CrashPlan

CrashPlan vs. Google Drive

Collaboration needs a backstop.

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CrashPlan provides protection for all of your important files out of the box.

Collaboration tools and shared drives are great for when you want to work together with a larger team or share specific files with key stakeholders. Sync solutions such as Google Drive fall down (hard) when tasked with protecting data as a substitute for a strong backup solution

True Backup

While sync allows you to access data if your laptop dies, any change made to any copy of a file affects all other copies. In the case of a malware infection, accidental change, or unintended deletion, a sync solution spreads the contagion – whereas a backup solution provides the cure. CrashPlan is purpose-built to protect the copies of your data stored in backup. You can always be assured that if anything happens to your files, that backup is ready and waiting to save the day.

Automatic Preservation

Humans forget things. Sometimes it’s car keys; other times it’s data hygiene. A sync solution like Google Drive will collect files and put them in the cloud as long as you save them in a predefined place. CrashPlan finds and protects all of your data wherever you save it. Additionally, for larger organizations, who need the ability to prescribe backup selections, CrashPlan is built to do just that without any additional administrative overhead.

Versioning When It Counts

Unlike a sync solution like Google Drive, we recognize that the most recent version of a file isn’t always the best one. CrashPlan’s time-based versioning makes it easy to revert a file (or your entire system) back to a previous point in time. Whether you’re just fixing an unintentional change, or recovering from a malware infection rolling back is as simple as a couple clicks. No need to go through and restore folder by folder or individually by file.

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10% off Essential*

(reg. $2.99 USD per month)

Our entry-level plan includes 200GB of data storage – enough space for more than 40,000 song files or nearly 60 million pages of documents. Add additional coverage for $1 USD per 100GB per month.

Use promo code 123ESS for 10% off.

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20% off Professional*

(reg. $88 USD per year)

Perfect for creators with more data, or small-medium companies, CrashPlan Professional offers unlimited storage. Deleted files are kept for 90 days, so you have plenty of time to restore an accidentally-deleted file.

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30% off Enterprise*

(reg. $120 USD per year)

Our best bet for large organizations, CrashPlan Enterprise offers unlimited storage, version retention, and deleted file retention. Plus a plethora of admin capabilities that make CrashPlan incredibly scalable.

Use promo code 123ENT for 30% off.

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*New CrashPlan customers only, when you switch from Google Drive. Proof of competitive solution required. In checkout, enter promo code 123ESS for 10% off a monthly CrashPlan Essential subscription, 123PRO for 20% off a yearly CrashPlan Professional subscription, or 123ENT for 30% off a yearly CrashPlan Enterprise subscription. This offer may change at anytime and cannot be combined with other offers. Enterprise discount applies only to the first 49 licenses; for 50 or more licenses, contact sales for pricing options.

Customers who love data backups that just work.

Always Works

Systems and Communication Engineer, St. Edward’s University

Jesse Plaza

“Collaboration solutions are all good and handy but we can’t rely on those as a backup source because it isn’t going to be an automatic process. We can capture some things with sync apps but that doesn’t meet the full need. We need something that we know is going to be proactively fetching that data and backing it up to a secure third location. For us, that’s CrashPlan.”


	CrashPlan Essential	CrashPlan Professional	CrashPlan Enterprise	Google Drive
Pricing	Starts at $2.99 USD per month (reg.)	$88 USD per user per year (reg.)	$120 USD per user per year (reg.) Discounts for more than 50 devices	Starts at $6.99 USD per user per month
Unlimited Data Storage	200GB Additional $1 USD per month per 100GB			30GB Costs go up for more storage
Windows, macOS, Linux Supported				Windows, macOS only
Automatic File Collection				Opt-in only
Bulk Point-in-Time Recovery				Recovery by individual file only
Bulk Ransomware Recovery				Recovery by individual file only
Administrator-Enforced Backup Selection Option
Auto-Provisioning with SCIM				Opt-in
Deleted File Storage	Up to 30 days	Up to 90 days	Unlimited	30 days
Backup to the Cloud and/or Local Hard Drive				Store selected files in the cloud only
Legal Hold Functionality				Requires add-on
	Buy Essential Use code 123ESS For 10% off per month if you switch from a competitor solution*	Buy Professional Use code 123PRO For 20% off per year if you switch from a competitor solution and commit to an annual plan*	Buy Enterprise Use code 123ENT For 30% off per year if you switch from a competitor solution and commit to an annual plan*

>1.4M

devices covered globally

>900k

users globally

>109B

files encrypted and backed up

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