Features
Free Automatic Daily Backup
CrashPlan is FREE for personal use and automatically backs up your computers daily. You can back up to your own drives and other computers for free. Just download and install.
If you need real–time backup or want to run CrashPlan for non-personal use, check out CrashPlan+.
Unlimited Online Backup Free for 30 Days
Every user of CrashPlan gets a 30–day trial of CrashPlan Central unlimited online backup, giving you a convenient backup destination right away.
Cross–Platform 
CrashPlan works equally well on PCs, Macs, Linux and Solaris. This means you can use CrashPlan on any computer you have.
Only CrashPlan lets you back up PC to Mac, Mac to PC, Mac to Linux or any combination.
Multiple Backup Destinations
Backing up to multiple destinations ensures your files are protected in any situation. With CrashPlan you can back up to:
- Any internal or external hard drive
- A friend's computer or another computer you own
- CrashPlan Central, our online backup service with unlimited storage
Smarter, Faster Backup and Restore
CrashPlan is smart. It reduces file size by using advanced compression technology. It identifies duplicate files and parts of files and stores them only once. When files change, only the new information is backed up.
But that's just half of the story.
Once your files are backed up, CrashPlan continuously checks that your files are 100% healthy and ready to restore when you need them. If it finds any problems, CrashPlan fixes them.
Always Secure
CrashPlan uses industrial grade private key encryption to secure your files before they're backed up. The only person who can decrypt your files is you.
If you need even stronger encryption, check out CrashPlan+.
CrashPlan+
CrashPlan+ offers continuous, real-time backup, stronger 448-bit encryption and web restore from CrashPlan Central. It also provides the following benefits over CrashPlan:
- Personal and non-personal use license
- Ad-free operation
- Upgrades and priority support
Compare CrashPlan and CrashPlan+
| CrashPlan | CrashPlan+ | |
| Licensing | ||
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| Non-personal and commercial use | ![]() |
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| Ad-free | ![]() |
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| Ease of Use | ||
| Automatic & unattended | ![]() |
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| Up and running < 5 min | ![]() |
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| Backup | ||
| Continuous protection | ![]() |
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| Onsite & offsite | ![]() |
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| Incremental & differential | ![]() |
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| Locally complete in minutes[1] | ![]() |
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| Restore | ||
| Same day recovery[1] | ![]() |
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| Guaranteed Restore | ![]() |
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| Multiple file versions | ![]() |
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| Remote retrieval | ![]() |
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| Security | ||
| 448–bit encryption [2] | ![]() |
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| Data in your control | ![]() |
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| Files encrypted before transfer[2] | ![]() |
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| Archive tampering detection | ![]() |
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| Support | ||
| Free upgrades for 1 year | ![]() |
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| Priority support | ![]() |
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Onsite backup and restore is 30-50 times faster than over the Internet. [2] CrashPlan encryption = 128-bit; CrashPlan+ encryption = 448-bit |
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