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Dropbox Backup

Peace of mind for your digital life and work

Don’t wait until something goes wrong—automatically back up important files on your devices and easily restore them, with Dropbox Backup.

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Choose your Dropbox plan

Get Backup, plus a robust set of organization and collaboration tools, with any Dropbox plan.

Choose your billing cycle

For professionals

Essentials
$18 / month
  • 1 user
  • 3 TB of storage
  • Large file delivery up to 100 GB

  • 180 days to restore deleted files

  • Track file engagement

  • Unlimited signature requests

  • PDF editing

  • Record, review, and edit video

Best value

For teams

Business
$20 / user / month
  • 3+ users
  • Large file delivery up to 100 GB

  • 180 days to restore deleted files

  • Track file engagement

  • Unlimited signature requests

  • PDF editing

  • Record, review, and edit video

  • Set up admins

  • Know what content is shared

For companies

Business Plus
$26 / user / month
  • 3+ users
  • Large file delivery up to 250 GB

  • 1 year to restore deleted files

  • Track file engagement

  • Unlimited signature requests

  • PDF editing

  • Record, review, and edit video

  • Set up tiered admin roles

  • Suspicious activity alerts

  • Compliance tracking

Easy to use. Secure. Fast.

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Backup made simple

In just a few clicks, you can choose the files and folders you want Backup to keep safe, and we’ll take it from there.

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An automated safety net

Automatic, always-on cloud backup saves you from accidental deletions, drive failures, and ransomware attacks.

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Fast file recovery

Restore files quickly, and they’ll show up right back where you had them—no need to reorganize.

Automatic backup means quick recovery for your most important files

You can restore your files to a new computer to get your shiny new laptop up and running with ease—no complicated or slow manual connections from computer to computer.

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Getting back up and running works just the way it should—quickly and easily. Start recovery with just a few clicks, and your files will be automatically restored from cloud backup to their original locations.

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Backup is included in all Dropbox plans, giving you cloud backup and all the tools you need to collaborate and stay organized—all in a single subscription.

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Built on a secure and reliable network trusted by 700 million users worldwide, your files are safe with Dropbox.

Architectural images are securely saved in Dropbox

Dropbox Backup stores your files separate from your shared files, so you won’t have to worry about overwriting your emergency backups.

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One-time setup keeps files stored across devices—like your computer and external drive—safe in one place.

A list of a user’s devices and hard drives that are being backed up in Dropbox Backup

Just as you’d expect from Dropbox, you can easily get to your backed up files any time, anywhere—from your computer, through our mobile app, or on the web.

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Easier than the competition

Dropbox Backup users ranked Dropbox Backup as more intuitive and easier to use than Backblaze and Carbonite in a recent study comparing top backup solutions.*

*Based on a 2021 Dropbox research survey of registered Dropbox users who have used Dropbox Backup

What Backup customers are saying