BorgBase offers secure, encrypted hosting for BorgBackup and Restic repositories, with a free 10 GB tier and paid plans from 24 dollars a year.
BorgBase is a specialized hosting service for BorgBackup and Restic, two open-source, deduplicating backup tools that are popular among developers and system administrators for their efficiency and strong encryption support. Instead of building a general cloud storage product, BorgBase focuses exclusively on being a reliable, secure remote destination for Borg and Restic repositories.
The service is operated by Peakford Ltd, a small company based in Naxxar, Malta, which also runs PikaPods, a managed hosting platform for self-hosted open-source applications. The team positions itself as deeply embedded in the open-source backup community, sponsoring Borg's development and staying active in related forums.
BorgBase's core value proposition is that it understands the operational needs of Borg and Restic users specifically, offering features like append-only repositories that protect against ransomware tampering, which general-purpose cloud storage services typically do not offer out of the box.
Append-only mode is one of BorgBase's most important security features: it lets a repository accept new backup data while preventing existing archives from being deleted or modified, which protects backups even if the client machine running Borg is later compromised by ransomware or a malicious actor.
End-to-end encryption means all backup data is encrypted client-side before it ever reaches BorgBase's servers, so the company itself cannot read the contents of user backups, an important property for privacy-conscious users and organizations handling sensitive data.
Operational features round out the service: two-factor authentication protects account access, monitoring and alerting via email, Pushover, or webhook notifies users if a scheduled backup job fails to check in, and an API allows automation of repository creation and management for infrastructure-as-code workflows.
BorgBase offers a free tier that includes 10 GB of storage and 2 repositories forever, with no time limit, making it a low-risk way to test the service with a real backup workflow before paying.
Paid plans are priced by base storage: the Small plan includes 250 GB for 24 dollars per year, the Medium plan includes 1 TB for 90 dollars per year, and the Large plan includes 2 TB for 165 dollars per year or 17 dollars per month, with all plans available in either EU or US hosting regions.
Users can exceed their plan's base storage using flexible overage of up to roughly three times the included amount, paying only for the extra space actually used, and BorgBase does not charge for uploads, downloads, or API calls. Annual plans include a 30-day refund window.
BorgBase is used to host encrypted, off-site backup repositories for the BorgBackup and Restic open-source backup tools.
Yes, BorgBase offers 10 GB of storage and 2 repositories free forever with no time limit.
No, backups are end-to-end encrypted client-side before upload, so BorgBase cannot read the contents.
Yes, BorgBase hosts repositories for both BorgBackup and Restic.
BorgBase is operated by Peakford Ltd, a company based in Naxxar, Malta.
It is a repository setting that allows new backups to be written while preventing existing archives from being deleted or altered, protecting against ransomware.
No, BorgBase does not charge separately for uploads, downloads, or API calls beyond the storage plan cost.
BorgBase offers both EU and US hosting regions for repositories.