{"id":47546,"date":"2025-04-29T13:57:58","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T17:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=47546"},"modified":"2025-04-29T13:57:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T17:57:58","slug":"crashplan-consumer-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/29\/crashplan-consumer-is-back\/","title":{"rendered":"CrashPlan Consumer Is Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

Adam Engst<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

I came across this a few<\/a> months ago<\/a> and found the offerings a little confusing. I guess the relevant product is CrashPlan for Endpoints, and the main pricing page<\/a> offers two different service levels: Professional at $7.33\/month and Enterprise at $10\/month. Both have “unlimited<\/a>” storage, but the Professional plan retains deleted files for 90 days<\/a> vs. unlimited for the Enterprise version.<\/p>\n\n

Not listed there is another product<\/a> called CrashPlan for Endpoints Essential Edition<\/a>, which is only $2.99\/month but is limited to 200 GB of storage and retains deleted files for 30 days.<\/p>\n\n

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<\/a>, which links to the Mac download<\/a>. It’s now an Electron app.<\/p>\n\n

I liked the CrashPlan service in the past, but without a native client and with little to suggest that the<\/a> limitations<\/a> that burned me before have been addressed<\/a> or that the business will be more sustainable<\/a>, I’m not eager to try it again.<\/p>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n