Cloud Backup Service reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 158 Reddit reviews across 21 subreddits and 41 posts to rank the best Cloud Backup Service brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/synology, r/DataHoarder, r/sysadmin, r/macsysadmin, r/privacy. Top-rated brands include Backblaze (4.3/5), CrashPlan (3.9/5), Backblaze B2 (4.4/5).
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Reviews158
Subreddits21
Posts41
Brands73
Products8
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#1
Backblaze
4.3
(27)
"Easy to use and cheap."
"Backup and forget."
"I use BackBlaze"
"Backblaze has saved my bacon twice."
"Personal Backblaze backup costs only $6 per month for 'unlimited' storage."
"Backblaze is what we use, because of crashplan client issues in the past."
"Backblaze personal $60/yr unlimited."
"My two that I recommend are Backblaze and Crashplan."
"Backblaze is a great service. $5/month for a single computer, regardless of size."
"They have a good reputation and price."
#2
CrashPlan
3.9
(16)
"Crashplan. It’s $15 a month for unlimited. I currently have 12tb uploaded."
"If you want a "just works" fully encrypted solution with a nice web (and android/IOS) file recovery interface try crashplan."
"CrashPlan runs fine on Windows 2012 and R2. I use it on both."
"Crash plan/Backblaze are the best options."
"Otherwise yeah crash plan is your best bet. We use that for the higher ups and it will backup any system if you have some Microsoft folks."
"Crashplan. It’s highly configurable and deployment can be automated."
"I’m at a school but we use CrashPlan."
"I think crashplan will do everything you want."
"I’ve been using crash plan looped through my computer."
"If you can get a couple friends together the CrashPlan free service has a way to backup to other crashplan users drives."
#3
Backblaze B2
4.4
(11)
"I’d say go with Backblaze, it’s a one time set-and-forget operation."
"Backblaze B2 encrypted using CloudSync"
"I use and highly recommend HyperBackup with backblaze B2."
"If you need something reliable and robust, I would go with Backblaze B2."
"You could look into Backblaze B2 as well."
"Backblaze B2 does seem relatively cheap and works with/supports hyper backup."
"Backblaze B2 or Wasabi. It is $5 per 1TB per month."
"Under 2TB? Backblaze B2."
"I prefer to use BackBlaze."
"If you need something reliable and robust, I would go with Backblaze B2."
#4
Google Drive
4.0
(9)
"I recommend Google Drive for cloud backup. It's easy to use, secure, and budget-friendly."
"Google Drive is a great start for cloud backup. It's user-friendly, affordable, and offers strong security features."
"I use Cloud Sync to backup irreplaceable files to Google Drive for disaster recovery."
"I picked up a 2TB Google Drive plan for about $110/year, and American Express had a thing where I got $30 back."
"You could get unlimited google drive business and upload a tar.gz of your whole hdd"
"Google drive is a good option for this, you can install their tool on Windows and likely Mac as well that makes it seem like a network drive."
"For now sounds like I will replicate the folder to google drive, then I will used some cloud client like cloudhq to backup."
"I suggest you Google Drive, first because the price is low below 1TB and has Clients on Android, Desktop and Web."
"Google Drive."
#5
iDrive
3.3
(6)
"I back mine up using idrive."
"I’ve been using iDrive for a long time and I actively use it for NAS and PC backups."
"Check out iDrive.com."
"I’ve been using iDrive for years trouble free. You pay for 2TB or 5TB to start."
"By far the cheapest is IDrive as they are always running 90% discounts."
"NEVER use iDrive.... I'm canceling my sub this year."
#6
OneDrive
4.0
(4)
"Then it would be a SSO for Mac account local and O365 which will include one drive and you can use it for back up and syncing."
"Use OneDrive to 'sync' all your folders and files."
"I have 1TB of OneDrive via office365 which is good value but I would not con"
"Microsoft OneDrive?"
#7
C2 Storage
4.7
(3)
"C2 by Synology is the best integrated."
"You can also give our C2 backup service a test run if you haven't already."
"You might be able to save some money backing up to something like C2 Storage which offers Data deduplication."
#8
Cloudberry
4.3
(3)
"It is very good solution. Very easy to setup, configure and they have good RMM system to manage all the backup PCs or servers."
"[CloudBerry Backup for Linux](http://www.cloudberrylab.com/linux) should do the trick."
"Cloudberry and whatever storage you have or wanna subscribe to."
#9
MEGA
4.0
(3)
"MEGA is great with clients for just about every device."
"MEGA used to give 50GB for free, decent interface and apps as well."
"Have you looked into mega? Works great for me and you get 50GB for free."
#10
Microsoft
4.0
(3)
"I think an Office 365 Family subscription is a great option for the price."
"My suggestion would be Office365. It has real Word, Excel, Powerpoint and OneNOTE for FREE with subscription, online Office and its as reliable as Gdrive."
"I have Office 365, which grants you 1TB of storage on Onedrive for up to 5 Microsoft accounts."
#11
Wasabi
4.0
(3)
"Both are pretty decent options."
"Check out Wasabi as another Option."
"Wasabi.com is excellent as is ArqBackup.com, though they are of medium complexity."
#12
Tresorit
4.5
(2)
"I personally use Tresorit and I love it."
"I'd recommend you looking into Tresorit, Sync.com, or ProtonDrive."
#13
Nextcloud
4.5
(2)
"Can I suggest to use Own or Nextcloud? Both are fantastic cloud options."
"A well done selfhosted nextcloud will do the job"
#14
rsync.net
4.5
(2)
"Rsync.net has been fantastic for us."
"[rsync.net] can provide a fully HIPAA compliant solution."
#15
Druva
4.5
(2)
"The cloud dashboard is really robust and backups on all endpoints can be configured via the dashboard."
"Druva or CrashPlan."
#16
Seafile
4.5
(2)
"I'm totally in love with Seafile."
"I use Seafile to cloud sync stuff as an alternative to Google Drive/Dropbox."
#17
Druva inSync
4.0
(2)
"Other than that, highly recommend them if you want cloud backup."
"Druva inSync"
#18
Amazon Glacier
3.5
(2)
"Amazon Fast Glacier works for me."
"Maybe look into Amazon Glacier but expensive to get it back out."
#19
Hetzner
3.5
(2)
"I found one with 12 tb for about 31$ / mo."
"5 TB = 13€ per Month."
#20
XNS
5.0
(1)
"Everything is encrypted and sharded client side so it's very secure. $6.99 per TB/mo with no egress fees."
#21
Rclone
5.0
(1)
"If you know how to use the commandline rclone is pretty sweet."
#22
Sync.com
5.0
(1)
"I’ve been a happy user of sync.com in Canada."
#23
Relica
5.0
(1)
"[Relica] encrypts everything locally and makes redundant off-site backups pretty easy."
#24
Acronis Cyber Cloud
5.0
(1)
"We are using Acronis Cyber Cloud with self hosted Acronis Cyber Infrastructure. It just works."
#25
WeTransfer
5.0
(1)
"Wetransfer Pro for me. Unlimited storage, unlimited upload size."
#26
Flickr
5.0
(1)
"You get 1TB free from Flickr."
#27
Veeam
5.0
(1)
"We love Veeam."
#28
Synology
5.0
(1)
"Think I’m going to get the 8 bay Synology and then slowly fill it with drives!"
#29
Tarsnap
5.0
(1)
"Is the gold standard (except for self hosting)"
#30
Proton Drive
5.0
(1)
"I think that Proton Drive fits the bill. Been using it for the last few years and never had a problem."
#31
B2 Cloud Storage
4.0
(1)
"I would go with B2 or Wasabi plus Duplicacy to upload to cloud."
#32
Synology NAS
4.0
(1)
"For this much data your best option is to buy a second Synology NAS, set it up on-site and sync the data."
#33
Backblaze Personal
4.0
(1)
"You can get an extended version history for Backblaze personal."
#34
Filen.io
4.0
(1)
"Filen.io might interest you! It’s slick and pretty fast."
#35
Microsoft 365
4.0
(1)
"Another way to go could be the family pack for Microsoft 365. OneDrive as a WebDAV backup location requires a little fiddling."
#36
B2
4.0
(1)
"Then back that data up on something like b2. 2 TB will be pretty cheap to store every month."
#37
AWS
4.0
(1)
"Have you looked into Amazon's AWS service?"
#38
Hetzner Server Rental
4.0
(1)
"I decided to buy some extern"
#39
CloudBacko Pro
4.0
(1)
"CloudBacko Pro supports the backup of Microsoft Exchange Server."
#40
iDrive Personal
4.0
(1)
"IDrive Personal says it can support Synology NAS backups."
#41
Cryptee
4.0
(1)
"Currently I'm using Cryptee to store my photos and docs."
#42
Acronis
4.0
(1)
"Acronis Good restore."
#43
Amazon Photos
4.0
(1)
"If you're an Amazon prime member they give you free unlimited photo (not video) backup as long as you're a member."
#44
Storj
4.0
(1)
"Use www.storj.io the price is $4 per terabyte/mo."
#45
Google Cloud Platform
4.0
(1)
"Google Cloud Platform storage is S3 compatible and costs about $1/TB/month."
#46
Dropbox
4.0
(1)
"Over here we use Dropbox combined with Cloudsync."
#47
Synology C2
4.0
(1)
"While C2 may not be the cheapest it’s not the most expensive and it definitely works out of the box with Hyperbackup."
#48
Spinbackup
4.0
(1)
"You can try Spinbackup. It's a cloud backup + cybersecurity for G Suite."
#49
Azure Backup
4.0
(1)
"Azure Backup. Select your files, set your retention, done."
#50
Datto
4.0
(1)
"We use a Datto backup solution. I haven't messed with it much, but as far as I know it works well."
#51
Carbonite for Business
4.0
(1)
"Carbonite for Business works well."
#52
Datto Siris
4.0
(1)
"Datto siris."
#53
Intronis
4.0
(1)
"We use Intronis: Does file, DB, Exchange."
#54
SoS
4.0
(1)
"SoS - client backs up decently fast."
#55
Azure
4.0
(1)
"Azure is dirt cheap right now."
#56
Costco
4.0
(1)
"I have an external hard drive I got from Costco I could use."
#57
Microsoft OneDrive
4.0
(1)
"I pay for Microsoft word subscription £7.99 per month and it gives me 1tb per account on one drive."
#58
Zoolz
4.0
(1)
"Zoolz Cloud Backup is a good one that doesn't have any file size restrictions."
#59
pCloud
4.0
(1)
"[pCloud](https://pcloud.com/) has no file size limit and is a popular service with tons of features."
#60
Koofr
4.0
(1)
"Koofr don't have any file size or traffic limits."
#61
SpiderOak
4.0
(1)
"At $9/mo. or $99/year, Spideroak.com offers a trustworthy cloud backup service including 400 GB."
#62
Microsoft Cloud Backup
4.0
(1)
"Microsoft’s own cloud backup is encrypted and HIPAA compliant."
#63
Borg
4.0
(1)
"I use borg backup with the respective rsync.net plans."
#64
Amber
4.0
(1)
"I use Amber x"
#65
4.0
(1)
"...looking for something simple that works well with makes look into 'back up and sync' app from Google..."
#66
Amazon Glacier Deep Freeze
3.0
(1)
"Cheapest storage is Amazon Glacier Deep Freeze, but you’ll pay a lot to restore it if it’s ever needed."
#67
Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive
3.0
(1)
"Outside of that, you can look at S3 Glacier Deep Archive."
#68
Carbonite
3.0
(1)
"I can't personally recommend it as I haven't used it, but Carbonite backup seems to be closest to what you're looking for."
#69
Google Cloud Storage
3.0
(1)
"Google cloud storage if you're going for the cheapest option."
#70
Crashplan PRO
3.0
(1)
"I use Crashplan PRO. It's $10 a month, unlimited storage, and you can control the encryption key so they can't get into your files."
#71
Amazon Unlimited Storage
3.0
(1)
"Amazon has unlimited storage for $60 a year."
#72
cloud backup
3.0
(1)
"IMHO cloud backup is fine if you don't have huge amounts of data."
#73
Cloud Backup Service
3.0
(1)
"Most cloud solutions are going to be pretty slow getting it back down to you"
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