

If you used the service, that won’t come as a surprise-they gave plenty of notice and reminders, starting more than a year in advance. In late 2018, the free version of CrashPlan for Home was discontinued.

Payments cannot be made in advance, either monthly or yearly, because the cost is based on the number of active computers each month. For pricing details, see our CrashPlan for Small Business site.CrashPlan Shut Down Its Consumer Backup Service Your account renews automatically each month until you cancel. If you want to stop using CrashPlan for Small Business, you can cancel your subscription. If you have removed all devices on your account, you will still be billed the minimum charge. Doing so will also remove any existing backup data for that device.ĬrashPlan for Small Business subscriptions require a minimum of one device registered to the account. If you no longer want to be charged for a device, deactivate it in the CrashPlan console. At the beginning of each monthly billing cycle, your card is automatically charged for each active device in your organization.

With a CrashPlan for Small Business subscription, you pay for the number of computers that appear as Active Devices in the CrashPlan console, whether or not they have backed up any data. If a file becomes corrupt, or you want to return to an earlier version, you can restore from a date and time you specify. Additionally, file versions can be backed up continuously, or daily. Without any additional configuration, most people won't even notice CrashPlan for Small Business is running.ĬrashPlan for Small Business's default setting retains deleted files from your backup set for up to 90 days. That's why CrashPlan for Small Business is designed to use minimal CPU power and allows you to configure a backup schedule that fits your work day. This is a convenient way to access your files in pinch!īacking up your files shouldn't get in the way of what you're doing. With the CrashPlan console, you can restore files from any computer with your Internet browser. You can modify user settings and monitor users' backups, which allows you to effectively manage backups for your business. The CrashPlan console allows you to remotely view real-time status of computer backups, storage, and restore activity. That's why CrashPlan for Small Business uses AES-256 encryption. Your subscription gives you 24/7 access to your backup in the CrashPlan cloud, and you can also back up to your own external drives for no additional cost.ĬrashPlan regards data security as the most important component of our data protection services. We believe backing up to multiple destinations is the best way to protect your data against catastrophe. CrashPlan for Small Business does not set any file size limits, so you can back up all of your critical data.
