CrashPlan Overview
What is CrashPlan?
CrashPlan® for Small Business provides peace of mind through easy-to-use, unlimited automatic data backup and recovery. We help small businesses and organizations recover and bounce back faster from any worst-case scenario, whether it is a disaster, simple human error, a stolen laptop, ransomware and more. Our data security solution is a product of Code42, an industry leader protecting the critical data of more than 50,000 world-class organizations, including the largest global brands. Founded in 2001, the company is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and backed by Accel Partners, JMI Equity, NEA and Split Rock Partners. For more information, visit crashplanforsmallbusiness.com.
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$10 per month, per device
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CrashPlan Reviews
CrashPlan Reviews
I relied on Crashplan for document backup while completing my PhD abroad.
Outstanding performance over the 3 year period that I used it. Once my data was uploaded (it took nearly a year), I was assured that my PhD research was safe.
I stopped using it because the internet in China was simply too restricted and curtailed to make it useful.
Capable flexible backup solution
I used Crashplan for several years and found it to be an excellent reliable product. I no longer used it because the home user option was withdrawn and the small business pricing was prohibitive for a home user. If the option is ever reinstated I would not hesitate in returning to use the product.
Has so much potential but is being held back
Unlimited backup storage of my computer system with revision history
Easy to use back-up plan, but upload speeds could be better.
I can easily backup all my photographs and Photoshop files on my external drive and have them always backed up in the cloud without much thought.
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I relied on Crashplan for document backup while completing my PhD abroad.
Pros
It runs continuously in the background to ensure that the files selected are backed up.
The Crashplan client automatically backs up to ensure that customers are using the very latest client and are not in danger of security leaks.
The Crashplan client is cross-platform and will run on Linux and Mac
Cons
Code42 appears to have removed their plan for standard household users and now only has plans for small and large businesses. Unfortunate for the average household computer user.
When I used Crashplan for backup in Beijing, China, the upload speeds were horrendously slow. I assume this was not the fault of Crashplan, but the result of serious Internet throttling by the internet provider or by state security apparatus in China where all connections to the outside world are severely curtailed. Backing up 200gb of data took nearly half a year. But my experience was likely unusual.
Based on other user reports of Crashplan, the upload and download speeds are quite good.
Capable flexible backup solution
I used Crashplan for several years and found it to be an excellent reliable product. I no longer used it because the home user option was withdrawn and the small business pricing was prohibitive for a home user. If the option is ever reinstated I would not hesitate in returning to use the product.
Pros
Flexibility, reliability, ease of use, configuration options. Unlimited storage, file modification history. Local backup and peer to peer options.
Cons
Withdrawal of home user option, which I understand given the economics of providing unlimited storage.

Has so much potential but is being held back
Unlimited backup storage of my computer system with revision history
Pros
The fact that the cost vs amount of storage you receive is incredible with Crash Plan. I have looked through so many providers for online backups and I don't believe anyone comes close to what is offered by this software.
The fact that once you you install the program and sign in, the interface is very straight forward allowing you to select what on your computer you want to back up, all the way down to the entire contents of your C: drive is great and makes the product easy to use.
Notifications are also a great feature to notify you if there was a problem during a backup.
Cons
My major issues come down to resource usage and customer support. This software, even though it does fantastic things, is an absolute resource hog.
In the past I have been able to run constant backups incrementally at 15 minute intervals without much slow down of my systems. Within the past year however, on a 16GB memory system, as soon as crash plan begins to backup my memory usage jumps from about 15% to over 50% until I stop the program completely. On windows server 2012, the same issue happens, whether Crash Plan is installed for every user, or just my admin account, the instantaneous system slow down is there to where everyone on the system is effected.
My two attempts at contacting support about the issue resulted in almost a 1 week wait time between calls/emails and the answer I ended up receiving was that they would no longer be supporting servers with the Crash Plan application. However present day their website still says it supports windows servers.
The idea behind the program is amazing, I just wish the execution and support was more clear and helpful.

Easy to use back-up plan, but upload speeds could be better.
I can easily backup all my photographs and Photoshop files on my external drive and have them always backed up in the cloud without much thought.
Pros
It's easy to setup and once you do you can forget it. Also, support team is very responsive nad helpful (had few minor problems along the way and they were quickly resolved).
Cons
Compared to some other softwares the upload speeds could be better (I tested same files with the same network and Crashplan was the slowest).
Used to be better
Pros
It's a "set it and forget it" program which is great for backup and archiving. I loved the feature that allowed you to keep previous versions indefinitely.
Cons
They've recently changed their terms and exclude certain file types for backing up. They eliminated their lowest priced plan and only offer their more expensive plans. Since their organizational changes, I've had lots of connection errors and interruptions. Backups need to be one thing - RELIABLE
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CrashPlan Pricing
CrashPlan Pricing
$10 per month, per device
$10 per month, per device
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CrashPlan Features
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Additional information for CrashPlan
Additional information for CrashPlan
Key features of CrashPlan
- Protect critical data that lives on employee endpoints.
- Protect every version of every file, forever, with no limits
- Restore and back-up Files from anywhere, at anytime
Benefits
- Continuous cloud backup that won’t slow you down.
- No storage size limits, bandwidth caps or file-type restrictions.
- Advanced encryption for your data.
- Backup your business devices and hard drives.
- Easily manage all of your account and backup device settings online. For IT professionals, remotely manage most of the CrashPlan for Small Business functions from anywhere. Our simple-to-use desktop tools means anyone can restore lost files without assistance.
CrashPlan FAQs
CrashPlan FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for CrashPlan.
Q. What type of pricing plans does CrashPlan offer?
CrashPlan offers the following pricing plans:
Starting from: US$10,00/month
Pricing model: Subscription
Free Trial: Available
$10 per month, per device
Q. What are the main features of CrashPlan?
CrashPlan offers the following features:
- Protect critical data that lives on employee endpoints.
- Protect every version of every file, forever, with no limits
- Restore and back-up Files from anywhere, at anytime
Q. Who are the typical users of CrashPlan?
CrashPlan has the following typical customers:
Small Business, Freelancers, Mid Size Business
Q. What languages does CrashPlan support?
CrashPlan supports the following languages:
English
Q. Does CrashPlan support mobile devices?
We do not have any information about what devices CrashPlan supports
Q. What other apps does CrashPlan integrate with?
CrashPlan integrates with the following applications:
ITBoost, Z-Discovery
Q. What level of support does CrashPlan offer?
CrashPlan offers the following support options:
FAQs, Forum, Knowledge Base, Online Support, Phone Support, Video Tutorials
Outstanding performance over the 3 year period that I used it. Once my data was uploaded (it took nearly a year), I was assured that my PhD research was safe.
I stopped using it because the internet in China was simply too restricted and curtailed to make it useful.