Cloud Storage Solution reviews from Reddit

Summary

We analyzed 202 Reddit reviews across 26 subreddits and 44 posts to rank the best Cloud Storage Solution brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/DataHoarder, r/cloudstorage, r/sysadmin, r/storage, r/WeAreTheMusicMakers. Top-rated brands include Backblaze (4.0/5), Microsoft (3.8/5), pCloud (4.3/5).

Stats

Reviews202

Subreddits26

Posts44

Brands60

Products60

Top communities

r/DataHoarder40 r/cloudstorage32 r/sysadmin30 r/storage8 r/WeAreTheMusicMakers8

202 reviews from

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By Brand

By Product

Backblaze

4.0

(20)

"Buy and use BackBlaze cloud backup to backup your entire machine."

"Unlimited cloud storage for $6 per month."

"Backblaze B2 is the cheapest alternative for cloud storage, ideal for user file storage."

"Backblaze B2 offers affordable and efficient cloud storage."

"Backblaze B2 is basically the cheapest cloud storage out there at $0.005 per GB."

"Backblaze or Google Drive... also AWS Glacier"

"Backblaze will send you a drive for larger recoveries."

"Backblaze online backup has its own pros and cons."

"Another option would be Backblaze. Their Personal option which is $7 USD/mo."

"Backblaze or Wasabi. Both come at roughly $5 TB/month."

Microsoft

3.8

(19)

"Microsoft Office 365 Family offers great value with six 1TB OneDrive accounts for $99/year."

"Definitely OneDrive from Microsoft. You get a terabyte included when you use Office 365."

"The MS solution would be to shift the file storage into Azure Files"

"Sharepoint/Teams - Generally"

"SharePoint - $225 per TB per month"

"Just pay for sharepoint. you want all this stuff to be integrated."

"Onedrive? It's on the same platform so might as well"

"OneDrive is effective for backing up data with Arq Backup."

"Microsoft Family 365 offers 6x1TB storage and unlimited file versions for a reasonable price."

"Microsoft 365 provides 1TB storage for about $60/year, with family plans available."

pCloud

4.3

(14)

"I like it for 2 reasons: 1. it has a lifetime plan; 2. it works as a virtual hard drive."

"PCloud also has Lifetime plans = you pay 1 time only and you get your terrabytes for entire life."

"I love their Desktop app- the pCloud Drive.. it works as If I have one more drive on my Mac!"

"PCloud offers excellent security and collaborative tools, making it ideal for musicians and artists."

"The pCloud Crypto is incredibly secure, ensuring that only I have access to my sensitive data."

"PCloud has Upload links that allow anyone to upload content without creating an account."

"PCloud offers a flexible service for backing up files and synchronizing folders."

"PCloud are worth a look, they're putting more and more focus on the music prosumer space."

"Pcloud has a decent deal where you can get 500GB lifetime for $139 USD or 2TB lifetime for $279 USD."

"The soft seems decent, especially the Drive. One thing I really like so far is the Branding links."

Dropbox

4.0

(11)

"Best application and OS integration of the major vendors."

"Dropbox works fine for me."

"It's easy to use, fairly cheap, and just works. I use it for both backups and for easy sharing of stuff."

"Best part of a thousand dollars a year, but unlimited storage, cross-platform clients and API, and very stable."

"You can check out Dropbox, MEGA, FileLu, and MediaFire."

"Dropbox, OneDrive, WeTransfer (possibly) are some of the big ones."

"Dropbox flatpak version [https://www.flathub.org/apps/details/com.dropbox.Client](https://www.flathub.org/apps/details/com.dropbox.Client)"

"Drop box or similar is still going to likely be the best option as a local NAS will not provide any improvement for the remote up loaders."

"I use Dropbox. It doesn't have the password feature, but you can just send a link to folders that only they can see etc..."

iDrive

4.3

(9)

"The best cloud backup solution is "IDrive"."

"IDrive is backup, has more than 2TB storage, and is way cheaper than any cloud storage service."

"IDrive offers massive storage options and a 90% off promotion for new users."

"Idrive works well for me."

"Id look at idrive good deal"

"Try IDrive once."

"Have a look at idrive, affordable pricing."

"I am using IDrive so far its doing great you may try once."

"I've had a lot of luck in using iDrive. Super cheap too. My only complaint is the process of restoring files is a tad slow and clunky. Works though!"

Google

4.2

(9)

"Google Workspace offers unlimited storage for just $20/month."

"The teams love it for video editing, having uploaded about twenty terabytes last year."

"Google Drive works seamlessly with Google products and offers various storage plans."

"Google products are free and make collaboration easy."

"You will get more out of a Google Drive Unlimited account."

"Their plans are kinda cheap."

"G Suite is a reliable solution for business needs."

"I though Google supported versioning? Look at Dropbox or maybe even OneDrive."

"The service is limited by storage capacity, and exceeding it incurs costs."

Amazon

3.3

(10)

"Amazon Prime Photos offers unlimited photo storage without compression, including raw files."

"Amazon Prime with their unlimited option is perfect for cloud sync."

"Amazon Cloud Drive is one of the best cloud storage options available."

"Glacier is a great option for offloading files that are not needed immediately."

"I've only had good experience and they provide great support."

"Glacier from amazon is one of the better deals.. but you gotta calculate the full cost."

"Amazon Glacier is the benchmark for long-term cold storage, but it comes with a catch - download costs are crippling."

"Amazon Cloud Drive seemed like the best solution, but it's only for USA users."

"The upload speed is very slow, taking 4 minutes to upload 20MB."

"Larger than 4GB files have to be uploaded through their client, which is cumbersome."

MEGA

4.0

(8)

"You can check out Dropbox, MEGA, FileLu, and MediaFire."

"Mega Business, OneDrive Family, PCloud, Filen"

"I use Mega and was going to suggest that, but your current $100 annually for 4TB is way cheaper than Mega."

"MEGA is a bit faster than Sync.com and offers end-to-end encryption."

"Create a folder on your computer and add it as a new sync folder in MEGAsync. Create your Cryptomator vault inside that folder and when open, add files as you wish."

"Use either Mega (20 gb) or sync.org (5 gb, but seems more trustworthy) for everyday use. And as you said, for specific sensitive files just use cryptomator."

"With 20GB of storage for free and zero-knowledge encryption, MEGA is a good choice."

"MEGA is pretty nice."

Nextcloud

4.5

(6)

"I can recommended Nextcloud from one of the many vendors that host it for you or if you have the server skills host it yourself."

"I highly recommend Nextcloud instead, which already handle end-to-end encryption."

"I use nextcloud along with the official nextcloud sync app - it works really well."

"Is there any other alternative to gcloud (like nextcloud)?"

"Nextcloud provides reliable cloud storage, end to end encrypted, and capable of auto uploading any folder."

"If you don't mind getting your hands a bit dirty, you can do all of this yourself with [Nextcloud](https://nextcloud.com/). Allows for multiple accounts that you can share and theme it however you want to."

#10

Google Drive

4.3

(6)

"For us it's Google Drive and it really does everything that we need day-to-day."

"I ended up storing all my files on Google Drive, Approximately 17TB files at an economical price."

"Google drive has served me well"

"We use Google Drive because we use Google Workspace."

"I believe that you could mount a google drive or other cloud storage using rclone."

"Google Drive has some limitations but the storage is a lot."

#11

Sync.com

4.2

(6)

"Sync.com. Zero-knowledge encryption. I have been using them for years now. Works excellent and responsive tech support when you need help."

"Sync.com has a fine reputation and offers a competitive price."

"Sync.com could be interesting then. I think they should have everything you need."

"Sync.com is one of the best cloud services at the cheapest price for cloud storage."

"Sync.com"

"Sync.com has 5 GB free. Their encryption is great."

#12

Wasabi

4.2

(6)

"Wasabi provides high-speed cloud storage at a competitive price."

"Check Wasabi, we use it and is good."

"Backblaze B2 or Wasabi could be the options?"

"For example, Backblaze B2, Wasabi, and even Storj would work."

"Wasabi if you want to avoid data out charges.."

"Wasabi offers enterprise-grade reliability."

#13

Egnyte

4.4

(5)

"Egnyte. AMA"

"We sell egnyte and have had great success."

"Egnyte and Morro Data may work better on same file same time scenario, maybe..."

"I'd look at Egnyte and Storage Sync."

"Egnyte"

#14

AWS

5.0

(3)

"Snowballs run up to 100TB and are great for transferring data to the cloud."

"AWS S3 is a reliable object storage solution that allows easy data management."

"Using a VPS or t3.micro on AWS with CentOS allows you to create your own cloud service with NextCloud."

#15

Internxt

5.0

(3)

"Internxt is an open-source end-to-end encrypted cloud storage provider offering a privacy-focused alternative to Google Drive."

"Internxt offers end-to-end encryption and secure storage for your files."

"Internxt ensures that your data privacy is protected and your files can only be accessed by you."

#16

Nasuni

4.7

(3)

"We’ve been using Nasuni for years. No complaints."

"If you can opt for a Hybrid solution then take a look at Nasuni."

"It serves as a drop-in replacement for Windows file servers and offers local caching for active data."

#17

OneDrive

3.3

(4)

"I pay 10 €/month and each member of my family get 1 TO cloud space + office 365 apps."

"OneDrive. Especially now Microsoft basically embed it into Windows and default to using it for your documents and photos folders."

"Without versioning, Dropbox, OneDrive, etc. are not backup solutions."

"I've got experience with using OneDrive in the past and found it too unreliable on the Mac."

#18

Backblaze B2

4.3

(3)

"Backblaze B2 with a Sync Tool. B2 offers cloud storage at a good price."

"Backblaze B2 could be the options?"

"For example, Backblaze B2, Wasabi, and even Storj would work."

#19

LucidLink

3.7

(3)

"Lucidlink is fairly robust for the creatives."

"LucidLink (Advanced)"

"LucidLink is working great in general."

#20

Nakivo

5.0

(2)

"I've switched to NAKIVO for its cost-effectiveness and robust features."

"I discovered Nakivo, and I love their automation features and scheduling capabilities."

#21

Tresorit

3.0

2.5

4.0

(1)

"IBM Blob Storage is a reliable option for cloud storage."

#60

AWS Zocalo

3.0

(1)

"Aws recently released zocalo for this."

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