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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AIDrive protects PCs, Macs, mobile devices, Servers, Cloud Applications Data (SAAS) including Office 365, and Google Workspace, and provides S3 compatible Object Storage with IDrive e2. IDrive offers different plans for cloud backup for devices: - IDrive Personal - IDrive Core - IDrive Team - IDrive Small Business - IDrive Enterprise - IDrive360 EndPoint IDrive provides Cloud Applications data (SAAS) Backup: - Microsoft Office 365 Backup - Google…

    $59.50

    per year One user, unlimited computers 5TB storage

    OpenText Availability

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ACarbonite acquired Double-Take, a data replication and disaster recovery option, in early 2017. The technology now powers OpenText Availability, the high availability and data replication product.N/A
    Pricing
    IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2OpenText Availability
    Editions & Modules
    IDrive Cloud to Cloud Backup
    $20
    per year
    IDrive 360 EndPoint
    $29.50
    per year
    IDrive e2
    $49.50
    per year
    IDrive Core
    $79.50
    per year
    Personal
    $99.50
    per year
    IDrive Team
    $99.50
    per year
    IDrive Business
    $99.50
    per year
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2OpenText Availability
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo 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 e2OpenText Availability
    Considered Both Products
    IDrive
    Chose IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
    Easy to Use and understand.
    Incentivized
    Chose IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
    More cost effective and increased ease of use.
    Incentivized
    OpenText
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    96%
    Would buy again
    91 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    88 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    88 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    84 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    92%
    Implementation went as expected
    86 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2OpenText Availability
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2 and OpenText Availability
    Feature
    IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
    9.5
    93 Ratings
    12% above category average
    OpenText Availability
    -
    Ratings
    Versioning9.768 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video files9.371 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio files9.466 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document collaboration10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access control9.26 Ratings00 Ratings
    File search9.378 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device sync9.384 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Security & Administration
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2 and OpenText Availability
    Feature
    IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
    8.9
    88 Ratings
    3% above category average
    OpenText Availability
    -
    Ratings
    User and role management9.371 Ratings00 Ratings
    File organization8.184 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device management9.385 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Platform
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2 and OpenText Availability
    Feature
    IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
    9.0
    93 Ratings
    4% above category average
    OpenText Availability
    -
    Ratings
    Performance8.290 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reliability9.488 Ratings00 Ratings
    Storage Reports9.481 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2OpenText Availability
    Small Businesses
    Zoho WorkDrive
    Score9.3 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    Apple iCloud
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Qlik Replicate
    Score10 out of 10
    Enterprises
    ownCloud
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Qlik Replicate
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2OpenText Availability
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (97 ratings)
    10.0
    (11 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.7
    (23 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2OpenText Availability
    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.
    Incentivized
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    OpenText
    I believe it would work well with continuous replication in a DR scenario with no time limits and having the ability to fail back is a bonus, but in a one off move the decision to restrict the time it can sync for has proven to be an issue for us.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    IDrive
    • I'm using it on MAC, the app works very well in the background
    • Logging activities is something I really like, because I can check whether the backup was successful or not.
    • I really like the option of being able to select external drivers and back up only specific folders or files.
    • The application itself is very easy to use, even though it doesn't have a version in my language (pt-br), I had no trouble setting it up and I'm using it without any problems.
    Incentivized
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    OpenText
    • A product is worthless in my opinion if you don't have a great support team to work with. I've had issues with replication jobs that were resolved quickly and easily by the support team.
    • DR - Doubletake is the only tool that I'm aware of that can handle DR replication of both physical and virtual environments. There sre others, but they use a snapshot technology, where doubletake has continuous replication of data.
    • Move - we have moved physical and virtual environments from around the world without ever having to leave the office. One of the companies we migrated started off with their equipment in Switzerland, and after the servers were in a fully protected state in the US, that failover to the new location took 45 min.
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    Cons
    IDrive
    • DropBox-protected folders were not initially backed up as IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2 did not follow the symbolic links created
    • I experienced some UX confusion in adding new folders to backup; it's a different interface than setting up exclusions, and they should follow the same workflow and page buttons
    • After a reboot, it appears like a full disk scan is performed which can take quite a long time on a disk which has many files and lots of space
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    OpenText
    • The initial set-up can be challenging in some regard.
    • Would like to see version updates that support all OS. Unfortunately we use several OS and are on an older version with 7 of our 8 servers.
    • Will be doing the upgrades to version 8 shortly and hope the software is compatible with all OS.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    OpenText
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    IDrive
    While both the desktop and mobile apps are pretty straightforward and not complicated to navigate with features and settings fairly easy to understand and execute with clear enough descriptions they could use a refresh to be a but more intuitive and improvements made so they are less glitchy. Also backup speeds could use some improvement
    Incentivized
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    OpenText
    Cabonite Availability is a very practical and useful tool that can help any business weather any type of IT disaster. The ease and quickness of restoring data helps us provide as seamless an experience as possible. Many times our customers will never know there was an outage. This brings confidence in our brand and improves our organization's standing and reputation.
    Incentivized
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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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    OpenText
    Once through to support it is very good and they have assisted us through a number of issues. I don't always think that they provide a solution, more a workaround, but in a move situation where each copy is moving once, that isn't an issue. I'd be more concerned if we were using it to manage a DR scenario.
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    Implementation Rating
    IDrive
    Did not participate in the implementation.
    Incentivized
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    OpenText
    No answers on this topic
    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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    OpenText
    It is better for critical apps than Veeam due to the lower RPO. Veeam is favoured by some customers due to it's attractive price point. Zerto is a very strong product and is innovating continuously. I don't see so much of this from DoubleTake.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    IDrive
    • For individual users such as my case, the savings with the Personal plan are important compared to alternatives like ElephantDrive. For 5TB ElephantDrive costs $600/yr in the comparable Family plan, whereas IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2 costs only $99.50/yr.
    Incentivized
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    OpenText
    • From data recovery perspective for customers- Carbonite DoubleTake is a good solution.
    • The honest price for Carbonite DoubleTake and for the ROI -it's a good transaction for the customer.
    Incentivized
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