Yes — BorgBase has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans. The free plan includes 10 GB free backup hosting. FreeTier.co estimates the free tier at about $1.00/mo, and no credit card is required to sign up.
About
BorgBase is a hosted backup service for Borg and Restic repositories. It provides encrypted offsite storage with append-only mode, two-factor authentication, built-in alerts, monitoring, and an API for managing repositories and automation.
The service includes 10 GB free forever on the landing page, with the pricing page confirming 10 GB free backup hosting and 2 repositories free forever. Paid plans add larger storage quotas, flexible overage billing, and EU or US backup regions.
- 10 GB free backup storage
- 2 free repositories
- Encrypted client-side backups
- Append-only repository mode
- Two-factor authentication
- Built-in alerts and monitoring
- API access for automation
- EU and US backup regions
Free Tier Value
This free tier gives 10 GB of backup storage forever, with no charges for uploads, downloads, or API calls, so it has real ongoing utility rather than a short trial. Compared with the cheapest paid plan at $24/year ($2/month equivalent), the free offering is roughly half of that entry-level monthly value, so about $1/month is a fair estimate.
What's included in the free tier
- 10 GB free backup hosting.
- Free backup storage for BorgBase accounts.
See BorgBase pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Small
- storage
- 250 GB included
- repositories
- 10
- additional_storage_rate
- $0.01/GB/month
- 250 GB included
- 10 repositories
- EU and US regions
- Expert support via e-mail
- Additional usage billed at $0.01/GB/month
Medium
- storage
- 1 TB included
- repositories
- Unlimited
- additional_storage_rate
- $7/TB/month
- 1 TB included
- Unlimited repos
- EU and US regions
- Expert support via e-mail
- Additional usage billed at $7/TB/month
Large
- storage
- 2 TB included
- repositories
- Unlimited
- additional_storage_rate
- $6/TB/month
- 2 TB included
- Unlimited repos
- EU and US regions
- Expert support via e-mail
- Additional usage billed at $6/TB/month
Pricing extracted from BorgBase's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
Common questions
Is BorgBase free forever?
Yes. BorgBase has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans, though the allowance typically resets each month.
Does BorgBase require a credit card?
No. You can start on BorgBase's free tier without entering card details.
What happens when you exceed BorgBase's free tier?
You move to a paid plan. BorgBase's cheapest paid plan is Medium at $7.5 / month.
What is BorgBase's free tier worth?
We estimate BorgBase's free tier is worth about $1.00 per month. That maps to an FTV score of 44/100. See freetier.co/ftv for how we calculate it.
