Backblaze's similar service is completely free, assuming you return the hard drive in the same condition.įor comparison, Carbonite and Backblaze charge $71.99 and $60 per year, respectively, for unlimited storage plans-though those plans are for one computer each. This service is particularly helpful in case a disaster leaves you without any other way to get to your data. Each subsequent use incurs a fee of $59.95. Personal users get one free backup per year, while Team and Business users can request this service three times per year. Subscribers to any account except for the IDrive Photos plan can use the IDrive Express bulk backup service that enables you to back up or retrieve bulk data via a physical drive. If you only want to back up photos and videos from your smartphone, the company now offers IDrive Photos, at just $9.95 per year for unlimited online photo storage at full resolution. IDrive Team gets you 5TB for up to five computers or users, and IDrive Business allows unlimited users but limits storage to 250MB, with upgrades available for more. The Team and Business plans start at $99.50 per year and $199.50 per year, respectively. IDrive's Team and Business plans add sub-account management and business compliance features. IDrive is one of the few services we reviewed that offer a permanent and free 5GB account. The personal plan covers an unlimited number of devices, which is great for families and people who simply have lots of devices. IDrive frequently offers discounts for its plans, so you may be able to get more storage at a cheaper rate, depending on when you subscribe. IDrive's Personal tier costs $79.50 per year for 5TB of storage, which is a good value.

Those complaints aside, IDrive is a terrific service and an Editors' Choice winner, alongside Acronis True Image. Our main gripe is that it lacks robust file-sharing features and that files in an IDrive-synced folder were slow to upload in our testing.

IDrive gets high marks across all these categories, and it still offers a good price-to-storage ratio too, despite a recent price increase. If you're in the market for an online backup service, you have to consider a service's pricing, backup features, performance, and ease of use.

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