I’ll help you find the best online backup and cloud storage with my reviews
Online backup reviews are not hard to find on the web. But are they really reliable? I have tested all the service providers you find here. I signed up for the services and I paid for them to show you exactly what you’d get. Having a backup strategy is essential. Remember those pictures you took back in 2002 when you and your family went on vacation? The smile of your kids, your spouse or yourself as a younger you? You could loose all of that in a fraction of a second. Zip – your hard drive fails and sending it to a recovery service could cost you thousands of dollars.
Why having off-site storage is important?
Local backups at your home are fine. But not enough. Did you know that every 14.6 seconds a burglary takes places in the US? Adding fires, pipe breaks and other accidents to the list every 0.5 seconds somebody in the US looses all his data! Let alone viruses that could infect your PC and your local backup all at once. An offsite backup service provider is much more secure because they have dedicated data centers, multiple backups and a security guard 24/7.
For most people it is very hard to find online backup services that’s why I have collected reviews of most of the services out there. The good thing is: I have tested all those backup services personally and can therefore give you an honest opinion of their quality. Not every service is good or even secure. And your data is very sensitive. You absolutely need to make the right decision when choosing the company that should take care of your files.
Below you find a couple of reviews I’ve written. These reviews are detailed and crafted with lots of effort. Also, you’ll find detailed tutorial videos for each of the providers that’ll help you decide or set the service up yourself.
Most of us would like an online storage facility where we can backup our data and feel secure in the knowledge that we can retrieve it if in case our computer crashes. There are many online storage facilities available and prominent among them is the cloud based CrashPlan+. With MobileMe folding up, there is a need for a reliable and efficient online storage facility and this is where CrashPlan+ with its multilayered plans and flexible options comes into the picture. Given the fact that it is a cloud based storage facility, you need not worry about the safety and reliability of your data as following in the footsteps of Amazon Drive, CrashPlan+ offers retail users the same facilities as those offered to corporates. What more! You can back up your data from multiple computers and external devices as well. Further, the attractive options like background syncing and backup gives you the facility to continue your work while the data is getting backed up. [click to continue…]
It has been hyped for weeks or even months — and finally it is here: the one and only Google Drive. If you’ve been following Cloudbackuping.com the last couple of days you most certainly noticed that we followed rumors about the launch date and possible features of the new service closely.
Just before launching this Tuesday the French section of Google released a blog post with some screenshots a little too early and withdrew them instantly; however, a few tech news sites managed to grab some information. But now all the rumors are finally over and the whole world can bask in the glory that is Google Drive. [click to continue…]
It is hard to compete in the online storage space these days. Safecopy Backup tries this offering back up of unlimited machines. However, with a limit in storage space for your files. You have to ask yourself, do I want unlimited storage or unlimited machines backup?
Crashplan seems to be a one size fits all solution regarding your online backup needs. But is this really the case? In this Crashplan review I’ll provide you with an inside look into all the features and hidden gems. Also, I will help you out with some great videos!
Box is a feature-rich online storage and collaboration suite for small to medium businesses. Plans start at $15 per user per month for 1TB of storage, syncing and sharing space. Read on if you consider those features necessary for your business.
Amazon’s Cloud Drive clearly is online storage rather than backup. Offering 5GB of free storage there is plenty of room to get your files online to access them from anywhere you go. If you need fast storage online you might want to check it out, if you need more than 5GB it is a little expensive, though.
I have already reviews quite a lot of offsite data storage and backup services. However, I’ll add more in the next couple of weeks. Here you’ll find a little overview of what it is to come.
If there was an award for the ugliest looking online backup service ADrive would certainly win this one. Seriously, their website as well as the client look as though they jumped out of a time machine from the 90s. Ignoring the visual aspect of that service, as a free user you get a whopping 50GB of free storage. However, this comes with serious downside which we’ll cover in this review.
Every online storage company seems to jump onto file sync lately. And frankly, that makes sense. People are being more and more mobile, they have several devices and create constantly new data that they need to access from everywhere. Mozy is one of the major online backup services out there (which by the way I [...]
JustCloud provides you with unlimited online storage in the cloud. What can you do with unlimited space? Well, you can back up all your data! This is what makes JustCloud an ideal solution for off-site data storage and backup.
While reading Twitter in the last couple of days I stumbled upon an interesting new service that promises to be very interesting to people who feel the need to store their data in the cloud. It is called Bitcasa and if the announcements are true it could be a revolutionizing service in the cloud backup [...]
Dropbox is one of the best file synchronization tools since 2008 and continues to grow in popularity because of its ease-of-use and accessibility. In this review I’ll have an in-depth look into the various features.
Carbonite is the market leader of all online backup services. Reason enough to test this service thoroughly and accompany this review with detailed videos and screenshots of Carbonite.
I have been working on a presentation for about a week now. It is a very important presentation I have been asked to give and I agreed although I don’t have time right now because of other projects I’m working on. However, it is an interesting topic. I will talk about affiliate marketing, search engine [...]
Mozy is a well-known remote backup service which enjoys good reputation. In this review, we’ll dive deep into the pros and cons of that provider, helping you to judge if this is the right data backup service for your needs.
Acronis is known for its imaging and encryption suite “True Crypt” – it was just a question of time that they also entered the online backup sector. Let’s see how they’re doing, shall we?
SpiderOak seems to do it all – backup, synchronization and sharing of your files. But does it do all that well? In this review we’ll discover the advantages as well as disadvantages that you can decide if SpiderOak is something for you.
IDrive Review SUPER-fast restore Plenty of options Good monitoring Windows and Mac client Great web interface Cluttered interface Not very newbie-friendly No sharing, no syncing IDrive Online Backup Editor’s rating: User’s rating: 22 out of 25 people like IDrive Final verdict If you like fast and reliable backup (and who doesn’t?), then sign up for [...]
Keepit is one of the lesser known online backup providers but also offers unlimited online backup at very affordable rates. In this review we’ll see if Keepit can keep it up against other online data storage services.
SOS Online Backup counts on more than 10 years of experience in the data rescue sector and is a well established online storage and backup provider. I this review we’ll have a look at this provider and see whether it can live up to my scrutiny.
