Multiple Providers
Retrospect supports more than twenty cloud storage providers, located around the world, for affordable fast offsite storage.
No Lock-In
Migrate backups from one cloud to another with a simple transfer, all within Retrospect.
Zero-Knowledge Security
With AES-256 encryption in-transit and at-rest, only customers can access their backups, no matter where they store them.
Fast Upload
Retrospect can saturate any connection with multiple simultaneous backups or restores.
Perpetual License
Each copy of Retrospect is a lifetime license for data protection, with no monthly subscription fees and affordable upgrade pricing.
Setup Guide -
How to Set Up a Cloud Backup
Every edition of Retrospect, from Solo to Multi Server, supports backing up to the following cloud services.
Certified Services - Global Partners
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Amazon S3
Worldwide
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Google Cloud Storage
Worldwide
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Dropbox
Worldwide
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DigitalOcean Spaces
Worldwide
Certified Services - Regional Partners
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Backblaze B2
United States
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Wasabi
United States
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DreamHost DreamObjects
United States
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Aufiero Informatica
Argentina
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PCExtreme Cloud Storage
Netherlands
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Aqua Ray Cloud Storage
France
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MCT Cloud Storage
France
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Orange Cloud for Business
France
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Dunkel Cloud Storage
Germany
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1&1 IONOS S3 Object Storage
Germany
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Numergy Stockage
France
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ArubaCloud Object Storage
France, Italy
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Swisscom
Switzerland
Certified Services - On-Premise Private Cloud
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Synology NAS
On-Premise – Open Source Compatible
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QNAP NAS
On-Premise – Open Source Compatible
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Minio Private Cloud Storage
On-Premise – Open Source
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Zenko CloudServer
On-Premise – Open Source
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Basho Riak S2
On-Premise – Open Source
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SwiftStack
On-Premise – Enterprise
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OpenIO
On-Premise – Enterprise
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Cloudian Hyperstore
On-Premise – Enterprise
Global Partners

Amazon S3
Amazon offers AWS Free Tier with 5GB of storage available for a year at no charge.
- Site - https://aws.amazon.com/s3/
- Setup Guide – How to Set Up an Amazon S3 Account
- Pricing – Find out more about Amazon S3 Pricing. Amazon also provides AWS Calculator to help understand the costs associated with your particular scenarios.
- Seeding and Large Scale Recovery – AWS Import/Export Disk (up to 16TB), AWS Snowball (up to 80TB), AWS Snowball Edge (up to 100TB)
- Certified Regions – US Standard (N. Virginia), Oregon, N. California, Canada, London, Frankfurt, Ireland, Paris, Sydney, Singapore, Seoul, Tokyo, Sao Paulo, Mumbai. See AWS Global Infrastructure for more details.
- Certified Storage Classes – Standard, Infrequent Access, Glacier, Reduced Redundancy, One-Region. See AWS S3 Storage Classes for more details.

Google Cloud Storage
Google offers a 60-day trial with a $300 credit to use on any service.
- Site - https://cloud.google.com/storage/
- Setup Guide – How to Set Up a Google Cloud Storage Account
- Pricing – Find out more about Google Cloud Storage Pricing. Google also provides Google Cloud Platform Pricing Calculator to help understand the costs associated with your particular scenarios.
- Seeding and Large Scale Recovery – Offline Media Import/Export
- Certified Regions – Northern Virginia, South Carolina, Oregon, Iowa, São Paulo, Belgium, London, Frankfurt, Taiwan, Tokyo, Singapore, Sydney, Montreal, Netherlands, Mumbai. See Google Cloud Platform Locations for more details.
- Certified Storage Classes – Standard, Durable Reduced Availability, Nearline, Coldline. See Google Cloud Storage Classes for more details.

Dropbox
Dropbox offers 2GB free with a 1TB Pro plan as well as Dropbox Business.
- Site - https://dropbox.com
- Setup Guide – How to Set Up a Dropbox Account
- Pricing – Find out more about Dropbox Pricing.
- Seeding and Large Scale Recovery – Not available.
- Certified Regions – United States, Germany.

DigitalOcean Spaces
DigitalOcean offers a two-month free trial for Spaces.
- Site - https://www.digitalocean.com/products/object-storage/
- Setup Guide – How to Set Up DigitalOcean Spaces for Cloud Backup
- Certified Regions – New York, Amsterdam, Singapore.
Regional Partners

Backblaze B2
Backblaze offers Backblaze B2 Free Tier for 10 GB free, including free upload and 1 GB download per day.
- Location - United States
- Setup Guide – How to Set Up Backblaze B2 for Cloud Backup
- Pricing – Find out more about Backblaze B2 Pricing. Estimate the cost of Backblaze B2.
- Site - https://www.backblaze.com/b2/
- Seeding and Large Scale Recovery – Backblaze B2 Fireball (beta)

Wasabi
Wasabi offers a 30-day free trial of 1 TB of storage
- Location - United States
- Setup Guide – How to Set Up Wasabi for Cloud Backup
- Pricing – Find out more about Wasabi Pricing. Estimate the cost of Wasabi.
- Site - https://www.wasabi.com

DreamHost DreamObjects
We have negotiated a special discounted rate for Retrospect customers. See below.
- Location - United States
- Setup Guide – How to Set Up DreamHost for Cloud Backup
- Site - https://www.dreamhost.com/cloud/storage/
- Seeding and Large Scale Recovery – Not available.
- Special Deal – 20% off on up to 2TB storage. See DreamHost DreamObjects for Retrospect.

Aufiero Informatica
Contact Aufiero Informatica for their current offers.
- Location - Argentina
- Setup Guide – How to Set Up Aufiero Informatica Cloud Storage for Cloud Backup
- Site - https://www.aufieroinformatica.com/

Dunkel Cloud Storage
We have negotiated a special discounted rate for Retrospect customers. See below.
- Location - Germany
- Setup Guide – How to Set Up Dunkel Cloud Storage for Cloud Backup
- Site - https://www.dunkel.de/s3/
- Seeding and Large Scale Recovery – Supported. Contact Dunkel for details.
- Special Deal – 40% off 12-month prepaid 1TB and 5TB plus €80 for Seeding. See Dunkel Cloud Storage for Retrospect.

1&1 IONOS S3 Object Storage
We have negotiated a special discounted rate for Retrospect customers. See below.
- Location - Germany
- 1&1 IONOS Setup Guide – Backup to Cloud using Retrospect Backup
- Retrospect Setup Guide – How to Set Up 1&1 IONOS for Cloud Backup
- Site - https://www.ionos.de/pro/object-storage/s3-backup-retrospect/?utm_campaign=retrospect
- Special Deal – 30 day free trial, no setup costs, no fixed contract periods and 15% special Retrospect discount

PCExtreme Cloud Storage
Contact PCExtreme for their current offers.
- Location - Netherlands
- Setup Guide – How to Set Up PCExtreme for Cloud Backup
- Site - https://www.pcextreme.com/

Aqua Ray Cloud Storage
Contact Aqua Ray for their current offers.
- Location - France
- Setup Guide – How to Set Up Aqua Ray for Cloud Backup
- Site - https://www.aquaray.com/le-lab/

MCT Cloud Storage
Contact MCT for their current offers.
- Location - France
- Setup Guide – How to Set Up MCT for Cloud Backup
- Site - https://mct.eu/

Orange Cloud for Business
Contact Orange Cloud for Business for their current offers.

Cynny Space Cloud Storage
Contact Cynny Space for their current offers.
- Location - Italy
- Setup Guide – How to Set Up Cynny Space for Cloud Backup
- Site - http://www.cynnyspace.com/

Numergy Stockage
We have negotiated a special discounted rate for Retrospect customers. See below.
- Location - France
- Setup Guide – How to Set Up Numergy for Cloud Backup
- Site - https://www.numergy.com/offres-cloud-stockage-donnees-a-l-usage
- Seeding and Large Scale Recovery – Supported. Contact Numergy for details.
- Special Deal – 12% off on storage. Contact numergy@retrospect.com for details.

ArubaCloud Object Storage
Contact ArubaCloud for their current offers.
- Location - France, Italy
- Setup Guide – How to Set Up ArubaCloud for Cloud Backup
- Site - https://www.arubacloud.com/object-storage/object-storage-by-aruba.aspx
- Seeding and Large Scale Recovery – Not available.

Swisscom
Contact Swisscom for their current offers.
- Location - Switzerland
- Setup Guide – How to Set Up Swisscom for Cloud Backup
- Site - https://www.swisscom.ch/en/business/enterprise/offer/cloud-data-center-services/iaas/dcs.html
- Seeding and Large Scale Recovery – Not available.
On-Premise Private Cloud

Synology NAS
Synology NAS devices are certified for Minio and Zenko instances via Docker.
- Type - On-Premise – Open Source Compatible
- Setup Guide – How to Set Up Synology for Cloud Backup
- Site - https://www.synology.com/

QNAP NAS
QNAP NAS devices are certified for Minio and Zenko instances via Docker.
- Type - On-Premise – Open Source
- Setup Guide – How to Set Up QNAP for Cloud Backup
- Site - https://www.qnap.com/

Minio Private Cloud Storage
- Type - On-Premise – Open Source
- Setup Guide – How to Set Up Minio for Cloud Backup
- Site - https://minio.io/

Zenko CloudServer
- Type - On-Premise – Open Source
- Setup Guide – How to Set Up Zenko Cloud Server for Cloud Backup
- Site - https://www.zenko.io/

Basho Riak S2
Please note that Riak S2 is no longer maintained by Basho. We recommend Minio or Zenko for open-source private cloud deployments.
- Type - On-Premise – Open Source
- Setup Guide – Cloud Backup - How to Set Up Private Cloud Storage with Basho Riak S2
- Site - http://basho.com/products/riak-s2/

SwiftStack
- Type - On-Premise – Enterprise
- Setup Guide – How to Set Up SwiftStack for Cloud Backup
- Site - https://www.swiftstack.com/

OpenIO
- Type - On-Premise – Enterprise
- Setup Guide – How to Set Up OpenIO for Cloud Backup
- Site - https://www.openio.io/

Cloudian Hyperstore
- Type - On-Premise – Enterprise
- Setup Guide – How to Set Up Cloudian for Cloud Backup
- Site - http://www.cloudian.com/
Cloud Backup Tips
- Bandwidth Usage – Running multiple simultaneous backups will saturate any connection. Measure your upload and download bandwidth with this free tool: Speedtest.net.
- Pricing – Cloud Backup - How to Estimate Cloud Storage Costs
- Disable Backup Verification – Verification will download all of the data that you upload. See more details about why you should disable it for cloud backups in Cloud Backup - Best Practices for Data Protection with Cloud Storage.
- Troubleshooting – Retrospect is designed to handle intermittent connection issues. See Troubleshooting Cloud Backups for information about troubleshooting your cloud backup.