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Carbonite vs Keepit

Carbonite and Keepit are both backup & SaaS data protection tools. Carbonite is aimed at small businesses and freelancers, while Keepit is aimed at enterprise and small businesses.

Carbonite

Set-and-forget cloud backup for home PCs, small offices and servers

Keepit

Independent SaaS backup for Microsoft 365, Entra ID and Salesforce

PricingPaid · $6Paid
Starting price$6.40/moNot published
Free planNoNo
Free trial15 days—
Built forSmall businesses, FreelancersEnterprise, Small businesses
Platformsweb, windows, macos, ios, androidweb
CountryUS · 2005DK · 2007
Rating——

Choose Carbonite if

Households and small offices that want automatic, unlimited-storage cloud backup for a single PC or up to 25 business computers.

  • Very little setup: install once and backups run in the background
  • Unlimited storage for a single computer on personal plans
  • Business plans cover up to 25 computers on one subscription

Look elsewhere if: Tech-savvy users who want cheap multi-device or developer-grade storage (Backblaze, IDrive, Acronis).

Choose Keepit if

Mid-size and large organizations, especially in regulated European sectors, that need independent, immutable backup of many SaaS apps and their identity layer.

  • Backups live outside Microsoft, Google and Salesforce infrastructure
  • Identity layer coverage, not just files and mail
  • Wide range of protected SaaS apps under one console

Look elsewhere if: Small businesses wanting cheap, self-serve Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace backup with public prices (Spanning, Afi).

Carbonite vs Keepit pricing

Carbonite

  • Basic$76.79/yrFirst-year price (list $95.99); 1 computer, unlimited storage
  • Plus$85.79/yrFirst year (list $131.99); adds 1 external drive, video backup
  • Prime$105.29/yrFirst year (list $161.99); adds courier recovery options
  • Core (business)$230.39/yrUp to 25 computers, external drives and NAS; 250 GB
  • Power (business)$639.99/yr1 server plus 25 computers, 500 GB, bare metal restore

Keepit

  • Core ContinuityQuote5-year recovery, SSO and MFA, business-hours support
  • Business ResilienceQuote10-year recovery, multi-geo storage, add-ons, 24/7 support
  • Enterprise ResilienceQuoteDedicated CX manager, phone support, quarterly reviews

Carbonite · Key features

  • Continuous, automatic backup of documents, photos, music and videos
  • Unlimited cloud storage on Basic, Plus and Prime personal plans
  • External hard drive and automatic video backup on Plus and Prime
  • Business Core covers up to 25 computers, external drives and NAS
  • Server backup with bare metal image restore on Power and Ultimate
  • 256-bit encryption at rest and in transit with private key option

Cons

  • Annual billing only, and promotional first-year prices renew higher
  • Personal plans cover just one computer per subscription
  • Business storage starts at 250 GB and extra space costs $99 per 100 GB

Keepit · Key features

  • Immutable, air-gapped backups stored on vendor-independent infrastructure
  • Choice of seven global data regions for storage
  • Microsoft 365 backup for Exchange, OneDrive, SharePoint and Teams
  • Entra ID backup including conditional access policies and BitLocker keys
  • Salesforce backup with sandbox seeding and data anonymization
  • Coverage for Zendesk, Jira, Confluence, Okta, GitHub and monday.com

Cons

  • No public prices, every deal goes through sales
  • No self-serve free trial advertised
  • Ten-year retention and multi-geo storage need the middle tier

Carbonite vs Keepit: FAQ

Do Carbonite and Keepit have a free plan?

Carbonite has no free plan, a 15-day free trial. Keepit has no free plan.

Not sure yet?