(Test 20250430) Pricing of Ahsay Backup Solutions
- Ahsay Managed Backup-as-a-Service
- Ahsay Backup Software (DIY)
Ahsay provides the complete infrastructure required to backup Microsoft 365, VMware, Hyper-V, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, files, QNAP/Synology NAS, and Android/iOS devices to both cloud and local storage. Our simple and flexible storage based pricing not only minimizes your upfront costs but also maximizes your savings over time. So you can grow your backup business and profitability.
| Monthly Price | |
|---|---|
| Backup Service fee without storage: | |
| Files and NAS backup | $0.60 (per 100GB) |
| Hosting Fee | $30 |
| Optional items: | |
| Applications, Databases and Virtual Machine backup | +$0.60 |
| Microsoft 365 backup (includes free 50GB per M365 user), Applications, Databases and Virtual Machine backup |
+$1.20 |
| Ahsay Drive powered by Azure cloud storage | +$1.20 (per 100GB) |
| Private label | +$60 |
- Lock in savings with our 1 year prepayment plan and enjoy two months free.
- Discounts of 15% and 30% are available for prepayment of 2 years and 3 years respectively.
- Discount available for more storage.
Files and NAS backup includes:
- Backup files on Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, Synology, QNAP,
- Backup files on Cloud services including Azure, OneDrive, Amazon S3, AWS Compatible storage, Wasabi, Google Drive, Google Cloud Storage, Dropbox, Openstack, Rackspace, FTP server, SFTP server and Backblaze B2,
- Backup on Android includes photos, videos, audio, and files. Backup on iOS includes photos and videos.
Applications, databases and virtual machine backup includes:
- MS SQL Server, MS Exchange database, mail level, Windows System backup, Windows System State, Oracle, MySQL, MariaDB, Tibero, PostgreSQL, VMware and Hyper-V, and Linux Bare Metal.
Microsoft 365 backup includes:
- Outlook, OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams, and Public Folders.
Individual customer / Simple backup
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Why choose Ahsay backup?
Protect Backup data from AI Scanning
Backup data must be safeguarded against unauthorized access and AI scanning to ensure privacy and security. Employing encryption and access controls can effectively protect sensitive information. Regular security audits and compliance checks are essential to shield backup data from evolving AI-related threats against data privacy. Notably, Ahsay upholds the highest professional and ethical standards by never harvesting customer backup data.
Bring Your Own Storage to Save Cost
Bringing your own storage or devices for backup data storage offers significant cost savings. By using personal hard drives or storage media, you eliminate recurring storage monthly fees, more importantly you gain complete control and ownership of your backup data. This option may involve one time upfront investment to ensure data security, ownership, and 24x7 accessibility.
Powered by Microsoft Azure
Ahsay Drive leverages Microsoft Azure's robust cloud storage infrastructure to deliver secure and scalable file storage solutions. This integration combines Ahsay's reliable backup expertise with Azure's enterprise-grade storage capabilities, offering seamless data synchronization, high availability, and advanced security features for businesses seeking cloud storage solutions. What's more, unlike storing your backup data directly on Azure with Ahsay Drive there is no egress charges!
Ahsay features advanced data deduplication and compression technology, which helps to reduce your storage usage and cost by up to 90% for virtual machines, 60% for databases, and 50% for regular files.
With Ahsay's immutable backup, your the data files cannot be encrypted, deleted, or modified. Therefore, it protects your backup data from human error, ransomware, or hackers.
With the Ahsay Restore Drill feature, you can fully automate regular testing of your backup data. It gives your data a regular clean bill of health. If corrupted data is found, you will be alerted, and Ahsay will ensure the latest files are uploaded on the next backup job.
Backup data to multiple storage destinations, including; local drive, network share, FTP/SFTP server, and public cloud storage sequentially or concurrently. You can implement the 3-2-1 backup rule for maximum data protection with multi-destination backup.
Unlimited Endpoint Protection
Protect every endpoint with Ahsay! From servers and PCs to notebooks running on Windows, macOS, Linux, and FreeBSD, Ahsay has you covered. Plus, extend your protection to QNAP and Synology NAS devices. Experience comprehensive backup solutions with unlimited endpoint coverage, ensuring your all your data stays safe and secure at all times.
Enterprise-grade security
Data is protected by AES 256-bit encryption both during transit and at rest, along with Two-factor authentication (2FA) which safeguards your backup data from hackers. Ahsay is, beyond doubt, the best and most affordable backup solution for both personal and business use.
All-in-one backup solution
Ahsay is an all-in-one backup solution which provides both cloud backup of Microsoft 365, Google Drive, Amazon S3, Dropbox, OpenStack, Rackspace, Wasabi, FTP, SFTP and on-premises backup of VMware, Hyper-V, Exchange, SQL, Oracle, MySQL, MariaDB, QNAP/Synology NAS as well as Android/iPhone etc.
Ahsay pricing offers an incredible backup price (bring your own storage) as low as $0.60/month per 100GB. The most affordable backup enterprise solution available in the market.
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Enhance your brand recognition with our co-branded backup solution (AMBaaS)
| Backup scenario with non-branded hosting plan the hosting fee is US$30 per month* | Data Size (GB) | Ahsay Drive | 1 Month Plan | 1 Year Plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Files, NAS | 1,000 | ✔ | $48 | $480 |
| Files, NAS | 1,000 | ✘ | $36 | $360 |
| Database | 2,500 | ✔ | $90 | $900 |
| Database | 2,500 | ✘ | $60 | $600 |
| Virtual machines | 5,000 | ✔ | $150 | $1500 |
| Virtual machines | 5,000 | ✘ | $90 | $900 |
| Microsoft 365 (10 users) | 1,000 | ✔ | $66 | $660 |
| Microsoft 365 (10 users) | 1,000 | ✘ | $54 | $540 |
*On top add $60 per month, $600 per year if you choose co-branded hosting plan.
1. How much storage size is required to backup my data ?
The built-in advanced deduplication and compression in Ahsay backup agent can save you lots of storage space for backup by default but the typical business practice of keeping all versions of data for 365 days will eat up your storage gradually. As a rule of thumb, simply choose the package above with size equals to the size of your data to backup. It is usually the best fit for most situations.
2. Where do you store my backup data in AMBaaS ? Is it safe ?
Backup data in Ahsay Managed Backup-as-a-Service (AMBaaS) is stored on Ahsay Drive which is powered by Microsoft Azure. Microsoft guarantees at least 99.99% availability and usually have a data center node close to you for fast access. Security is also monitored 24x7 to prevent attack from hackers. It requires no I.T. knowledge to setup the best possible backup solution for all your critical business systems to a secure cloud storage easily.
3. Is it possible to perform on-premise backup without saving data to the cloud ?
If you are not allowed to backup your data to cloud for security reasons due to regulations, you can setup a on-premise system similar to Ahsay Managed Backup-as-a-Service (AMBaaS) to fulfil your backup need. With Ahsay Universal Backup System (AhsayUBS), it is possible to install a complete backup system to bare metal computer in less than 15 minutes. You can then backup everything onsite to AhsayUBS and optionally replicate all backup data offsite to another computer also running AhsayUBS in another geographic location. This gives you the complete control of your backup infrastructure with no data in the hands of external parties. The following table lists some of the DELL PowerEdge servers supported by AhsayUBS with their recommended retail prices for your reference. Click here for details of AhsayUBS features.
| Servers | CPU | Memory | HDD | Total Raw Space | Reference Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PowerEdge R250 | Xeon E-2314 4C | 8GB | 8 x 8TB | 64TB | $4250 |
| PowerEdge T150 | Xeon E-2314 4C | 8GB | 4 x 8TB | 32TB | $3500 |
| PowerEdge T350 | Xeon E-2314 4C | 8GB | 8 x 8TB | 64TB | $5950 |
4. Is it cheaper to backup to local, instead of cloud, drive ?
Cloud storage comes with high level of redundancy and availability by default and therefore usually have a higher price tag. If you don't require offsite protection, using AhsayOBM to backup your data to a local drive is a cheaper alternative. However, it usualy requires an expansion to your local disks to store backup data. The following table shows a list of direct attached storage (DAS) devices, which can be plugged into a PC/server through UBS port to expand its storage immediately, with their recommended retail prices. In most cases, the acquisition cost of buying one DAS device, including all hard disks, would be similar to the subscription fee for cloud storage for one year, without considering the power to keep the DAS device running. You can visit QNAP official website for full hardware specification.
| Model | Max.Capacity | Connectivity | Price* |
|---|---|---|---|
| QNAP TR-004 | 4 x 18TB | USB 3.2 GEN 1 Type-C | $300 |
| QNAP TL-D800c | 8 x 18TB | USB 3.2 GEN 2 Type-C | $950 |
| QNAP TL-R1200c-RP | 12 x 18TB | USB 3.2 GEN 2 Type-C | $2250 |
In contrast to the traditional software licensing model, which is based on the number of copies of our software installed on different computers, Ahsay Backup Software (DIY) licensing fee is derived from the total amount of backup data generated by our software instead. It doesn't matter whether the backup data are being stored on-premise locally or in the cloud remotely. The license fee under this licensing model is generally cheaper than the one under traditional model and most users will end up paying less on software license with this model. The exact calculation of Ahsay Backup Software (DIY) license fee is based on the both volume and types of backup data (per backup set) with the rates and supported systems set out in the following table where the three different types of backup data defined are:
- Files or NAS which involve backing up of plain files only
- Applications, Databases or Virtual Machines which involve backing up different business applications, e.g. Microsoft SQL Server, VMware
- Microsoft 365 which involves backing up of Outlook, Sharepoint, OneDrive and Team data in Microsoft 365 accounts
| Files or NAS | Applications, Databases or Virtual Machines | Microsoft 365 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prices (in unit of per GB of data per backup set per month) | |||
| Rate [Min - Max] (i.e. only the first 1000GB data is charged) |
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| Rate [Min - Max] (i.e. only the first 1000GB data is charged) |
$0.005 [$0.5 -$5] |
$0.01 [$1 -$10] |
$0.01 [$1 -$10] + $0.5/mailbox |
| Operating Systems | |||
| Windows | |||
| Windows | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| macOS | |||
| macOS | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Linux | |||
| Linux | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Synology | |||
| Synology | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| QNAP | |||
| QNAP | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Databases | |||
| MS SQL Server | |||
| MS SQL Server | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ |
| MS Exchange | |||
| MS Exchange | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Oracle | |||
| Oracle | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ |
| MySQL | |||
| MySQL | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ |
| MariaDB | |||
| MariaDB | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Tibero | |||
| Tibero | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ |
| PostgreSQL | |||
| PostgreSQL | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Virtual Machines | |||
| VMware | |||
| VMware | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Hyper-V | |||
| Hyper-V | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Bare Metal | |||
| Windows System Backup | |||
| Windows System Backup | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Linux Bare Metal Backup | |||
| Linux Bare Metal Backup | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Microsoft 365 | |||
| Outlook | |||
| Outlook | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ |
| OneDrive | |||
| OneDrive | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ |
| SharePoint | |||
| SharePoint | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ |
| Teams | |||
| Teams | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ |
Notes:
- Typically, a new backup set is required to backup a new device
- There are different minimum and maximum license fees per backup set for different types of backup data
- If you are backing up data to multiple destinations, only the data in the largest destination is charged
- An initial deposit of US$100 is required to get started. You will be billed for the license fee of the previous month based on usage at the beginning of each month. You are required to settle the payment using the initial deposit or the credit card on file
Assuming you are required to backup the following systems, the total license fee required is $0.50 + $1.50 + $5 + $1 + $5 + $10 + $6 + $10 + $3.50 + $53 + $110 = $205.50/month
| Backup Data | Fees Calcuation Formula | License Fees |
|---|---|---|
| Notebook (10GB) | $0.0050 x 10 = $0.050 [Min. $0.50] |
$0.50 |
| QNAP/Synology NAS (300GB) | $0.0050 x 300 = $1.50 | $1.50 |
| File Server (2,000GB) | $0.0050 x 2000 = $10 [Max. $5] | $5 |
| VMware Host (50GB)* | $0.010 x 50 = $0.50 [Min. $1] | $1 |
| Hyper-V Host (500GB)* | $0.010 x 500 = $5 | $5 |
| Hyper-V Host (20,000GB)* | $0.010 x 20000 = $200 [Max. $10] | $10 |
| MySQL (600GB) | $0.010 x 600 = $6 | $6 |
| SQL Server (2,000GB) | $0.010 x 2000 = $20 [Max. $10] | $10 |
| Microsoft 365 (50GB, 5 mailboxes)** | $0.010 x 50 + $0.50 x 5 = $0.50 [Min. $1] + $2.50 |
$3.50 |
| Microsoft 365 (300GB, 100 mailboxes)** | $0.010 x 300 + $0.50 x 100 = $53 | $53 |
| Microsoft 365 (4,000GB, 200 mailboxes)** | $0.010 x 4000 + $0.50 x 200 = $40 [Max. $10] + $100 |
$110 |
| Total: | $205.50 | |
Notes:
* independent of the number of virtual machines to backup
** include all Sharepoint, OneDrive and Teams data within the same Microsoft 365 organization