CrashPlan review (2026): is it worth $2.50 a month per user, billed yearly?
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CrashPlan report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for company laptop and Microsoft 365 backup
CrashPlan backs up laptops, servers, Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace for companies, from $2.50 a user a month for the cloud-suite plans. It has no home plan, the trial is 14 days and needs a card, and extra storage costs $90 a year per 250 GB.
Who CrashPlan is for
- Fits if you are IT at a company under 250 people who needs laptop backup
- Works for backing up Microsoft 365 or Google data for staff
Who CrashPlan is not for
- Not for you if you want a plan for yourself, as no individual home plan is listed
- Skip it if you want a card-free try, because the 14-day trial needs a card
- Tight if your servers hold lots of data, since added storage is $90 a year per 250 GB
- Watch out: from 250 users pricing is quoted, and legal hold, SSO and audit logging sit on Enterprise
Why CrashPlan gets a 2.0
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyLaptops are $7.33 per user a month billed yearly, near the category's $7 middle. The $2.50 Microsoft 365 and Google plans are cheaper, and servers are $15.75.
- DFree plan and trial14-day free trial and a card is required. Nothing is free after it.
- CFeaturesEndpoint, server, Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace backup with unlimited laptop storage. The listing shows gaps: no home plan, pooled storage on the other plans, and enterprise features only above 250 employees.
- CEase of useAn admin deploys it to machines and sets policies. No store rating is on record.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb console plus Mac, Windows and Linux agents, with Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Entra ID, Azure, AWS, Wasabi and Backblaze. No phone apps.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from CrashPlan's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/crashplan#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/crashplan.svg" alt="CrashPlan: 2.0 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where CrashPlan stands among file storage and sync services
CrashPlan's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 13 of the 91 other file storage and sync services we grade, and level with 20.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 31 of 91) and worst on free plan and trial (D, above 9).
Its paid plans start at $2.50 a month for each person, against a middle price of $6.64 for the category: 10 of the 60 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 8 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 92 file storage and sync services we grade, cut by the letter each got. CrashPlan’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 14 of 91, level with 48
- DFree plan and trialAbove 9 of 91, level with 8
- CFeaturesAbove 2 of 91, level with 67
- CEase of useAbove 22 of 91, level with 37
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 31 of 91, level with 38
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 66 file storage and sync services. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep CrashPlan, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace CrashPlan you would be making files kept in step across devices without losing one. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 58 of the 91 other file storage and sync services grade higher. It costs $30 a year.
What you could make
- Reports: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- Files kept in step across devices without losing one.
- Apps for macOS, Windows and Linux that stay in step with each other.
- It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.
- It plugs into other products, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace and Microsoft Entra ID among them.
- What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: single sign-on and roles and permissions.
What this rests on. CrashPlan’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is CrashPlan?
CrashPlan is a backup and recovery service aimed at organizations. It protects endpoints, servers, Microsoft 365, Entra ID and Google Workspace from one console. Teams under 250 people sign up at published rates; larger ones are quoted.
Worth knowing
- Built for organizations; the pricing page lists no plan for individual home users.
- Published rates apply under 250 users; at 250 and above pricing is quoted.
- Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace plans need a 50-user minimum at enterprise volume.
- Server and SaaS plans pool storage, and added capacity is $90 per year per 250 GB.
Key features
- Endpoint backup
- Backs up Windows, macOS and Linux laptops, with self-serve restore and device migration so users avoid an IT ticket.
- Server backup
- Protects Windows and Linux servers using deduplication, compression and incremental backups.
- Microsoft 365 and Entra ID
- Backs up Exchange, OneDrive, SharePoint and Entra ID, and can archive inactive data to reduce Microsoft storage.
- Google Workspace
- Backs up Gmail and Google Drive with retention and versioning beyond Google's native window.
- Retention not priced by copies
- The vendor prices on source data protected, with unlimited retention and restores included in the base price.
- Enterprise controls
- Large accounts add SSO, role-based access, legal hold, immutable copies and a choice of storage such as Azure, AWS or Wasabi.
CrashPlan pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, CrashPlan is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $2.50 per user / month, billed annually (Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace backup).
- Starts at
- $2.50 per user / month, billed annually (Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace backup)
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 14-day free trial, card required
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft 365 (small business) | $2.50per user / month, billed annually ($30) | Exchange Online, SharePoint and OneDrive backup with 50 GB pooled storage per user; extra storage is $90 per year per 250 GB. |
| Google Workspace (small business) | $2.50per user / month, billed annually ($30) | Gmail and Google Drive backup with 50 GB pooled storage per user; extra storage is $90 per year per 250 GB. |
| Endpoints (small business) | $7.33per user / month, billed annually ($88) | Windows, macOS and Linux laptops with unlimited cloud storage and versioning. $158 if paid every 2 years. |
| Servers (small business) | $15.75per server / month, billed annually ($189) | Windows and Linux servers with 250 GB pooled storage per server; extra is $90 per year per 250 GB. |
| Enterprise (250+ employees) | Custom | Volume pricing through sales, with your own storage, SSO, legal hold and audit logging. |
Read from crashplan.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with CrashPlan before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountTwo-year prepay on endpoints and servers
Endpoints are $158 and servers $284 when paid every 2 years, against $88 and $189 a year.
Stated on crashplan.com
Works with
- Microsoft 365
- Google Workspace
- Microsoft Entra ID
- Azure
- AWS
- Wasabi
- Backblaze
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Common questions
Does CrashPlan have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. CrashPlan is listed for Web, macOS, Windows and Linux.
Does CrashPlan have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. CrashPlan is listed for Web, macOS, Windows and Linux.
Is CrashPlan open source?
CrashPlan is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.