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CrashPlan Essential

It’s hard to get anything for $2.99 these days. But with CrashPlan Essential, you’ll get the most robust computer backup at the best price point in the market. Keep all your valued files – like photos, financial records, and creative projects – safe in the cloud. Painless setup and easy file restoration get you back up and running after any laptop mishap, virus, or disaster. So you never again have to worry about losing the data that matters to you. How much are your work and ideas worth to you?

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Secure Personal Data Backup and Recovery

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Backup

CrashPlan Essential backs up all your files on up to two computers for one low price. Automated backups run in the background every 15 minutes and send any new data to the cloud, so it’s simple to manage and monitor. You focus on creating, and CrashPlan takes care of the rest. And with enterprise-grade encryption, you know your data is kept private and safe.

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Recovery

A backup is no good without file recovery. Easily restore some or all your files from one simple web interface. Restore to Windows, MacOS, or Linux operating systems. And unlike other personal file backup solutions, CrashPlan allows you to keep unlimited versions of your files, so you know you can always go back to an older version if necessary.

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Uninterrupted Creativity

“I have all the research for my book and my entire podcasting history, more than 2,000 episodes, safe and secured thanks to CrashPlan. It’s one of the most fundamental apps in my workflow, mainly because I never have to think about it.”

Unbeatable Value

Enjoy full-featured backup and recovery tools and get 200GB of storage for just $2.99. That’s enough space for more than 40,000 song files or nearly 60 million pages of documents – with room to spare. Need more? Add 100GB increments for just $1 per 100GB per month. (Need unlimited? Try CrashPlan Professional.)

Unparalleled Security for Privacy and Safety

Enterprise-grade 256-bit AES encryption keeps your data safe within our cloud, and in-transit to and from your computer. With your own encryption key, you know your data can’t be impacted by someone else’s security breach.

Complete, Continuous Backup

By default, CrashPlan collects all data you’ve created on up to two computers, and can be expanded to include an external drive. CrashPlan hums along quietly and efficiently in the background, sending any changed or newly created data to the cloud every 15 minutes, so you can work uninterrupted.

Unlimited File Versioning

We know that history matters. That’s why, unlike some other solutions, CrashPlan lets you decide how many versions of your files you want to keep. This helps keep your data safe from malware that rapidly changes files to try to defeat backups. And, if you need to reference an early draft of that big project you’ve been working on for months? We’ve got your back. 

Simple to Monitor & Manage

Install the app, start the backup, and let CrashPlan handle the rest. There’s no need to store data in a specific place, worry about whether all your file types are covered, or remember to run backups on a schedule. CrashPlan just works. So when the worst happens, you never miss a beat.

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Enjoy full-featured backup and recovery tools and get 200GB of storage for just $2.99. That’s enough space for more than 40,000 song files or nearly 60 million pages of documents – with room to spare. Need more? Add 100GB increments for just $1 per 100GB per month. (Need unlimited? Try CrashPlan Professional.)

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Enterprise-grade 256-bit AES encryption keeps your data safe within our cloud, and in-transit to and from your computer. With your own encryption key, you know your data can’t be impacted by someone else’s security breach.

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By default, CrashPlan collects all data you’ve created on up to two computers, and can be expanded to include an external drive. CrashPlan hums along quietly and efficiently in the background, sending any changed or newly created data to the cloud every 15 minutes, so you can work uninterrupted.

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We know that history matters. That’s why, unlike some other solutions, CrashPlan lets you decide how many versions of your files you want to keep. This helps keep your data safe from malware that rapidly changes files to try to defeat backups. And, if you need to reference an early draft of that big project you’ve been working on for months? We’ve got your back. 

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Install the app, start the backup, and let CrashPlan handle the rest. There’s no need to store data in a specific place, worry about whether all your file types are covered, or remember to run backups on a schedule. CrashPlan just works. So when the worst happens, you never miss a beat.

Why CrashPlan

Just like a good pair of jeans, backup never goes out of style. CrashPlan has been trusted by individuals and organizations for more than 15 years. And at just $2.99 a month, CrashPlan Essential is now making encrypted data protection more accessible to creators like you. Because everyone’s ideas matter.

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Solid & Reliable

CrashPlan is your everyday data protection companion, working unobtrusively in the background incrementally backing up every 15 minutes. You’re always covered and never slowed down.

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Privacy Focused

Architected from the ground up to keep your data safe from prying eyes, all CrashPlan versions include enterprise-grade encryption and individual encryption keys. Even we can’t see inside your files.

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Flexible Plans

Data usage changes with time and circumstance. CrashPlan Essential has a hefty storage allowance out of the box, and you can always increase storage or seamlessly upgrade to a different plan.

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CrashPlan® provides peace of mind through secure, scalable, and straightforward endpoint data backup. We help organizations recover from any worst-case scenario, whether it is a disaster, simple human error, a stolen laptop, ransomware or an as-of-yet undiscovered calamity.

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