IDrive Alternatives

    IDrive is described as 'Get 5 GB of full featured Online Backup for free. Features include Automatic Backup, True Archiving, Versioning, Continuous Backup, Mapped Drive Backup and Web-based Backup Management' and is a Online Backup Tool in the Backup & Sync category. There are more than 100 alternatives to IDrive for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Online / Web-based, Mac, Android and iPhone. The best alternative is Dropbox, which is free. Other great apps like IDrive are Google Drive (Freemium), MEGA (Freemium), Duplicati (Free, Open Source) and MediaFire (Freemium).

    This page was last updated Aug 5, 2021
    1. Online backup for $7 month unlimited space. Backblaze backup encrypts and uploads all your data – no questions asked. No picking files. No digging through folders. Your data is backed up online to our datacenters, so nothing can touch it.
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    2. Put your files into your Dropbox on one computer, and they'll be instantly available on any of your other computers that also have Dropbox installed.
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      Dropbox vs IDrive opinions
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      JohnFastman Dropbox does not offer end-to-end encryption and so does not protect your data from ransomware or any hackers that might breach their servers (and this has happened before). Dropbox also stores your data in a way that's readable to them, which means they have to hand it over when asked for it for government surveillance. This is not a problem for iDrive if you use the private key option because then only you can read your stuff.
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    4. Google Drive is a file storage and synchronization service which enables user cloud storage, file sharing and collaborative editing. Google Drive incorporates the Google Docs suite, a collaborative office suite of productivity applications that offers: -...
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      Google Drive vs IDrive opinions
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      JohnFastman Google Drive does not offer end-to-end encryption and therefore does not protect your data from ransomware. Google also stores your data in a format readable to them, which they can (and do) harvest your private data and hand it over when asked for it by government surveillance. This is not a problem for iDrive if you use the private key option because only you can read your stuff.
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    5. MEGA

      • Freemium • Proprietary
      • Mac
      • Windows
      • Linux
      • Online
      • Android
      • iPhone
      • Chrome OS
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      • Android Tablet
      • Windows Phone
      • iPad
      • Google Chrome
      • Firefox
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      MEGA, the successor of MegaUpload , is a cloud storage and file hosting service produced by Mega Limited.
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    6. Duplicati is a backup client that securely stores encrypted, incremental, compressed backups on local storage, cloud storage services and remote file servers. The Duplicati project was inspired by Duplicity and had similar functionality until 2008.
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    8. MediaFire

      • Freemium • Proprietary
      • Mac
      • Windows
      • Linux
      • Online
      • Android
      • iPhone
      • Blackberry 10
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      MediaFire is the simple solution for uploading and downloading files on the internet. It focuses on providing a positive experience for downloaders, but does not offer an affiliate program for uploaders.
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    9. Yandex.Disk is a free cloud storage service that gives you access to your photos, videos and documents from any internet-enabled device. Download the app to your phone or tablet and you'll literally be able to carry your files with you everywhere.
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    10. SpiderOak provides an easy, secure and consolidated online backup, storage, access, sharing & sync tool for Windows, macOS, and Linux (Ubuntu, Debian & Fedora). SpiderOak offers a different approach to online backup, synchronization, and sharing.
      Spideroak One Backup vs IDrive opinions
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      JohnFastman iDrive is about backup more than it is about sync (you backup your own data and sync your own computers, rather than sync with those of others). SpiderOak does the same. Importantly, both have "zero-knowledge" setups to ensure that no one except you - not even they - can see the data you are storing on their servers. SpiderOak is probably more established/reliable, iDrive has the superior mobile app (can backup your phone, not just download). iDrive has no Linux client.
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    11. Online backup for $7 month unlimited space. Backblaze backup encrypts and uploads all your data – no questions asked. No picking files. No digging through folders. Your data is backed up online to our datacenters, so nothing can touch it.
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    12. Sync makes it easy to store, share and access your files from just about anywhere. Best of all, Sync protects your privacy with end-to-end encryption — ensuring that your data in the cloud is safe, secure and 100% private.
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      Sync.com vs IDrive opinions
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      JohnFastman Sync.com is more about syncing Dropbox-style but with encryption/privacy in mind. iDrive is more about backing up your computer and files than about syncing with others (although you can sync between your own computers). Both implement strong encryption to ensure privacy is much much better than Dropbox, GoogleDrive. Neither Sync.com nor iDrive are convenient for Linux users.
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