Comments on: Ultimate Review List of Best Free Online Storage and Backup Application Services

By: Monica

Monica — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:08:27 +0000

Hi!
In your opinion, what are the top four storage servers?? Im looking for one that is compatible with mac, fast, cheap (around $5 per month), has unlimited storage and unlimited restraints on sizes of files? (Not sure how important that is to me right now but maybe sometime It will be. ) Also something that is very easy to use!!
This is all new to me but I need to do something with all of my photos quickly.
Thank you soooo much!!
Monica

By: DD

DD — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:51:25 +0000

Been using Syncplicity since before Beta last year and it’s a dream. There are a lot to choose from though and the list has only grown since I first started looking into this kind of service.

Not sure of all the capabilities of the other products (though I did try about 8 of them) but the one thing that won me over to Syncplicity was the ability to sync to different directories on different machines.

Ex:
File/Directory A saved on Home machine: c:\stuff
File/Directory A saved on notebook c:\MoreStuff
File/Directory A saved at work: C:\OtherStuff

I believe the one big downfall for Sync’ is that it does not support Linux and I believe support for Mac is about to be pulled. Not a biggie for me but I can see how that would affect some.

Anyways, great review/summary Kevin. Kudos on a job well done!

By: andei

andei — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:29:48 +0000

Hey, Kevin. I’d just like to commend you for such a great review. I’m currently using ADrive and will look into other online backup options posted here.

By: Mohsen

Mohsen — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:16:09 +0000

What about spideroak? It supports Linux/Mac/Windows and $10 per 100GB per month sounds appealing

By: Bruce Hutchinson

Bruce Hutchinson — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:16:16 +0000

I wanted to mention our website for your next review http://www.mydatanest.com. We released it to the public this year. In addition to online storage we have integrated a desktop uploader, sharable files with read/write or preview control, an online photoviewer, and music player.

We have integrated it with many of the most commonly used online apps and are adding features based on customer feedback.

We will be releasing the Enterprise addition soon.
Thanks

By: robert_ellison

robert_ellison — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:56:09 +0000

Kevin, I’d like to suggest that you include Cucku Backup on this excellent list (http://www.cucku.com/). Cucku is a social backup product – probably closest to Wuala but we use a trusted partner model (friend, family member, etc) instead of an anonymous one. This means you can send your first backup on an external hard drive after which you only need to send new and changed files over the Internet. This solves the speed problem with online backup for people with a sizable amount of data to backup.

We have two editions. Cucku Backup Free offers unlimited backup to a single partner. Cucku Backup Pro costs $49.95 (license for three installs, no subscription) and supports multiple partners. Pro is aimed at families and small businesses.

By: noelspringer

noelspringer — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:13:36 +0000

Hi Kevin, thanks for the excellent review. You may also want to check UbuntuOne, a solution for Linux users, as is Dropbox. Including the platform these providers work with would also be helpful.
https://ubuntuone.com

By: Ron

Ron — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:23:18 +0000

great work! I appreciate the details on each provider. One I did not see was Intronis. I would like your opinion and review. http://www.intronis.com
Thanks!

By: George

George — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:22:18 +0000

Thank you, I will check them out, my Maxtor NAS is giving me the yellow blinking light of death so I know it wont last too much longer

By: Kevin Eklund

Kevin Eklund — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:58:31 +0000

At the top of the list is SugarSync. That sounds like the best online storage match for you George.

By: George

George — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:28:19 +0000

Hi,

Talk about choices. Seems like allof these online solutions serve different purposes, but which woudl be best for establishing a virtual drive so at most three users coudl access several online folders. I currently have a Maxtor NAS drive that is getting buggy and I think a virtual solution might work best for me. Bascially I just want to click on a desktop link to open the virtual shared folder and save to it and access files in it etc. Any help greatly appreciated.

By: Kevin Eklund

Kevin Eklund — Fri, 29 May 2009 05:41:21 +0000

Your welcome Tim

By: Tim Rice

Tim Rice — Thu, 28 May 2009 21:58:59 +0000

Kevin,

Thanks for including FilesAnywhere.com!

This is a very detailed list of providers and you obviously did a lot of work compiling this info. We've been edging out the competition since we started in 1999. The only surviving competitors from that era are gone - Xdrive and Yahoo Briefcase - and we are still growing, stronger than ever!

Any of your readers here can call our sales desk and mention your blog article here to get an additional 10% discount on any of our plans.

Thanks again,
Tim Rice
http://www.FilesAnywhere.com

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:39:54 +0000

Kevin-
Next time you get around to updating this great list could you look into adding Microsoft Office Live Workspace? Some standout features include 5GB free online storage, simplified online collaboration, and templates that can help you plan a trip or manage a group project.

Cheers,
Jeff
MSFT Office Live Outreach
@Office_Live

By: a.k.a.

a.k.a. — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:37:46 +0000

Kevin,

This is still helping me out, 6 months later.

Can you suggest any sites that include a FREE fax service with a FREE account? You used to be able to get one with AOL’s XDrive before they folded. Drop.io has one, but it’s only for the pay accounts. Might be nice to include a column for this.

Thanks!

a.k.a.

By: dclutter

dclutter — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:24:56 +0000

Hi Kevin – Nice comprehensive article, but you’re just missing the best one!

We publish Backazon (http://backazon.com) which currently backs up to the Amazon S3 service in both the US and the EU. We are positioning ourselves as the “Service Provider Agnostic” software because we plan to support a number of online providers. We think this is critically important so that users can use a single tool to backup to local drives (USB, NAS, etc) or to online providers (Amazon S3, MS Azure, Google, etc). Please feel free to contact me (dougc@douglas-associates.com) with any questions.

By: urboogyman

urboogyman — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:26:38 +0000

Remember: You get what you pay for. Irreplaceable data is something I wouldn’t gamble with.

By: kkc0123

kkc0123 — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:49:14 +0000

You didn’t mention GoDaddy’s onlinefilefolder?

By: macvid

macvid — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 19:25:32 +0000

Kevin,

You’re list of online storage solutions is excellent. I have a macbook pro, and a WD my book 300 GB, and I’m looking for an online storage alternative. I’m leaning toward Mozy, I have about 150 GB of Music.

This might be a dumb question, but on your chart what does it mean when you say Mozy and others, carbonite and idrive have no online storage capabilities.

Thanks for your help.

By: janrif

janrif — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:25:38 +0000

Kevin, Which of these services do you think has the best combination of business plan + security + simplicty of use? Thanks for all your hard work, very imformative data.