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R1Soft license pricing: per-agent cost and fleet discounts

What an R1Soft Server Backup Manager license actually costs per protected machine, how the shared agent pool works, and when a second SBM is free.

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R1Soft is priced simply once you know the unit: per protected machine, not per Server Backup Manager (SBM) install. That single fact resolves most of the confusion resellers have when they first size a fleet — the manager itself is free to run in as many copies as you want; every dollar goes to the agents it's protecting.

This article works through the base rate, how the agent pool works across multiple SBMs, what's bundled at no extra charge, and three worked examples. Prices are USD per protected machine per month, billed monthly and prorated to the 15th, the same as every other license in the catalogue.

The base rate

$14.00 per protected machine per month. That buys block-level Continuous Data Protection on that machine: 15-minute recovery points, bare-metal restore, and panel-aware restore down to a single mailbox or database row for cPanel, Plesk, and DirectAdmin. There's no separate SBM licence fee, no per-GB storage metering, and no add-on charge for the MySQL application-aware backup module — that ships in the standard agent.

Included at $14.00/machinePriced or handled separately
Block-level CDP, 15-min recovery pointsA second SBM manager — free, but the hardware to run it isn't
Bare-metal restore ISOSite-to-site replication bandwidth (your network cost, not a licence fee)
cPanel / Plesk panel-aware restoreMicrosoft SQL Server and Exchange application-aware add-ons
MySQL application-aware backupsStorage — your own disk safe volume or S3-compatible destination
cPanel self-service restore pluginTemporary BMR agent slots — don't consume a permanent seat, but disaster-recovery hardware still costs

How the agent pool works

You buy a pool of seats — say, 50 protected machines — and assign them as you provision servers. Add a server, consume a seat; decommission one, free it back to the pool. There's no per-OS split: a Linux agent and a Windows Server agent draw from the same pool at the same $14.00 rate.

The part that catches resellers off guard is multi-manager fleets. Licensing attaches to the protected machine, not the SBM instance managing it. Splitting a growing fleet across a second Server Backup Manager — because you've hit the concurrent-task ceiling on one box or want a geographically separate manager — costs nothing extra in licence fees. You're still paying for the same number of protected machines; you've just pointed some of them at a different manager.

Volume discounts

Volume pricing starts at 5 licences on one billing account, and most resellers see 15-25% off list once they cross 20 seats — the same curve that applies across the rest of the Panellicense catalogue. At 30 protected machines, 20% off $14.00 works out to roughly $11.20 per seat, or about $336/month for the pool. Contact sales for the exact number at your count, especially if you're consolidating from a competing backup vendor — migration support is included.

Worked examples

Single dedicated server. One cPanel box protected end to end: 1 × $14.00 = $14.00/month. Prorated on activation, cancel any time, the seat frees back to your account balance the day you deregister the agent.

12-server cPanel fleet, one SBM. All Linux, one manager, no replication target: 12 × $14.00 = $168.00/month, still under the 20-seat volume line.

35-server fleet across two managers, with DR replica. 35 protected machines at roughly 15% off ≈ $416/month for the primary pool, plus a licensed secondary SBM mounting replicated safes for disaster recovery — size that secondary's seat count to whichever machines you actually need to fail over, not the whole fleet, if budget is tight.

R1Soft vs JetBackup, on cost alone

Both are flat per-server pricing with no account-count bands, which makes the sticker prices directly comparable: R1Soft is $14.00/machine against JetBackup Full at $9.95/server. JetBackup wins on raw per-server list price every time. The trade is architectural, not just financial — R1Soft's block-level CDP gives 15-minute recovery points that file-level backup products can't match, and a single SBM can license and manage a fleet spanning cPanel, Plesk, and DirectAdmin mixed together. The full breakdown, including where each product's restore experience actually wins, is in R1Soft vs JetBackup compared.

How much does an R1Soft license cost per server?+
$14.00 per protected machine per month at Panellicense list, billed monthly and prorated to the 15th. There's no separate fee for the Server Backup Manager itself, no per-GB storage metering, and no OS split between Linux and Windows agents.
Do I need to pay for a second Server Backup Manager?+
Not in license fees. R1Soft licensing attaches to the protected machine, not the SBM instance, so running a second primary manager to split a growing fleet costs hardware only. A secondary SBM configured for replication and independent restores does need its own license, since it's acting as a manager in its own right.
Is there a volume discount for a large R1Soft fleet?+
Yes. Volume pricing starts at 5 licenses on one billing account, and most resellers see 15-25% off list once they cross 20 seats. Contact sales for the exact rate at your count.
Does the MySQL application-aware backup module cost extra?+
No. Application-aware MySQL backup is included in the standard $14.00 agent license. Only the Microsoft SQL Server and Exchange add-ons are separately licensed.
Is R1Soft cheaper or more expensive than JetBackup?+
More expensive per seat on paper — $14.00/machine against JetBackup Full's $9.95/server. The difference buys block-level CDP with 15-minute recovery points and DirectAdmin support alongside cPanel and Plesk, which JetBackup's cPanel-first architecture doesn't offer.
Does a temporary bare-metal restore agent consume a license seat?+
No. The BMR ISO registers as a temporary agent during the restore and doesn't consume a permanent seat from your pool. Once the rebuilt server re-registers as a normal agent, the temporary BMR entry can be deleted from the SBM.

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