7 Server Backup Company Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: November 1st, 2023

Start A Server Backup Company

Here are some real life success stories of starting a server backup company:

1. FreeMcServer ($12K/year)

Back in 2018, Nuno had just finished school, and seeing the success of large minecraft servers online, whose founders are able to pay bills with it, he decided to build one platform himself. He was an avid minecraft player and needed a way to host the game 24/7 without the electricity bill going through the roof. That is when he started this personal project, both as a way to earn passive income, and to add to his CV.

How much they make: $12K/year
Current team size: 1

I Built A Minecraft Hosting Service That Makes Me $1,000 In Profit Per Month

FreeMcServer.net, a free high-performance Minecraft server hosting service launched in 2018, has more than 970,000 registered users and generates monthly profits of around $1,000 USD, with over 95% of revenue coming from advertisements on the website and a primary user base from lower-income countries.

About

Nuno started FreeMcServer about 6 years ago

Revenue

Nuno grew the business to $1K/month

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2. Scheduled Server backups for DigitalOcean and all providers ($300K/year)

How much they make: $300K/year
Current team size:

Bootstrapping a Server Backup Company to Five Figures per Month

"Bootstrapped server backup company hits impressive $10k MRR and continues to grow through transparency and building in public."

Revenue

They grew the business to $25K/month

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Learn more about starting a server backup company:

Where to start?

-> How much does it cost to start a server backup company?
-> Pros and cons of a server backup company

Need inspiration?

-> Examples of established server backup company
-> Marketing ideas for a server backup company

Other resources

4. Synology Incorporated

Synology uniquely enables you to manage, secure, and protect your data – at the scale needed to accommodate the exponential data growth of the digital world.

Website traffic: 7.03M/month

5. Veeam Software

Where they're located: Columbus, Ohio, USA
Website traffic: 2.84M/month

6. Backblaze

Backblaze is a pioneer in robust, scalable low cost cloud backup and storage services. Personal online backup to enterprise scale data storage solutions.

Website traffic: 1.39M/month

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