IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2

This is a consumer review, but signing in via LinkedIn forces a business review. And ironically, my company doesn't allow 3rd party apps like IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2. However, for the 1st week that I tried IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2 (before my company blocked the desktop app), it worked wonderfully. It was intuitive and backing up the local files on my computer was incredibly easy. In addition, I mapped one of my hard drives and was backing it by piecemeal (i.e., every 100 gigabytes took me a few hours). Everything was working well, and the incremental backups I performed every couple of days were super efficient. But then my company blocked the app, and after calls to my company's help desk and a call to IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2 tech support were not able to resolve the situation, I will be - unfortunately - cancelling my subscription. If you are using a personal computer or your company allows the app, I would highly recommend for ease of use and reasonable pricing.

OneDrive

Microsoft 365

I use IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2 to do a complete daily backup of all my computer data files along with data in my external hard drives and mobile phone for my small business which it does very well and reliably. The ability to automate this task for me so I can focus on running my business without having to worry about whether or not my data is safe and secure, I have no regrets about deciding to sign up and plan to continue to use this service for as long as I have a need for it.

After getting tired of Cloud Based services I decided to get a NAS, and have that automatically backed up to the cloud.

Spent a few hours on 'best of' lists tried IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2 first because of the clarity of their offerings, example vids of folks setting up and using IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2, and their 30 Day Money Back guarantee. This way I could see if it did what I needed.

Thankfully, it was exactly what I needed! Didn't even have to try another, or even consider the 30 Day Money Back.

After creating my account, I installed the Windows Desktop App as well as the Asustor NAS App started selecting folders for backup.

Here's where I had the only moment of uncertainty - the App offers sa lot of flexibility with Local Drives, Mapped Drives, etc... I wasn't immediately sure what option I needed, but the App is intuitive enough that I eventually found exactly what I needed after clicking into the various sections.

So, chose files for my first back up, scheduled it, pressed 'Backup now' heard it reading from the NAS and in about half an hour I got an email summary of the backup. An ideal experience!

OneDrive, Google Drive and Dropbox

Godot, GitHub, Notepad++

As an event organiser and DJ in my leisure, I generate lots of graphic assets and video content. This content was primarily stored at home in a personal 4TB WD Cloud Home device, but I was looking for a solution that would let me back it up entirely. After carefully considering alternatives, such as ElephantDrive (which was natively integrated in my NAS unlike IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2), I opted for IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2 for the low price, high capacity, despite the minor inconvenience. I have a small Linux home server that has the NAS mounted through SMB, and I could set up the IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2 Linux client with ease and get to backup the entire NAS, so in the end the setup was not that complicated.

Managing my own backups for my small business became more of an issue as business grew and more data needed to be managed. As a small business owner careful budgeting is a key to success and thus we researched various source for cloud backup and storage, looking for a cost effective system with a user friendly interface and solid 24/7 live support. IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2 storage was selected and fully lived up to the advertised capabilities, ease of use, and rapid access to support. Our only need for support was to answer a technical question as to how to swap out one of our external drives for a new one. Support was available within 5 minutes by phone, the question answered, and drive swapped out.

Chemdoodle