Top 10 Best Online Backup Tools and Services

Every computer user should backup own files and documents on the internet. Today, there are many services on the internet which are available. Most of them even have opportunity to create a free account and get some free online space.

An online storage is good because of the many things: 1.) Files and documents are secured on the internet, 2.) There is almost no risk of loosing your backup data and 3.) Most of these tools gives you an opportunity to create a free account.

Of course, there is more advantages, but above ones are the most important. So, let’s go with a list of the top 10 best online backup tools and services.

1. ADrive

ADrive gives you 50 GB of free web backup storage which you can access through web interface! Additionally, you can purchase a plan with full FTP support and more starting from $6.95 per month. A basic free plan give you opportunity to use some good features and options, only bad thing is that this service through this plan is accessed only through web interface.

2. CrashPlan

CrashPlan is an automatic online backup tool. Offering you an unlimited plans starting from $3.50 per month. Also, gives you an opportunity to signup on free 30-days trial. Has specially created software for Windows, Linux and Mac. You can give it a try. Also, it is a free for the personal use only!

3. Mozy

Mozy is one of the most popular online backup tools. You get an opportunity to create a free account with this service and get 2GB completely for free to backup and store your documents online on secured servers. An unlimited plans starts from $4.34 per month.

4. Dropbox

This service enables users to store and sync files online and between computers. Dropbox has a cross-platform client supporting Windows, Linux, Mac and even iPhone OS!  A free Dropbox account offers 2 GB of storage. Users may upgrade to 50 GB or 100 GB by paying a monthly or yearly fee.

5. Humyo

Humyo is an online file storage service that enables you to synchronize files across multiple computers and a remote data storage. Files can be shared with other users and even published on websites. Offering you 10 GB free online storage (5GB for multimedia files and 5GB for non multimedia files). A paid plans can be purchased starting from $6.99 per month.

6. PowerFolder

PowerFolder is an application which can synchronize your files and folders online over the internet or a LAN network. You need to install this program on all computers in order to work properly. It is available completely for free and allows you to store 5GB of data on up to 5 computers. PRO accounts starts from $ 7.99 per month.

7. SOS Online Backup

SOS provides an option called as UltraSafe, which means that even SOS’s staff will have no access to the encryption key. Allows you to purchase a cheap online plans starting from $19.95 for 2GB of online secured storage annually ($1.66 per month). Supports Windows and Mac.

8. Spideroak

SpiderOak is an online backup tool available for Windows, Mac and Linux. Allows users to backup, share and synchronize your files online. Uses encrypted cloud storage with a strong 2048 byte encryption. Free accounts get 2GB of free storage and paid plans starts from $10.00 per month for each 100GB increment of storage.

9. Jungle Disk

This is a very popular online backup storage powered by Amazon S3 and Rackspace services. Supports Windows, Mac OS X and Linux operating systems. The basic Jungle Disk software is sold as a monthly subscription model, and the customer is billed directly by Amazon for data storage and transfer.

10. Amazon S3

Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) is an online web storage service. I can say it is the most popular online storage solution that exist on the internet. You can store and share these files wherever you want them to. It is based on the unique pricing model allowing you to pay $0.15 per GB per month with additional $0.17 bandwidth costs for US servers.