Hourly and daily DigitalOcean backups for happy developers.
Create daily and hourly DigitalOcean backups. Store them where you want, and recover them with ease at a fraction of the cost.
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"Does anyone know how to back up DigitalOcean daily?"
Droplet Snapshots
No schedule constraint.
Daily, hourly and even down to the minute DigitalOcean Droplet Snapshots.
Volume Snapshots
No schedule constraint.
Daily, hourly and even down to the minute DigitalOcean Volume Snapshots.
Spaces Replication
Replicate your DigitalOcean Spaces bucket on any other region or even provider.
Combined, for a full backup strategy:
Droplet & Volume Snapshot
Quickly restore an entire droplet or volume in case of an instance crash.
File & Database Backup
Quickly recover certain files or databases without having to restore an entire Snapshot.
Bucket Synchronization
Schedule bucket replication for files stored on DigitalOcean Spaces to another Spaces bucket or even other cloud storage like AWS S3.
Easy setup
Connect your DigitalOcean account easily, using OAuth authentication.
Select the resources you want to back up and you're done!
Daily, hourly ... backups
Weekly DigitalOcean backups just don’t cut it.
With SimpleBackups, you’ll:
- Schedule your backups down to 1 minute
- Set a custom backup schedule (ex: every Friday at 2 AM CET)
- Control your backup retention (ex: keep 30 backups)
Droplets, Volumes and Spaces backups
If it’s hosted on DigitalOcean, SimpleBackups can back it up:
- Automated Droplet Snapshots
- Automated Volume Snapshots
- Automated Spaces Bucket Replication
Website and Database backups
If it’s hosted on DigitalOcean, SimpleBackups can back it up:
- MySQL backups (including incremental backups)
- PostgreSQL backups
- MongoDB backups
- File backups
... and store it on your preferred storage provider.
The Best Alternative to DigitalOcean Backups
SimpleBackups vs DigitalOcean Backups
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|---|---|---|---|
| Droplet Backup | |||
| Volume Backup | |||
| Spaces Replication | |||
| Website / File Backup | |||
| Database (MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL) Backup | |||
| Incremental MySQL Backup | |||
| Centralized Dashboard | |||
| Backup Schedule | Weekly | Down to 1 minute (flexible) | |
| Cost | Min 20% of server cost | Flat fee (starts for free) |
Trusted by the DigitalOcean community
I did not want to install extra packages on my servers to do backups or sync to other cloud services (...). I tested SimpleBackups and ... bam it just works!
Chris Soriano- Clever Talks
We’ve been using SimpleBackups with great success! Support is incredible and the service helps us automate the backup process for our server infrastructure. Highly recommended!
Josh- PrimeDemand