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$50/year and you have to provide your own storage? Can somebody explain to me how they are competitive, i.e. in comparison with Crashplan or Backblaze? edit: m

by krzrak 11y ago

$50/year and you have to provide your own storage? Can somebody explain to me how they are competitive, i.e. in comparison with Crashplan or Backblaze? edit: my bad, it's $50 for one time purchase, not a year.

pdgwien 11y ago
Where do you see $50/year? From what I can gather, that is a one-time fee.
tuix 11y ago
It's not per year, it's for current major version (if you don't want lifetime upgrade option). edit: You get a free upgrade if there is a major version released within 90 days of your order (if you don't order lifetime upgrade of course)
pvg 11y ago
It also has no wireless.
- davidjhall 11y ago
  Not sure where you see that? On the features page, https://www.arqbackup.com/features/ https://www.arqbackup.com/features/, under "Limit Network Impact", the image lists whether to use all wireless or no wireless. I don't have the software so I can't confirm.
  - ProblemFactory 11y ago
    It is probably a reference to the (in)famous launch review of iPod on Slashdot: https://slashdot.org/story/01/10/23/1816257/apple-releases-ipod https://slashdot.org/story/01/10/23/1816257/apple-releases-i... > No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.
ghshephard 11y ago
It's a one time fee for really awesome software. Upgrades are every couple years, and only about $25. My backup bills on AWS have never been more than $3/month (I only backup my actual documents) - and you have total control - don't have to worry about the policy engine at BackBlaze/CrashPlan arbitrarily deleting old hard drives that haven't been plugged in.
jaxondu 11y ago
Its $50 one time purchase for new purchase. The upgrade from Arq 4 is $25. During store checkout, you can also choose to add a "Lifetime Upgrades" at $30 which will give you free upgrades for Arq 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 etc.
- Jenkins2000 11y ago
  I purchased the Lifetime Upgrades in September 2015. Now it tells me there is a $25 upgrade fee to go to version 5. I emailed support a few hours ago to confirm. If this is true, I am extremely disappointed and feel cheated. Notice on the form to buy a new license it doesn't say anything about "Lifetime Upgrades for this major version _only_ which will be obsolete in a few months". I sure hope this is just a bug that they will fix.
  - leejoramo 11y ago
    There is an apology for the delay on twitter. Looks like your license for Arq 5 should be coming. https://twitter.com/arqbackup/status/719924424263249920 https://twitter.com/arqbackup/status/719924424263249920
    - Jenkins2000 11y ago
      Thanks! My faith in them has been restored :)
  - deleted 11y ago
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  - sreitshamer 11y ago
    We're sending Arq 5 license codes to all lifetime purchasers. Sorry for the delay. If you don't get one today please email support@arqbackup.com.
MichaelGG 11y ago
Even at $50/yr, what are the options for locally-controlled encrypted backups? Tarsnap, but it has a less friendly UI.

by krzrak 11y ago

pdgwien 11y ago

Where do you see $50/year? From what I can gather, that is a one-time fee.

tuix 11y ago

It's not per year, it's for current major version (if you don't want lifetime upgrade option). edit: You get a free upgrade if there is a major version released within 90 days of your order (if you don't order lifetime upgrade of course)

pvg 11y ago

It also has no wireless.

davidjhall 11y ago
Not sure where you see that? On the features page, https://www.arqbackup.com/features/ https://www.arqbackup.com/features/, under "Limit Network Impact", the image lists whether to use all wireless or no wireless. I don't have the software so I can't confirm.
- ProblemFactory 11y ago
  It is probably a reference to the (in)famous launch review of iPod on Slashdot: https://slashdot.org/story/01/10/23/1816257/apple-releases-ipod https://slashdot.org/story/01/10/23/1816257/apple-releases-i... > No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.

ghshephard 11y ago

It's a one time fee for really awesome software. Upgrades are every couple years, and only about $25. My backup bills on AWS have never been more than $3/month (I only backup my actual documents) - and you have total control - don't have to worry about the policy engine at BackBlaze/CrashPlan arbitrarily deleting old hard drives that haven't been plugged in.

jaxondu 11y ago

Its $50 one time purchase for new purchase. The upgrade from Arq 4 is $25. During store checkout, you can also choose to add a "Lifetime Upgrades" at $30 which will give you free upgrades for Arq 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 etc.

Jenkins2000 11y ago
I purchased the Lifetime Upgrades in September 2015. Now it tells me there is a $25 upgrade fee to go to version 5. I emailed support a few hours ago to confirm. If this is true, I am extremely disappointed and feel cheated. Notice on the form to buy a new license it doesn't say anything about "Lifetime Upgrades for this major version _only_ which will be obsolete in a few months". I sure hope this is just a bug that they will fix.
- leejoramo 11y ago
  There is an apology for the delay on twitter. Looks like your license for Arq 5 should be coming. https://twitter.com/arqbackup/status/719924424263249920 https://twitter.com/arqbackup/status/719924424263249920
  - Jenkins2000 11y ago
    Thanks! My faith in them has been restored :)
- deleted 11y ago
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- sreitshamer 11y ago
  We're sending Arq 5 license codes to all lifetime purchasers. Sorry for the delay. If you don't get one today please email support@arqbackup.com.

MichaelGG 11y ago

Even at $50/yr, what are the options for locally-controlled encrypted backups? Tarsnap, but it has a less friendly UI.