SnappVault is the on-site backup device built for working photographers. Plug in your cards. Walk away. Every frame is safe.
Currently in talks with manufacturers for production units
Real prototype — 3D printed PETG case
The card was a microSD.
We thought it was gone.
Edward had just finished a shoot. The card was somewhere — in a pocket, a bag, somewhere in the car. Two hours of groom prep, possibly gone. We found it eventually. But the feeling of that search stays with you.
That's where SnappVault started.
Weddings, events, concerts, late-night gigs — the work is irreplaceable and there's no re-shooting it. We needed a backup solution that worked on-site, automatically, without a laptop staying awake in a bag or relying on venue WiFi.
The workflow now: power it on in the car. Cards read on the drive home. Walk in with the shoot already backed up. Plug into the power pack — ethernet if you remember — and sleep. By morning everything is on the NAS. Copy to the WIP drive, rename the upload folders to archive, delete from SnappVault, and you're clean for the next shoot.
Developed by GoannaAI Pty Ltd — based in Australia.
You spend years building a reputation. One corrupted card, one stolen bag, one missed backup — and none of that matters anymore. SnappVault exists because that is not acceptable.
It doesn't happen often. But when it does, it's always on the shoot that mattered most.
Your laptop in a bag in a car is not a backup strategy. It's a risk you take every single shoot.
Remote venues. Outdoor locations. Basements. Cloud upload needs what you won't always have.
End of a ten-hour wedding. Manual backup is the last thing you want to think about. It shouldn't be your problem.
Insert your SD or CF card. SnappVault detects it the moment it makes contact.
Every file is copied to the internal drive. No laptop. No app. No internet connection needed.
Back at the studio or on your home WiFi? SnappVault quietly sends a second copy to your PC or NAS.
Green light. Job done. Your work is safe before you've packed up your kit.
Compact, rugged, and purpose-built for on-location work. Everything you need to protect every frame — nothing you don't.
512 GB — $850 AUD · 2 TB & 4 TB coming soon.
The same SnappVault. Double the headroom. For heavy shooters, multi-day events, and anyone who doesn't want to think about storage mid-job.
Pricing on enquiry · 2 TB & 4 TB coming soon.
Every SnappVault ships with a growing suite of tools built directly into the firmware. No add-ons. No subscriptions.
Every file is scanned by ClamAV during backup. Infected files are quarantined automatically — never synced to your NAS or PC.
Swipe through images in the SnappVault app. Rate, flag, and cull on the way home. Ratings write as XMP sidecar files — fully compatible with Lightroom, Capture One, and any DAM that reads XMP.
Close out a shoot with a single tap. SnappVault moves the selected folders into a named subfolder on your NAS — keeping your root tidy and jobs easy to find later.
Backed up the same card twice? SnappVault scans your NAS, identifies duplicate sessions, and removes redundant copies safely — leaving originals untouched.
Connect a USB drive and copy directly from SnappVault — no laptop required. Leave a venue with two independent physical copies before you've left the car park.
New features land directly on your device. Check for and apply updates from the Settings page — no cables, no PC, no reinstall. Register at snappvault.com to unlock updates.
NAS offline when you got home? SnappVault retries every 15 minutes automatically. Come back online and the queue clears on its own — nothing falls through the gaps.
Manage every backup from any browser on your network. Browse files, view real-time sync status, trigger jobs, review logs — no app installation needed.
Everything you need to know before the first card goes in.
18 media categories. Cards, drives, cameras, phones, recorders. If it connects over USB, SnappVault knows what to do with it.
We're building the first batch by hand. Units are being allocated in strict order of registration. Registration closes 31 July 2026 — after that, the next run won't open for months. Don't sit on this.
SnappVault is built for photographers — but the problem it solves (verified USB media ingestion, offline-first, automatic network sync) shows up in broadcast production, industrial field ops, remote site data collection, and secure data transfer workflows too. If you're working outside photography and this sounds familiar, get in touch.
