This is a comparison of online backup services.
Online backup is a special kind of online storage service; however, various products that are designed for file storage may not have features or characteristics that others designed for backup have. Online Backup usually requires a backup client program. A browser-only online storage service is usually not considered a valid online backup service.
Online folder sync services can be used for backup purposes. However, some Online Folder Sync services may not provide a safe Online Backup. If a file is accidentally locally corrupted or deleted, it depends on the versioning features of a Folder Sync service, whether this file will still be retrievable.
Provider | Windows1 | Linux1 | Mac1 | Android1 | iOS1 | Encrypted storage | Zero knowledge2 | Secure Key Management3[1] | Limited MB plan4 | Unlimited MB plan4 | $/MB plan4 | Unlimited BW 16 | Provider | Cloud hosted Net Drive5 | Sync7 | Autodetect changes12 | Public file hosting8 | physical media restore9 | Server location(s)10 | Free online storage (non-trial)13 | Maximum per-file size | External hard drive support14 | Hybrid Option15 | Green Hosting | OpenSaaS |
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Backblaze | Yes | B2 only | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[2] | No[2] Company must be given passphrase (to private key) to restore any data. | No | No | Yes | No | No | Backblaze | Yes | Yes | Yes | United States, Europe | 10 GB[3] | No limit | Yes | No | ||||
Baidu Cloud | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[4] | No | ? | No | No | Yes | Baidu | Yes | Yes | Yes | China | 2 TB | 4 GB (Non-member) 10 GB (Member) 20 GB (Super Member). [5] | ? | ||||||
Barracuda Backup Service | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[6] | No | ? | No fee per computer | No | Yes | Barracuda Backup Service | Yes | No | Yes | United States, Canada, APAC, Europe | No | ? | |||||||||
Box | Yes | Partial (no offline sync, access through DAV server)[7][8] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[9] | No[9] | ? | Yes | No | Box | Yes[10] | Yes[11] | Yes | United States | 10 GB | 250 MB (Free) 5 GB (Paid) | ||||||||
Carbonite | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial, optional for Windows only[12] | ? | Yes (Business only) | Yes (Home only) | No[13] | Yes [14] | Carbonite | Yes | Yes | Yes[15] | United States | No | 4 GB | Yes[16] | Yes | ||||
CloudMe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Yes | CloudMe | Yes[17] | Yes | Yes | Sweden | 3 GB | 150 MB (Free Accounts) No limit (Premium Accounts) | No Limit | No | ||||||||
Comodo Backup | Yes | No | No | Yes[18] | No | ? | Yes | No | Yes (5) | Comodo Backup | No | No | No | United States | No | ||||||||||
CrashPlan | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[19] | Yes, except for web restore[20] | Yes | Yes, 10TB | No | No | Yes[21] | CrashPlan | No | No | Yes[22] | No | No | United States, Australia[23] | No | No Limit | Yes[24] | No | ||
Dropbox | Yes | Does not work on filesystems other than ext4 and btrfs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No[25] | ? | Yes | Dropbox | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2 GB | No Limit[26] | Yes[27] | No | |||||||
Dropmysite | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | Yes | No | No | Yes | Dropmysite | Yes | Yes | Yes | Global | 2 GB | No limit | ? | |||||||
Egnyte | Yes | Yes | Yes | Optional[28] | Optional[28] | ? | Egnyte | Yes[29] | Yes | Yes | Yes | United States | No | No limit | ? | ||||||||||
ElephantDrive | Yes | Yes[30] | Yes | Yes[31] | Yes | Optional (off by default)[32] | ? | Yes | No | ElephantDrive | Yes[33] | Yes[34] | Yes | Yes[35] | United States | 2 GB | Yes | ? | No, Amazon AWS[36][37] | ||||||
Google Drive | Yes | No, no provider-sanctioned Linux support.[38][39][40] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | No, Limited to 5 TB per user. See comments for details. [41] | Yes | Yes | Google Drive | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | United States, Worldwide | 15 GB | 5 TB[42] | Yes: 78% (supplied) 100% (matched)[43] | No | ||||
iCloud | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | ? | No | No | Yes | iCloud | ? | Yes | ? | ? | China for mainland China accounts;[44] unknown for others |
1 GB (everyone)[45] 5 GB (Apple users only) [46] | Yes, 94%[36] | No | |||||
iDrive | Yes | Yes, but you have to manually run perl scripts.[47] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[48] | Optional (excludes web interface)[49] | No | No | Yes[50] | iDrive | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | unknown | 5 GB | Yes | |||||||
Infrascale | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Optional | Optional | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Infrascale | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | United States, Canada, United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica | No | No limit | Yes | Optional | ||
Jumpshare | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes[51] | Yes | No | No | Yes[52] | Jumpshare | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | United States, Europe | 2 GB | 250 MB on free, Unlimited on Jumpshare Plus | Yes: 75% (supplied) 100% (matched) [53] | ||||||
Jungle Disk | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[54] | Yes[54] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Jungle Disk | Yes[55] | Yes | Yes | Yes | United States, Europe | No | No limit in Backup Vault | Yes | Partial, Amazon AWS[36][56] or Rackspace Cloud Files. | |||||
KeepVault | Yes | No | No | Yes[57] | ? | Yes | No | Yes | KeepVault | Yes | United States | 20 GB | |||||||||||||
Livedrive | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | Yes | Online Backup only | No | Yes | Livedrive | Yes (paid-only)[58] | Yes[59] | Yes | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom | No | No limit | Yes | |||
MediaFire | Yes | Upload only [1] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | MediaFire | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | United States | 10 GB | No Limit | No | No | |||
MEGA | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[60] | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Mega Ltd. | No | Yes | Yes, using MEGA Desktop App | Yes | No | Europe, New Zealand | 20 GB | No limit | No | No | ||
MiMedia | Yes | No | No | Yes[61] | No | ? | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | MiMedia | No[62] | No | Yes | No | No | United States | 7 GB | 3 GB | Yes | |||||
OneDrive | Yes | No, see note[63] | Yes | Yes[64] | Yes | Yes[65] | No | ? | Yes | No | OneDrive | No | Yes | 5 GB for new users, 25 GB for older users | 100 GB[66] | Yes: 75% sourced 100% matched | No | ||||||||
SpiderOak | Yes | Yes | Yes | Download Only | Download Only | Yes[67] | Yes[68] | ? | Yes | Business only (min 10 users) | Yes | Yes | SpiderOak | No[69] | Yes | Yes | Yes | (2 GB free for 60 days only) | No limit | Yes | Yes[70] | No | |||
SugarSync | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[71] | No[72] | ? | Yes | No | No | SugarSync | Yes | Yes | Yes (SugarSync account needed for folders) | No | 100 MB (web) No limit (client app)[73] | ||||||||
Syncplicity | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[74] | No[74] | ? | Yes | Syncplicity | Yes | Yes | Yes | United States | 10 GB | ||||||||||
Tarsnap | Yes via Cygwin | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes[75] | ? | No | No | Yes | Tarsnap | No | No | No, Amazon AWS[36][76] | No | |||||||||
Tresorit | Yes | Yes[77] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[78] | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Tresorit | Yes[79] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Ireland, Netherlands[80] | 3 GB[81] | 0.5 GB (free), 10 GB (paid)[82] | Yes | No | ||
Unitrends Vault2Cloud | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[83] | No | ? | No | Yes | Yes | Unitrends Vault2Cloud | Yes | No | Yes | United States | No | ||||||||||
Yandex.Disk | Yes | Yes[84] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No[85] | No | ? | Yes | Yandex.Disk | Yes[86] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Russia | 10 GB | 50 GB | ||||||||
Zmanda Cloud Backup | Yes | No | No | Optional[87] | Optional[87] | ? | Yes | Zmanda Cloud Backup | Yes | United States, Europe, Singapore, Japan | No limit | Yes | Yes | Partial, Amazon AWS or Google Cloud Storage[36][88] |
Any changes can be undone, and files can be undeleted.
Other notable limitations or features.
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