Idrive Online Backup Multi User/PC up to 5TB - US$6.95 (~A$9.20) for 1st 12 Months

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Monojoker on 24/08/2020 - 10:56 idrive.com (126 clicks)
Last edited 25/08/2020 - 23:48 by 1 other user

Looks like this was a previous deal years ago on Ozb but I stumbled across it on the weekend when looking for a cheaper alternative to Carbonite.

Good price for multi computers/users up to 5TB even at the normal rate, compared to Crashplan and Carbonite, which I have used before and were around $120AUD per year.

The app seemed easy to use for me to choose what I backed up. You can schedule it to only upload overnight, etc as well if needed.

Only early days but I'm happy so far and for the price for the first 12 months is pretty decent.

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  Dontreadthis on 24/08/2020 - 11:55

  +5

  A strong note of caution: I have been using iDrive on a QNAP for a few years now because its the only backup app I can get working on it (old firmware, long story) that aside, their support is the worst I have ever experienced - for any company, anywhere.

  If something goes wrong, they will not help you at all, just reply with these one line, strange answers. Its almost as if an extremely bad AI is responding to your tickets. Sometimes after the third or 4th reply they will cycle back to the first reply again. They get reviewed well because they are cheap and most of the time the app works OK but they never review the support aspect.

  Again I can't stress this enough - if something goes wrong you will be on your own. This isn't just some disgruntled customer rant either, I'm actually worried that some of you who value their data would trust it to iDrive. I am not confident that if there was a problem and I couldn't restore my data, that they could help me or even send me a physical backup.

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  jace88 on 24/08/2020 - 12:20

  +1

  Sounds really cheap and I'm guessing they are banking on once you've uploaded 5TB of data, it's too much of a hassle to transition to other providers. I do wonder how secure/robust these guys are at that price point though (vs the more well known providers) but I guess if it's to backup your NAS, and you have encryption on all data in transit and at rest, it's a relatively low price for an offsite backup.

  (alternatively if you and a family member/friend have unlimited NBN, you could always put another NAS at their place and just mirror them and have marginal electricity costs after the initial capital outlay)

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    Dontreadthis on 24/08/2020 - 12:45

    +1

    Yeah once you have TBs of data up there and the 13th month comes around its about $65 to re-subscribe as well, and you do it because they end up auto billing it or you just pay it because can't be bothered changing to another provider. It would have been a much better idea to just go with a proper backup service in the first place, a feeling that sweeps over you after you pay the normal price for the first time.

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  nicksman on 24/08/2020 - 15:33

  90% offer is valid only if you are currently using a paid competing cloud backup service. You need to provide proof of your existing paid service provider’s account. Competing services include Carbonite, Mozy, CrashPlan, Backblaze, SOS Online Backup, Dropbox and Google Backup and Sync.

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  Chuckler on 25/08/2020 - 08:15

  I have this and it doesn't work very well if you have services like OneDrive, iCloud or so on … from what I gather, some of those services remove files locally or whatever, and then iDrive can't back them up, and records that as a failure.
  It is cheap though.

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  this is us on 16/09/2020 - 13:24

  I got this deal 11 months ago. It's fine but there were conflicts between iDrive and Onedrive and I am not renewing (U$69.50/year). Interestingly, I could upgrade to the 10TB plan for U$9.95 (next 12 months, "limited time deal"), which is something I'd consider if the interaction between iDrive and Onedrive was better (to be honest, I haven´t tried that in the last two months). I use about 50% of the 2TB and basically wanted a second backup of my files (in addition to Onedrive and an external HD). I'm considering cloud to cloud options at the moment.

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    Big Trev on 21/09/2020 - 09:12

    Hi tderevko, late response to this but wondering how you got on? I've been with iDrive for a few years after Crashplan changed their plans, but I've only ever been "just happy enough" with them for the price. I don't have a lot to back up (1.5 to 2TB maybe?), so trying to find that sweet spot of price and set-and-forgetness. I also am trying to backup OneDrive stuff (which iDrive doesn't handle particularly well), as well as stuff on a NAS.

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      this is us on 21/09/2020 - 09:51

      +1

      I'm using Onedrive (2TB) and an external 1TB drive at the moment. I've bought a new NAS and am planning on keeping it synced to Backblaze B2. It's cheaper than iDrive full price.

      My first year of iDrive (2TB) will be over next month and there is a message: "upgrade to 10TB, only 9.95 for the first year", but I want a final solution, not another discounted 12 months.

      I've checked Cyberduck to transfer my files to Backblaze, but will wait for my NAS, should be arriving in the next days.

      There are two cloud to cloud options I've checked. Multcloud and CloudHQ. Both seems work well with Onedrive, but I am a bit concerned about giving those third parties access to my drives. Multcloud is based in China, which makes things worse. I tried syncing some non relevant files and the integration was really good.

      I'm using boxcryptor now, so the important files are being encrypted before they leave my computer. Therefore, Multcloud and even Onedrive wouldn't have access to my files.

      I'm not paranoid, but that's a way I found to reduce the information that Google and Microsoft could potentially access.

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        Big Trev on 22/09/2020 - 13:18

        Hey, thanks for your detailed reply.

        "I'm using boxcryptor now, so the important files are being encrypted before they leave my computer. Therefore, Multcloud and even Onedrive wouldn't have access to my files."

        You're crazy not to do that, it helps to be a little paranoid!

        I'm going to have another look at it - my renewal is coming up for iDrive and I don't think I want to renew for another year. You've given me some good leads to look into.