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PlanetScale database backup, without limit

Create automatic database backups for your MySQL Planetscale database.
Select your schedule, your storage and get full control of your backups.

Automate your first BackupNo credit card required.

Helping 3000+ top teams sleep better at night

Backup solution for startup Smartair
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Backup solution for digital agency SideKick
Backup solution for developer of Gumletapp

Schedule your backups

PlanetScale backups on your own terms

Don't solely rely on fixed daily schedule hosted on PlanetScale.
SimpleBackups, gives you full control of your backups and fully supports PlanetScale MySQL Vitess database.

Managed database backup

Trust your backups

Trust your backups are running securely

Security and privacy are at the core of what we do!
Benefit from the strict European requirements on all your backups, no matter where you’re based.

  • Team & User Authorization
  • Multiple-Factor Auth
  • Security Audited
  • SSL & self-hosted keys
GDPR compliant
ISO 27001
How we treat your data
Backup backups security

Control your backups

Control where you store your PlanetScale database backups

Store PlanetScale database backups on any storage. Gain the flexibility to choose a storage solution that best fits your infrastructure, be it off-site, cloud-based or on-premises.

Connect any storage provider

  • Bring your own storage
  • SimpleStorage
  • S3 Compatible storage
  • 50+ Cloud Storage services
Discover all integrations
Backup PlanetScale database to any storage provider

The alternative to built-in PlanetScale MySQL Backups

Meet the backup solution built for the PlanetScale's users who're looking for higher backup standards.

Flexible schedule

Is 1-backup a day not enough for your needs?
Run your backups at the time you you want, and with the retention policy you need.

Controlled storage

Stop trusting your backups to live where your data is hosted.
Control where your backup is stored and restore them where you want.

Backup monitoring Control

Make sure your backups are safe and not corrupted with built-in Anomaly Detection algorithm.

All you've ever wanted for your PlanetScale backups:

  • Backup all databases at once
  • Select/Exclude tables
  • Advanced database flags
  • SSL Support
  • No-infrastructure required (serveless)
  • Support for (very) large database backups
  • Downloadable backup archives
  • Automated restore

Wanna learn more about Database Backups?

Find out more and get started with our PlanetScale Backup guides

Stop worrying about your backups.
Focus on building amazing things!

Give your whole team the visibility, control, and access they need to manage and restore backups with confidence.

No credit card required.

What people say

With over 3000 users served, here's what they say about SimpleBackups

SimpleBackups is awesome and very simple to use for backup solutions. We use it for all our projects. Even if I can make my own database backup solution, I'd prefer SimpleBackups due to the exceptional peace of mind it gives. The pricing is also very good and competitive.

Ahmad Taha

Ahmad Taha

Applications Developer

I was looking for an easy backup solution for my clients MySQL databases. In a matter of minutes, all was up and running and my DBs was backuped securely to my Dropbox account. It simply works as promised, easy and reliable! Their support is exceptional, they actually care for their clients.

Olivier K.

Olivier K.

Founder

Your service has been excellent when it comes to performing and managing logical backups for my MySQL databases. It provides peace of mind to have a proper interface to manage it all.

Brandon Tooke

Brandon Tooke

Software Engineer

We love the simplicity of installing and managing backup jobs through the web interface. Flexible storage options to Wasabi. Nice email alerts. Backs up our servers and PostgreSQL db without issues.

Christian B.

Christian B.

Director of IT

You can store the backups pretty much anywhere that makes sense for your business, it's incredibly versatile. Encryption works really well. Effortless ways to backup Postgres and MySQL backups regularly and offsite. The UI is really intuitive and smooth.

Kerren O.

Kerren O.

Backups of databases are generally too complicated, specially MongoDB (which we use for anxiety tests), but thanks to SimpleBackups, we just setup a job in dashboard and the rest will take care of itself. Fantastic life-saver!

Bogdan

Bogdan

President Infear

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Frequently Asked Questions

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