Online backup technologies
Revised 1/20/10;
Corrections to david@strom.com
See my original story
in the NY Times here.
See the follow-up story
in PC World here.
Finally, here is one of my video screencast product reviews on Symantec's
Online Protection Network and another of the 3X Systems backup appliance
here.
|
Vendor, URL |
Free account limitations |
Annual cost and
storage capacity |
Mac and Windows
servers support |
Supports multiple PCs |
|
3x.com
(see my video review here) |
N/A |
Varies, up to 1 TB using
hardware appliance |
Windows servers |
Yes |
|
Adrive
(1) |
50 GB |
$70 |
No |
Yes (paid only) |
|
Amerivault EV |
15 days free |
Varies |
Mac and Windows servers |
Yes |
|
|
Out of business |
|
|
|
|
Apple's MobileMe (2) |
30 days free |
$100/20GB |
Windows |
Family pack $150/yr |
|
30 days free |
$8 per month per PC for
the first 2 GB + $2/GB |
No |
Yes |
|
|
15 days free |
$5 per month per PC for
unlimited storage |
Macs |
Yes |
|
|
30 days free |
$250/10GB |
No |
Yes |
|
|
14 days free |
$110/10GB |
Mac, Vista (separate
version for servers) |
No |
|
|
30 days free |
Varies |
Windows servers, Mac,
Linux |
Yes |
|
|
30 days free |
$540/20GB |
Mac, Linux |
Yes |
|
|
BeinSync Pro |
14 days free |
$60/5GB |
No |
Yes |
|
N/A |
$20/10GB |
Also Mac |
Yes, WebDAV |
|
|
Box.net Business |
14 days free 1GB |
$200/15GB |
Also Mac |
Yes |
|
15 days free |
$55 for unlimited space |
XP and Vista aand Mac |
Yes (paid accounts only) |
|
|
N/A |
$29 one-time plus Amazon S3 costs |
No |
Yes |
|
|
Connected
Backup Iron Mountain |
30 days free |
$100/2GB per PC (Adobe plan: $200/10 GB) |
Mac, Vista |
Yes |
|
upto 10 mirrored PsC |
free for unlimited
storage, paid Pro version avail. |
Macs, Linux |
Yes |
|
|
one mirrored PC |
$50 per mirrored PC for
unlimited storage |
Macs |
Yes |
|
|
30 days free |
$2/GB/month, |
No |
Yes, WebDAV, no limit on number of computers, users, drives |
|
|
30 days free |
$200/5GB + $7/mo per each PC |
No |
No |
|
|
DriveHQ Online Backup Professional |
1GB (4) |
$130/10GB |
No |
Yes |
|
2GB |
$100/50GB |
Mac, Linux |
Yes |
|
|
1GB |
$100/ unlimited storage |
Also Mac |
S3 |
|
|
15 days free |
$120/ 1.5GB |
Windows Servers |
Yes |
|
|
2GB |
$60/ unlimited
storage |
2000, XP, Vista only |
|
|
|
1GB |
$90/5GB |
Windows Servers |
WebDAV |
|
|
15 days free |
$90/1GB + $25/PC |
Windows servers |
Yes |
|
|
30 days free |
$200/50GB |
Windows Servers, Mac and
Linux |
Yes |
|
|
15 days free |
$100/5GB |
Mac and Windows servers |
Yes |
|
|
iDrive.com Pro |
2GB |
$100/50GB |
Windows Home Server |
Yes |
|
30 days free |
$300/5GB |
No |
Yes |
|
|
Iomega iStorage Professional Edition |
30 days free |
$108/1GB |
No |
Yes, unlimited users |
|
Storage charges only |
About $5 for 2 GB, unlimited space |
Mac, Linux, Windows 2000, Windows Home Server |
Yes, uses S3, WebDAV |
|
|
LogMeIn Backup |
30 days free |
$40 for 2 PCs |
No |
PC to PC backups |
|
1 GB per file for free
service |
50 GB free, $60/250 GB |
No |
Yes, but paid service
only |
|
|
|
Out of business |
|
|
|
|
7 days/1 GB free |
$50/150GB |
Mac, Linux |
Yes |
|
|
Mionet |
30 days free |
$80 |
No |
Yes |
|
Mozy
Pro (3) |
N/A |
$9/PC/Month for 10GB |
Mac, Windows Servers |
Yes |
|
Microsoft Skydrive Live |
25 GB!! |
$50 per PC +$50/10GB |
XP w/ SP2 or Vista only |
No |
|
MyDocsOnline.com Enterprise |
15 days free |
$168/1GB |
Mac, Linux, Windows Servers |
Yes, WebDAV |
|
5 GB free |
$25/25GB |
Mac, Windows, Linux |
Yes |
|
|
15 days free |
$900 for 5 uers |
Windows Servers |
Yes |
|
|
5GB, 30 days free |
$45/10GB |
Mac, Linux, Windows
Servers |
Yes, unlimited users |
|
|
N/A |
$145/10GB |
Windows Servers, Mac and
Linux |
Yes, unlimited users |
|
|
Yes |
$180/10GB |
Windows Servers |
Yes, unlimited users |
|
|
2GB free |
$120/100GB |
Mac and Linux |
Yes, unlimited users |
|
|
30 days free |
$216/10GB |
Windows Servers Mac, Linux |
Yes, unlimited users |
|
|
30 days free |
$110/10GB |
Windows Servers |
No |
|
|
N/A |
$360/1GB |
No |
Yes |
|
|
2GB |
$100/50GB |
No |
Yes, unlimited users |
|
|
15 days free |
$420/5GB |
No |
Yes |
|
|
Tilana.com Reserve |
2 GB free |
$50 for unlimited
storage |
No |
No |
|
VaultLogix Data Protection Service |
14 days free |
Starts at $300 |
Windows Servers, Mac,
Linux, others |
Yes |
|
Vembu.com StoreGrid |
Free PC-to-PC backups
for 3 PCs |
$30/yr per PC, more for
servers |
Windows Servers, Mac,
Linux |
Yes |
|
|
Closing service 3/09 |
|
|
|
|
N/A |
Approx. $5 for 2 GB, unlimited
space |
Also Mac and Linux |
Yes, S3 |
Notes:
(1) There is a $25 charge to
retrieve older versions of backup files
(2) Accounts have 200GB
monthly transfer limits. Storage is shared between files and emails. Family
Pack includes 4 accounts and up to 5 GB storage each.
(3) MozyHome is for
consumers and works on both PC¼s and Macs and is $4.95 a month for unlimited
storage capacity on one computer. MozyHome is also free up to 2 GB, and the
storage quota can be shared across 2 computers. MozyPro provides 24x7 phone
support, server OS support, mapped and network drive support and an
administrative Web-based console to manage employee backups.
(4) Drive HQ places
download limits and other
restrictions of the free accounts. It also offers free file transfer
protocol (FTP) hosting which can be used by non-Windows PCs.