![]() And anything more than 1 file restoration needs zipping up, which means you're sat there waiting for the 'Your restore is being prepared'. You can't restore directly via the app, you have to go through the web portal. ![]() But, at least it's an option!įor other more regular file restorations, it's - okay. Not sure how well that stacks up after you factor in return shipping costs from outside the US. It also defaults to continuous backup which is great, doesn't offer deduplication - but it's unlimited data anyway so that's not really an issue.įor restoration, you can get BackBlaze to ship you a drive with your data on it, worldwide, which you do pay for - but they also will refund that cost if you return the drive to them within 30 days. Great if you really need to hold onto your data for a very long time - no complaints there at all, again - simple as you like. They also offer an unlimited option for an additional fee. Over to the backups themselves, and for versioning and retention, it does 30 days by default, or you can pay an additional $2 per month to extend that to up to 1 year. You can, however, backup external hard drives. If you want to back up a NAS drive then you'll need to sign up for their B2 Cloud Storage instead. On Device Support, Backblaze covers Mac and PC but no mobile clients. That's pretty much as simple as you can get. This is really simple, $6 per month per computer or $60 per year, for Unlimited Data. But you can't say it's not a real test! BACKBLAZE This is kinda stupid in a way - I think I'm going to have to wipe my Mac fairly soon because I'm installing so much junk on it lately to test everything. Now as with all my reviews, I'm actually signing up for these myself and paying whatever they cost so I can test them - nobody is sponsoring this - and after I've finished up this post - I'll search around to see if I can find any discounts for anybody interested in signing up.įor my tests, I haven't just installed this on a test machine or just looked over the specs to regurgitate things you can find online - I've literally installed them on the main machines that I use, and have used these products for a few weeks. User Experience (upload speed, general UI) Restoration Experience (Can they ship a drive?) So that excluded them straight away.īut, with that said, today we will be looking at Backblaze, iDrive, Carbonite, and Crashplan.įor each of these, we'll be looking at the key headlines of:ĭevice Support (Mac, Win, Phone, External Drives / NAS)īackups Themselves (Versioning, Retention, Continuous, Deduplication) Unfortunately, the one backup provider who I kept seeing top the charts on all the other comparisons, SOS Online Backup, is no longer taking on new customers unless you have more than 5 users or more than 5TB of Backup. So here it is! The Best Cloud Backup Service in 2021, a review.īecause there are quite a few Backup Providers out there, today we're going to be looking at a small selection of what's available, probably the most reputable or well-known names - or this post will be FAR too long. If you haven't seen it already, I made a video around the Best Cloud Storage for 2021 - and one of the most common comments on that was, well if they're not backing your data up, then how do I? INTRO Doesn't matter on which machine the license is installed.With reputable websites like TechRadar calling the likes of Microsoft 365 a 'Backup Solution', even though Microsoft specifically states in their T&Cs that they don't back up your data - It's no wonder that people are getting their knickers in a twist when it comes to backing up their data. This is a file level license not dedicated to workstation exclusively. It's not easy.Īnd whats preventing a customer from buying the desktop and actually using it on server.Īctually nothing. Just look at CrashPlan users nowadays, trying to migrate their data somehow. And there is an issue with the provider lock-in. So, retention is a concern well (if BackBlaze server cannot connect to your machine, your data is lost after 6 months).Ĭarbonite limits upload speed. And your data will be deleted in 30 days, after you delete it from your machine. ![]() So if you are doing local backup as well - it won't be encrypted. However, BackBlaze don't do encryption on the user end, it only applies to the server end. If you are buying 10 licenses, then the cost per license falls down to $29.99īut like backblaze offers desktop $50 per year with unlimited storage Our volume discount in MBS starts since the 5th license you would buy in bulk. ![]() Desktop software costs me 49.99 a year with no storage
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