Comparison of online backup services
This is a comparison of online backup services.
Comparison
| Provider | Windows1 | Linux1 | Mac1 | Encryption2 | Limited MB plan3 | Unlimited MB plan3 | $/MB plan3 | Unlimited BW 3 | Net drive4 | P2P5 | Sync6 | Autodetect changes11 | Public internet file hosting7 | Restore via physical media8 | Server location(s)9 | Free online storage12 | Maximum Per-File Size | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADrive | Yes | Yes | Yes | Optional | Yes | Yes | No | Yes, only paying users | Yes | USA | 50 GB | 2 GB | ||||||
| Backblaze | Yes | No | Yes | Yes; Per-user | Yes | Yes | USA | 9 GB | Data de-duplication; block-level incremental | |||||||||
| Barracuda Backup Service | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No fee per computer | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | USA, APAC, Europe | No, aimed at commercial users | Data de-duplication; real-time hybrid onsite/offsite data back-up | |||
| Carbonite | Yes | No | Yes | Optional | No | Yes | No [1] | Yes (Pro only) | Yes | USA | No | 4 GB (default) | Block-level incremental, Home or Pro Editions. iPhone App Available. Can manually select files to upload that are larger than 4 GB. | |||||
| Comodo Backup | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes (5) | No | No | No | No | USA | No | |||||
| Crashplan | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes; Per-user, Per-computer | Optional | Yes | Yes | Yes | Optional | Yes | No | Yes | USA, APAC, Europe | No | No Limit | Unlimited destinations. | ||
| Datapreserve | Yes | No | No | Yes | USA | |||||||||||||
| Dell Datasafe | Yes | No | No | Yes | ||||||||||||||
| Dropbox | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | USA | 2GB | 300 MB on the Web Interface, None on the Desktop Client | Data de-duplication, delta sync, iPhone app available. | ||||
| Egnyte | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | USA | No | No limit | Delta sync, Google Docs sync, user and group management | ||||||
| ElephantDrive | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes; Per-user | Yes | Auto-transfer from defunct Xdrive. | ||||||||||||
| Fabrik Ultimate Backup | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | USA | Block-level incremental backups, Encryption: 128 bits standard, 448 bits optional, Limited account of up to 2GB is free. | |||||
| F-Secure | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Europe, US, APAC, several ISP specific locations | No | [Steek acquired by F-Secure July 2009] | ||||||||
| Humyo | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom | Humyo was aquired by Trend Micro and will become part of Trend Micro SafeSync. Humyo no longer accepts new clients. | ||||||||
| Jungle Disk | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes; Per-user | Yes | Yes | Yes | USA, Europe | No | No Limit | Proprietary license download client sample code. | |||||||
| KeepVault | Yes | No | No | Yes; Per-user | Yes | USA | 20 GB | Real-time hybrid onsite / offsite data backup | ||||||||||
| Livedrive | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | UK | ||||||
| Memopal | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Europe, USA, Asia | 3GB | Cross-user de-duplication, delta sync | |||||||
| MobileMe (Apple) | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | ||||||||
| Mozy | Yes | No | Yes | Optional; Per-user | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | USA, Europe | 2GB | Data de-duplication; block-level incremental | |||||||
| SOS Online Backup | Yes | No | No | Yes; Per-user | Yes | Yes | Yes | USA, Europe, APAC | No | |||||||||
| SpiderOak | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes; Per-user | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | 2GB | Data de-duplication. | ||||||||
| SugarSync | Yes | No (Third party client in development)[2] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | 5GB | |||||||
| Symantec Online Backup | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes (5) | No | No | No | No | USA | ||||||
| Syncplicity | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | USA | 2GB | Google Docs sync, Central Management with Business Console | ||||||||
| uBackup | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | N/A | Yes | No | worldwide | unlimited | No limit | Only 'free' storage. Manual upload through the use of usenet. | ||
| Ubuntu One | Yes10 | Yes | No | No[3] | Yes | No | Yes | N/A (6) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2GB | GPL client | ||||
| Unitrends Vault2Cloud | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | USA | Data de-duplication; hybrid on- & off-premise data backup; physical seeding | ||||
| UpdateStar Online Backup | Yes | No | No | Yes; Per-user | Yes[4] | Yes | Europe | Data de-duplication; block-level incremental | ||||||||||
| Windows Live Mesh | Yes | No | Yes | Partial; Transmission-only | Yes | Yes | 5GB | To be replaced with Windows Live Sync. | ||||||||||
| Windows Live SkyDrive | Yes | No | No | 25GB | 50 MB | |||||||||||||
| Windows Live Sync | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Wuala | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Europe | 1GB | 12GB | Trade local space for more in Cloud | ||
| ZumoDrive | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | USA | 2GB | No Limit | Cloud appears local to filesystem, content streaming, predictive caching, delta sync | ||||||
| Provider | Windows1 | Linux1 | Mac1 | Encryption2 | Limited MB plan3 | Unlimited MB plan3 | $/MB plan3 | BW limits3 | Net drive4 | P2P5 | Sync6 | Autodetect changes11 | Public internet file hosting7 | Restore via physical media8 | Server location(s)9 | Free online storage12 | Maximum Per-File Size | Comments |
Legend
- ^1 Windows/Linux/Mac - Supported operating systems for thick client (native binary application), which provide background data transmission and setting services.
- ^2 Encryption - Data stored by the service is encrypted. (Transport security is also assumed)
- ^3 Payment method
- L - Pay per computer. Additional fee for storage over a threshold.
- U - Pay per computer. Storage per computer is unlimited.
- M - Pay per unit of storage, but unlimited computers may share that storage.
- B - Bandwidth capping or limits are used on accounts.
- ^4 Net drive - Network drive on file server supports some protocols (FTP, SMB, NAS,...)
- ^5 P2P storage - data spread over many computers based on Peer-to-peer net advantages
- ^6 Sync - Synchronization between computers, and/or mobile devices (PDA, MDA,...)
- ^7 Public internet file hosting -
- ^8 Restore via physical media -
- ^9 Server location - country where physical servers are located
- ^10 Still in Beta version
- ^11 Whether the desktop client (if available) can detect and upload changes without scanning all files
- ^12 Many backup services offer a limited free plan, often for personal use. Often it is possible to increase the free backup limit through coupons, referrals, or other means that are not included in this column. This column also does not include free trials that are only available for a limited period of time.
See also
- Remote backup service
- File hosting service
- List of backup software
- Comparison of File synchronization software
Other services
Defunct services
References
External links
- Eklund, Kevin (2008-09-01). "Ultimate Review List of Best Free Online Storage and Backup Application Services". ToMuse. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
- Reyes, Ruben (2010-01-04). "Backup Your Computer Files (Cheap, Easy & Secure)". Lyquix. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
- Gupta, Parry (2010-11-26). "Top 75 Online Data Backup Companies". Backup Review. Retrieved 2010-11-26.