Carbonite vs. Mozy

Carbonite and Mozy are two of the most trusted brands in cloud backup. Both services were founded in 2005 and offered very similar services until Mozy dropped their unlimited storage plan in 2011. While Carbonite still states they offer unlimited storage they have been more forth coming in stating that they have a bandwidth cap on accounts that store more than 200GB. This effectively makes them not unlimited as well, since it would take a lot longer for people to upload data past the 200GB to Carbonite. Carbonite has since changed this policy and removed the bandwidth data throttle. You can read more about that on this post.

 

Carbonite and Mozy since 2011 have also had a more aggressive mobile and cloud storage strategy. Carbonite with the release of a strong featured mobile app and the release of Currents has offered users the ability to backup their mobile devices and sync data between devices.

Mozy has released Stash to offer file sync and cloud storage between devices with the storage being shared with the main Mozy account. The Mozy mobile app, while not as full featured as the Carboniteapp, does backup a mobile users photos and videos automatically and allow for easy access to all of the users backed up files and files in their Stash folder.

Here is a comparison table between features of Carbonite and Mozy. The services are still fairly neck and neck after all these years in features.

FeatureCarboniteMozy
FreeNoYes
TrialYes – 15 DaysNo
WindowsYesYes
MacYesYes
LinuxNoNo
UnixNoNo
File SharingYes – With CurrentsYes РWith Mozy Stash
Locked FilesYesYes
SizeUnlimited50GB, 125GB Extra Storage Available.
Restore OptionsClient, Web, USB HD (HomePremier Account Only)Client, Web, DVD, USB HD
External DrivesYes – HomePlus And HomePremier Plans Support External Hard Drives.Yes
Local BackupYes – HomePlus And HomePremier Plans Support Local Backup.Yes
Network DrivesNoNo
Web AccessYesYes
EncryptionYesYes
Multiple ComputersNoYes
Encryption KeysYes – Private Encryption Key On Windows Only.Yes
Support OptionsEmail, Chat, PhoneEmail, Live Chat
File Size Limit4GB – Larger Files Can Be Manually Selected.Unlimited
File SyncYes – With New Carbonite Currents.Yes – With Mozy Stash.
Bandwidth ThrottlingYesYes
Backup SchedulingYesYes
Backup ContinuouslyYesYes
File Versioning12 VersionsYes
File Archiving30 DaysYes
iOS AppYesYes
Android AppYesYes
Windows Mobile AppNoNo
Blackberry AppYesNo
Nokia AppNoNo
Price MonthNA$5.95
Price Year$59.99$65.89
Price Two Year$109.99$125.79
Price Three Year$149.99NA
Price Four YearNANA
Promo CodeYes – Click To Save 10%Yes – Click to save 15% and use promo code MPC15
ReviewRead Carbonite ReviewRead Mozy Review
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Carbonite appears to be ahead of Mozy price and storage wise when you look at the table above. If you look at the cost of Carbonite vs. Mozy when you compare some of the extra features that Mozy offers without extra cost Mozy comes out being a better value.

Carbonite Home vs. Mozy cost comparison.

FeatureCarboniteMozy
StorageUnlimited205GB
Number of Computers13
Cost/Month/ComputerNA$5.99
Cost/Year/Computer$59.99$65.99
Cost/ 2 Years/Computer$109.99$125.93
Cost/ 3 Years/Computer$149.99NA

Mozy offers the ability to backup external hard drives and manage a local backup without any additional cost. To get those extra features from Carbonite you need to purchase the HomePlus subscription which is only available for Windows.
Carbonite HomePlus vs. Mozy cost comparison.

FeatureCarboniteMozy
StorageUnlimited205GB
Number of Computers13
Cost/Month/ComputerNA$5.99
Cost/Year/Computer$99.99$65.99
Cost/2 Years/Computer$189.99$125.93
Cost/3 Years/Computer$269.99NA

Mozy also backs up video by default and offers the ability to restore your files and have them shipped to you by courier. Carbonite offers this only in the HomePremier version. This is the version of Carbonite that does finally offer all of the features that Mozy offers by default.

Carbonite HomePremier vs. Mozy cost comparison.

FeatureCarboniteMozy
StorageUnlimited205GB
Number of Computers13
Cost/Month/ComputerNA$5.99
Cost/Year/Computer$149.99$65.99
Cost/2 Years/Computer$279.99$125.93
Cost/3 Years/Computer$399.99NA

When you finally look at the cost per computer of Carbonite vs. Mozy to get all of the features that Mozy offers in their you need to purchase the Carbonite HomePremier subscription that costs per computer significantly more than Mozy. Now to be fair those comparisons were using the cost of the Mozy 125GB plan that allows you to backup up to three computers on one account. If you only need to backup one computer it is still most economical to purchase the Mozy 125GB plan instead of the 50GB one computer plan.

Carbonite HomePremier vs. Mozy 125GB plan for one computer cost comparison.

FeatureCarboniteMozy
StorageUnlimited205GB
Number of Computers11
Cost/Month/ComputerNA$17.99
Cost/Year/Computer$149.99$197.89
Cost/2 Years/Computer$279.99$377.79
Cost/3 Years/Computer$399.99NA

If you only need to backup one computer Carbonite clearly comes out ahead.

The Winner
If you are deciding between Carbonite and Mozy which service you should choose depends a great deal on how many computers you have to backup. If you only need to backup one Windows machine Carbonite is the winner. If you need to backup two computers Mozy comes out ahead since their 125GB plan plus extra storage to 205GB per computer is less expensive. If you need to backup more than 200GB then Carbonite is probably your best choice.

Update: Rewrote parts of the post to reflect the change in Carbonite’s bandwidth throttling policy change.


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2 responses to “Carbonite vs. Mozy”

  1. Joel Avatar
    Joel

    Scheduling for Carbonite is Yes for Windows, NO for Mac. It’s been a feature that’s supposedly coming for years now. I’m giving up waiting for it.

    1. Cloud Storage Buzz Team Avatar

      Thanks Joel. I do not have a Mac so do not test on one unless I can borrow one from a friend occasionally and that does not happen very often. People seem unwilling to let me borrow their Macs, I don’t know why. :)

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