The price anchor
| Syncvault | Backblaze Personal | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly | $0 — no subscription | $9/mo |
| Annual | $0 after purchase | $108 |
| 5-year total | $29 | $540 |
| 10-year total | $29 | $1,080 |
Subscription figures from the vendor's published pricing ($9/mo, ~$108/yr); the Syncvault column is the full price, paid once.
Break-even analysis
A 100 GB backup is $29 once plus ~$7/yr of storage versus $108/yr on Backblaze — it pays for itself in about four months, then it's just bytes.
- After 1 year: Syncvault has cost you $29 total — Backblaze Personal has cost $108.
- After 3 years: Syncvault is still $29 — the subscription is at $324.
- After 5 years: Syncvault is still $29 — the subscription is at $540.
What you get for $29 once
- Client-side AES-256-GCM. Key is derived from your passphrase with scrypt, never uploaded and never stored in plaintext.
- Content-addressed dedupe. Objects are keyed by SHA-256 of content, so identical or unchanged files upload exactly once.
- Point-in-time versioning. Keep the last N versions of every file and browse the backed-up tree as of any point in time to restore.
- BYO destinations. Any S3-compatible endpoint (AWS, B2, Wasabi, R2, MinIO) or a plain local/network folder, mixed per folder.
- Per-folder scheduling. Manual, continuous, hourly or daily per folder, with deletion tombstones that track removed files without losing history.
- No renewal, ever. The license does not expire and there is no per-seat meter — $29 is the whole price.
Pricing questions
Is it really free on GitHub?
Yes — Syncvault is MIT-licensed at github.com/bensblueprints/data-backup-cloud-sync-mvp. The $29 buys the signed Windows installer and 1-click setup; building from source is free.
What happens to my data if I stop using Syncvault?
Nothing is locked up. The SV1 file format is documented, and your data is recoverable with ~20 lines of Node — no vendor lock-in, even from us.
Do you ever see my files or my key?
No. Encryption is client-side, the key never leaves your machine, and the index is a local SQLite file with zero telemetry.
Syncvault — $29, one time
Or get Syncvault plus every other app in the suite: the OneTimeSuite bundle is currently $97, one time.