Every night, everything that matters is copied off your premises and locked. We come to your office, set it up, and restore a file in front of you so you know it works. Then we watch it, and we ring you if it ever stops.
Files encrypted on the 11th. The 10th is clean, off-site and one phone call away. A synced folder would have copied the damage everywhere.
Drive and OneDrive are very good at what they do, and what they do is keep one copy matching across your devices. That is syncing. It is not backup, and the difference only shows on the worst day of your year.
| What happens | Google Drive / OneDrive | SimbaBackup |
|---|---|---|
| Someone deletes a folder by mistake | It disappears from every computer within seconds. Around 30 days in the bin, if anyone notices in time. | Nothing is deleted. Every night is kept, so you pick a night before it happened. |
| Ransomware scrambles your files | The scrambled versions sync everywhere, overwriting the good ones. The damage is copied faithfully to every device. | Last night's clean copy sits off-site, untouched. Nothing running on your computer can reach it. |
| A laptop is stolen | Whatever was in the synced folder is safe. Anything on the desktop, in Documents or on a second drive goes with the laptop. | Everything agreed at setup comes back, wherever on the machine it was kept. |
| The office floods, or the server dies | Your documents survive. Your server, its databases and its settings do not. Those were never in Drive. | The copy is in a data centre, not the cupboard next door. |
| An employee leaves and clears their account | Their files go with the account unless somebody transferred ownership first. | That machine's history stays in your backup regardless. |
Keep using Drive. It is good for working together on documents. This sits underneath it and catches what it was never built to catch.
Space is the cheap part. These are the things that decide whether your files actually come back.
An engineer at your premises, choosing what gets protected with you. Not a download link and a manual.
Every night, by itself. The commonest reason a backup fails is that somebody stopped remembering to do it.
A file deleted or encrypted this morning is still there from before. A folder that mirrors your computer copies the mistake instead.
Scrambled on your own machine with a key only you hold. We cannot read your files, which is also why we cannot recover that key for you.
Backups die quietly in March and are discovered in September. We are told the morning it stops, and we call you.
We bring a file back in front of you before leaving. An untested backup is a hope, not a plan.
Buy at SimbaHost and we ring you within one working day to book the installation. The one-off installation charge pays for the visit, the setup and the first tested restore.
250 GB off-site
plus a one-off installation, from about KES 7,700
1 TB off-site
plus a one-off installation, from about KES 7,700
2 TB off-site
plus a one-off installation, from about KES 7,700
3 TB off-site, servers included
plus a one-off installation, from about KES 7,700
Priced by how many computers we set up, whichever plan you choose.
SimbaBackup is sold and billed by SimbaHost. Prices are set in US dollars and charged in shillings at the day's rate, so the figures above are approximate; the exact amount is shown before you pay.
Pick the plan with the off-site space you need. Pay by M-Pesa, card or bank transfer at SimbaHost.
Within one working day. We agree a time that does not interrupt your week.
At your premises. Your key handed over in writing, and one file restored while you watch.
Every night. If it stops we are told, and we ring you. Need something back? Call us.
We install and configure this for you during the visit. You do not need it to get started. It is here for a machine you have replaced, a branch office we have not reached yet, or if you would rather do it yourself.
Windows
Windows 10, 11 and Server
macOS
Intel and Apple silicon
Linux & servers
Scripted, for machines without a screen
These open the software publishers' own download pages, so you always get the current, unmodified version.
The files your business works with every day, copied off your premises every night. Here is exactly what that covers, and what belongs to a different service, so you know before you buy rather than after.
Running your own accounting, patient or case records? Most firms that do need one of the services on the right as well. Tell us what you have and we will price the whole thing properly.
Talk to us about your setupA stolen laptop, a deleted folder, a scrambled server. Choose a plan and we will be at your office this week.