Even if they showed love for Linux with that backup service, it would likely have a desktop client which would require a full desktop environment consistent with their other operating system offerings. Options for Linux are more limited unfortunately…but…īackblaze offers a $6 per month unlimited personal backup service but it only works on Windows and Mac – no love for Linux. I think I found a good alternative after trying a different service provider which did not offer the best experience (I wanted to like it, but I could not). As my discount year was approaching an end, I began evaluating options. There are more competitors in that price range than there were at the lower price point so it was worth evaluating the current landscape of online cloud backup service providers. The transition year provided a great opportunity to consider alternatives now that the service was at the $10 per month level. The plan was $2.50 per month so it kept the price on par with the original service. To help lessen the impact, Crashplan offered a discount for a year after your original plan expires. $10 a month is not really that terrible for an unlimited backup your most precious data, but it is still a bit of a sticker shock when you are used to paying $3-4 per month for essentially the same service.

The price for a single machine then became $10 per month, which was a 2.5-3x increase in price. Then the infamous day came when they got rid of the consumer part of their service to focus on their small business and higher plans. If you were uploading 1 TB or more of data, it is recommended to increase the amount of memory that is allocated to the application. Their desktop application was easy enough to use even though it was rather bloated. $3-4 per month for unlimited backup was well worth the price to have peace of mind in case something bad happens at home (I actually did need to use it one time when I had a failing hard drive corrupt several of my files). Their unlimited plan for a single machine was very affordable especially when purchasing multiple years. It also worked on Linux which further won me over since I was running a Linux server as my file server. I found the price and features attractive. For a number of years, I have used Crashplan as my offsite backup.

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