CrashPlan Consumer Is Back
I really need to look into CrashPlan again, since the company has been sold and split out a few times since it canceled CrashPlan for Home in 2017, and there is once again a user-level service.
I came across this a few months ago and found the offerings a little confusing. I guess the relevant product is CrashPlan for Endpoints, and the main pricing page offers two different service levels: Professional at $7.33/month and Enterprise at $10/month. Both have “unlimited” storage, but the Professional plan retains deleted files for 90 days vs. unlimited for the Enterprise version.
Not listed there is another product called CrashPlan for Endpoints Essential Edition, which is only $2.99/month but is limited to 200 GB of storage and retains deleted files for 30 days.
I tried to download the app to see whether it was still Java, but they kept wanting me to enter all my information to begin the free trial. Eventually, I found this page, which links to the Mac download. It’s now an Electron app.
I liked the CrashPlan service in the past, but without a native client and with little to suggest that the limitations that burned me before have been addressed or that the business will be more sustainable, I’m not eager to try it again.
Previously:
- Backblaze Business Issues
- Is Electron Really That Bad?
- Arq 7
- CrashPlan Discontinues Consumer Backups
- Why I Prefer CrashPlan for Online Backups
- CrashPlan 3
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🤦🏽♂️ between a rock and a bad place. Java client (which was truly awful) and Electron, I’ll pick the Java one. Sigh.
Between Java and Electron I'd personally take Electron but Michael is the server piece still Java? The background bit used to be Java as well as the UI.
They had really bad and slow support. Then they told me that I had too many files which I found ridiculous being on a business plan. I switched and haven't looked back.
