SimpleBackups
SimpleBackups scores 62/100 on xpay's Agent-Ready Index v2: partial pricing visibility; self-serve checkout is available; usage-based / per-token pricing is published; a free entry path exists.
SimpleBackups pricing
Basic
Free
Lite
$49/mo
flatPLUS
$99/mo
flatMax
$299/mo
flatHow SimpleBackups scores on the agent-ready dimensions
Public pricing visibility
15 / 15
Self-serve checkout
15 / 15
Public API + docs
0 / 20
Usage-based / metered pricing
13 / 20
Free entry path
7 / 7
No sales call required
7 / 7
Card / wallet / x402 payment
5 / 6
Machine-readable bonus (MCP / OpenAPI)
0 / 10
Total
62 / 100
What it actually costs at typical scale
Lite plan (5 backup jobs, 50 GB storage)
$49/mo
Can an autonomous agent transact here?
Can create account
Can enter payment method
Can upgrade plan
Can buy more usage
Can cancel online
Payment methods
Human approval recommended
Pricing transparency
full
Purchase motion
self_serve
Demo required
Quote required
Annual commit required
Auto-renewal mentioned
Cancellation policy visible
Refund policy visible
Invoice payment available
Purchase orders supported
Unknown
MSA required
DPA available
Unknown
Security review required
Unknown
Annual discount
20% off
Trust & compliance
Certifications
SSO / SAML
RBAC
Unknown
Audit logs
Data residency
Positioning & ecosystem
“Never worry about your backups again.”
Buyer persona
Six-step check: can an agent actually buy from SimpleBackups?
Discover price
Select a plan
Pay per task
Avoid a sales call
API docs without auth
Estimate cost upfront
Pros and cons for AI agents
Observational summary written by xpay from the signals captured on 2026-05-06. Not a review of the product — only of its current pricing posture for agent buyers.- Pricing is publicly visible on an indexable page — agents can read tiers without scraping past auth.
- Every advertised tier is self-serve; no tier requires scheduling a call.
- No per-unit price was advertised, so an agent has no way to estimate the cost of a single task.
- API documentation is gated or absent; an agent cannot inspect the integration surface without authentication.
- No /.well-known/ai-pricing.json or equivalent machine-readable pricing manifest is published — agents must rely on HTML scraping.
How SimpleBackups could lift its score
Add at least one self-serve paid tier with a checkout link, so an agent can pay without a sales call.
| pricing_visible | true |
| headline_phrasing | Never worry about your backups again. — Automate and trust your backups are smoothly running and secure. |
| tier_count | 7 |
| lowest_paid_entry_usd | 49 |
| free_tier | false |
| free_tier_terms | null |
| per_unit_price | $299/m Run |
| annual_required | false |
| self_serve_paid_tiers | 0 |
| sales_only_tiers | 1 |
| public_api_docs_url | https://simplebackups.com/docs |
| api_docs_auth_walled | false |
| ai_pricing_json_present | false |
| agents_txt_present | false |
| anonymous_purchase_path | false |
| per_unit_classification | {"unit_class":"task","confidence":"medium","agent_task_price_forecastable":"yes","rejected_reason":null,"evidence_text":"$299/m Run"} |
| usage_headline_present | false |
| custom_tier_present | true |
| agent_friendly | {"ai_pricing_json":false,"agents_txt":false,"llms_txt":false,"sitemap_xml":true,"mcp_server_card":false,"agent_skills_index":false,"x402_supported":false} |
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/ 100 (rubric v2.0)Backup
Never worry about your backups again. — Automate and trust your backups are smoothly running and secure.
7 (slider / volume ladder)
No
$49/mo
$299/m Run
0 / 1
Public
No
Not published
2026-05-09
Tier-based subscription
SimpleBackups pricing starts at $0/mo for the Basic plan; paid plans range from $49/mo (Lite) to $299/mo (Max). Billed monthly or annually with a 20% discount.
Free Basic plan (Free)
Discovery files and protocols
Side-channel signals — informational, not part of the score. Each protocol is independent; adoption signals the publisher is thinking about agent buyers.ai-pricing.json
agents.txt
llms.txt
sitemap.xml
MCP Server Card
Agent Skills
x402 / MPP
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