CloudScale Backup & Restore, Free WordPress Backup Plugin with One-Click Restore & Cloud Sync

Use CloudScale Backup & Restore free with your own cloud storage (Amazon S3, Google Drive, Dropbox, or Microsoft OneDrive). Full one-click restore, scheduled backups (hourly, daily, weekly), database-only backups, EC2 AMI snapshots, and pre-update snapshots are all included at no cost. UpdraftPlus, BackupBuddy, and Duplicator charge $70 to $200/year the moment you need to actually recover your site. CloudScale includes restore in the free plugin. No cloud account? Use CloudScale Managed Cloud at $5/month, stored securely in Europe on AWS infrastructure.

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Free with Your Own Cloud · Full Restore Included · Managed Cloud · $5/month

Other backup plugins charge $70/year just for the restore button.

UpdraftPlus, BackupBuddy, and Duplicator all have a free tier, but the restore button costs extra. UpdraftPlus Premium is $70/year. BackupBuddy starts at $80/year. Duplicator Pro is $69/year. CloudScale Backup & Restore is free to use with your own cloud storage. Bring your S3, Google Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive credentials and pay nothing. Full restore, scheduled backups, AMI snapshots, and pre-update snapshots are all included. If you don’t have your own cloud environment, you can use CloudScale Managed Cloud at $5/month, stored securely in Europe on AWS infrastructure.

✓ Full restore included ✓ S3, Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive ✓ EC2 AMI snapshots ✓ Pre-update snapshots ✓ Managed hosting $5/month

CloudScale vs paid backup plugins

Paid competitors CloudScale

✗Restore locked behind $70 to $80/year paywall ✓Full one-click restore included in the free plugin

✗Cloud sync costs extra on top of base licence ✓S3, Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive (all free in the plugin)

✗No server-level snapshot, only file/DB backups ✓EC2 AMI snapshots for full server recovery

✗No pre-update safety net, plugin updates can break site ✓Automatic snapshot before every plugin/theme update

✗Paid even before you need a restore. A licence is required just to run the plugin. ✓Free to use with your own cloud. Only pay if you want CloudScale Managed Cloud.

✗Backup plugin licence only. Hosting sold separately. ✓No cloud account? Use CloudScale Managed Cloud at $5/month, stored securely in Europe on AWS infrastructure.

CloudScale Backup & Restore, Free WordPress Backup Plugin with One-Click Restore & Cloud Sync

Other backup plugins charge $70/year just for the restore button.

CloudScale vs paid backup plugins

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Getting Started

Backup Schedule & Run Now

Local Backup History

Restore

Restore from Uploaded File

Notifications

Retention & Storage

System Info

Activity Log

Cloud Backup Settings

Google Drive

Dropbox

Microsoft OneDrive

AWS S3

AWS EC2 AMI Snapshot

Cloud Backup History

Automatic Crash Recovery