Category: Companies

  • Top 10 Consumer Online Backup Companies for October 2011

    OnlineBackupDeals.com started in January 2009 and in the last two and a half years we have reviewed over 30 online backup services. The industry is constantly changing and expanding in new directions. The explosion of mobile smartphone access and the ability to stream your content to any of your devices is just a few of…

  • Best 5 Mac Online Backup for 2011

    Macs are not invincible and are prone to some of the same failings of all computers. Hard drives die, it is a fact of life, so you need to be prepared. Online backup is a great way to keep your files safe and available for when the time comes and your hard drive meets its…

  • World Backup Day Promos

    World Backup Day is here and if you have not visited the World Backup Day website for some tips on how to keep your data safe you should take a look. They have some offers there that you can use as well but there are a number of companies that are offering World Backup Day…

  • Backblaze VS Carbonite VS IDrive

    A quick comparison of the unlimited online backup plans offered by Backblaze, Carbonite and IDrive.   FEATURE Blackblaze Carbonite IDrive Price $50.00/year $54.95/year $49.50 Free Trial 15 Days 15 Days 15 Days Storage Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Number of Computers 1 1 1 Operating System Windows, Mac Windows, Mac Windows External Drives DVD or USB Drive Restore Bandwidth Throttle None…

  • Mobile Apps for Online Backup Access

    With Mozy soon to be releasing mobile apps for iOS and Android I thought I would list the services that I already know of that offer a mobile app for easy access to your files using your favorite mobile smartphone.   Company iOS Android BlackBerry Windows Mobile Symbian Carbonite SpiderOak IDrive Memopal SugarSync SafeCopy Livedrive…

  • Are You Switching Your Online Backup Service?

    There are not very many people happy about Mozy’s new backup plans. Mozy’s own community support forum, at the time of this writing, has 935 replies. The majority of those negative. A quick search of Twitter for Mozy also shows a large number of Tweets that are negative focused at Mozy.   Of course the…

  • Latest Online Backup Offers

    Of you are looking to sign for an online backup service you have picked a great time. There are some great deals available right now that can save you money while getting you a subscription to a good service. Here is a list of some of the good deals available currently that we know about.…

  • 2011 Top 10 Online Backup Services

    Consumer backup has changed a great deal over the course of 2010. With that in mind OnlineBackupDeals.com decided it was time for us to edit our top online backup services list. We will be editing our Best Online Backup Services page to reflect these changes but for a preview here are our top ten online…

  • Top 10 Online Backup Companies for September 2009

    I was looking through the logs for September and thought I would share what reviews were the most popular here on Online Backup Deals.   Backblaze – Read our review. SpiderOak – Read our review. Mozy – Read our review. Carbonite – Read our review. Jungle Disk – Read our review. IDrive – Read our…

  • Restore Options

    Backing up your data online is great, but what do you do when the unthinkable happens and your hard drive or computer has died and you need to get that data restored? I have talked about doing a test restore in the past and that can help you when the time comes to getting your…