When CrashPlan announced the decision a little over a year ago to terminate their consumer backup, we published the post below. We are republishing it today for any, now former, CrashPlan customers who are looking for a new backup provider. We hope you’ll give Backblaze a shot!

With news that CrashPlan is exiting the consumer market, we know some of you may be considering which backup provider to call home. We welcome you to try us.

For over a decade, Backblaze has provided unlimited cloud backup for Windows and Macintosh computers at $5 per month (or $50 per year).

“Backblaze is excellent if you’re looking for the cheapest online backup option that still offers serious file protection.” — Dann Berg, Tom’s Guide

That’s it. Ready to make sure your data is safe? Try Backblaze for free — it’ll take you less than a minute and you don’t need a credit card to start protecting your data.

Our customers don’t have to choose between competing feature sets or hard to understand fine print. There are no extra charges and no limits on the size of your files — no matter how many videos you want to back up. And when we say unlimited, we mean unlimited; there are no restrictions on files, gigabytes, or restores. Customers also love the choices they have for getting their data back — web, mobile apps, and our free Restore by Mail option. We’re also the fastest to back up your data. While other services throttle your upload speeds, we want to get you protected as quickly as possible.

Backblaze vs Carbonite

We know that CrashPlan is encouraging customers to look at Carbonite as an alternative. We would like to offer you another option: Backblaze. We cost less, we offer more, we store over 600 petabytes of data, we have restored over 30 billion files, and customers in over 120 countries around the world trust us with their data.

	Backblaze	Carbonite Basic	Carbonite Prime
Price per Computer	$50/year	$71.99/year	$149.99/year
Back Up All User Data By Default – No Picking And Choosing	Yes	No	No
Automatically Back Up Files Of Any Size, Including Videos	Yes	No	Yes¹
Back Up Multiple USB External Hard Drives	Yes	No	No
Restore by Mail for Free	Yes	No	No
Restore Older Versions of Files for Mac or PC	Yes	No²	No²
Locate Computer	Yes	No	No
Manage Families & Teams	Yes	No	No
Protect Accounts Via Two Factor Verification, SMS & Authenticator Apps	Yes	No	No
Protect Data Via Private Encryption Key	Yes	No	No²
(1) All videos and files over 4GB require manual selection. (2) Available on Windows Only

To get just some of the features offered by Backblaze for $50/year, you would need to purchase Carbonite Prime at $149.99/year.

You can view a current pricing comparison table on our website.

Reminder: Sync is Not Backup

“Backblaze is my favorite online backup service, mostly because everything about it is so simple, especially its pricing and software.” — Tim Fisher, Lifewire: 22 Online Backup Services Reviewed

Of course, there are plenty of options in the marketplace. We encourage you to choose one to make sure you stay backed up. One thing we tell our own friends and family: sync is not backup.

If you’re considering using a sync service — Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, iCloud, etc. — you should know that these services are not designed to back up all your data. Typically, they only sync data from a specific directory or folder. If the service detects a file was deleted from your sync folder, it also will delete it from their server, and you’re out of luck. In addition, most don’t support external drives and have tiered pricing that gets quite expensive.

Backblaze is the Simple, Reliable, and Affordable Choice for Unlimited Backup of All Your Data

People have trusted Backblaze to protect their digital photos, music, movies, and documents for the past 11 years. We look forward to doing the same for your valuable data.

You have just a few days until the end-of-service for CrashPlan Home on October 22, 2018. But there’s no reason to wait until your data is at risk. Try Backblaze for FREE today — all you need to do is pick an email/password and click download.