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Online/Cloud Backup Service Reviews

Latest Online/Cloud Backup Service Reviews

Proton Drive Review

4.0

Proton Drive is the best choice if security and privacy are your main concerns in a cloud storage app, but that peace of mind comes at a price.

By Justin Pot
Proton Drive logo

IDrive Review

4.5
Editors' Choice

IDrive is fast, easy to set up, and simple to use—and you won't find a better price per terabyte for backing up your devices.

By Justin Pot
IDrive's logo; the word IDrive with the 'e' drawn in a padlock

FileShadow Review

3.0

FileShadow aims to combine all your cloud storage apps but fumbles on the execution.

By Justin Pot
FileShadow logo: A red folder icon with a magnifying glass next to the words "fileshadow" in lower case on a white background

Google One Review

4.0

A Google One subscription enhances the web giant's cloud storage plans by adding photo editing tools, dark web monitoring, priority support, and AI tools.

By Michael Muchmore
Google One

Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office Review

3.5

Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office's backup options and security extras are flexible and often excellent, but some are unreliable, and other features may be too risky for cautious users.

By Edward Mendelson
The logo for the Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office

Backblaze Review

3.5

Backblaze is a streamlined and secure online backup service that's good for novices but may frustrate users who want more control over backups.

By Michael Muchmore  & Justin Pot
Backblaze logo: a red fire-like symbol and the word "Backblaze" written in a dark navy color with a serif font

SpiderOak One Backup Review

3.0

The security- and privacy-focused SpiderOak One Backup is now in maintenance mode, so it's no longer getting new features. It also costs more than many competitors, but it doesn't limit the number of PCs you can back up with a single account.

By Michael Muchmore  & Jill Duffy
SpiderOak ONE

OpenDrive Review

3.0

Online backup service OpenDrive is a good value and features an intuitive web interface, but it could use better encryption options and the desktop app feels a little disjointed.

By Michael Muchmore  & Justin Pot

Livedrive Review

3.0

Livedrive provides unlimited online storage for a single computer, but it divides features between several pricing tiers and lacks some standard scheduling and encryption options.

By Max Eddy  & Justin Pot

Carbonite Safe Review

3.0

Carbonite Safe is an easy-to-use online backup service that offers unlimited storage, but a subscription covers only one computer and the service lacks features like mobile backup, file sharing and syncing, and disk imaging.

By Michael Muchmore  & Justin Pot

ElephantDrive Review

3.0

ElephantDrive might be the simplest tool for backing up a NAS, but it’s confusing on the desktop and doesn't yet offer mobile apps.

By Justin Pot

NovaBackup Review

2.5

NovaBackup lets you back up files locally and online, and includes solid versioning capabilities. But you'll pay a lot for online storage space, the service was slow in our tests, and it suffers from a poorly designed desktop interface.

By Ben Moore

Zoolz BigMind Home Review

2.5

BigMind Home offers sophisticated apps and is easy to use, but it lacks private encryption key protection and robust versioning, among other standard online backup capabilities.

By Ben Moore