Even if you’re an independent contractor or small-biz owner with one or two computers to back up, this includes you. That’s not terribly user-friendly, and leaves current customers, like my client, with a problem.Ĭode 42 basically now wants all business users on Crashplan Pro. In order to find the license information, you have to go into the Support website, into the FAQs, and then into the specific Licensing FAQ. The license change was not communicated anywhere on the Crashplan marketing website, or the web store. So Code 42 decided to change Crashplan+ to a subscription model when they combined the two. With the recent changes, Crashplan+ now incorporates the old Crashplan Central subscription model. Originally, Crashplan+ was a $50 one-time upgrade that licensed your system for commercial use.
I’m going to ding Code 42 for not communicating this change well enough. As you might expect, a conversation ensued about the changes, and how they affect business users. Shortly after the article posted, Code 42 (makers of Crashplan) reached out to gently inform us that Crashplan+ is not licensed for business use. But overall, it’s been working great since I implemented it. Read the article to see my full thoughts. I'd still recommend it to others with the above mentioned caveats.In my last Day in the Cloud article, I laid out a plan for using Crashplan+ to back up a small business’ data. **Just make sure you block the auto-upgrade scripts they use and you can stay on the good version.** It worked the first time on the older version. I ended up uninstalling this version and reverting to the old one. Every time I saved it, it would not show up. For example, I wasn't able to create a second backup destination to my external hard drive (which is a main feature in their marketing). Sure it may look "cleaner", but for an IT pro, when is cleaner more important than functionality and ease of use? Each setting needs more clicks, and some settings are not intuitive to find. Version 4.9.0 was great.įlash forward to today, they have mandatory upgrades for the UI, and the newest versions (6.7.x) are neutered forms of the older UI. In addition, we get unlimited backup space, and just pay on a per machine basis. However, the versioning system and its ability to never delete a file from the backup, even if it's deleted locally, was a selling point. CP has a medium speed for backing up (although the first time will take a really long time, I mean days to weeks depending on your backup size). We migrated from Carbonite, with its endless problems and slow speeds. CrashPlan for Small Business is a great concept, and much better than competing software.
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