A backup of your information is only good if it is stored in a separate place, such your office. Or stored with a web Online Backup service. This list last updated August 2014.
Local Backup, aka You Store It
Free
Cobian Backup
Fling
Karen’s Replicator
Microsoft SyncToy v2
SyncBack Freeware Edition
Unison
Not-free
AllSync
BounceBack Ultimate
EMC Replistor
FileBack PC
Second Copy
SynchronEX
Super Flexible File Synchronizer
SyncBackSE
Online Backup aka they store it
| Name | Free service? | Plans from | Free trial? | Paid for space | Maximum Limit? |
| BackBlaze | No | $5 | Yes | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Carbonite | No | $59.95 (year) | Yes | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Comodo Cloud | No | $80 (year) | Yes | 100GB | 500GB |
| CrashPlan | Yes | $3.96 | Yes | – | Unlimited |
| CrashPlan Pro | No | $396 (year) | Yes | – | Unlimited |
| DropBox | Yes, 2 GB | $10.99 | – | 100 GB | 500 GB |
| Egnyte | No | $96 (year) | Yes | 1 TB | Unlimited |
| Final-Byte | No | $7.95 | Yes | 5 GB | 100 GB |
| Gmail Sync | Yes, Unlimited | – | – | – | – |
| iDrive | Yes, 5GB | $37.12 (yearly) | No | 300 GB | 300 GB |
| Iron Mountain | No | <unknown> | No | <unknown> | <unknown> |
| Jungle Disk | No | $4 | No | 5 GB | Unlimited |
| Microsoft OneDrive | Yes, 15 GB | $1.99 | – | 100 GB | 1 TB |
| Mozy | Yes, 2 GB | $5.95 | – | 50 GB | ? |
| SOS Online Backup | No | $7.99 | No | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| SpiderOak | Yes, 2GB | $10 | – | 100 GB | Unlimited |
Me? I use SyncBackSE with a collection of Western Digital and Seagate external hard drives.
Some notes, as of August 2014:
- I last updated this list in January 2010, and the thing I’m impressed with is that all “Online Backup” providers are still around.
- A number of Online Backup providers offer mobile device backup as well, which is useful for Smartphones and Tablets.
