I'm not sure what to make of this with my current Hub Protect Subscription. [image] Coming Soon: Backup Plus (local) loudspeakerAnnouncements Your smart home runs locally—soon your automated backups will, too. In the next update we are introducing a new servic…

Thank you everyone for your feedback and support. I have a quick update: [11719] [image] Coming Soon: Backup Plus (local) loudspeakerAnnouncements Your smart home runs locally—soon your automated backups will, too. In the next update we are introducing a new…

No additional cost? What about the cost to program and make available this feature? Hubitat's staff can't live on nothing. While the storage cost is not there, the cost to adapt the system and update the hub's firmware to allow this is not insignificant I would think. "There ain't no such thing as a…

[image] StephenH: What about the cost to program and make available this feature? As I currently understand it, Backup Plus would be available as a stand alone product. The development costs should be absorbed there. For the vast majority of Hub Protect subscribers Backup Plus would be an inc…

[image] StephenH: No additional cost? What about the cost to program and make available this feature? Hubitat's staff can't live on nothing. The code to include this in the backup is already implemented as part of the cloud backup. It does not represent an additional on-going, or even one-tim…

Since I am not on the staff of Hubitat, I cannot say what or what not the additional costs were to make this available. I stand by my point that, while the cost may not have been high, nevertheless, there are costs involved. Hubitat staff would need to address this further. You are always free to im…

[image] StephenH: You are always free to implement your own local backup if that is what you want but don't want to pay for it. Really, hmmm, you know a way to get the radio data that nobody else here has been able to get, ever?

[image] TArman: you know a way to get the radio data that nobody else here has been able to get, ever? We didn't know either, until recently, with much effort: [image] Hubitat Breathes New Life Into Older Hubs with ZWave-JS Why Hubitat Elevation Th…

[image] StephenH: No additional cost? What about the cost to program and make available this feature? Hubitat's staff can't live on nothing. What about the costs to constantly work on improvements to the hub platform, that are released for free on a regular basis? We didn't pay for Zwave JS.…

[image] bbrannon: I'm good with five bucks to play with it but don't really need it. Actually, it is $12.50 a year bundled, and $25 by itself. Granted, that is still pretty cheap, but I will just stay with cloud backups as part of Hub Protect if I am forced to, and not bother with Backup Plu…

[image] chrisbvt: cloud backups are considered a "free" add-on for Hub Protect They are integral part of the service. Replacing cloud backups would require breaking the Hub Protect plan, so you'd still need to switch from one service to another.

[image] StephenH: You are always free to implement your own local backup if that is what you want but don't want to pay for it. I don't believe you understand. There is already a local backup for Hubitat, which can be found in Settings -> Backup and Restore -> Create and download new local ba…

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We didn't know either, until recently, with much effort: