Cloud Backup Guide
Cloud Backup Guide

Business Backup

Practical backup guidance for freelancers, growing teams and small organisations.

Protect business-critical data

Business backup requires more than storage capacity. The right service depends on the endpoints and workloads you protect, who administers recovery, how long versions must be retained and how quickly operations must resume.

CrashPlan business backup dashboard

Managed endpoints

CrashPlan review

Unlimited Windows, macOS and Linux endpoint backup with detailed retention controls.

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IDrive versus Acronis True Image

Capacity vs recovery

IDrive vs Acronis

Multi-device cloud capacity compared with disk imaging and complete-system recovery.

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Ransomware-resistant backup protection

Recovery planning

Protect Backups from Ransomware

Use separation, retention, access controls and tested recovery to reduce ransomware risk.

Strengthen backup resilience →

Business-backup questions to answer

  • Are you protecting employee computers, servers, NAS, Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace?
  • Who can change retention settings or delete backup data?
  • How quickly must individual files and complete systems be restored?
  • Does the provider offer the reporting, support and regional storage your organisation needs?

Our provider comparisons explain the practical differences, while the pricing hub covers per-user, per-device and storage-based costs.