If you run a WordPress site, you’ve probably hit this wall before: You install a backup plugin, set it to save to Google Drive, and everything works fine. But the moment you want to follow best practices and send a second copy to Dropbox or Amazon S3 for redundancy, the plugin asks for your credit card.
"Multi-destination backup" is almost always a paid, "Pro" feature.
This business model is everywhere. From creative tools to enterprise cloud infrastructure, software providers treat data redundancy as a luxury. They charge you a premium—a "Multi-Destination Tax"—just to send the same file to two different places.
It’s time to stop paying for "Pro" licenses just to duplicate a file.
At Rilavek, we believe that redundancy is a right, not an upsell. We’ve built a universal adapter that lets you upload once and store everywhere. Here is how one Rilavek subscription replaces the "Pro" tier of half a dozen other tools.
1. The "Camera-to-Cloud" Tax (Media & Events)
Professional photographers and videographers are under immense pressure to deliver content instantly. The "holy grail" workflow is shooting tethered, where photos go straight from the camera to the cloud.
Cost: The Collaboration Tax
To achieve a professional workflow—where RAW files go to an Editor’s Dropbox and JPEGs go to a Client’s OneDrive simultaneously—creators often have to pay for expensive enterprise tiers of specialized transfer software. You are effectively paying a tax for the privilege of collaboration.
Rilavek: One Pipe, Many Senders
Rilavek acts as a universal adapter for your camera’s FTP capabilities.
- The Workflow: Your Sony or Canon camera uploads via FTP directly to Rilavek.
- The Fan-Out: We split the stream instantly in-memory. We send the high-res RAWs to your studio’s S3 archive and the JPEGs to the client's Google Drive folder.
- The Savings: You don't need a "Team" subscription for photography software. Your camera uploads to us, and we handle the distribution.
2. The "Cloud Replication" Tax (DevOps & Infrastructure)
Every DevOps engineer knows the "Rule of Two": keep one hot backup for quick access and one cold offsite backup for disaster recovery.
Cost: Double Egress Fees
The standard way to do this is using cloud provider features, like AWS S3 Replication. But there is a hidden fee. When AWS replicates your data to another cloud (like Backblaze) or even another region, they charge Egress Fees for every byte that leaves their network. You are paying to upload the data, and then paying again to move it.
Rilavek: Mid-Stream Forking
Rilavek forks the stream before it hits the cloud.
- The Workflow: Your server or application streams the backup to Rilavek once.
- The Fan-Out: We replicate the stream mid-flight. One copy lands in AWS S3 (Hot storage) and the other lands in Backblaze B2 (Cold storage).
- The Savings: Because the split happens in our infrastructure, you never trigger AWS egress fees. You get multi-cloud redundancy without the exit tax.
3. The "IoT Middleware" Tax (Industrial & Security)
Legacy hardware—like older CCTV cameras or industrial PLCs—is often "dumb." It usually supports one output method (FTP) and can only talk to one destination IP address.
Cost: Hardware Middleware
To get data from a legacy machine into both a compliance log and a modern dashboard, companies usually buy expensive "IoT Gateways" or middleware hardware. These often come with per-device licensing fees just to split the signal.
Rilavek: Virtual Fan-Out
Rilavek is the bridge between legacy hardware and modern software.
- The Workflow: Your legacy device uploads to Rilavek via standard FTP.
- The Fan-Out: We stream the data to S3 (for long-term compliance logging), and fire a webhook immediately after the upload to S3 is complete (triggering real-time AI analysis or alerts).
- The Savings: You don't need to buy new hardware gateways. One Rilavek subscription turns every single-stream device you own into a multi-stream powerhouse.
The Universal Pipe
The pattern is clear: WordPress plugins, Cloud providers, and SaaS tools all charge extra to replicate data. They gate "peace of mind" behind a paywall.
Rilavek flips this model. We are the universal pipe.
You shouldn't have to upgrade five different software subscriptions just to ensure your data is safe in two places. With Rilavek, you upload once, and we handle the rest.
Stop paying the tax. Start duplicating your data, not your fees.