Comparison of online backup services

Comparison of online backup services

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 States no limit Yes
9GBackup Yes No No Yes Yes  United States no 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 States 7 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

Defunct services

References

  1. ^ http://cp-carbonite.kb.net/display/4n/kb/article.aspx?aid=1140&n=1&docid=175520
  2. ^ Business and select plans only: http://www.carbonite.com/en/home/online-backup-pricing
  3. ^ Business and select plans only: http://www.carbonite.com/en/home/online-backup-pricing
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ http://support.crashplan.com/doku.php/reference/real_time_backups
  6. ^ 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
  7. ^ by creating a local bootable clone of the Hard Drive
  8. ^ bug #375289: data encryption (client-side as well as server-side)
  9. ^ [1]
  10. ^ Server Edition
  11. ^ http://cybernetz.net/microsoft-skydrive-25gb-als-netzwerklaufwerk-in-explorer-einbinden
  12. ^ http://www.wuala.com/blog/2011/05/hottingen-new-style-full-feature-set.html

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