reviews
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample5https://ottomatik.io/about

Crawled pages

StatusTitleH1sWordsResponseURL
200Ottomatik \Super Simple Backups1114931 ms
200Automated MySQL Backup186522 mshttps://ottomatik.io/mysql-backup-restore
200Automated PostgreSQL Backup Software167834 mshttps://ottomatik.io/postgresql-backup-restore
200MongoDB Backup Software170730 mshttps://ottomatik.io/mongodb-backup-restore
200Supabase Backup Software \Free First Backup Forever!158332 ms
200File Backup170726 mshttps://ottomatik.io/file-backup
200Pricing \Ottomatik458225 ms
200Ottomatik Reviews189721 mshttps://ottomatik.io/reviews
200Blog \Ottomatik1127827 ms
200The Ottomatik Team \Backups Made Easy.118019 ms
200Privacy Policy112521 mshttps://ottomatik.io/privacy-policy
200Terms of Service1194919 mshttps://ottomatik.io/terms
200Backup Retention Policies That Actually Protect You \Ottomatik1253840 ms
200Backup Verification: How to Prove Your Backups Work Before You Need Them \Ottomatik1234588 ms
200MySQL Backup Flags Explained: --single-transaction, --quick, and --flush-logs \Ottomatik1211736 ms

This is a bounded Scout crawl. Core Web Vitals and Lighthouse scores are not claimed unless a dedicated performance audit is connected.

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Search Console and Analytics

First-party search and behavioral data connection state.

Modeled acquisition channels

ChannelEstimated share
direct42.4%
search33.2%
search organic31.7%
search paid1.6%
social7.0%
social organic6.3%
social paid0.7%
referrals9.2%
paid referrals2.7%
mail2.7%
gen ai1.5%
affiliate1.3%
other0.0%

First-party connections

IntegrationStatusData available after connection
Google Search ConsoleNot connectedClicks, impressions, CTR, average position, queries, pages, countries, and devices
Google AnalyticsNot connectedOrganic sessions, engagement, landing pages, conversions, geography, and devices

No first-party Search Console or Analytics numbers are shown until the site owner authorizes the corresponding Google account. Scout traffic model values above are modeled estimates, not private analytics totals.

Limits and method

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Limitations and open questions

Known constraints and missing evidence from the collected pages.

The collected pages do not mention any competitors by name. Evidence gaps include lack of detailed documentation, API reference, and changelog. Open questions remain about data retention policies, restore speed guarantees, and specific security certifications.

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Sources, method, and limitations

Evidence inventory, collection method, provider use, and constraints.

This report is based on 15 collected pages from ottomatik.io, including the homepage, pricing, about, reviews, and blog posts. The evidence catalog includes 179 items, with sources ranging from product pages to educational content. External proof search was performed but no additional verification was completed. Limitations include potential outdated pricing information and lack of third-party review verification.

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