Yes — SnapShooter has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans. The free plan includes 1 backup job with daily backups and daily retention, 500 MB included SnapShooter storage, and 5 GB included serverless data transfer. FreeTier.co estimates the free tier at about $4.00/mo, and no credit card is required to sign up.
About
SnapShooter is a backup service for servers, databases, files, and applications. It supports scheduled snapshots for DigitalOcean Droplets and Volumes, database backups for MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and AWS RDS, file backups from Linux systems, and application backups for platforms such as WordPress, Laravel, Craft CMS, Ghost, Cloudways, and Kubernetes.
The free offering includes 1 backup job with daily backups, daily retention, bring-your-own storage, and 500 MB of included SnapShooter storage. The pricing page also lists 5 GB of included serverless data transfer on the free plan, with overage not allowed, so the free tier is limited and perpetual rather than a trial.
- 1 backup job free plan
- Daily backup schedule
- Daily retention policy
- 500 MB included storage
- 5 GB serverless transfer
- DigitalOcean snapshot support
- Database and application backups
Free Tier Value
This free tier is perpetual and does not require a credit card, but it is tightly capped at a single backup job with daily cadence and only 500 MB of included storage. Compared with the cheapest paid Lite plan at $14/month, it delivers roughly a small slice of the practical value, so about $4/month is a fair buyer-facing estimate.
What's included in the free tier
- 1 backup job with daily backups and daily retention.
- 500 MB included SnapShooter storage.
- Unlimited bring your own storage.
- 5 GB included serverless data transfer.
- 1 user account.
See SnapShooter pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Lite
- backup resources
- 3
- storage
- 10 GB
- Up to 3 backup resources
- Daily DigitalOcean snapshots
- Backup daily
- Daily retention
- Unlimited bring your own storage
- 10 GB included storage
Startup
- backup resources
- 20
- storage
- 60 GB
- Up to 20 backup resources
- Daily DigitalOcean snapshots
- Backup twice a day
- Daily, weekly, monthly retention
- Unlimited bring your own storage
- 60 GB included storage
Business
- backup resources
- 50
- storage
- 120 GB
- Up to 50 backup resources
- Daily DigitalOcean snapshots
- Backup every 5 minutes
- Daily, weekly, monthly retention
- Unlimited bring your own storage
- 120 GB included storage
- Unlimited team members
- Backup encryption
Agency
- backup resources
- 250
- storage
- 240 GB
- Up to 250 backup resources
- Daily DigitalOcean snapshots
- Backup every 5 minutes
- Daily, weekly, monthly retention
- Unlimited bring your own storage
- 240 GB included storage
- Unlimited team members
- Backup encryption
Agency Pro
- backup resources
- 10000
- storage
- 10 TB
- Up to 10000 backup resources
- Daily DigitalOcean snapshots
- Backup every 5 minutes
- Daily, weekly, monthly retention
- Unlimited bring your own storage
- 10 TB included storage
- Unlimited team members
- Backup encryption
Pricing extracted from SnapShooter's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
Common questions
Is SnapShooter free forever?
Yes. SnapShooter has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans, though the allowance typically resets each month.
Does SnapShooter require a credit card?
No. You can start on SnapShooter's free tier without entering card details.
What happens when you exceed SnapShooter's free tier?
You move to a paid plan. SnapShooter's cheapest paid plan is Lite at $14 / month.
What is SnapShooter's free tier worth?
We estimate SnapShooter's free tier is worth about $4.00 per month. That maps to an FTV score of 50/100. See freetier.co/ftv for how we calculate it.
