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title: "Activate Cloud Sites Backups"
source: "https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cloud-sites/activate-cloud-sites-backups/"
description: "Cloud Sites simplifies backup solutions for sites and databases. Choose your backup plan, enable it for sites and databases, and schedule backup runs in a few s…"
vertical: "Hosting"
date: "2024-03-04"
last_modified: "2026-07-20"
---

# Activate Cloud Sites Backups

Cloud Sites offers easy backup solutions for your sites and databases. In just a few steps, you can select your backup plan, enable it on a site and database and schedule when you’d like to have the backups run. Once you add your plan, you will enable backups for each site individually. Let’s take a look at ordering your backup plan first.

The first time you open backups, you’ll be presented with the plan options.

1. [Login to your Cloud Sites Control Panel](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cloud-sites/logging-into-the-cloud-sites-control-panel/).
2. Select any site from the **Websites** list on the home page.  
    ![List of websites in the control panel](https://docs.nexcess.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/help.liquidweb.com_YAPCft.webp)
3. Scroll down to the bottom of the site page, and click on the down arrow in the **Backups** section.  
    ![down arrow highlighted in backups section](https://docs.nexcess.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/help.liquidweb.com_SmDII5.png)
4. The section will open and you can choose your backup plan:  
    ![backup plans](https://docs.nexcess.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/help.liquidweb.com_jDbjNE.png)
    - **Basic**
        - The basic backup plan is for one site and one database and provides you with 1G of storage.
    - **Professional**
        - A professional backup plan is for 10 websites and databases with 20G of storage available.
    - **Business**
        - You get 25 sites and databases and 50G of storage with the business backup plan.
    - **Enterprise**
        - The enterprise backup option gives you 100G of storage for up to 100 sites and databases.
5. Click on the **Select Plan** link in the bottom of the plan selection.  
    ![select plan link highlighted](https://docs.nexcess.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/help.liquidweb.com_CUn0bb.png)
6. A pop-up will appear to confirm that you want to add backup to your Cloud Sites plan. Click **Sign Up** to confirm.  
    ![confirmation pop up](https://docs.nexcess.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/help.liquidweb.com_uY0FYC.png)

Once you’ve selected your plan, you can now create and schedule backups for your sites and databases. See our article [Enable Cloud Sites Backups](https://www.liquidweb.com/help-docs/enabling-cloud-sites-backups/) for more information.