Tuesday, 27 November 2012

Cloud Storage Service Providers


Online storage for backup or storing your files online is in demand. Today there are multiple options and tools available to backup your office/personal data and move it to cloud. Though there are risks involved in uploading your data on cloud, there are ways to encrypt your files locally and then upload. However in this post, we will try to evaluate some of the many Cloud file storage options. The main focus is value for money and service to be most cost effective.
 

Box.net
Free Usage: 5GB
Pricing: 50GB for $19.99 per month
File Size Limit: 1 GB
Per GB Annual Price: $ 4.78
Features: Desktop sync, Secure storage, Secure transfer, Mobile app, File sharing links

Carbonite
Free Usage: NA
Plan: Business (Home plans are limited to one computer and cant be used on another computer)
Pricing: 250GB for $229 per year
Per GB Annual Price: $ 0.916
Features: Versioning, Encrypted storage, Automatic Backup

Dropbox
Free Usage: 2GB
Plan: PRO
Pricing: 250GB for $229 per year
Per GB Annual Price: $ 1.0
Features: Sync from multiple devices and Oss

Mozy
Plan: PRO
Pricing: 250GB for $1044.89 per year
Per GB Annual Price: $ 4.17
Features: Encryption, Local backup, Mobile app, SQL Support, Exchange Support, Automatic Backup

Google Drive
Free Usage: 5 GB
Pricing: 200GB for $120 per year
Per GB Annual Price: $ 0.6
Features: Reliability of google, online document edit, Not the backup features but file storage features.

GoDaddy
Pricing: 100GB for $29.88 per year
Per GB Annual Price: $ 0.2988
Features: ftp support, auto sync tool for PC and Mac,  browser upload and download options.

As you can see GoDaddy online cloud storage is a clear winner in this, both in terms of features as well as cost effectiveness. They provide ftp option and have windows sync clients. Its cheap, feature rich and reliable.
Thumbs up for GoDaddy cloud storage.


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