# ServerCrate

> ServerCrate is an infrastructure company in Los Angeles (US West Coast). We sell zero-knowledge encrypted backup vaults for restic, hosted Borg repositories, Proxmox offsite (hosted Proxmox Backup Server datastores), KVM VPS and website hosting. Restic connects over HTTPS to a per-customer REST server vault (rest:https://<vault>.vault.servercrate.net/); restic vaults are not served over SFTP. Data is encrypted on the customer's machine before upload, and we never hold the encryption key. Unlimited bandwidth, no egress or restore fees.

Key facts:

- Restic vaults: restic REST protocol over HTTPS, one isolated vault per customer, on ZFS storage in Los Angeles. Only the separate Borg product uses SSH.
- Ransomware protection: vaults are append-only by default (the backup key can add snapshots but cannot delete or rewrite them); pruning uses a separate cleanup key. Every vault also gets daily storage-level ZFS snapshots kept for 14 days that no customer or backup key can remove.
- Backup vault plans: Free 10 GB (forever, no card); Lite $2/mo for 100 GB; Starter $3/mo for 250 GB; Standard $9/mo for 1 TB; Pro $17/mo for 2 TB; Business $35/mo for 5 TB (waitlist). Annual billing = 2 months free. No egress, restore or bandwidth fees.
- Backup Evidence Report: every paid vault gets a signed monthly report answering the backup questions on cyber-insurance applications (offsite, immutable, encrypted, MFA, recency).
- Borg repositories: hosted BorgBackup over SSH with an append-only backup key and a separate prune key, from $20/yr for 100 GB (monthly billing from $2/mo).
- Proxmox offsite: a dedicated Proxmox Backup Server datastore you add to Proxmox VE, with backup-only tokens, from $30/yr for 100 GB.
- VPS: KVM on NVMe in Los Angeles. Dedicated IPv4 on SC-1 ($7/mo) and up; budget SC-0 ($3/mo) shares an IPv4. Cloud servers include an encrypted backup vault.
- Website hosting: NVMe hosting with one-click WordPress, free certificates, post-quantum TLS and encrypted offsite backups, from $3/mo.
- Payments: card, PayPal and Bitcoin (self-hosted BTCPay). Renewal price stays at the signup price.

## Products

- [ServerCrate home](https://servercrate.net/): Overview of encrypted backup vaults, Borg repositories, Proxmox offsite, cloud servers and website hosting.
- [Restic backup server hosting](https://servercrate.net/restic-backup-server/): A hosted restic repository: per-customer REST server vault over HTTPS on ZFS, 10 GB free.
- [Restic backup hosting](https://servercrate.net/restic-sftp-backup-hosting/): What to look for in a restic repository host. Our vaults use restic's REST protocol over HTTPS, not SFTP.
- [Backup server hosting](https://servercrate.net/backup-server-hosting/): A managed offsite backup target instead of running your own backup VPS; restic over HTTPS, client-side encryption, ZFS underneath.
- [Encrypted backup service](https://servercrate.net/encrypted-backup-service/): What zero-knowledge means in practice: data is encrypted on your machine with a key we never see.
- [Offsite backup server](https://servercrate.net/offsite-backup-server/): A private offsite vault with flat pricing, as an alternative to maintaining a remote backup box.
- [Proxmox offsite (hosted PBS datastores)](https://servercrate.net/proxmox-backup-server-hosting/): Dedicated Proxmox Backup Server datastores with backup-only API tokens, PBS-100 to PBS-2T, from $30/yr.
- [Borg repositories](https://servercrate.net/borg-backup-hosting/): Hosted BorgBackup over SSH with an append-only key and a separate prune key; works with borgmatic and Vorta. From $20/yr.
- [Restic backup paid in Bitcoin](https://servercrate.net/restic-bitcoin-backup/): Restic backup vaults paid with on-chain Bitcoin through our self-hosted BTCPay Server.
- [Encrypted cloud storage](https://servercrate.net/encrypted-cloud-storage/): Browser-based encrypted file storage: files encrypted before upload, 24-word recovery key, file versions. From $2/mo.
- [Cloud servers](https://servercrate.net/cloud-servers/): KVM cloud servers in Los Angeles with NVMe, full root and a dedicated IPv4 from $7/mo; budget SC-0 from $3/mo.
- [Los Angeles VPS](https://servercrate.net/los-angeles-vps/): KVM VPS plans SC-0 to SC-3 in Los Angeles: NVMe, VNC and serial console, Debian, Ubuntu, AlmaLinux, Rocky.
- [VPS with dedicated IPv4](https://servercrate.net/vps-with-dedicated-ipv4/): SC-1 ($7), SC-2 ($12) and SC-3 ($20) each include one public IPv4 used only by your server, all ports open.
- [VPS with backups](https://servercrate.net/vps-with-backups/): Cloud servers that come with an included encrypted offsite backup vault.
- [Bitcoin VPS](https://servercrate.net/bitcoin-vps/): Pay for a Los Angeles KVM VPS in Bitcoin via our self-hosted BTCPay Server; card and PayPal also accepted.
- [Docker VPS](https://servercrate.net/docker-vps/): KVM VPS with your own kernel and full root for running Docker, with an encrypted backup vault.
- [Website hosting](https://servercrate.net/web-hosting/): NVMe website hosting with one-click WordPress, staging, free certificates and encrypted offsite backups, from $3/mo.
- [WordPress hosting](https://servercrate.net/wordpress-hosting/): WordPress hosting with PHP 8.2 to 8.5, MySQL 8.4, post-quantum TLS and encrypted offsite backups, from $3/mo.
- [Post-quantum TLS hosting](https://servercrate.net/post-quantum-tls-hosting/): Hybrid post-quantum TLS (X25519MLKEM768) on hosting, servers and backup vaults, with a one-command way to verify it.
- [Website protection](https://servercrate.net/website-protection/): Scheduled encrypted backups of website files and databases from any host into your vault, with health alerts.

## Pricing

- [Pricing](https://servercrate.net/pricing/): All plans: backup vaults (Free 10 GB to Pro 2 TB, Business waitlist), Proxmox offsite, Borg repositories, cloud servers and website hosting. Annual billing is 2 months free.

## Trust & security

- [Security](https://servercrate.net/security/): How the vaults are protected: client-side encryption, HTTPS-only REST endpoint, no SSH on vaults, what we log, and our threat model.
- [Trust and operating commitments](https://servercrate.net/trust/): Who runs ServerCrate, where data lives (one Los Angeles location), what we promise and how to verify it.
- [Insurance-ready backups](https://servercrate.net/insurance-ready-backups/): The signed monthly Backup Evidence Report included with every paid vault, phrased as the backup questions on cyber-insurance applications.
- [Continuous restore verification](https://servercrate.net/restore-verification/): Every 15 minutes a machine outside our network backs up, restores and byte-checks a canary through our public endpoint.
- [Restore drill](https://servercrate.net/recovery-drill/): Published end-to-end restore drills on an independent machine, with read-data checks and byte-for-byte manifests.
- [Continuity and exit](https://servercrate.net/continuity/): Your data stays in standard restic format; how to copy every snapshot to another backend with restic copy and leave.
- [Service level agreement](https://servercrate.net/sla/): A 99.5% monthly availability target per service, measured on our public status page, with invoice credits.
- [Incident history](https://servercrate.net/incidents/): Write-ups of every incident on a paid service: impact, root cause and what we changed.
- [Warrant canary](https://servercrate.net/warrant-canary/): Our PGP-signed quarterly warrant canary and how to verify it.
- [PGP keys](https://servercrate.net/pgp/): Team PGP key (RSA 4096) for verifying the warrant canary and sending encrypted security disclosures.

## Guides

- [Guides hub](https://servercrate.net/guides/): Index of our restic, offsite backup, homelab and comparison articles.
- [Setup: first backup](https://servercrate.net/setup/): Create a vault, set RESTIC_REPOSITORY to your rest:https:// vault URL, run and schedule your first restic backup.
- [Downloads](https://servercrate.net/downloads/): Install restic on Linux, macOS or Windows, plus our open-source helper scripts and systemd templates.
- [Restic restore guide](https://servercrate.net/restic-restore-guide/): Restoring single files, folders or full snapshots with restic, including mount-based restores.
- [Restic retention policy](https://servercrate.net/restic-retention-policy/): How restic forget and prune work, --keep-* examples, and running retention with the separate cleanup key.
- [Restic systemd timer](https://servercrate.net/restic-systemd-timer/): systemd .service and .timer units for scheduled restic backups and separate prune jobs.
- [Verify restic backups](https://servercrate.net/restic-verify-backups/): Using restic check and --read-data, and how often to run test restores.
- [Restic Docker volume backup](https://servercrate.net/restic-docker-backup/): Backing up Docker volumes and Compose stacks with restic on a schedule.
- [Restic Proxmox backup](https://servercrate.net/restic-proxmox-backup/): Offsite restic backups of Proxmox VE host configs and LXC data.
- [Restic SMB backup](https://servercrate.net/restic-smb-backup/): Backing up Windows SMB/CIFS shares with restic.
- [3-2-1 backup strategy](https://servercrate.net/3-2-1-backup-strategy/): The 3-2-1 rule and how to implement it with an immutable offsite copy.
- [Proxmox offsite backup](https://servercrate.net/proxmox-backup-offsite/): Options for getting Proxmox VE backups offsite.
- [TrueNAS offsite backup](https://servercrate.net/truenas-offsite-backup/): Offsite backup for TrueNAS CORE and SCALE: restic versus ZFS replication.
- [Unraid offsite backup](https://servercrate.net/unraid-backup-solution/): Encrypted offsite backup of Unraid shares and appdata with restic.
- [QNAP offsite backup](https://servercrate.net/qnap-backup-solution/): Encrypted offsite backup for QNAP NAS.
- [Synology offsite backup](https://servercrate.net/synology-offsite-backup/): Encrypted offsite backup for Synology NAS.
- [NAS offsite backup](https://servercrate.net/offsite-backup-nas/): What NAS-to-cloud backup should look like: encrypted, offsite, no egress fees.
- [Homelab backup storage](https://servercrate.net/homelab-backup-storage/): One encrypted offsite vault for VMs, NAS shares and Docker volumes in a homelab.
- [Home Assistant offsite backup](https://servercrate.net/backup-homeassistant-offsite/): Backing up Home Assistant to an encrypted offsite vault with restic.
- [Linux backup service](https://servercrate.net/linux-backup-service/): Encrypted offsite backups for Linux servers with restic and systemd.
- [VPS backup service](https://servercrate.net/vps-backup-service/): Why a VPS provider's own backups share a failure domain, and how to back up any VPS offsite.
- [Offsite backup for small business](https://servercrate.net/offsite-backup-for-small-business/): Offsite backup for small teams: one owner, a clear restore process and flat pricing.
- [Cyber insurance backup requirements](https://servercrate.net/cyber-insurance-backup-requirements/): Checklist of the backup controls cyber-insurance applications ask about and how to evidence each one.

## Comparisons

- [Best offsite backup for small business (2026)](https://servercrate.net/best-offsite-backup-for-small-business/): Offsite backup options for small businesses compared.
- [Best offsite storage for Proxmox backups (2026)](https://servercrate.net/best-proxmox-backup-storage/): Offsite storage targets for Proxmox backups compared.
- [Best restic repository hosting (2026)](https://servercrate.net/best-restic-hosting/): Hosted restic repository providers compared.
- [Restic alternatives](https://servercrate.net/restic-alternative/): Kopia, BorgBackup, Duplicacy, Arq and Backrest compared with restic.
- [Kopia alternatives](https://servercrate.net/kopia-alternative/): Restic, BorgBackup, Backrest and Duplicacy compared with Kopia.
- [Restic vs Borg](https://servercrate.net/restic-vs-borg/): Deduplication, encryption, backends, restore speed and upkeep compared.
- [Restic vs Duplicacy](https://servercrate.net/restic-vs-duplicacy/): Licensing, lock-free deduplication, speed and backends compared.
- [Restic vs Tarsnap](https://servercrate.net/restic-vs-tarsnap/): Pricing model, speed, deduplication and restore costs compared.
- [Restic vs Arq](https://servercrate.net/restic-vs-arq/): Open-source CLI for servers versus a Mac/Windows desktop app.
- [Kopia vs Backrest](https://servercrate.net/kopia-vs-backrest/): A standalone backup tool versus a web UI for restic.
- [BorgBase alternative](https://servercrate.net/borgbase-alternative/): BorgBase compared with ServerCrate Borg repositories and restic vaults, with prices.
- [rsync.net alternative](https://servercrate.net/rsync-net-alternative/): rsync.net compared with ServerCrate on price per TB, minimums, restic support and egress.
- [Backblaze B2 alternative](https://servercrate.net/backblaze-b2-alternative/): B2 object storage compared with flat-priced restic vaults with no egress fees.
- [Hetzner Storage Box alternative](https://servercrate.net/hetzner-storage-box-alternative/): Hetzner Storage Box compared with US West Coast restic vaults.
- [Wasabi alternative](https://servercrate.net/wasabi-alternative/): Wasabi's 1 TB minimum and deletion rules compared with restic vaults from 10 GB free.
- [SFTP backup vs encrypted cloud storage](https://servercrate.net/sftp-vs-cloud-storage/): Backup destinations versus sync products such as Filen, Sync.com and pCloud.

## Tools

- [Free restic tools](https://servercrate.net/tools/): Index of our free browser-based planning tools.
- [Restic retention calculator](https://servercrate.net/tools/retention-calculator/): Enter --keep-* rules and see which snapshots restic keeps and the exact command.
- [Backup cost calculator](https://servercrate.net/tools/backup-cost-calculator/): Compare storage and restore costs across backup providers for a given data size.

## Company

- [About](https://servercrate.net/about/): Who we are and what we run: backup vaults, Borg repositories, Proxmox offsite, cloud servers and website hosting on our own hardware.
- [Contact](https://servercrate.net/contact/): Pre-sales, support, security disclosure and partnership contacts.
- [Changelog](https://servercrate.net/changelog/): Product and platform changes, newest first.
- [Affiliate program](https://servercrate.net/affiliates/): 25% of referred customers' payments for their first 12 months, paid by PayPal or Bitcoin.
- [Legal](https://servercrate.net/legal/): Index of our legal documents.
- [Terms of service](https://servercrate.net/legal/terms/): Account terms, billing and refunds, data handling and liability.
- [Privacy policy](https://servercrate.net/legal/privacy/): What we collect, what we never see, cookies, analytics and data retention.
- [Acceptable use policy](https://servercrate.net/legal/acceptable-use/): What may and may not run on our vaults, servers and hosting, and how to report abuse.

## Getting started without the terminal
- [Back up Windows and Mac without the terminal](https://servercrate.net/backup-without-terminal/): Use the free Backrest desktop app (Windows, macOS) with a ServerCrate vault, or ServerCrate Backup in the browser. Five-step guide on every vault page; our team answers setup questions by ticket and live chat.
- Linux servers: one-line installer (install.sh) sets up restic, a daily schedule and cleanup with your vault's connection line.