Zinn® BackupsPay once for the clean-up you need now, instead of a yearly subscription.
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A Sucuri alternative for malware removal
An annual security subscription with unlimited clean-ups, or one fixed price for a single clean-up plus daily off-site backups.
The short answer
Sucuri is a yearly security subscription with unlimited clean-ups. Zinn® Backups offers one fixed-price clean-up when you need it now, plus daily off-site backups so the next problem can be a simple restore.
| Zinn® Backups | Sucuri | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Per site per month, by site size | From $229 a year on the Basic platform plan[1] |
| Malware removal | One fixed price per site, done by an engineer | Unlimited manual clean-ups on every plan[1] |
| Backups | Daily off-site backups, sold separately per site | Listed among platform features[1] |
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$99 one-off, per site — per site per month, from the Zinn® Backups price list
Why site owners choose Zinn® Backups over Sucuri
Daily locked backups mean you can roll back instead of waiting for a clean-up.
The clean-up is done by an engineer who also hardens the site afterwards.
Where they are the better choice
Sucuri's platform plans include a firewall, continuous monitoring and unlimited clean-ups for the length of the subscription. If a site is attacked repeatedly, a subscription can work out cheaper.
Where Zinn® Backups fits
If you need one infected site cleaned now, Zinn® Backups' clean-up is a single fixed price with no annual commitment, and daily off-site backups mean the next incident can be a restore.
How to switch from Sucuri in three steps
Add your site and pick a size
Add the WordPress site where it is hosted now and choose the tier for its size. Nothing about the site has to move.
Connect over SSH, or with our plugin
SSH is best: nothing is installed in WordPress and we can restore the site even if it stops loading. If your host has no SSH, the free Zinn® Connector plugin works instead.
Keep Sucuri until the first copies are in
Leave Sucuri running until your first daily backups have completed and you have downloaded one to check it. Then you can cancel it.
Questions about switching from Sucuri
Can I keep my old Sucuri backups?
Yes — keep them where they are until they are no longer needed. Zinn® Backups starts its own daily copies from the day you connect, each kept for 30 days.
Where are my backups stored?
In our own off-site storage, included in the price. Each copy is locked for 30 days, so it cannot be overwritten or deleted, even by someone who has broken into your site or your account.
Can you restore my site if it will not load?
Yes, when it is connected over SSH: we restore it from our side, which does not need WordPress to be working. A site connected with the plugin can be backed up and downloaded, but not restored by us.
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Checked against each provider's own pricing page on the date shown. Plans and prices change, so follow the link for the current version.
Included with Zinn Digital® hosting
Host the site with us and backups are part of the plan
Sites on Zinn Digital® WordPress hosting are backed up by the hosting plan itself, with malware scanning and a firewall included, so there is no separate backup bill. This product is for the sites you keep somewhere else.