Backup & Recovery · Reviewed 21 Oct 2026

SimpleBackups

Automated backup platform for servers, databases, storage, and SaaS.

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SimpleBackups at a glance

Overview

01

Summary

The useful answer before the supporting detail.

SimpleBackups is a backup automation platform that connects to servers, databases, and cloud services to run scheduled backups S13. It is used by developers, agencies, and enterprises to automate and monitor backups across their entire stack, reducing the complexity of ensuring data safety S59. The platform offers a unified dashboard, flexible scheduling, and storage on your own infrastructure, with features like anomaly detection and compliance reporting S13.

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Product identity and positioning

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

  • Identity: SimpleBackups is a backup automation platform for servers, databases, storage, and SaaS S59.
  • Core purpose: It solves the problem of managing and monitoring backups across diverse infrastructure with zero overhead S59.
  • Intended users: Developers, agencies, and enterprises that need reliable backup solutions S136 S145.
  • Product scope: A web-based platform that connects to servers, databases, and cloud services to automate backups S13.
  • Positioning: Positioned as a simple, all-in-one backup solution that cuts complexity and ensures data safety S59.
  • Claimed distinction: Claims to work behind firewalls and NAT gateways without open ports, and offers flat-fee pricing S1.
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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 of servers, databases, and file systems to ensure data safety S59.
AgenciesManage backups for multiple clients, with isolated storage and consolidated billing S1.
EnterprisesMeet compliance requirements with audit exports and compliance dashboards S145.
StartupsProtect critical data and ensure disaster recovery without dedicated staff S147.

Features

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Features and capabilities

Core functions and evidence-backed product capabilities.

CapabilityWhat it does
Automated schedulingRun backups on a schedule you define across servers, databases, and cloud services S13.
Multi-resource backupBack up Droplets, volumes, managed databases, Spaces, and Kubernetes clusters from one connected account S1.
Storage flexibilityStore backups on your own storage (S3, R2, B2, Hetzner, Spaces) with 25+ destinations supported S1.
EncryptionEncrypt backups at rest and in transit using AES-256, SSL, and your own private key S1.
Monitoring and anomaly detectionMonitor backups and alert on failures or anomalies, catching backups that report success but are not usable S13.
Restore and recoveryRestore data via a single command or dashboard, with procedures for each product S1.
Compliance and audit exportsProvide audit exports and compliance dashboards to support ISO27001, SOC2, and HIPAA programs S122.
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Integrations and ecosystem

Connected products, exports, APIs, and workflow compatibility.

Integration or interfaceTypeWhat it enables
DigitalOcean APIAPIDiscovers and triggers snapshots for Droplets, volumes, databases, Spaces, and DOKS S1.
Storage providers (S3, R2, B2, Hetzner, Spaces)IntegrationStores backups on your own storage, with 25+ destinations supported S1.
REST API and webhooksAPITriggers backup runs from CI or scripts, and sends notifications S1.
Slack notificationsIntegrationSends backup success or failure alerts to Slack S13.
SaaS apps (GitHub, GitLab, Linear, Notion)IntegrationBacks up data from third-party SaaS services S13.

Pricing

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Pricing and plans

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

Plan or offerVerified price and billingIncludedLimits
Basic$0 per month, billed monthly S1221 backup job; 1 GB SimpleStorage S122Daily backups; databases up to 1 GB; email notifications S122
Lite$49 per month, billed monthly; yearly saves 20% S1225 backup jobs; 50 GB storage S122Up to every 12 h; databases up to 5 GB; +5 jobs $10/month S122
Plus$99 per month, billed monthly; yearly saves 20% S12220 backup jobs; 200 GB storage S122Up to every 1 h; databases up to 250 GB; unlimited team members S122
Max$299 per month, billed monthly; yearly saves 20% S122100 backup jobs; 1 TB storage S122Up to every 5 min; databases up to 2 TB; Developer API S122
EnterpriseContact sales S122Custom contract S122SSO, SLAs, compliance paperwork S122
Add-ons$10/m for +20 Knack Objects, +20 Tadabase Objects, +250k Objects, +10 repositories, +1 Workspace, +5 members S122Not 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
github.com224.5mysqldump examples, simplebackups
youtube.com228.5mysqldump examples, simplebackups
oneuptime.com111mysqldump examples
curseforge.com112simplebackups
stackoverflow.com113mysqldump examples
modrinth.com113simplebackups
baeldung.com114mysqldump examples
scalegrid.io115mysqldump examples
wiki.indifferentbroccoli.com115simplebackups
techdocs.broadcom.com116mysqldump examples

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Customers, testimonials, and first-party review claims

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

Independent review sources discovered

PlatformStatusDiscovered source
G2discovered_not_scrapedhttps://www.g2.com/products/simplebackups/reviews
Capterradiscovered_not_scrapedhttps://www.capterra.com/p/184422/SimpleBackups/
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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
Competitor gap2 first-page appearances across mysqldump examples, simplebackups

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.
  • reviews: 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.
  • identity: 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
CapterraSimpleBackups Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons / CapterraGrounded web searchSimpleBackups Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons / Capterra SimpleBackups 4.9 (27) Last updated October 5th, 2026 # Reviews of SimpleBackups Ease of use 4.9 Customer Service 4.9 ... is well Very simple to setup and use. It does the job
SaaSHubIs SimpleBackups good? - SaaSHubGrounded web searchhave over 200 backups setup across 60 different webservers - all running automated backups! The support team has been great, I highly recommend Simplebackups! ... feels well thought out. It removes the complexity from backups and just makes them work.
Platform-ReviewStop Praying Your Server Won't Crash – SimpleBackups Review 2026Grounded web searchSimpleBackups is the most reliable, secure, and easy-to-use backup orchestrator on the market. It is used by thousands of developers who decided that their sleep was worth more than the cost of a subscription.
StorageNewsletterStart-Up Profile: SimpleBackups - StorageNewsletterGrounded web searchCustomers: About 4,000 users ... Workloads/use cases/applications: The product comes in handy when having to deal with most kinds of backups. Any developer, agency, or start-up will face the need to have to back up servers, databases, storage, or even services. With SimpleBackups they can automate it in one central place, with the proper notifications, optimization, anomaly detection, and automation features. Some of company’s users are digital agencies, dealing with hundreds of projects, stored
Subscribed.fyiSimpleBackups Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features / Subscribed.fyiGrounded web search### No Reviews Yet! Be the first to share your experience and help others in the community. 5 4 3 2 Reviews from G2, Capterra, Trustpilot 4.6 (14) 4.6 (14 Reviews) G2 Review 4.9 4.9 (20 Reviews) Capterra Review
capterra.caSimpleBackups Pricing, Reviews & Features - Capterra Canada 2026Grounded web search### Overall rating Based on 27 reviews 4.9 ### Reviews sentiment Positive 100% Neutral 0% Negative 0% ... , fairly priced, and support is fantastic. There is honestly nothing I don’t like about SimpleBackups—it’s reliable, easy to use, and well

Customer proof

Proof typeNamed customer or sourceEvidence
Case studylinkedin.comcustomer case study — Reshared from SimpleBackups: > We count some great software engineers in our users. (We count some great software engineers in our users. 👨💻 / Andrea Martirez)

Independent mentions

  • What are the Best Online Backup Software for Small Businesses? — - Highest in user satisfaction: IDrive Online and SaaS Backup, Object Storage e2, NinjaOne, and Druva Data Security Cloud - Strong in customer support: Magnus Box, Druva Data Security Cloud, and SimpleBackups - Easy to set up and use: 365 Total Backup (formerly Altaro Office 365 Backup for MSPs), C2 Backup, and Druva Data Security Cloud - Most recommended by small business users: Magnus Box, NinjaOne, and SimpleBackups ... Magnus Box, Druva Data Security Cloud, and SimpleBackups stand out as top
  • SimpleBackups: Server, Database and SaaS Backup — # Trust your backups & focus on building amazing things. Trigger, schedule, and monitor every backup, across servers, databases, storage, and SaaS - with zero overhead. Automate your first backup No credit card required. 4.9/5 · 3,200+ teams backing up
  • SimpleBackups Pricing, Cost & Reviews - Capterra UK 2026 — but SimpleBackups was the first one that really managed to backup our Notion installation. Pros: When the size of our Notion Space resulted in ... a solution, all the time making sure we were in the loop. I have no complaints about the experience.

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 ownershipCo-Founder @ProperBirdsource
Contact and supportMonthly or yearly subscriptions, if you are unhappy with your subscription for any reason, email us at hello@simplebackups.com within 30 days and we'll refund you in full. You are never stuck.source
Legal and privacyISO 27001 certified and GDPR compliant, with the backup evidence a SOC 2 or HIPAA program has to produce.source
Security and complianceEnd-to-end encryption, strict compliance, and total control over your data. We meet the highest industry standards, so you don’t have to worry.source
Uptime and status pageLooking for SLA, SSO, and compliance? Our Enterprise plans are built around what your business and your auditors require.source
Domain registered2004-09-09—
Domain expires2027-09-09—

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
SimpleBackups Documentation / SimpleBackups Help CenterHelp centerLearn how to use SimpleBackups. Automate your database, servers, snapshots, storage and SaaS app backups. (source)Not dated

Not found in the collected public sources: public roadmap, changelog or release notes, status page.

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 app; also supports self-hosted agents on servers S13.S13
Platforms and appsWeb-based platform; no mobile or desktop apps mentioned S59.S59
API and extensibility (API, SDK, webhooks, MCP, plugins)REST API and webhooks for automation S1.S1
Data ownership and exportBackups stored on your own storage; SimpleBackups never holds your backup data S1.S1
Performance and reliability claimsWorks behind firewalls and NAT gateways with no open ports S1.S1
Release activityNot published on the collected pages.—
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Measured infrastructure

Domain, certificate, and hosting signals, measured directly.

SignalFinding
Domain registered2004-09-09 — Cloudflare, Inc.
Domain expires2027-09-09
First archived2004-09-24 — web archive
TLS certificateLet's Encrypt, valid, expires 2026-12-18
Security headersHSTS
Headers not servedCSP, X-Content-Type-Options, X-Frame-Options, Referrer-Policy
Server headerVercel
Mail handled byaspmx.l.google.com, alt1.aspmx.l.google.com
Nameserverssima.ns.cloudflare.com, ben.ns.cloudflare.com
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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: 95/100
  • Critical issues: 0
  • Warnings: 12
  • Notices: 6

Issues

SeverityIssueValueAffected URL
warningTitle length should be reviewed69https://simplebackups.com/stack
warningMissing canonical URL—https://simplebackups.com/docs/getting-started/features/backup-anomaly-detection
noticeImages are missing alt text1https://simplebackups.com/docs/getting-started/features/backup-anomaly-detection
warningMissing canonical URL—https://simplebackups.com/docs/getting-started/features/scheduling
noticeImages are missing alt text1https://simplebackups.com/docs/getting-started/features/scheduling
warningMissing canonical URL—https://simplebackups.com/docs/database-backup/mysql-backup/restore-a-mysql-backup
noticeImages are missing alt text1https://simplebackups.com/docs/database-backup/mysql-backup/restore-a-mysql-backup
warningMissing canonical URL—https://simplebackups.com/docs/getting-started/features/backup-automation
noticeImages are missing alt text1https://simplebackups.com/docs/getting-started/features/backup-automation
warningMissing canonical URL—https://simplebackups.com/docs/getting-started/features/teams-projects-and-users
noticeImages are missing alt text1https://simplebackups.com/docs/getting-started/features/teams-projects-and-users
warningMissing canonical URL—https://simplebackups.com/docs/getting-started/features/backup-recovery-and-compliance-board
noticeImages are missing alt text1https://simplebackups.com/docs/getting-started/features/backup-recovery-and-compliance-board
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample5https://simplebackups.com/docs/getting-started/features/scheduling
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample5https://simplebackups.com/docs/database-backup/mysql-backup/restore-a-mysql-backup
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample5https://simplebackups.com/docs/getting-started/features/backup-automation
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample5https://simplebackups.com/docs/getting-started/features/teams-projects-and-users
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample5https://simplebackups.com/docs/getting-started/features/backup-recovery-and-compliance-board

Crawled pages

StatusTitleH1sWordsResponseURL
200SimpleBackups: Server, Database and SaaS Backup1118857 mshttps://simplebackups.com/
200SimpleBackups Pricing11112186 mshttps://simplebackups.com/pricing
200Stack Discovery - Stop guessing what needs backing up \SimpleBackups1681231 ms
200Database Backup Service: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis11030201 mshttps://simplebackups.com/database-backup
200Server Backup Service: Files, Volumes, Sites \SimpleBackups1911393 ms
200Cloud Storage Backup Service: 25+ Providers \SimpleBackups11247188 ms
200SaaS App Backup Service: GitHub, GitLab, Notion and More11949215 mshttps://simplebackups.com/saas-backup
200Backup Anomaly Detection \SimpleBackups Help Center1125755 ms
200Scheduling \SimpleBackups Help Center1136244 ms
200Restore a MySQL backup \SimpleBackups Help Center165331 ms
200Backup Automation \SimpleBackups Help Center1686228 ms
200Security & Privacy - Own your backup data \SimpleBackups11571161 ms
200The ultimate Convince my boss Guide for backups! \SimpleBackups15631510 ms
200Teams, Projects & users \SimpleBackups Help Center1133930 ms
200Backup Recovery \SimpleBackups Help Center11088128 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
direct40.2%
search34.3%
search organic32.8%
search paid1.5%
social6.3%
social organic5.7%
social paid0.7%
referrals10.5%
paid referrals2.8%
mail2.8%
gen ai1.5%
affiliate1.6%
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 specific competitors, but they compare against DigitalOcean's built-in backups, noting that native Droplet backups are weekly only and cost 20% of the Droplet price S1. Evidence gaps include lack of detailed information on company ownership, uptime/status page, and release activity. Open questions include the exact length of the free trial and specifics of the Enterprise plan beyond contact sales.

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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 simplebackups.com, including the homepage, pricing, documentation, and product-specific pages. The evidence catalog includes 160 entries from these pages, with additional external proof search. Coverage is limited to public pages; no internal documentation or customer data was accessed. The report classifies claims by meaning, not by the original signal type, and cites evidence tokens accordingly.

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