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Family Data Backup System

20
builder posts asking
latest ask seen 8d ago
+2 product posts seen in community
see the posts →
20
different people asking
across 1 platform
who →
12
rivals shipping · web scan
see prices →
$4.99
cheapest rival / mo
range →

In their words

"I'm looking for a reliable way to back up both the physical servers and VMs" — a builder, verbatim · sign in free to trace the source ↗

What they tried & dropped

Extracted word-for-word from the evidence posts below — every item is quoted verbatim from a real builder.

NextCloud — "it's not really fast or nice to use" verbatimsign in to trace ↗
Synology — "at its wits end just running a pihole and drive sync" verbatimsign in to trace ↗
Sync's Unlimited cloud storage — "ending unlimited" verbatimsign in to trace ↗
Beelink EQi12 mini PC — "it's worked so far" verbatimsign in to trace ↗
Synology DS224+ — (no stated shortcoming) sign in to trace ↗

Pain, in numbers

Quantified only where a builder stated a real figure — no LLM estimates.

15tb“share about 15tb or photos, videos and documents”

35tb of data“I have about 35tb of data to backup”

2 terabytes“approximately 2 terabytes of personal archives”

$18/month

Hard requirements

Non-negotiables stated by builders in their own words. Miss one and they will not switch.

self-hosteddecentralised copiessecurityself-hostingoffsite backup3-2-1 backup strategy

Competitor pricing

Named rivals & real prices 🔒
Rivals charge $4.99-$6.99/mo · names — log in ↗

How we checked

Where we searched
3 sources · GitHub (open-source check) · App Store · SaaS marketplaces
Verification funnel
37 raw matches scanned, then AI-de-duped · see the breakdown below
Last scan
25d ago · auto-refreshed every 30 days

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Every source post · named rivals with real prices · what builders tried & dropped · quantified pain — all traceable to the original posts

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What the numbers suggest

12 rivals shipping (fact bar) see prices → market is crowded; differentiate on the unmet requirements above, don't compete on breadth.
20 builder posts asking · 20 different people (fact bar) see posts → demand is independently reported, not one person repeating themselves.
9 new tracked posts (all types) in the last 30 days vs 10 the month before see the curve → demand is steady.
20 demand signals vs 12 shipping rivals → demand and supply are balanced — differentiation decides.
0 willingness-to-pay quotes yetno one has named a price — validate pricing before building.

Signal history

24 tracked posts (20 asks · 4 product/news) first post Nov 2025 ▲ 9 in the last 30 days
2025-11-09 · +1 post · 1 on record2025-11-18 · +1 post · 2 on record2026-06-15 · +1 post · 3 on record2026-06-19 · +2 posts · 5 on record2026-06-22 · +1 post · 6 on record2026-06-23 · +1 post · 7 on record2026-06-25 · +1 post · 8 on record2026-06-28 · +1 post · 9 on record2026-07-09 · +1 post · 10 on record2026-07-10 · +1 post · 11 on record2026-07-13 · +1 post · 12 on record2026-07-15 · +1 post · 13 on record2026-07-16 · +1 post · 14 on record2026-07-19 · +1 post · 15 on record2026-07-21 · +1 post · 16 on record2026-07-22 · +1 post · 17 on record2026-07-27 · +1 post · 18 on record2026-07-28 · +1 post · 19 on record2026-07-30 · +1 post · 20 on record2026-08-03 · +1 post · 21 on record2026-08-08 · +2 posts · 23 on record2026-08-09 · +1 post · 24 on record 24 0 Nov 2025 today

Cumulative tracked posts (asks + products + news) by original post date · GapMine tracked communities — not search volume · every step traces to a real post in the evidence record (sign in to read them).

Evidence pool

Top 10 of 20 builder posts asking on record — each insight links back to a real one.

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