Online Storage Providers Comparison
Below is a comparison chart of Online Storage Service Providers that we have fully reviewed. We have reviewed over 20 online storage providers and these are some of the best. Additional reviews will be made available as soon as possible and this chart will be updated once the new reviews are available.
To see a list of the in-depth reviews that have been completed, visit our
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 DropBox
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 iDrive
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 ElephantDrive
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 Data Deposit Box
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 Acronis Online Backup
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| Initail Setup | free | free | free | free | free |
| Cheapest Monthly Paid Plan | $9.99 / mth | $4.95 / mth | $4.95 / mth | $2 /Gb / mth | $3.95 / mth |
| Cheapest Annual Paid Plan | $99 / year | $49.50 / year | $49.95 / year | n/a | $39.95 / year |
| Plans | free, Pro50, Pro100 | basic, pro, family, SME | free, home, home plus, pro, pro plus | single plan | single plan |
| Initial storage allowance | free - 2Gb Pro50 - 50Gb pro100 - 100Gb |
basic - 2Gb pro - 150Gb family - 500Gb SME - 50-500+ Gb |
free: 1Gb home, home plus: unlimited pro: 1Tb, pro plus: 2Tb |
n/a | 250Gb |
| Cost of additional storage | n/a | SME - $0.50/gb/mth | n/a | $2 / Gb / Mth | n/a |
| Cost of Additional devices / users | unlimited | n/a | n/a | unlimited | 5 PCs included |
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| Web Portal Encryption | 128bit SSL | 128bit SSL | 128bit SSL | 448bit Blowfish | 256 AES |
| Encryption during transfer | 128bit SSL | 128bit SSL | 128bit SSL | 448bit Blowfish | 256 AES |
| encryption on servers | 256 AES | 256 AES | 256 AES | 448bit Blowfish | 256 AES |
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| time to backup 2Gb of data | 43mins | 29mins | 46mins | 4hrs 37mins | 2hrs 25mins |
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| Temporary file location | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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| Windows Mobile | via web | via web | via web | via web | |
| PDA | via web | via web | via web | via web | |
| Other | via web | via web | via web | via web | |
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| Individual file size | unlimited | unlimited | home: 1Gb; home plus: 2Gb; pro: 2.5Gb; pro plus: 5Gb |
unlimited | unlimited |
| Supported Platforms | PC, MAC, Linux and Mobiles | PC, MAC, mobiles | PC and MAC | PC and MAC | PC only |
| Supported Web browsers | most | most | most | most | most |
| max. devices | unlimited | basic & pro: 1; family: 5/account; SME: upto 100 accounts | home: 1; |
unlimited | upto 5 per account |
| Upload / Download Size Limits | unlimited from client | unlimited from client | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited |
| File Deletion Retention Policy | 30 days |
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