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remote-backups.com launches prepaid backup storage from 200 GB at €1.70/month

June 6, 2026

New prepaid billing option for Proxmox Backup Server storage reduces the minimum datastore size to 200 GB and replaces recurring monthly charges with upfront payment for 1, 3, 6, or 12-month periods.

remote-backups.com today announced the availability of prepaid billing for its Proxmox Backup Server (PBS) compatible cloud storage service. The new billing option reduces the minimum datastore size from 500 GB to 200 GB and replaces recurring monthly charges with upfront payment for a fixed period.

How it works

When creating a prepaid datastore, customers choose a size (200 GB minimum) and a billing period of 1, 3, 6, or 12 months. The full cost for the chosen period is deducted upfront from the customer's account balance. The datastore is provisioned immediately and runs at a fixed size for the duration of the period, with no autoscaling.

At the end of the billing period, the datastore auto-renews for the same duration if the account balance is sufficient. If the balance is insufficient, the datastore expires. Customers receive a low-balance notification before the period ends.

Billing type is set at datastore creation. Existing subscription datastores are unaffected, and multiple datastores within a single account can mix billing types independently.

Pricing

Prepaid billing uses the same rate as subscription billing: €8.50 per TB per month. Customers pay the full period cost upfront. A 200 GB datastore for one month costs €1.70. A 500 GB datastore for six months costs €25.50.

Account balance never expires. Every balance top-up includes a 10% bonus. All prices are net, excluding VAT.

Use cases

Prepaid billing is suited to workloads with defined durations, smaller storage requirements, or a preference for explicit upfront payment over automatic recurring charges. The 200 GB minimum (compared to 500 GB for subscription billing) lowers the barrier for homelabs, development environments, per-project datastores, and MSPs onboarding new clients with unknown backup volumes.