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BorgBase pricing and limits

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www.borgbase.com · Backup and DR
SEPT 2026 audit

Hosted repositories for Borg and Restic, billed on stored data after compression and deduplication.

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Entry paid plan$2 a month, sold as $24 a year billed annually for the Small plan, which includes 250 GB and 10 repositories.
RegionsEU and US, and a single account can hold repositories in both at once rather than choosing one at signup.
Free tierYes
CategoryBackup and DR

Reviewed by Palash BagchiUpdated 10 criteria comparedSources last checked

BorgBase pricing at a glance

Entry paid plan
$2 a month, sold as $24 a year billed annually for the Small plan, which includes 250 GB and 10 repositories source ↗
Pricing model
Per gigabyte stored AFTER compression and deduplication, which is the distinction from every other per-GB vendor here: Borg deduplicates… source ↗
What the free plan includes
10 GB across 2 repositories, free forever rather than a trial, with no API or data transfer charges on top source ↗
Egress over allowance
None source ↗

First line of each sourced value. The full text is in BorgBase pricing below. How this free offer stacks up: cloud free tiers compared.

01.Evaluation guide

Who it suits

Paying for what survives compression and deduplication rather than for what you sent. Borg deduplicates client-side under a key BorgBase never holds, so the bill and the blast radius of a breach are both smaller than the data being protected.

Consider something else if…

You are not running Borg or Restic. The product is hosting for those two tools, so anything that speaks neither — a managed database, a SaaS export, an S3 bucket — needs a service that connects to it directly rather than a repository to push into.

Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved

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BorgBase pricing

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Free tierYes
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What the free plan includes10 GB across 2 repositories, free forever rather than a trial, with no API or data transfer charges on top.
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Entry paid plan$2 a month, sold as $24 a year billed annually for the Small plan, which includes 250 GB and 10 repositories.
Sources (1) →
Pricing modelPer gigabyte stored AFTER compression and deduplication, which is the distinction from every other per-GB vendor here: Borg deduplicates client-side, so the billed quantity is smaller than the data protected and there is no separate charge for the transfer that produced it.
Sources (1) →
Egress over allowanceNone. Neither API calls nor data transfer are charged for, so a restore costs only the time.
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Infrastructure

1 criteria
RegionsEU and US, and a single account can hold repositories in both at once rather than choosing one at signup.
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Storage

1 criteria
Storage price$0.01 per GB per month beyond the 250 GB included on Small, falling to $7 per TB per month on Medium — the same unit quoted two ways, which works out cheaper per gigabyte on the larger plan.
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Auth

1 criteria
Multi-factor authenticationSupported
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Compliance

2 criteria
GDPR / data residencyWe also implement the data protection measures outlined by the EU's GDPR and you can choose between the EU and United States as backup location.
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Customer-managed keysYes, and not optionally: Borg encrypts client-side with a key BorgBase never holds, so the provider cannot read a repository it stores.
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BorgBase pricing questions

How much does BorgBase cost?

$2 a month, sold as $24 a year billed annually for the Small plan, which includes 250 GB and 10 repositories.

BorgBase - Simple and Secure Offsite Backups · read

How does BorgBase charge?

Per gigabyte stored AFTER compression and deduplication, which is the distinction from every other per-GB vendor here: Borg deduplicates client-side, so the billed quantity is smaller than the data protected and there is no separate charge for the transfer that produced it.

BorgBase - Simple and Secure Offsite Backups · read

Does BorgBase have a free tier?

Yes. 10 GB across 2 repositories, free forever rather than a trial, with no API or data transfer charges on top.

BorgBase - Simple and Secure Offsite Backups · read

How much does BorgBase charge for egress?

None. Neither API calls nor data transfer are charged for, so a restore costs only the time.

BorgBase - Simple and Secure Offsite Backups · read

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