# CrashPlan

> CrashPlan is a Minneapolis-based subscription software company that automatically backs up and restores data from employee endpoints, servers, Microsoft 365, and Google Workspace. Born inside Code42 in 2007, the product survived a painful exit from consumer backup, became an independent Mill Point Capital portfolio company in 2022, and expanded into a broader enterprise data-resilience platform through the 2024 acquisition of Parablu.

- **Founded:** 2007
- **Headquarters:** Minneapolis, United States
- **Founders:** Matthew Dornquast (Code42 co-founder and original CEO), Brian Bispala (Code42 co-founder and original CTO), Mitch Coopet (Code42 co-founder and original CrashPlan product leader)
- **Team size:** Approximately 170 employees in the provided company dataset.
- **Products:** CrashPlan for Endpoints, CrashPlan for Servers, CrashPlan for Microsoft 365, CrashPlan for Google Workspace, CrashPlan Endpoint and Enterprise
- **Notable:** Survived the 2017 closure of CrashPlan for Home and remained a commercial backup product., Became an independent Mill Point Capital portfolio company after its 2022 separation from Code42., Acquired Parablu in 2024 to add Microsoft 365 protection and patented use of existing OneDrive and Google Drive capacity.

## Products & services

- **CrashPlan for Endpoints** — Continuous file backup, versioning, device migration, and self-service or administrator-led restore for Windows, macOS, and Linux endpoints.
- **CrashPlan for Servers** — Backup and recovery for server data with deployment and storage choices that can include CrashPlan-hosted, customer cloud, or local storage.
- **CrashPlan for Microsoft 365** — Protection for Exchange Online, OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams data, plus policy-led OneDrive and SharePoint archiving features.
- **CrashPlan for Google Workspace** — Backup and recovery for Gmail and Google Drive data with centralized administration and storage monitoring.
- **CrashPlan Endpoint and Enterprise** — Classic endpoint plans sold per user, with Enterprise adding broader administration, retention, compliance, and device allowances.
- **CrashPlan for MSPs** — Multi-tenant endpoint backup for managed service providers, including ConnectWise integration and channel support.

## Achievements

- Survived the 2017 closure of CrashPlan for Home and remained a commercial backup product.
- Became an independent Mill Point Capital portfolio company after its 2022 separation from Code42.
- Acquired Parablu in 2024 to add Microsoft 365 protection and patented use of existing OneDrive and Google Drive capacity.
- Reported more than 900,000 users, 1.4 million devices, a renewal rate above 90%, and average customer tenure over seven years in a 2025 MSP brief.
- Maintains SOC 2 Type II and ISO/IEC 27001 certifications and encrypts data with AES-256 at rest and TLS 1.2 or better in transit.
- Added policy-driven OneDrive and SharePoint archiving and Azure Key Vault external-keystore support in 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — CrashPlan app 12.0 added restore conflict controls, Ubuntu 26 support, security-component updates, and stability fixes.
- **2026-05** — Cloud releases added Azure Key Vault support for archive encryption keys.
- **2026-04** — The platform added policy-driven OneDrive and SharePoint archiving to reclaim Microsoft 365 storage through lightweight URL stubs.
- **2025-04** — CrashPlan launched an Allbound-powered portal for channel partners.
- **2024-10** — CrashPlan acquired Parablu, expanding from endpoint backup into Microsoft 365 data protection and flexible storage.

## Links

- Website: https://www.crashplan.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/crashplan/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/crashplan
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@crashplan
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crashplan/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CrashPlanSMB/

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Last updated: 2026-09-01