Why protecting cloud storage matters
Cloud storage services keep files available across devices, but synchronization is not a backup. A change made in one place reaches every connected device within moments. This leaves your files vulnerable to:
- Accidental deletion: files removed by a user disappear from every device.
- Overwrites and corruption: bad edits replace healthy versions everywhere.
- Ransomware: files encrypted by malware are synchronized back to the service, overwriting clean data.
The retention and recovery options of these services are limited in scope and duration. An independent backup history keeps your files recoverable when they are not.
One integration, many providers
Rclone handles the connection to each provider. Plakar handles the backup. Once rclone is configured for a provider, Plakar backs it up the same way, whichever service it is. Adding another provider is a matter of configuring it in rclone.
Each provider has its own guide covering its rclone configuration: Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, iCloud Drive, OpenDrive and Proton Drive.
How Plakar secures your cloud storage
Plakar integrates with rclone as a flexible bridge for your data:
- Source Connector: take snapshots of files stored with a provider and keep them in a secure Kloset Store.
- Storage Connector: use a provider as a vault to store encrypted and deduplicated Plakar backups from other sources.
- Destination Connector: restore verified snapshots back to a provider when needed.
Backups are encrypted end to end, with keys that you own, so your data stays private even if the cloud account itself is compromised. Deduplication keeps storage and bandwidth usage low while preserving the full snapshot history.
