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DigitalOcean Backup: every Droplet, Volume, database, and Space.

Back up your whole DigitalOcean account on the schedule you choose: Droplets, Volumes, managed databases, Spaces, DOKS clusters. Replicated to storage you own. Restored in one command.

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4.9/5 · 3,200+ teams backing up with zero overhead

Protecting data for 3,200+ teams – from Indie SaaS to Fortune 500 companies

Backup solution for startup Smartair
Backup solution for startup Trackstone
Backup solution for digital agency SideKick
Backup solution for developer of Gumletapp
Agency backup solution
Beltpro
Clevertalks
Danet

Your whole DigitalOcean account, backed up.

Connect your DigitalOcean account and we back up every resource on the schedule you choose: Droplets, Volumes, managed databases, Spaces, DOKS clusters.

acme-prod · 12 Droplets
api.digitalocean.com/v2/droplets
Hourly · healthy
Schedule
Retention · GFS
24 hourly14 daily8 weekly monthly
Droplets covered
web-prod-01s-4vcpu-8gb-intel · nyc342 GB
api-worker-02s-2vcpu-4gb · ams318 GB
queue-runnerc-4-intel · sfo312 GB

Connect once. Covered forever.

Four steps from zero to production-grade DigitalOcean backups. Under 2 minutes.

cloud.digitalocean.com/account/api acme-prod
OAuth · read + snapshot scope Granted
Regions: nyc3, ams3, sfo3, fra1Auto-detected
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Connect your DigitalOcean account

Grant read and snapshot scope via OAuth. We never store your personal access token, and you can revoke access from the DigitalOcean dashboard any time.
$Scanning DigitalOcean account…
5 surfacesDropletsVolumesDatabasesSpacesDOKS
Inventory complete3.1s
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Stack Discovery maps every resource

In a few seconds we enumerate Droplets, Volumes, managed database clusters, Spaces buckets, and DOKS workloads across every region you use.
AWS S3AWS S3 Selected
BackblazeBackblaze
HetznerHetzner
Every hour· GFS retention7d · 4w · 12m
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Pick your destinations and schedule

Replicate to your own S3, R2, Backblaze, Hetzner, or DigitalOcean Spaces. Hourly, daily, or cron. GFS retention out of the box.
$sb restore digitalocean--point-in-time"2h ago"
Droplet image restored to nyc36m 12s
Postgres cluster restored9m 41s
Stack back online16m 02s
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Restore in one command

Point-in-time restore a Droplet image, a database cluster, a single bucket, or the whole stack. No runbooks, no 20% surcharge.
Store your DigitalOcean backups on any storage. Gain the flexibility to choose a storage solution that best fits your infrastructure, be it cloud-basedon-premises or using SimpleStorage.

DigitalOcean backups sometimes just don’t cut it.

DigitalOcean’s native backup gets you weekly Droplet images and a 7-day database window. Here’s where SimpleBackups goes further, compared side by side.

Feature
DigitalOcean native backup
SimpleBackups
Droplet backup schedule
How often automated Droplet images are captured
Weekly only
Down to 1 minute, any cron
Block Volume snapshots
Automated, consistent snapshots of attached volumes
Manual only
Scheduled, consistent
Managed database backups
Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis
Daily, 7-day retention
Any schedule, any retention
Spaces backup and replication
Bucket files and metadata copied offsite
Kubernetes (DOKS) backup
Persistent volumes, manifests, secrets
Incremental Spaces + MySQL
Only changed data transfers after first full copy
Unified dashboard across products
Droplets, Volumes, DBs, Spaces in one view
Separate surfaces
Storage destination
Where the backup actually lives
DigitalOcean only
25+ destinations, storage you own
Encryption with your own key
Customer-managed AES-256 + SSE-C support
Cost model
What you pay for backups
20% of Droplet cost
Flat fee, starts free

Last verified against DigitalOcean’s public docs on . If something changes on their side, we update this table.

Enterprise-grade security, built in

End-to-end encryption, strict compliance, and total control over your data. We meet the highest industry standards — so you don’t have to worry.

ISO 27001GDPR

You own your data

Your data is only accesible by you, stored on your own storage and independent from us third party.

End-to-end encryption

Your data is encrypted at rest and in transit using AES-256, SSL and with your own private key.

Enterprise-grade compliance

We follow the highest industry standards and are compliant with GDPR, ISO 27001, and more.

Hassle-free security

Our solution works behind firewalls and NAT gateways with no open ports, inbound rules, or IP allowlists required.

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

Very easy and quick to set up and monitor. The solution needed to enhance DigitalOcean backup.

Hugo R.

Hugo R.

Head of Digital

We deal with a number of third party providers and this support team are consistently faster than anyone else - from acknowledgment to fix.

Peter

Peter

Awesome support! This is the most important thing any company can offer. Got in contact with a real human in minutes that solved my issue. Keep up the good work!

Joao Pedro Lobo Miranda

Joao Pedro Lobo Miranda

I love the customer service at SimpleBackups. It is really helpful and does a lot of investigation for solving really specific problems.

Josip Nedic

Josip Nedic

Issue needed development on SimpleBackups side and the team delivered in record time. For someone who has worked with tech and dev teams, I believe you did a great job within the time frame, bearing in mind I'm still not a paying customer.

Francisco Lucas

Francisco Lucas

I really appreciate the customer service at SimpleBackups — they're always quick to respond and provide accurate, helpful answers.

Alex Zongaro

Alex Zongaro

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