Pick Arq if
mac users who will finish the 30-day trial then pay $59.99 to back up to their own bucket — or Premium $69.99/yr if they want Arq’s 1TB.
Read the Arq pageArq vs Transmit
Our take
Pick Arq if mac users who will finish the 30-day trial then pay $59.99 to back up to their own bucket — or Premium $69.99/yr if they want Arq’s 1TB. Pick Transmit if mac developers / admins who will finish the 7-day trial then keep Transmit 5 at US$45 — not ForkLift Single US$19.95 first unless they want a local dual-pane + timed-update license, and not if they need Windows.
Best for
Arq Back up to your own bucket at a public $
Transmit SFTP / S3 / cloud you start at a public $
Free plan
Arq No free plan
Transmit No free plan
Lowest paid
Arq Updates after year 1 $25
Transmit Transmit 5 $45
Next step up
Arq Arq Premium $69.99/yr
Transmit
Watch out
Arq You bring the bucket
Transmit macOS-only (13.0+)
Last checked
Arq 2026-10-26 · arqbackup.com/pricing
Transmit 2026-10-23 · panic.com/transmit
Which one, then?
Pick Transmit if
mac developers / admins who will finish the 7-day trial then keep Transmit 5 at US$45 — not ForkLift Single US$19.95 first unless they want a local dual-pane + timed-update license, and not if they need Windows.
Read the Transmit page