Scheduled, encrypted database backups you actually own.
Developers rent API docs, monitoring, secrets and webhook plumbing by the month for side projects that earn nothing yet. Self-hosted pay-once utilities cost less than one month of the SaaS they replace.
The tool this job usually means renting is SimpleBackups, at $29/mo — roughly $348 a year, every year. Vaultkeeper does the job for a one-time $99 — running on infrastructure you control.
PostgreSQL (pg_dump), MySQL/MariaDB (mysqldump), MongoDB (mongodump) — and SQLite via the online backup API, safe on live WAL databases with nothing installed.
For developers, four engines pays off while you're shipping, not managing vendor accounts — and it's covered by the same one-time $99, not metered per month.
Cron expressions with presets, per-job timezone, next-3-runs preview, and a per-job lock so runs never overlap.
For developers, real scheduling pays off while you're shipping, not managing vendor accounts — and it's covered by the same one-time $99, not metered per month.
age if installed, or built-in AES-256-GCM with a documented open format and a dependency-free decrypt script — your backups are never hostage.
For developers, encryption you can restore without us pays off while you're shipping, not managing vendor accounts — and it's covered by the same one-time $99, not metered per month.
One-time $99 for the packaged 1-click Windows installer with everything pre-wired, plus lifetime updates.
Desktop app for local databases, or docker compose up on a $5 VPS — the Docker image bundles all four engine CLIs and age.
Point it at your databases, pick a cron schedule and a destination. If a run ever fails, the webhook and email tell you immediately — with the actual error.
Vaultkeeper is $99, once. SimpleBackups at $29/mo — roughly $348 a year, every year. SimpleBackups is $348+ per year. Vaultkeeper pays for itself in under 4 months — then your backups run free, forever.
SimpleBackups is $348+ per year. Vaultkeeper pays for itself in under 4 months — then your backups run free, forever. Vaultkeeper costs $99 once; SimpleBackups charges $29/mo — about $348 a year. For developers, that fixed cost is the whole point: the tool is a one-time line item, not a monthly one.
Yes — MIT source at github.com/bensblueprints/vaultkeeper-mvp, always. The $99 buys the packaged installer and funds development. One month of the competition, forever.
They still open. The VK1 encryption format is documented in the README (AES-256-GCM, scrypt key derivation) and the repo ships a zero-dependency decrypt script — plus you can use age instead. Your backups outlive the software by design.