IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
IDrive allows users to back up an unlimited number of devices into one account, including PCs, Macs, mobile devices, and servers. IDrive offers backup plans for consumers, small businesses, and enterprises of any size. IDrive offers many different plans for cloud or on-site backup including: -IDrive Personal -IDrive Team -IDrive Small Business -IDrive Google Workspace and Office 365 backup -IDrive e2 Object Storage -IDrive Enterprise -IDrive360 EndPoint …
$99.50
per year One user, unlimited computers 5TB storage
Pricing
IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
Editions & Modules
IDrive Cloud to Cloud Backup
$20
per year per seat
IDrive e2
$30
per year
Personal
$99.50
per year 1 user
IDrive 360 EndPoint
$99.50
per year 5 computers
IDrive Team
$99.50
per year
IDrive Business
$99.50
per year
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsIDrive regularly offers first year discounts for all plans and offers a full-featured 30-day free trial for IDrive 360 Endpoint
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Community Pulse
IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
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IDrive is cheaper and easier to manage
Chose IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
I prefer the unlimited number of devices and given storage quota that IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2 provides.
Chose IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
I've found IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2 to be faster. The user dashboard can mirror the hard drive. Set up was easy and quick. Storage is more than adequate for our purposes. I get a daily report of files that have been included in the backup, which lists any new …
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The price for the storage space is better with IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2.
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Multi device backup per user
Chose IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2 allows multiple computers on a single account. There is a 5TB option for small business at half the price of Back Blaze's unlimited plan. IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2 allows for the backup of an external hard drive and …
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As I mentioned before, when you compare it with other products, it has a great price and capacity.
Chose IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
Cheaper, easier GUI. Gets the job done. Like a server, "set it aforget it"Has good storage capacity. Cust service is helpfull but sometimes not real clear. Am using Degoo cloud which is a browser tuned backup. i-Drive way better in all aspects except backup capacity for which …
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I used to use Backblaze but recently had a computer hardware failure and found many of the files that were supposed to be backed up were in fact missing. Fortunately I was able to recover them from my local Time Machine backup but I lost all trust in Backblaze and moved to iDrive
Chose IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
IDrive is the most cost-effective backup solution out there. All the other big name providers like Apple, Google, Amazon and Microsoft, charge over 5 times more for way less storage than IDrive provides. IDrive also syncs just as seamlessly with my Synology as those other …
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Cost, Versioning, Real-time changes
Chose IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
Reviews were great, but it didn't work for me. Looking for an alternate company now. I need a product that actually works!
Chose IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
I find the IDrive interface easier to work with as well as plan selection and making any changes to my backup scheme. More flexible for sure.
Chose IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
I decided to choose IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage based on the numerous positive reviews I came across. After comparing it with popular alternatives like Google Drive, OneDrive, and Dropbox, I found that IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage offers better pricing, …
Chose IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
The offering for storage of IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage is more costly and furthermore I find easier the interface of IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage to organize my data
Chose IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
IDrive is better to use for fully backing up my NAS, it continues to work when I am not there. Therefore, it is easy and good to use. Dropbox, Google Drive, and iCloud can be used, but they lack certain functionalities that I found in IDrive. In addition, IDrive has the best …
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Both are simple to use and provide secure Cloud storage.
Chose IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
I am still with pCloud and like it. But I wanted to test alternatives since I don’t want to depend on one single platform. It’s too early to compare. However, so far pCloud is definitely much faster.
Chose IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
Those other products save my files as I use them, but they overwrite old files in real time. With Dropbox, if I want to save files that aren't overwritten, I have to upload files online, which is time consuming. They aren't saved per date unless I physically set it up that way.
Chose IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
Google Workspace became unusable as their policy regarding additional storage was ridiculous, to increase my storage space there to 10Tb was fantastically expensive. Dropbox created thousands of duplicate files in web development folders and broke everything. So not a great …
Chose IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
Previous version was not needed and too expensive
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
9.1
70 Ratings
8% above category average
Versioning8.954 Ratings
Video files9.054 Ratings
Audio files9.049 Ratings
Document collaboration10.03 Ratings
Access control9.26 Ratings
File search8.558 Ratings
Device sync9.063 Ratings
Cloud Storage Security & Administration
Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Product A and Product B
IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
8.7
66 Ratings
1% above category average
User and role management8.554 Ratings
File organization8.764 Ratings
Device management8.863 Ratings
Cloud Storage Platform
Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Product A and Product B
IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
8.9
71 Ratings
5% above category average
Performance8.869 Ratings
Reliability9.167 Ratings
Storage Reports8.962 Ratings
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User Ratings
IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(73 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(2 ratings)
Usability
8.2
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
9.1
(5 ratings)
Implementation Rating
5.5
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
Likelihood to Recommend
IDrive
It scales well from the individual to corporate environments with many different plans to suit your needs and budget. For backing up servers such as Exchange or SQL I've used their sister product iBackup, which is also excellent and we have no problems with, so maybe they should merge the two products into one which would make it a better overall proposition. It also seems to handle backing up mapped drives as well, which is what we used for a while before getting the on server version. That being said it can use up quite a bit of bandwidth so make sure you schedule at night when noone is working. However it does only backup changed files which is great.
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Pros
IDrive
  • Super easy to download, setup, set preferences and key account settings.
  • The first back-up took all night, but after that the back-ups are quick, seamless, and always on-time per my preferernces.
  • I love the confirmations and details on each and every back-up start-up and completion. Very informative and reassuring.
  • Very easy to get back anything that I may forgotten to save or replace during the work.
  • Can't think of anything negative at this time! Thank you IDrive!
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Cons
IDrive
  • It is becomes painfully slow for its unlimited backup when most of the users who use it for long time even for a month. This should be improved.
  • There are not many options on the IDrive to select the "AUX" menu, I'm experiencing this problem with my newly bought second hand BMW 3 series E90 32i, 2010 model. There is not external devices alternative for me.
  • Restoring an older version of a file is the hardest stuffs for me
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Likelihood to Renew
IDrive
It does everything that it needs to to create an effecitve Three level backup to the cloud of all your important data, its reliable, dependable and peformant in its use cases. It overcomes the need to store offsite physical media such as Tape or disk storage. And its cost and level of reporting can be tailored to fit the use case of your business.
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Usability
IDrive
The desktop interface seems intuitive to work with.
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Support Rating
IDrive
I have not had to use their tech support. I did call once but luckily figured out what to do while I was on hold so I disconnected. If I really needed them it would have been a very long hold time I suppose.
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Implementation Rating
IDrive
Did not participate in the implementation.
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Alternatives Considered
IDrive
I was a Backblaze user for 5 years because they had a very cost effective plan for my storage needs. However, they were very poor at backing up external devices quickly, and made it a pain in the butt to keep the backups active due to their 30 days connectivity policy.
Dropbox is a great fit for cloud backup when you need to access the backup files in the cloud frequently.
IDrive is the best solution out there for true backup of devices in case they are damaged or lost.
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Return on Investment
IDrive
  • iDrive has saved us money as their pricing structure is fair and they allow multiple devices to be backed up under the same account - where others do not.
  • iDrive has saved us time as we no longer have to manually back up and sync files on our computers to external drives.
  • iDrive has lessened the burden of stress. We no longer worry that we may lose critical data that can no longer be recovered.
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