- Comparison of online backup services
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This is a comparison of online backup services.
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Comparison
Provider Win.1 Linux1 Mac1 crypt.2 Limited MB plan3 Unlimited MB plan3 $/MB plan3 Unlimited BW 3 Net drive4 P2P5 Sync6 Autodetect changes11 Public file hosting7 physical media restore8 Server location9 Free online storage (non-trial)12 Maximum per-file size External hard drive support13 Sky Backups Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 
United Statesno limit Yes 9GBackup Yes No No Yes Yes United Statesno limit Acronis Yes No No Optional 250 Gb No Yes No No Yes USA, Europe No no limit Yes ADrive Yes Yes Yes Optional, only paying users Yes Yes, only paying users No No Yes USA 50 GB 2 GB ASUS WebStorage Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes USA, ASIA 2 GB Yes Backblaze Yes No Yes Yes; Per-user Yes Yes No Yes Yes USA No limit Yes 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 BullGuard Backup Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Europe No Carbonite Yes No Yes Optional Yes (Business only) Yes (Home only) Yes (Business only) No[1] Yes (Pro only) Yes Yes[2] USA No 4 GB (default) Yes[3] Comodo Backup Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes (5) No No No No USA No 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 External hard drive support13 Crashplan Yes Yes Yes Yes; Per-user, per-computer Optional Yes Yes Yes[4] Yes Optional No Yes[5] No Yes USA No No Limit Yes[6] Datapreserve Yes No No Yes Yes Yes USA Dell Datasafe Yes No No Yes 10, 30, 50, 100 GB No No Yes 2 GB Dolly Drive No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes USA, Europe No No Yes[7] Diino Yes Yes Yes Partial Optional Yes Optional Yes Optional Yes Yes No No limit Dropbox Yes Yes Yes Partial; transmission and storage only Yes Yes; third-party webdav service, 300 MB write limit apply Yes Yes Yes Yes USA 2 GB 300 MB on the Web Interface, none on the Desktop client Yes Egnyte Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes USA No No limit ElephantDrive Yes Partial Yes Yes; Per-user Yes 2 GB Fabrik Ultimate Backup Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes USA FilesAnywhere Yes Partial Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes, WebAdvanced accounts and up. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes USA 1GB No limit Yes F-Secure Yes Yes Partial Yes Yes Yes Yes Europe, US, APAC, several ISP-specific locations No Humyo Yes Partial Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes United Kingdom IDrive Yes Yes Yes; Per-user Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes USA 5 GB Jungle Disk Yes Yes Yes Yes; Per-user Yes Yes Yes USA, Europe No 5 GB KeepVault Yes No No Yes; Per-user Yes No Yes Yes USA 20 GB Livedrive Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No UK Memopal Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Europe, USA, Asia 3 GB 5 GB MiMedia Yes No No Yes; During upload Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No United States7 GB 3 GB No MobileMe (Apple) Yes No Yes No No No Yes No Yes No 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 External hard drive support13 Mozy Yes No Yes Optional; Per-user Yes No No No No Yes USA, Europe 2 GB Yes Skyfile Yes Yes Yes Yes; Per-user Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes 2 GB No limit Yes SOS Online Backup Yes No No Yes; Per-user Yes Yes Yes Yes USA, Canada, Europe, APAC No No limit Yes SpiderOak Yes Yes Yes Yes; Per-user Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes 2 GB No limit Yes SugarSync Yes No Yes Partial; transmission and storage only Yes No No Yes Yes Yes (SugarSync account needed) 5 GB 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 2 GB Amazon S3 Yes10 Yes No No[8] Yes No Yes N/A (6) No Yes Yes Yes 5 TB[9] Unitrends Vault2Cloud Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes USA No UpdateStar Online Backup Yes No No Yes; Per-user Yes[10] Yes Europe Windows Live Mesh Yes No Yes Partial; Transmission-only Yes Yes 5 GB Windows Live SkyDrive Yes No No Yes[11] Yes; through windows live mesh 25 GB 100 MB Wuala Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes[12] Yes Yes Europe 2 GB 14 GB Zmanda Cloud Backup Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes USA, Europe, Singapore, Japan No Limit Yes ZumoDrive Yes Yes Yes Partial; transmission and storage only Yes Yes Yes Yes USA 2 GB No Limit 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 External Hard Drive Support 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.
- ^13 External hard drive support - Can refer to an alternate backup destination or whether the service can back up external drives.
Comments
- Acronis
- up to 5PCs, always incremental backups, remote access from the web
- Backblaze
- Data de-duplication; block-level incremental
- Barracuda Backup Service
- Data de-duplication; real-time hybrid onsite/offsite data back-up
- BullGuard Backup
- 5PC/license, fast upload speeds, mobile access, encrypted transfer and storage, password-protected settings, free 24/7 support
- Carbonite
- Block-level incremental, Home or Pro Editions. iPhone/ Black berry/ Android App available To remotely access data from the online backup (For Pro: Users of the computer which are backed up, Not available for the Administrator of the Pro). Can manually select files to upload that are larger than 4 GB.
- Crashplan
- Unlimited destinations. Data de-duplication; block-level incremental. Can run server-free, exchanging backup space with friends and family.
- Dolly Drive
- Only Cloud Storage that integrates Apple's Time Machine
- Diino
- iPhone/Android app available.
- Dropbox
- Data de-duplication, delta sync, iPhone/Android/Blackberry app available.
- Egnyte
- Delta sync, Google Docs sync, user and group management
- ElephantDrive
- Auto-transfer from defunct Xdrive.
- Fabrik Ultimate
- Backup Block-level incremental backups, Encryption: 128 bits standard, 448 bits optional, limited account of up to 2 GB is free.
- FilesAnywhere
- Mark Cuban acquired minority interest in 2006. Android, iOS, BlackBerry Apps available. Dedicated server options available. CoolBackup software used for Backup/Sync.
- F-Secure
- [Steek acquired by F-Secure July 2009]
- Humyo
- Humyo was acquired by Trend Micro and will become part of Trend Micro SafeSync. Humyo no longer accepts new clients.
- IDrive
- Proprietary license download client. Automatic Selection. Continuous Data Protection."Virtual drive" explorer.
- Jungle Disk
- Proprietary license download client sample code.
- KeepVault
- Real-time hybrid onsite / offsite data backup
- Memopal
- Cross-user de-duplication, delta sync
- MiMedia
- Initial seed via a MiMedia-owned external hard drive available (no extra cost, shipping included).
- Mozy
- Data de-duplication; block-level incremental
- Skyfile
- Data de-duplication."Zero Knowledge" encryption.
- SpiderOak
- Data de-duplication."Zero Knowledge" encryption.
- Syncplicity
- Google Docs sync, Central Management with Business Console
- Ubuntu One
- GPL client
- Unitrends Vault2Cloud
- Data de-duplication; hybrid on- & off-premise data backup; physical seeding
- UpdateStar Online Backup
- Data de-duplication; block-level incremental
- Windows Live Mesh
- replaces windows live sync and windows live folder
- Wuala
- Client-side encryption
- Zmanda Cloud Backup
- Available in German and Japanese languages, supports MS SQL Server, MS Exchange, SharePoint, MySQL Database, System State, Oracle
- ZumoDrive
- Cloud appears local to filesystem, content streaming, predictive caching, delta sync
Versioning
Any changes can be undone, and files can be undeleted.
- 9GBackup
- Versions are set by the user when choosing the file/folder to backup. Versions can be set to unlimited but they do use the storage that you have purchased.
- Acronis
- supports detailed history of changes to files with browsing by date or version number
- Backblaze
- Old versions of files are kept for 30 days.
- Crashplan
- Options: All, or staged (daily, then weekly, etc.)
- Dolly Drive
- Yes
- Dropbox
- Yes
- Skyfile
- All versions are kept. All files can be undeleted.
- SOS Online Backup
- All versions are kept. 0nly the largest counts towards the storage limit.
- SpiderOak
- All versions are kept. All files can be undeleted.
- SugarSync
- Five versions are kept. Only the most recent counts towards the storage limit.
- Wuala
- Ten versions are kept. Only the most recent counts towards the storage limit.
See also
- Remote backup service
- File hosting service
- List of backup software
- Comparison of File synchronization software
Defunct services
References
- ^ http://cp-carbonite.kb.net/display/4n/kb/article.aspx?aid=1140&n=1&docid=175520
- ^ Business and select plans only: http://www.carbonite.com/en/home/online-backup-pricing
- ^ Business and select plans only: http://www.carbonite.com/en/home/online-backup-pricing
- ^ http://support.crashplan.com/doku.php/faq/mozy#are_crashplan_unlimited_plans_really_unlimited , throttled by setting by default http://support.crashplan.com/doku.php/reference_guide/settings#network
- ^ http://support.crashplan.com/doku.php/reference/real_time_backups
- ^ as a local backup option : http://support.crashplan.com/doku.php/getting_started/attached_drive_shared_folder and to backup : http://support.crashplan.com/doku.php/faq/mozy#can_i_back_up_my_external_hard_drive_thumb_drive
- ^ by creating a local bootable clone of the Hard Drive
- ^ bug #375289: data encryption (client-side as well as server-side)
- ^ [1]
- ^ Server Edition
- ^ http://cybernetz.net/microsoft-skydrive-25gb-als-netzwerklaufwerk-in-explorer-einbinden
- ^ http://www.wuala.com/blog/2011/05/hottingen-new-style-full-feature-set.html
External links
Categories:- File hosting
- Business continuity and disaster recovery
- Hard disk software
- Cloud storage
- Online backup services
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