Yes, BackupDrill has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans. The free plan includes access to 1 project, 21 days of history, and up to 1 GB per project. FreeTier.co estimates the free tier at about $6.00/mo, and no credit card is required to sign up.
About
BackupDrill is a Supabase backup service that connects to a project, creates a read-only backup role, and streams database backups to the user's own storage. It writes standard pg_dump backups to Google Drive or to buckets on Amazon S3, Cloudflare R2, Backblaze B2, or Wasabi, and can include Supabase Storage files once the project's S3 keys are configured.
The service runs scheduled backups and restore drills. The Free plan includes 1 project, weekly backups, 21 days of history, up to 1 GB per project, and one restore drill on the first backup; paid plans add daily backups or 12-hour backups, daily restore drills, and higher project and storage limits.
- Weekly backups on the Free plan
- 1 project free allowance
- 21 days of history
- Up to 1 GB per project
- One restore drill on first backup
- Daily restore drills on paid plans
- Standard pg_dump export format
- Supabase Storage file inclusion
Free Tier Value
This free tier is genuinely usable, but it is capped to one project with weekly backups, limited history, and a single restore drill, so it sits well below the paid plans. Compared with the $19 Solo plan, it delivers roughly a third of the practical value, so about $6/month is a fair buyer’s estimate. No credit card is needed, and the offer is perpetual rather than a short trial, which helps the score but the tight limits keep it modest.
What's included in the free tier
Verified
- Access to 1 project.
- Weekly backups.
- 21 days of history.
- Up to 1 GB per project.
- One restore drill after the first backup.
See BackupDrill pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Solo
- projects
- 5
- history
- 30 days
- storage per project
- 10 GB
- 5 projects
- Daily backups
- Daily restore drills
- Weekly email report
- 30 days of history
- Up to 10 GB per project
Team
- projects
- 20
- history
- 30 days
- storage per project
- 25 GB
- 20 projects
- Backups every 12 hours
- Daily restore drills
- Weekly email report
- 30 days of history
- Up to 25 GB per project
Agency
- projects
- 100
- history
- 60 days
- storage per project
- 100 GB
- 100 projects
- Backups every 12 hours
- Daily restore drills
- Weekly email report
- 60 days of history
- Up to 100 GB per project
- PDF client reports
- Priority support
Pricing extracted from BackupDrill's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
Common questions
Is BackupDrill free forever?
Yes. BackupDrill has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans, though the allowance typically resets each month.
Does BackupDrill require a credit card?
No. You can start on BackupDrill's free tier without entering card details.
What happens when you exceed BackupDrill's free tier?
You move to a paid plan. BackupDrill's cheapest paid plan is Solo at $19 / month.
What is BackupDrill's free tier worth?
BackupDrill's free tier is worth about $6.00 per month. That maps to an FTV score of 55/100. The FTV score is explained at freetier.co/ftv.
