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Windows Backup pricing
Windows Backup publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the backup tools listed alongside it.
As of 30 August 2026, Windows Backup pricing is free. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Free
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Yes
Windows Backup plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built-in | Free | 3 | Entry tier |
Where Windows Backup stops being free
Built-in, Free
- File History
- System image
- OneDrive sync
No paid tier on record
Windows Backup lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full Windows Backup feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- File History
- System image backup
- OneDrive integration
- System restore points
- Reset this PC
- Recovery drive
Integrations
- OneDrive
- Windows Server
- Network shares
Platform
- Windows support
People bring Windows Backup in for moving folders, settings and app list to a new windows pc, basic personal file backup for a windows home user. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Windows Backup are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Backup
Too few backup tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows Backup (this page) | Free | free | - | |
| Velero | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Windows Backup |
| Clumio | $0.01/month | Per GiB-month protected | - | vs Windows Backup |
| Portworx Backup | Free, then $0.2/node hour | Per node hour | - | vs Windows Backup |
| Trilio | Free | Per node per year | - | vs Windows Backup |
| AvePoint Cloud Backup | On request | quote | - | vs Windows Backup |
| HYCU | On request | quote | - | vs Windows Backup |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Windows Backup badges page.
Before you pay for Windows Backup
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: a single tier at Free. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Windows Backup runs on windows, and is published by Microsoft Corporation of Redmond, Washington. The full record is on the Windows Backup review, and the rest of the category is under best backup tools.
Windows Backup pricing questions
- How much does Windows Backup cost?
- Windows Backup publishes a single tier, Built-in, at Free.
- Does Windows Backup have a free plan?
- Yes. The Built-in tier costs nothing and covers file history, system image, onedrive sync.
- Which backup tools can I use without paying?
- 4 of the 8 backup tools listed alongside Windows Backup have a free tier: Velero, Portworx Backup, Trilio, Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes.
- What am I actually paying for with Windows Backup?
- The record lists 10 features across 3 areas: other, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for moving folders, settings and app list to a new windows pc, basic personal file backup for a windows home user.
- Does Windows Backup charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 1 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Windows Backup prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Windows Backup against before paying?
- The closest backup tools in this directory are Velero, Clumio, Portworx Backup, Trilio. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Windows Backup covering price, platforms and features.