simplebackups.com

What It Is

SimpleBackups is a backup automation platform for developers, SaaS companies, agencies, and enterprise teams, covering servers, file systems, databases, cloud storage, and some SaaS applications. It is positioned not as a single database backup script, but as a way to centralize configuration, scheduling, monitoring, alerts, recovery, and team collaboration in one dashboard.

Core Capabilities

Its feature coverage is fairly comprehensive: database support includes MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, and managed databases; on the server side, it supports file systems, full-machine/volume snapshots, and incremental file backups; on the storage side, it supports replication across multiple providers; and on the application side, it includes GitHub, GitLab, Gitea, Notion, Knack, Tadabase, and more. The platform provides flexible scheduled jobs, retention policies, anomaly detection, notifications, logs, recovery plans, and a disaster recovery dashboard. It also supports creating, running, pausing, and querying backups automatically via API.

Pricing and Collaboration

Pricing is tiered from the free Basic plan to Lite, Plus, and Max. The free plan includes only 1 backup job, 1GB of storage, and daily frequency, making it suitable for trials or lightweight personal use. Plus and above support unlimited team members, projects, and access control, while Max is required for the Developer API, custom integrations, and higher backup frequency. The Enterprise plan offers SAML SSO, SLA, annual invoicing, and custom contracts.

Security and Deployment

Security is one of its strengths. SimpleBackups supports bring-your-own storage, and its documentation states that in most scenarios backup data does not pass through its infrastructure. You can encrypt backups with your own RSA key, and it supports AES-256, SSL, 2FA, OAuth2, activity logs, and permission management. The company is based in Europe and is listed as ISO 27001 Certified and GDPR Compliant; however, SOC2 and HIPAA are indicated as not yet certified. Deployment is primarily cloud SaaS-based, with jobs run via direct SSH connections or a local Headless Agent, supporting environments behind firewalls or NAT.

Pros, Cons, and Who It’s For

The main advantages are broad coverage, reduced need for maintaining large amounts of custom scripts, solid recovery and monitoring capabilities, and lower risk of data lock-in. The downsides are that key capabilities such as the Developer API, high-frequency backups, and custom integrations are concentrated in the Max plan and above; the free plan is clearly limited, and there is no visible information about Chinese language support, local payment methods, or China-based nodes. It is best suited for SaaS teams, development agencies, and SMBs that need to manage backups across multiple projects, clients, and environments from one place.

Access from China

The collected text does not provide information about access from mainland China, payment methods, or local compliance, so this is currently unknown. If a team plans to use it from mainland China, it is recommended to first verify console connectivity, the stability of SSH/Agent connections to overseas services, and whether object storage targets can be replaced with local options such as Alibaba Cloud or Tencent Cloud.