Apple iCloud vs. CloudAlly by OpenText

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Apple iCloud
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Apple iCloud is a document management software offering from Apple. It includes features such as access to music, photos, calendars, contacts, and documents, and it is built into every new iOS device.
$0.99
per month
CloudAlly by OpenText
Score 10.0 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
CloudAlly, now from Opentext, which acquired CloudAlly parent company Zix in December, 2021, aims to offer an easy and reliable backup solution for leading online services such as Office365, Google Apps, Box and Salesforce. CloudAlly subscriptions include: - Unlimited secure Amazon S3 storage and unlimited retention of daily archives - Archive storage in Amazon’s U.S., E.U. or Australia Data Centers - One-click non-destructive…
$2
user, month
Pricing
Apple iCloudCloudAlly by OpenText
Editions & Modules
50GB
$0.99
per month
200GB
$2.99
per month
2TB
$9.99
per month
SharePoint Online and OneDrive backups for Business
$2
user, month
Backup Box for Business and Enterprise
$2
user, month
Gmail Backup
$2
user, month
Yahoo! Mail Backup
$2
user, month
IMAP Backup
$2
user, month
Amazon DynamoDB and SimpleDB Backups
$2
user, month
office-365-backup
$3
user, month
Google Apps Backup
$3
user, month
Salesforce Backup
$3
user, month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Apple iCloudCloudAlly by OpenText
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
Apple iCloudCloudAlly by OpenText
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Apple iCloud
8.6
84 Ratings
3% above category average
CloudAlly by OpenText
-
Ratings
Versioning8.660 Ratings00 Ratings
Video files8.579 Ratings00 Ratings
Audio files8.876 Ratings00 Ratings
Document collaboration8.472 Ratings00 Ratings
Access control8.571 Ratings00 Ratings
File search7.776 Ratings00 Ratings
Device sync9.782 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud Storage Security & Administration
Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Product A and Product B
Apple iCloud
8.4
79 Ratings
3% below category average
CloudAlly by OpenText
-
Ratings
User and role management7.763 Ratings00 Ratings
File organization8.375 Ratings00 Ratings
Device management9.176 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud Storage Platform
Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Product A and Product B
Apple iCloud
9.0
83 Ratings
4% above category average
CloudAlly by OpenText
-
Ratings
Performance9.183 Ratings00 Ratings
Reliability9.583 Ratings00 Ratings
Storage Reports8.466 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Apple iCloudCloudAlly by OpenText
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(83 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.8
(30 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.2
(12 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.5
(20 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Apple iCloudCloudAlly by OpenText
Likelihood to Recommend
Apple
Our growing organization uses about 95% Apple hardware. The Apple iCloud functionality across our organization ensures interfaces and synchronization that makes information workflow seamless. The cost structure and limited AI functionality keeps us dependent on products like Microsoft and Google and unable to put all of our cloud "eggs" into the Apple basket.
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OpenText
CloudAlly is a great backup for Salesforce and Box that is cloud based for a reasonable monthly/annual cost. Thankfully, we have rarely had to use our backups, but the service has been very reliable. It is less appropriate if you are not storing a lot in any of the platforms that they backup
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Pros
Apple
  • Syncing files, appointments, Notes and contacts. If I'm away from home, and set an appointment using my phone, that appointment automatically updates real time to my home laptop and vice-versa.
  • It stores files (e.g photos) nicely
  • Once it's set up, it's fairly easy to use.
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OpenText
  • Backup Services
  • Salesforce Backup
  • Box Backup
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Cons
Apple
  • Customization - iCloud is great at the stuff it does well. But it lacks features that some competitors (in Google Drive or Dropbox) do really well. API support for third-party apps is really great for some other people.
  • Remote use - Managing or accessing information from iCloud while not on one of your logged-in apple devices can sometimes be an issue. From a work computer for example. It doable, but the experience is much less user-friendly.
  • Ability to edit documents on the cloud similar to google docs or some other competitors
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OpenText
  • User interface could be easier to use
  • Backups in Salesforce could be easier to view
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Likelihood to Renew
Apple
It's so seamless that I can't imagine another product doing a better job synchronizing all of my devices. I simply do not think about it at all. Everything happens behind the scenes and I'm confident that Apple keeps my data safe and secure. I'm a happy customer as far as this is concerned. I have not had a bad experience with this service.
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OpenText
No answers on this topic
Usability
Apple
While it may be great to use with other Apple products, I find it's an absolutist-style workflow to be debilitating and to lead to many problems. When you sign into the cloud, it completely takes over your device in many ways that you don't notice at first until there is a problem.
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OpenText
No answers on this topic
Performance
Apple
Occasionally, large files that haven't yet been synced require a few minutes to pull down but I've rarely noticed delays. It does a good job of keeping data cached on my local machines while updating them with changes from other machines transparently.
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OpenText
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Apple
Apple customer service is fantastic. iCloud is built with Apple in mind and its design is extremely intuitive and user-friendly. Additionally, whenever our team has encountered issues, the speed of Apple support has been more than timely in addressing our issues and solving our request. We have encountered relatively few issues in my time with the platform and this only improves our overall score for those who keep the platform stable.
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OpenText
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Apple
Google Drive is similar to Apple iCloud, but since I prefer Apple products and have operated within the Apple ecosystem for many years, I use iCloud. Some clients who don't use Apple share documents with me in Google Drive so I have experience with the product, but I prefer iCloud. I do think photos syncing is superior in iCloud.
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OpenText
We chose CloudAlly because it had both Box and Salesforce as backup options so we were able to only setup one service, rather than two. The price point is also much better than OwnBackup, which was our second option. I like Skyvia for importing data, but their interface is not as easy to use.
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Return on Investment
Apple
  • Apple's iCloud service can run very slow in countries where they aren't very focussed, like India.
  • Apple did not back up videos over the cloud for a long time and needed manual sync. You will see similar issues like not allowing mobile data for some tasks.
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OpenText
  • Extra layer of protection on our data
  • Ability to retrieve past data if an issue occurs
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