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Planned pricing

Free for what you have. Paid for what it knows.

The core engine will be source-available and free forever. The intelligence, forensic and fleet features are paid, priced per machine rather than per gigabyte.

Community

$0
Free forever, source-available
  • Backup, restore and dedup
  • CLI and local web UI
  • Size analytics
  • Basic recognition
  • Markdown and JSON export
  • Rescans in seconds from the drive's change log

Pro

$8 / month
per machine, or $80 a year
  • Everything in Community, plus
  • Full recognition and provenance
  • Dedup across every source
  • Reclaim simulator
  • Filing suggestions
  • Data viewers
  • Encrypted cloud targets

Team

$24 / month
per machine, 5 machine minimum
  • Everything in Pro, plus
  • Hosted fleet dashboard
  • Shared catalogs and roles
  • Drive health alerts
  • Scheduled attestations

Forensic

$2k / year
per site, from
  • Everything in Team, plus
  • Signed, tamper-evident manifests
  • Chain-of-custody export
  • Air-gapped deployment
  • Priority support

Planned launch pricing in US dollars. It may change before release, and early-access members will hear first.

Questions

Pricing questions

Is BackDown free?

The core will be free forever and source-available: backup, restore, dedup, the command line and the local web UI. The paid tiers add what BackDown knows about your data: recognition, provenance, fleet and forensic features.

What does "per machine" mean?

One seat covers one computer running BackDown, however many drives or terabytes it looks at. You're never charged for the amount of data.

Do I need an account?

No. The local edition needs no account and makes no network requests. A licence is a signed key you add once; BackDown checks it offline.

Will these prices change?

They're planned launch prices in US dollars and may change before release. Early-access members hear first.

Are taxes included?

No. Sales tax or VAT is added at checkout, based on your billing address. Businesses can enter a tax ID.

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