✓ Small-team database recovery planning
✓ Native versus managed backup decisions
✓ Isolated rehearsal and operating-cost records
— Live incident command execution
— Guaranteed failover or recovery
— Security or compliance certification
— Laptop-only backup shopping
Check the constraint that binds
The observed monthly list prices are Basic free, Lite $49, Plus $99 and Max $299. Plans differ in configured jobs, database-size limits, frequency and team features. Verify the current pricing page before buying; these are dated public observations, not a personalized quote or a promise that every deployment qualifies.
Jobs are not executions
The pricing FAQ defines a job as a configured backup rather than each scheduled run. Count the configurations your intended design needs, then check the database-size ceiling and required interval separately. One adequate dimension does not compensate for another dimension that is too small.
Add the external costs
Bring-your-own storage can have its own storage, request and retrieval charges. Include the time to maintain access and rehearse recovery. Annual discounts should only enter the comparison after the operating fit is established; a lower effective monthly price does not make an unsuitable annual commitment sensible.
Make a short purchasing brief
Write your required job count, largest database, schedule, retention, storage choice and team needs. Mark each as supported or unverified on the plan you are considering. Do not upgrade merely because a higher tier exists, and do not rely on a generic best-value label instead of this brief.
Do not let job count hide a size limit
Fictional purchasing brief: two configured jobs, a required daily schedule and one 8 GB database. A plan may accommodate the job count yet fail the database-size constraint. Check each limit independently using current official pricing; also determine how the vendor measures size and how growth is handled. Keep headroom as an explicit assumption rather than silently selecting an expensive tier. A team-access requirement can be another binding constraint. The plan that fits today should be revisited when one of these observed requirements changes.
The evidence behind this buying guidance
This guide draws on SimpleBackups current pricing. Merchant-controlled records describe the provider’s own capabilities, terms or standards; they do not independently validate those claims. These records do not establish independent confirmation of the product claims.
Verify any current price, plan limit, label direction, compatibility rule, or commercial term that would materially change the decision. The dated source ledger shows the underlying records so this conclusion can be checked and updated.
Sources used for this page
These records support the facts and comparisons above. Merchant-controlled records are labelled so you can separate product claims from independent evidence.
- SimpleBackups current pricing — Merchant documentation · simplebackups.com · Merchant-controlled · checked 2026-10-01