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Carbonite Safe vs. IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2

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Carbonite Safe

30 Reviews and Ratings

IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2

118 Reviews and Ratings

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Carbonite Safe

    Score8.9 out of 10
    		N/ACarbonite Safe is a personal cloud backup solution offered on pricing tiers to backup a single computer to multiple computers, to an insfrastructure consisting of endpoints and servers. Users of the former Mozy product (an online data backup service which allows users to back up their hard drive and, in the event of a computer catastrophe, perform a full restore of all files) are migrated to Carbonite Safe. Mozy was acquired by Carbonite from Dell in March 2018.

    $83.99

    per year

    IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2

    Score9.1 out of 10
    		N/AIDrive protects PCs, Macs, mobile devices, Servers, Cloud Applications Data (SAAS) including Office 365, and Google Workspace, and provides S3 compatible Object Storage with IDrive e2. IDrive offers different plans for cloud backup for devices: - IDrive Personal - IDrive Core - IDrive Team - IDrive Small Business - IDrive Enterprise - IDrive360 EndPoint IDrive provides Cloud Applications data (SAAS) Backup: - Microsoft Office 365 Backup - Google…

    $99.50

    per year One user, unlimited computers 5TB storage

    Pricing
    Carbonite SafeIDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $83.99
    per year
    Plus
    $119.99
    per year
    Prime
    $149.99
    per year
    IDrive Cloud to Cloud Backup
    $20
    per year
    IDrive 360 EndPoint
    $29.50
    per year
    IDrive e2
    $49.50
    per year
    IDrive Core
    $79.50
    per year
    Personal
    $99.50
    per year
    IDrive Team
    $99.50
    per year
    IDrive Business
    $99.50
    per year
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Carbonite SafeIDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—IDrive regularly offers first year discounts for all plans and offers a full-featured 30-day free trial for IDrive 360 Endpoint
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Carbonite SafeIDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
    Considered Both Products
    Carbonite, an OpenText company
    No answer on this topic
    IDrive
    Verified User
    Chose IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
    Carbonite for MacOS is still Intel, not Apple Silicon, so it runs under Rosetta.... 4 years later. Yuck!

    Carbonite burns cpu resources for days on end, rarely seeming to find a quiescent point.
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
    I was a successful computer consultant for almost 30 years and always used a competitors product for small single computer businesses (without servers)or home business users. Now that program has become sluggish and expensive.

    I had used IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage …
    Incentivized
    Kevin Hayes
    Owner in Information Technology at Hayes Computer Service (Computer & Network Security, 1-10 employees)
    Chose IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
    Overall, iDrive is better but, again, I'd like to see more emphasis on real-time backups and versioning.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
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    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Carbonite SafeIDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Carbonite Safe and IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
    Feature
    Carbonite Safe
    8.7
    3 Ratings
    IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
    -
    Ratings
    Universal recovery10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instant recovery3.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recovery verification9.82 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business application protection9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification9.82 Ratings00 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud9.43 Ratings00 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Snapshots10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Flexible deployment8.83 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management dashboard8.83 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform support8.83 Ratings00 Ratings
    Retention options5.93 Ratings00 Ratings
    Encryption9.93 Ratings00 Ratings
    Enterprise Backup
    Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Carbonite Safe and IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
    Feature
    Carbonite Safe
    8.4
    3 Ratings
    IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
    -
    Ratings
    Continuous data protection8.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Replication8.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operational reporting and analytics6.83 Ratings00 Ratings
    Malware protection9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-location capabilities8.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ransomware Recovery10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Carbonite Safe and IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
    Feature
    Carbonite Safe
    -
    Ratings
    IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
    9.3
    92 Ratings
    Versioning00 Ratings9.667 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings9.270 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings9.265 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings9.26 Ratings
    File search00 Ratings9.277 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings9.083 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Security & Administration
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Carbonite Safe and IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
    Feature
    Carbonite Safe
    -
    Ratings
    IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
    9.1
    87 Ratings
    User and role management00 Ratings9.270 Ratings
    File organization00 Ratings9.083 Ratings
    Device management00 Ratings9.184 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Platform
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Carbonite Safe and IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
    Feature
    Carbonite Safe
    -
    Ratings
    IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
    9.3
    92 Ratings
    Performance00 Ratings9.389 Ratings
    Reliability00 Ratings9.287 Ratings
    Storage Reports00 Ratings9.380 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Carbonite SafeIDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (14 ratings)
    9.4
    (96 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    5.9
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (2 ratings)
    9.6
    (22 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.5
    (1 ratings)