March 15th, 2019 | Updated on April 13th, 2021
Having the backup of your computer is a necessity these days. Any day your computer may face a crash and all the data lost forever. If you are not careful this may lead to a situation that would be tough for you to comprehend later on.
To stay protected it is important that you look for an online backup service in advance. This is our list of the 10 best Online Backup Services available and how they work. We have reviewed each service and analyzed their pros and cons.
By going through them you would get to know which of these services would be suitable for your need. In fact, we have even mentioned their features, pricing, and benefits as well.
You can find out that one service which falls within your budget and use it to solve a very big problem that can arise at any time.
1. Backblaze
Backblaze will automatically back up all your files including documents, photos, music and movies. Unlimited files. Unlimited file size. Unlimited speed.
You can download a free restore of 1 file or all your files anywhere in the world. There is an option to have a 256 GB flash drive ($99) FedEx to you or an external drive up to 8 TB ($189). Access files on iPhone, iPad or Android.
You can use a personal encryption key for additional security. If you lose your password, Backblaze will be unable to send it to you. All your files are encrypted before being transmitted over SSL and stored encrypted.
Review: PCMag
Pros: Unlimited online backup. Super-easy setup. Requires no further input from the user. Simple and attractive interface. Strong security settings. iPhone and Android apps. Option to have physical hard drive or flash drive mailed to you.
Cons: No-Finder or Explorer integration. All-or-nothing approach very inflexible. Slow. Can’t view or share files from backup.
Bottom Line: Backblaze is a true set-it-and-forget-it online backup service that is great for novices, but it will frustrate experienced users.
2. CrashPlan For Small Business
No need for a complicated IT strategy to protect or backup your business files. With CrashPlan for Small Business, you’ll have peace of mind knowing your files are continuously backed up, and easy to restore, without learning a complicated, expensive tool.
What if a laptop was lost, stolen or threatened by ransomware? With CrashPlan for Small Business, all you do is restore to a new computer and you’re done. No hidden costs, no time wasted. Plus, employees can restore files on their own so you don’t have to.
Review: Cloudwards
In August, 2017, CrashPlan sent coffee spitting out of mouths everywhere when its users woke up to the news that the company would be withdrawing from the consumer backup competition. CrashPlan made the move, ostensibly, to focus solely on its business customers.
While that’s a tough break for consumers given CrashPlan’s popularity as a home computer backup solution, the added product attention is likely good news for business owners. Here at Cloudwards.net, we already rank CrashPlan for Small Business (formerly CrashPlan PRO) as one of the best cloud backup for business solutions available today.
3. SugarSync
Access your folders instantly from your other PCs or mobile devices with our instant File Sync Technology. Unlike Dropbox, SugarSync® enables you to back up your existing folder structure. Access your folders instantly from your other PCs or mobile devices with our instant File Sync Technology.
Once your files are in sync: Add or edit a file on one device and it’s instantly available in the same location across all your devices.
Review: Techradar
As cloud sync software goes, SugarSync is some of the best designed we’ve seen. Unfortunately, these tools are welded to a pricing scheme that is living in an alternate universe, where Amazon, Google and Microsoft don’t exist.
4. SpiderOak
Sync your data across all of your devices. Access all of your historical versions and deleted files with no time limits or restrictions. We offer unparalleled privacy for you and your data.
You create new data every day, from important documents to photos capturing life’s best moments. SpiderOak One Backup ensures that your data is safe regardless of what else life brings your way.
Review: tom’s guide
SpiderOak became well-known several years ago for offering strongly encrypted backup services that not even the company could crack open — a “no knowledge” feature that made the service attractive to privacy fanatics. But since then, many other online-backup services have begun to offer something similar.
5. Zoolz
Zoolz is a long term storage unit for all data on your external, internal and network drives. Zoolz is designed for storing your data on the cloud for a lifetime; therefore, file retrieval will require 3-5 hours. Why others are not considered long term storage.
Zoolz fully supports Network and external drive backup. You can disconnect your drives and store them away and Zoolz will never mark these files as missing or deleted.
Zoolz encrypts your files before they leave your machine, securely transfers your files, and stores them on encrypted servers using military grade 256 AES Encryption.
Review: techradar
There are lots of things to like about Zoolz Cloud Backup for both personal use and business deployment. It combines an easy to follow interface with excellent web management options and the ability to combine cloud operations with local external storage.
For
- Hybrid Backup
- File versioning
- Affordable
Against
- No live backup
- Lacks TFA
6. Livedrive
Livedrive automatically backs up your photos, documents, music, and videos to our secure UK data centres. Our Windows and Mac software takes less than a minute to set up and starts backing up your files straight away.
Backup is like a mirror of your computer files, if you add or edit a file, the same will happen on Livedrive. We keep up to 30 previous versions of edited files, making sure if you accidentally save an unwanted edit you can revert the change quickly.
Review: PCMag
Pros: Unlimited storage. Good performance. Effective desktop and mobile apps. Versioning.
Cons: Expensive. No File Explorer integration. Lacks high-level backup and security options. Cancelling an account is tedious.
Bottom Line: Livedrive works well and delivers unlimited online storage, but it doesn’t offer top-level backup options, such as separate scheduling and a truly continuous option.
7. IDrive
One stop solution to protect all of your PCs, Macs, iPhones, iPads and Android devices into a single account!
Enterprise-class secure data protection for all of your business computers, servers, Exchange, SQL, NAS and mobile devices.
Review: tom’s guide
IDrive doesn’t boast the most features or the lowest prices of any online-backup service, but it has pieced together the best balance of features and value for owners of multiple computers who don’t have massive storage needs.
IDrive Personal has virtually every “nice to have” feature that is on our list, save for unlimited storage, making it an easy recommendation for anyone who can stay within the reasonably priced 2TB storage tier. IDrive Personal backs up phones, offers a syncing option, has unlimited versioning and lets you quickly “seed” your account by sending in a hard drive with your data. If you’re willing to spend more, there’s a 5TB plan, which should be enough for most people, for $100 per year.
8. Degoo
The top-secret feature is your secure bank vault where it’s technically impossible for anyone but you to access your uploaded files. We achieve that through two parts:
Zero knowledge Encryption
Your files are encrypted with a passphrase known only by you, not stored anywhere in Degoo.
Storage Replication
The files are encoded into chunks and spread out to data centers in different countries. No single data center has enough data to access the entire file.
Review: Cloudwards
We’re as easily enticed by free storage as the next person, here at Cloudwards.net, so we decided to put Degoo through our usual review process: to see if it stacks up to the competition.
Degoo bills itself as a cloud backup, not cloud storage, service. If you’re unclear on the difference, here’s a primer on the subject. But, in a nutshell, it means Degoo isn’t geared towards work productivity like Dropbox or Sync.com are.
9. Norton Security Premium
Comprehensive protection, plus PC backup‡‡ and online family safety features‡ , for you and the people you care about.
Benefits for you:
- Helps protect up to 10 PCs, Mac®, Android™ and iOS devices with a single subscription.
- Helps provide real-time protection against existing and emerging malware including ransomware and viruses.
- Advanced security helps protect your private and financial information when you go online.
- Winner of AV-TEST Award for best protection.
- 100% Virus Protection Promise: From the moment you subscribe, a Norton expert is available to help keep your devices virus-free, or give you a refund.
- Alerts you about risky Android apps before you download them, with our award-winning technology.
- Offers 25 GB of automatic online backup, as a preventative measure to data loss due to hard drive failures and ransomware.
- Provides tools to help your kids safely explore the Internet.
Review: PCWorld
Norton Security Premium still does an excellent job of protecting your PCs, doesn’t bother you too much, and has a very easy-to-use interface. Norton protection doesn’t come cheap, however, at $110 per year for up to 10 devices.
Pros
- Very simple and easy-to-understand interface
- Liberal device licensing
- 25GB of online storage and built-in password manager
Cons
- Doesn’t have quite as many extras as other premium suites
10. ElephantDrive
ElephantDrive is a complete cloud storage solution, offering secure cloud functionality tightly integrated with leading storage hardware solutions.
ElephantDrive is natively integrated with leading NAS devices. No need for mapping the NAS to your computer!
The Everywhere folder automatically syncs across devices. Start working at the office desktop, pickup where you left off from your laptop at home.
Review: Capterra
Pros: The price is competitive. And it works at least as well as Dropbox for my incremental backups. I think it wins on the syncing side. Just seems more reliable in that respect. They had a free trial so I could play with it and see how it was. I liked it.
Cons: I wish file size didn’t have limits, so I can backup large backup files. That seems pretty universal though.
Overall: It is hard to decide between Elephant Drive and Dropbox. I get much more free storage with Dropbox, but all in all, I prefer the interface and reliability of Elephant Drive. Especially on th eAndroid app.
