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 | Windows 1 | Linux 1 | Mac 1 | Android 1 | iOS 1 | Encrypted storage | Zero knowledge 2 | Secure Key Management 3 [1] | Limited MB plan 4 | Unlimited MB plan 4 | $/MB plan 4 | Unlimited BW 16 | Provider | Cloud hosted Net Drive 5 | Sync 7 | Autodetect changes 12 | Public file hosting 8 | Physical media restore 9 | Server location(s) 10 | Free online storage (non-trial) 13 | Maximum per-file size | External hard drive support 14 | Hybrid Option 15 | 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 | ![]() ![]() | 10 GB [3] | No limit | Yes | No | ||||
Baidu Cloud | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [4] | No | ? | No | No | Yes | Baidu | Yes | Yes | Yes | ![]() | 2000 GB | 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[ citation needed ] | Yes | No | Yes | ![]() ![]() | No | ? | ||||||||
Box | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [7] | No [7] | ? | Yes | No | Box | Yes [8] | Yes [9] | Yes | ![]() | 10 GB | 250 MB (Free) 5 GB (Paid) | ||||||||
Carbonite | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial, optional for Windows only [10] | ? | Yes (Business only) | Yes (Home only) | No [11] | Yes [12] | Carbonite | Yes | Yes | Yes [13] | ![]() | No | 4 GB | Yes [14] | Yes | ||||
CloudMe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No, but 3rd party apps available[ citation needed ] | ? | No | Yes | CloudMe | Yes [15] | Yes | Yes | ![]() | 3 GB | 150 MB (Free Accounts) No limit (Premium Accounts) | No Limit | No | |||||||
Comodo Backup | Yes | No | No | Yes [16] | No | ? | Yes | No | Yes (5) | Comodo Backup | No | No | No | ![]() | No | ||||||||||
CrashPlan | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [17] | Yes, except for web restore [18] | Yes | Yes, 10TB | No | No | Yes [19] | CrashPlan | No | No | Yes [20] | No | No | ![]() ![]() | No | No Limit | Yes [22] | No | ||
Dropbox | Yes | Does not work on filesystems other than ext4 and btrfs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No [23] | ? | Yes | Dropbox | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2 GB | No Limit [24] | Yes [25] | 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 [26] | Optional [26] | ? | Egnyte | Yes [27] | Yes | Yes | Yes | ![]() | No | No limit | ? | ||||||||||
ElephantDrive | Yes | Yes [28] | Yes | Yes [29] | Yes | Optional (off by default) [30] | ? | Yes | No | ElephantDrive | Yes [31] | Yes [32] | Yes | Yes [33] | ![]() | 2 GB | Yes | ? | No, Amazon AWS [34] [35] | ||||||
Google Drive | Yes | No, no provider-sanctioned Linux support. [36] [37] [38] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | No, Limited to 5 TB per user. See comments for details. [39] | Yes | Yes | Google Drive | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ![]() | 15 GB | 5 TB [40] | Yes: 78% (supplied) 100% (matched) [41] | No | ||||
iCloud | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Optional (off by default) [42] | ? | No | No | Yes | iCloud | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ![]() unknown for others | 1 GB (everyone) [44] 5 GB (Apple users only) [45] | Yes, 94% [34] | No | |||||
iDrive | Yes | Yes, but one has to manually run perl scripts. [46] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [47] | Optional (excludes web interface) [48] | No | No | Yes [49] | 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 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | No | No limit | Yes | Optional | ||
Jumpshare | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes [50] | Yes | No | No | Yes [51] | Jumpshare | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ![]() ![]() | 2 GB | 250 MB on free, Unlimited on Jumpshare Plus | Yes: 75% (supplied) 100% (matched) [52] | ||||||
Jungle Disk | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [53] | Yes [53] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Jungle Disk | Yes [54] | Yes | Yes | Yes | ![]() ![]() | No | No limit in Backup Vault | Yes | Partial, Amazon AWS [34] [55] or Rackspace Cloud Files. | |||||
KeepVault | Yes | No | No | Yes [56] | ? | Yes | No | Yes | KeepVault | Yes | ![]() | 20 GB | |||||||||||||
Livedrive | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | Yes | Online Backup only | No | Yes | Livedrive | Yes (paid-only) [57] | Yes [58] | Yes | Yes | Yes | ![]() | No | No limit | Yes | |||
MediaFire | Yes | Upload only | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | MediaFire | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ![]() | 10 GB | No Limit | No | No | |||
MEGA | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [59] | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Mega Ltd. | No | Yes | Yes, using MEGA Desktop App | Yes | No | ![]() ![]() | 20 GB | No limit | No | No | ||
MiMedia | Yes | No | No | Yes [60] | No | ? | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | MiMedia | No [61] | No | Yes | No | No | ![]() | 7 GB | 3 GB | Yes | |||||
OneDrive | Yes | No, see note [62] | Yes | Yes [63] | Yes | Yes [64] | No | ? | Yes | No | OneDrive | No | Yes | 5 GB for new users, 25 GB for older users | 100 GB [65] | Yes: 75% sourced 100% matched | No | ||||||||
SpiderOak | Yes | Yes | Yes | Download Only | Download Only | Yes [66] | Yes [67] | ? | Yes | Business only (min 10 users) | Yes | Yes | SpiderOak | No [68] | Yes | Yes | Yes | (2 GB free for 60 days only) | No limit | Yes | Yes [69] | No | |||
SugarSync | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [70] | No [71] | ? | Yes | No | No | SugarSync | Yes | Yes | Yes (SugarSync account needed for folders) | No | 100 MB (web) No limit (client app) [72] | ||||||||
Syncplicity | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [73] | No [73] | ? | Yes | Syncplicity | Yes | Yes | Yes | ![]() | 10 GB | ||||||||||
Tarsnap | Yes via [WSL2](https://www.tarsnap.com/download.html#windows) or Cygwin | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes [74] | ? | No | No | Yes | Tarsnap | No | No | No, Amazon AWS [34] [75] | No | |||||||||
Tresorit | Yes | Yes [76] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [77] | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Tresorit | Yes [78] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ![]() ![]() | 3 GB [80] | 0.5 GB (free), 10 GB (paid) [81] | Yes | No | ||
Unitrends Vault2Cloud | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [82] | No | ? | No | Yes | Yes | Unitrends Vault2Cloud | Yes[ citation needed ] | Yes | No | Yes | ![]() | No | |||||||||
Yandex.Disk | Yes | Yes [83] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No [84] | No | ? | Yes | Yandex.Disk | Yes [85] | Yes | Yes | Yes | ![]() | 10 GB | 50 GB | ||||||||
Zmanda Cloud Backup | Yes | No | No | Optional [86] | Optional [86] | ? | Yes | Zmanda Cloud Backup | Yes[ citation needed ] | Yes | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | No limit | Yes | Yes | Partial, Amazon AWS or Google Cloud Storage [34] [87] |
Any changes can be undone, and files can be undeleted.
Other notable limitations or features.
Web-only iCloud accounts are limited to 1GB of storage.