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Updated October 11, 2026 Raff backs up every database every night at 02:00 UTC. You can also take a backup at any time, restore a backup into a new database while the original keeps running, or overwrite the database with an older state. PostgreSQL and MySQL on paid plans restore to any second in the last 30 days.

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Before you start

  • A running PostgreSQL, MySQL, Valkey or ClickHouse database. Kafka keeps copies of every topic on its brokers instead of backups.

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Take a backup now

Open the database, go to Backups and click Back up now. It appears in the list as Manual, first in progress, then ready.

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Restore a backup

1

Pick the backup

In Backups, find the backup by the time it was Taken and click Restore.
2

Choose where

  • Into a new database (recommended): a new database on the same plan, named <name>-restored unless you choose a name. The original is untouched. The new database is billed like any other; on monthly billing it goes through checkout.
  • Overwrite this one: replaces the live data and takes the database offline for a few minutes. Raff takes a safety snapshot first. Type the database name to confirm.
3

Restore

Click Restore to new database or Restore in place. A new database is ready in about a minute.

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Restore to a point in time (PostgreSQL, MySQL)

1

Pick the moment

In Restore to a point in time, use Rewind to (20 minutes ago, 1 hour ago, Yesterday), the slider, or type a time in Restore to. Times are in your local time.
2

Choose where and restore

Choose Into a new database or Overwrite this one, then click Restore.
You can restore to any second since the oldest backup kept, shown as Restore to any second since… at the top of the tab.

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Free databases

Free databases are backed up every night and can be restored over themselves. Restoring into a new database and point-in-time restore come with paid plans.

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Do it from your tools

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Next steps

Backups and point-in-time restore

Schedules, retention and how restore works per engine.

Delete a database

What happens to backups after a delete.
Last modified on October 11, 2026