Best Personal Cloud Storage

Most of our recommendations for best cloud storage are bundled with online collaboration tools, such as Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, which have become commonplace amidst the Covid-19 pandemic and offer a cost-effective ‘all-in-one’ service in a business setting.

Accounting for budget is so important to us, in fact so we’ve listed the best free cloud storage services, plus lifetime cloud storage deals, which charge a large one-off sum for unlimited access to a hefty data allowance.

When reviewing the best cloud storage services, our main concerns while testing were ease of set-up, security, sync speeds, and sharing performance. We also checked file recovery and versioning options, so everyone’s on the same page.

Features

Multiple Device Backup

Backup multiple PCs, Macs, iPhones, iPads and Android devices into a single account.

In addition, data from external hard drives can also be backed up.

Cloud Drive

Files and folders will be synced in real time across all the devices that you link using Cloud Drive. The Cloud Drive storage does not impact your backup storage, and matches your backup storage limit.

Snapshots and Versioning

Snapshots provide historical view of data for point-in-time recovery and help protect against ransomware; IDrive retains upto 30 previous versions of all files backed up to your account.

Clone/Computer Backup

Perform sector-level backup or file-level backup to secure your entire computer, and restore the same to its initial state in the event of a disaster.