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Effortless, daily backups for agile development
Protect your data with daily, automated backups of your virtual machines. Designed for simplicity, DigitalOcean Backups can be configured for the times that work best for you and your business.
Announcing public preview of usage-based backups
Now, you can schedule backups every 4, 6, or 12 hours to meet aggressive RPOs and compliance standards. Our new usage-based billing means you only pay for the backup data you retain.
Key features
Ensure business continuity with daily, fully-automated backups.
Backups as frequently as intra-daily, daily, and weekly
Only pay for what you use
Configurable backup windows
Pick any four-hour window for your backups to be taken—you can always recover your Droplet along with any files, applications, or databases running on top of it.
Quick backups with modern storage infrastructure
Our new backup storage infrastructure uses incremental backup technology to quickly backup only what you change.
Learn about if backups are accessible in your area by viewing our regional availability.
Pricing
| Frequency | No. of backups | Retention | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 7 | 7 days | 30% of Droplet cost | Get Started |
| Weekly | 4 | 4 weeks | 20% of Droplet cost | Get Started |
See how easy it is to set up DigitalOcean Backups
Boost your data protection strategy with on-demand snapshots of Droplets.
Daily Droplet backups are now available in the following regions.
- NYC1New York City, USALive
- NYC3New York City, USALive
- AMS3Amsterdam, NetherlandsLive
- SFO2San Francisco, USALive
- SFO3San Francisco, USALive
- SGP1Singapore, AsiaLive
- LON1London, UKLive
- FRA1Frankfurt, GermanyLive
- TOR1Toronto, CanadaLive
- BLR1Bangalore, IndiaLive
- SYD1Sydney, AustraliaLive
Looking to back up Kubernetes clusters, databases, files, apps and more, with advanced retention policies?
Frequently asked questions
What are DigitalOcean Backups?
DigitalOcean Backups are automatically-created disk images of our virtual machines called Droplets. Turning backups on for Droplets enables automatic, system-level backups at daily* or weekly intervals, which provide a way to revert to an older state or create new Droplets from a backup.
Are backups full, differential, or incremental?
How are Backups different from snapshots?
Backups and snapshots are both disk images of Droplets. Backups are taken automatically daily or weekly and can be retained for seven days or four weeks respectively. Snapshots are taken manually and retained until you choose to delete them. If you want to keep a backup indefinitely, you can convert it to a snapshot.
Can I back up data stored in DigitalOcean products other than Droplets?
Still have questions?
Have a complex setup or additional questions around pricing? Contact our sales team to get more information on DigitalOcean pricing.
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Sign up and get $200 in credit for your first 60 days with DigitalOcean.*
*This promotional offer applies to new accounts only.