Buy it once. It's yours.

MomentBackup is a one-time purchase for people protecting their own computers — no subscription, nothing recurring. The storage is yours too, so nobody bills you monthly to keep your own files.

Personal license

$49 once

One-time purchase · for your own machines · free 21-day trial first

Restores are never license-gated — you can always recover what you've backed up.

No account required · No telemetry by default · Your keys, your storage

14-day money-back guarantee — no questions asked.

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After checkout you land straight on a page with your license key; we also send it in a separate MomentBackup fulfillment email. Polar sends the receipt and tax invoice. Activation works offline — no account needed.

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What's included

One-time purchase — no subscription, includes 1.x updates
File history on Windows, macOS, and Linux
Windows whole-computer backup to a local drive or connected NAS, plus replacement-drive recovery
End-to-end encryption with a printable recovery key
Back up File History to your own drive, NAS, Google Drive, or S3-compatible bucket
Verification, repair, and immutable off-site protection where Object Lock is available
Automatic scheduling with Time Machine-style thinning
Restoring your files is never license-gated — recover even on a new machine

How it compares

One-time, yours, and on every computer

Most people weigh MomentBackup against a monthly cloud-backup service or — on a Mac — Time Machine. Here's where it lands.

Capability	MomentBackup	Subscription cloud backup	Time Machine
Price	$49 once	Monthly or yearly, ongoing	Free
Where backups live	Your disk, NAS, or cloud — your keys	The provider's servers	Local disk or NAS
Restores if you stop paying	Always work	Usually need an active plan	Free (Mac)
Platforms	Windows, macOS, Linux	Varies by provider	macOS only
Go back in time (file history)	Every platform	Varies	macOS
Whole-computer recovery	Windows	Rarely	Apple Recovery
Immutable off-site copy	Yes — Object Lock	Provider-dependent	No
Proven restores (auto-verify + drill)	Yes	Rarely	No

A subscription bills you every year, for as long as you want your backups; MomentBackup is $49 once. And because you bring your own storage, there's no separate storage bill either. New to this? Read MomentBackup vs Time Machine.

Questions

Pricing questions

Is MomentBackup a subscription?

No. You buy it once and it's yours — the license never expires and 1.x updates are included. There's nothing to cancel because nothing recurs.

Is there a storage subscription?

Also no. MomentBackup never hosts your data, so there is nothing to bill monthly for storage. You bring your own drive, NAS, or cloud bucket.

How does the trial work?

The full product is free for 21 days — no account required, no card. When the trial ends, new backups pause until you buy a license, but restoring what you already backed up always works.

Can I license a computer that never goes online?

Yes. The license key is self-contained — buy on any device, then type the key on the offline machine or carry the license file over on a USB stick. Air-gapped computers never need to connect, at activation or ever after.

Do I need a license to restore my files?

Never. Getting your data back always works — after the trial ends, on a brand-new machine after the old one dies, years from now. A license unlocks making new backups; it is never a gate on recovering what you already have. Install MomentBackup anywhere, point it at your backup, and restore.

I lost my license key — how do I get it back?

Your Polar receipt and a separate MomentBackup fulfillment email arrive after checkout; the fulfillment email contains your key. You can also sign in to an optional MomentBackup account to re-download it. If you cannot find either, contact support and we will help — but you never need an account to activate or use the app: the key itself is your license.