Omegion

DBBackup Discontinued

Automated, scheduled database backups to S3.

DBBackup automated backups for PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, and Redis, to AWS S3, Google Cloud, or Azure. Two deployment modes: serverless, where it connects to your database directly with no infrastructure to run, or bring-your-own-server, connecting through your own host for more control. There’s also a CLI for backing up to local disk, S3, or DBBackup.io directly.

Why it ended

Different problem than Usertune or Cronjobly - this one was the setup itself, not the market. Most engineers’ databases sit on a private network, so a SaaS backup service either needs a hole punched in that network to reach the database or an agent running inside it - either way, more setup than most people want for a backup tool. SaaS was the wrong pattern for this from the start.

What I learned

A backup tool for databases on a private network doesn’t fit the SaaS model well - a self-hosted CLI or an agent-only approach was the better shape for this, not a hosted service that has to reach into someone’s private network to do its job.