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mountOS vs VPS Snaps

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mountOS compared with VPS Snaps
DetailmountOS logo mountOSVPS Snaps logo VPS Snaps
What it doesSelf-hosted POSIX filesystem that mounts S3 and object storage on Mac, Windows, Linux, and Kubernetes Automated backups for servers, databases, Docker and Kubernetes to storage you own
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Pricing modelFreemium Freemium
PricingFree up to 10 TiB for a single self-hosted deployment with every capability included. Beyond that, a Business License is arranged directly with the company. Free: 1 server, 1 backup job, daily backups, 1-day retention, 1 storage destination. Starter: $10/month (billed $120/year) for 5 servers, 3 backup jobs, 24-hour backups, 3-day retention, 1 storage destination. Standard: $30/month (billed $360/year) for 15 servers, 20 backup jobs, 12-hour backups, 14
Key features
  • POSIX-compliant filesystem interface
  • Native mounting on Mac, Windows, Linux, and Kubernetes
  • Time travel to access volumes at earlier points in time
  • Automatic version history with configurable granularity
  • Recently-deleted file recovery
  • S3 and WebHDFS API compatibility
  • Kubernetes CSI driver support
  • MCP connector for AI agents
  • Apache Iceberg catalog support for analytical workloads
  • VPS snapshots from eight cloud providers (DigitalOcean, Hetzner, Vultr, Linode, AWS EC2, AWS Lightsail, Google Compute Engine, Microsoft Azure)
  • Docker volume backups with compose files and container inspect output
  • File and directory backups over SSH with exclude patterns
  • Kubernetes namespace manifests and CSI volume snapshots
  • WordPress site backups through official plugin with application detection
  • Scheduled backup jobs with configurable retention and pruning
  • Archives written to your own S3-compatible bucket or Google Drive, Box, Dropbox, OneDrive
  • Backup failure and missed-run alerting on email, Slack, Teams, Google Chat, Discord
What makes it different
  • Built-in version history and time travel, no backup scheduling needed
  • True POSIX compatibility verified with industry test suites
  • Copy-free volume forks for isolated experimentation
  • Elastic capacity that grows with data
  • Data stays on customer-owned infrastructure
  • Backups stored only in your own bucket or cloud storage, never in VPS Snaps infrastructure
  • Free plan with no credit card, no trial countdown, covering one server and one backup job forever
  • All credentials encrypted at rest with AES-256-GCM and decrypted only in memory at runtime
  • Multi-cloud provider support with OAuth connections and IP-allowlisting for security
  • Backup jobs schedule to your timezone and preserve timestamps across DST changes
Free planNot given Not given
Open sourceNot given Not given
PlatformsNot given Not given
Public APINot given Not given
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)18 +1 (up) since last check20 +1 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)07
Citation Flow (Majestic)1622
Referring domains (Majestic)358

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