In recent years, computer backup and disaster recovery services have become increasingly important as more and more business owners rely on computers for running their companies. For the home users, things like family photos, videos, and music as well as documents are sometimes irreplaceable. Online data backup is easy secure backups and is like having an insurance that protects your data against viruses, theft, or accidental deletions.
The conventional backing up systems uses Tapes (obsolete now), CDs, DVDs and personal Hard drives. Unlike the conventional system, the online backup services securely store your files away from your premises at off-site server locations, which might be some hundreds or thousands of miles away. The best part is you can have 24/7 access to your files from any internet connected computer, smartphone, or tablet style device. A new word “Cloud Storage” which is a synonym of online data backup is being increasingly used nowadays and has almost became mainstream.
The following are the top 3 online backup websites and their main features:
#1. Mozy
The combination of cheap storage space with useful features and strong security make this service the perfect place to store files, photos, videos, documents and anything you want to safely store outside of your home computer. This service is currently being offered under two products, “Mozy Home” for home users and “Mozy Pro” for business users.
Mozy home has the following features:
- Encryption
- Data centers highest security standards and are SAS70 or ISO certified.
- Near-continuous data protection which automatically detects and backs up new and changed files.
- The ability to pause and resume uploads easily
- Multiple restore options
- Bandwidth throttling
- Excellent customer support via live online chat
Pricing:
- Trial version is free, but limited to 2GB.
- Mozy Home:
- 50 GB – $5.99/month (for a single computer)
- 125 GB – $9.99/month (for 3 computers)
- A 1 year plan gives you 1 month of free subscription and a 2 year plan gives you 2 months free
- Mozy Pro Accounts can be billed monthly, annually, or biennially.
#2. Livedrive
What you have with LiveDrive is an interesting offering in this increasingly crowded space of online backup, online storage. LiveDrive Backup is a previous winner of our coveted Best Buy award, thanks to its reasonable prices, excellent interface. This service is currently being offered under three products, “Backup”, “Briefcase” and “Pro Suite”.
LiveDrive has the following features:
- Add additional computers at any time for just $1.45 per month.
- Sync files between your computers
- Access files on your mobile
- Send files to your favorite social networks
- Restore deleted files
- Military grade AES-256 encryption to keep your files safe.
- Stream your music and movies straight from Livedrive
- Share files with friends and family
- Works on Mac and Windows
- Outstanding support
Pricing:
- Backup: $7.95/mo or $79.95/yr (if paid annually)
- BriefCase: $15.95/mo or $159.95/yr (if paid annually)
- ProSuite: $24.95/mo or $249.95/yr (if paid annually)
- 2 week free trial on any product.
#3. Mypcbackup
This cloud storage company has a one click solution to backing up files so that their customers can get back to their busy lives and not have to worry about complicated backup routines. MyPCBackup claims that with just three easy steps – join for free, download, and then backup – the information on your PC will be safe even if it is stolen or your hard drive crashes.
Mypcbakup has the following features:
- Backup Photos, Emails, Documents and More
- Hands-free data backups
- Get File from Anywhere
- Secure and Encrypted Software
- Synchronize Multiple Computers
- Unlimited Storage Space
- Free Online Backup
- Automated Backups
Pricing:
- Monthly: $9.95/month
- 6 Months: $6.95/month
- 1 Year: $5.95/month
- 2 Years: $4.95/month
Online backup services securely store your files away from your premises at off-site server locations, therefore reducing the need for your own computer backup storage. Your data will stay intact and available even if your local disks are stolen or your premises suffer some disaster. Even external hard drive security is not that great and with online backup you don’t have to buy and maintain or upgrade your hardware.
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I like Mozy! This one is really good! you should try it
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Yes Mozy is mentioned in the article.
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Twitter: AmandaBlogger
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Among all these sites, I have heard only about Mypcbackup. So this article was quite new for me, thanks a lot for it
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Do these 3 service offer backup full website ability? Or they can only be used for local computer data?
Twitter: tips4pc
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No just file backup…But you could download your website backup and store it there. I use WPTwin at the moment as it clones my websites.
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If to tell you the truth, then all these sites are totally new and unknown for me. Thank you for such information
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WOW. You should go and try Mozy at least! It has 2GB storage free!
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This is a really helpful resource. As anyone who has ever had their computer crash (which at this point should be almost everyone) can confirm, it is an awful feeling when you realize all your work is gone and you haven’t yet backed it up. That is why backing up your data is absolutely essential. Don’t wait until its too late! These online backup services are great because you can access them anywhere, so you don’t have to worry about something bad happening to your external hard drive.
~Karen
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These all are a great sites to get a deleted data .mozy is really a great site for backup. if you computer is going crashed,then you can save your data with the help of these sites.
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Dunno why Carbonite isn’t in the list. Been using them for a few years and they’re less expensive at $59/year with a discount for pre-payment.
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I prefer CARBONITE, have been using it for years and had to use it a couple of time. Its easy to use and really works.
I agree. Have been using Carbonite for couple years. Needed it twice, and it worked perfectly. All files were restored.
Pete
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Don’t know why crashplan.com was not mentioned either. Unlimited storage for $5.00 /mo. ($49.99 /yr) single computer.
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Hi,
you have mentioned good online backup site,it will be nice if it be free of cost
Thanks
Backing up your data is essential for any computer user, and if you don’t own an external hard drive, these services are really great. The main thing that prevents me from using one of these sites is the monthly fee. I understand why they have it, and it’s not really that expensive, but its preventing me from using them.
~Sam
Twitter: gravityinfo
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WoW…This is a really helpful resource.these service are really good to backup your data for any personal computer.good work.
This is a great list! Thanks for sharing this. But personally, I’d prefer an offline backup server, as it’s more secure, in my point of view. Call me traditional or something, but yes, I’d prefer that way.
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To backup your data online is very good, but it can be full of trouble if you are not having good internet connection. Nice List by the way.
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i’ve been looking into offsite backups, so was interested to see what were the 3 I should know about. i know about all three.
my next post will be my notes from more research, started w/ the webpage linked.
i checked out MyPC Backup. you have to set up an acct and download/install some software, both painless.
pretty easy to use control pgm, not the best, but ok. the free acct only lets you upload 15MB! ok, it’s a trial. after i uploaded a bunch of test files, i received 3 emails welcoming me and encouraging me to upgrade. two more tests – how to delete files from their backup [if i no longer need them] and how to download a backed up file.
* delete – can only delete files and only ONE at a time. cannot delete folders. not very intuitive.
* download – it’s essentially a browsers “save link as”. good cos you can download the file to anywhere, bad cos it should remember where it came from.
so, based on that, i decided against it.
went to the website, edit my profile, and delete my acct. pretty easy.
not one, but two pages asking me to reconsider deleting my acct. No, i’m out of here.
then when i uninstalled the pgm on my computer, the unistall process launched my browser to a page offering me 10GB of online storage for $1 [didnt say for how long].
i have about 130-150GB, so that’s not worth it.
bottom line, basic but not even feature middle-income.
not for me.
wait for my notes.
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Mozy provide a very good service to back up our data.thanks for sharing your views with us .