Operating System Support

One of the great things about Dropbox is the ability to install it on Windows, Mac and Linux computers. It makes moving from computer to computer no matter what operating system they are running so. Stash currently only runs on Windows and Mac computers so there is the ability to move from Windows to Mac computers and have your files sync across those different computers. This is not a huge deal for many folks since they may only have Windows and Mac computers but for the Linux fans out there they will want to look at Dropbox over Stash. According to the Stash FAQ there are plans for a Linux version but no timeline when that might be available.

Winner: Dropbox

Free Account and Storage

Both Dropbox and Mozy offer 2GB free accounts so you can try both services out for free to see which one suits you best. The difference between the Dropbox 2GB free account and the Mozy 2GB free account is with Dropbox you can earn extra space by referring others to the service. You can earn as much as 10GB for free from Dropbox, which makes a free Dropbox account fairly useful.

Winner: Dropbox

Paid Storage

If you need more space than you can get with a free account from Dropbox your options for a paid account are actually pretty expensive. Dropbox offers 50GB accounts for $9.99/month and 100GB accounts for $19.99/month. Not exactly cheap.

Stash shares storage from your main Mozy account and the costs for a 50GB account start at $5.99/month and 125GB accounts for $9.99/month. The cost per month drops if you sign up for 1 or 2 year subscriptions.

Winner: Stash

Sign Up and Installation

Things need to be easy to use, there is no doubt about it. The last thing that any computer user of any experience wants is a long and complicated sign up and installation process.

Dropbox has a very simple sign up process, so simple in fact it is almost to easy. Once you sign up it is just a matter of downloading the desktop client and installing it. With the defaults it is pretty simple.

Creating a Mozy account is not to difficult but does require a few extra steps, then after you have created your Mozy account you need to login and download the Stash client to download. It is not a difficult process but not as seamless and easy as Dropbox unfortunately.

Winner: Dropbox

Sharing

Stash does not currently offer sharing, while Dropbox does. Hard to compete on this one at all.

Winner: Dropbox

Number of Computers

Currently Stash has a limit of 5 computers attached to an account, but you can access your Stash files via the web on as many devices as you want.

Dropbox does not have a limit on the number of computers attached to an account that I am aware of or could find information on.

Winner: Dropbox

Encryption

Mozy has a good record of strong encryption with its backup service. Stash is no different. Mozy allows you to use your own encryption key for backup, but at this time Stash uses the default Mozy encryption key. Mozy uses a secure sockets layer (SSL) to transfer files and since Stash cannot use a private encryption key yet files are encrypted using 448-bit Blowfish encryption.

Dropbox does offer encryption but they have had problems in the past. It is common knowledge that Dropbox can view your files if they need to. Dropbox does use a secure sockets layer (SSL) to transfer files and AES-256 bit encryption to store them, but they also hold the encryption key.

Although both services use similar encryption the Stash has the possibility to use a private encryption key, possibly before it comes out of beta.

Winner: Stash

File Sync

Stash is fast, certainly faster than backing up files to Mozy. When copying files to Stash they seemed to appear in the Stash folder on other machines almost instantly. Might be because the computers were all on the same network, but the sync was quick.

Dropbox has always been quick at syncing files and it is a great part of using Dropbox. Stash is just as fast as Dropbox in this category and will be one to watch when it comes out of beta.

Winner: Tie

Mobile Access

Both Dropbox and Mozy offer iOS and Android apps for accessing your files on your mobile or tablet. The Dropbox app is great for accessing your files but it has never been great at uploading files. It has gotten better but there is still no automatic upload of photos or video from your mobile to your Dropbox.

The Mozy app allows you to access not only your Stash files but also all of the files in your Mozy backup. Not to mention the app offers automatic uploads of photos and video from your mobile or tablet to your Stash account. This is similar to how SugarSync and even Google+ will upload files automatically for you.

Winner: Stash

Web Access

Mozy has had a web interface for recovering files from their backup service for many years. Stash is just another part of that web interface. It is functional and works.

The Dropbox web admin is an intergral part of Dropbox. You can do almost as much in the Dropbox web interface and you can with the application on your desktop including uploading files. Dropbox’s web interface just offers more at this point. Perhaps in the future Stash will be able to give the web interface more features.

Winner: Dropbox

And the Winner Is?

Dropbox

Overall Dropbox is still the leader in online storage and file syncronization compared to Stash. Stash shows potential, and it is an excellent offering coming from Mozy. It is perfect for existing Mozy users but is perhaps lacking in some of the features that make Dropbox so popular in the file storage and syncing area, particular sharing. For syncing Stash certainly comes in at a better price than Dropbox and automatic mobile upload is a nice feature that Dropbox is still not offering. If you are looking for backup and sync the new Mozy Stash and MozyHome does make a nice combination.

If you are just wanting to sync files between computers, use Linux or want sharing Stash is probably not for you. Dropbox is a leader in online storage and sync for a reason, it works well across all the operating systems. It is easy, fast and convenient.

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You can also access the your Stash files from your iPhone / iPad and Android powered devices making it handy to access your data from anywhere. Not only that but the Mozy app will automatically upload photos and videos from your smartphone or tablet to your Stash and sync it across all your linked computers.

Storage space for your Stash is drawn from your main Mozy account. So if you have a 125GB Mozy account and backup 75GB you have 50GB of room left for storage with Stash.

With the public beta release of Stash Mozy now offers a backup, sync and mobile access solution. This brings them up to speed with many of the other backup and sync services already out there including SugarSync, SpiderOak and Dropbox. With the addition of automatically sycning photos and videos from mobile devices Mozy has certainly improved upon their mobile app offerings.

If you are already a Mozy user the addition of Stash is a welcomed addition and according to Mozy those that sign up during the public beta will be able to continue using the service at no extra cost to their subscription. There is currently no pricing available for the cost of Stash after the public beta. Could be a good reason to sign up for Mozy now to avoid that extra feature cost in the future.

Considering the high cost of additional storage with services like Dropbox, the cost of Mozy backup with the added features of Stash make it an even more competitive service going forward into 2012.

I will be updating the Mozy review shortly to include a section about the new Mozy Stash. For those interested the full press release is available below.

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Signals a sea change in the classic online backup market

SEATTLE – January 25, 2012 – Mozy® today announced public beta availability of Mozy StashTM, a new feature that provides Mozy customers with a simple way of keeping their files up to date and available across multiple computers, smartphones and tablets. Now Mozy customers enjoy an unprecedented service that combines Mozy’s industry-leading online backup with the ability to synchronize files across multiple computers with Stash.

Use of Multiple Devices Changing the Backup Market
In the seven years since Mozy helped pioneer the online backup market, the way we access and interact with our data has changed significantly. In addition to the growing adoption of smartphones and tablets, many people are using multiple computers. Mozy ensures photographs, music and documents accumulated over the years are protected for a lifetime, while making those same files available wherever you are, on whatever device you’re carrying.

“Mozy has always protected its customers’ data against catastrophic loss,” said Russ Stockdale, General Manager of Mozy. “With Stash, Mozy customers will see a huge increase in the value they get from protecting their data with Mozy. Stash makes it easy to move from your computer at the office to your computer at home, without having to email files to yourself or mess around with USB drives.”

Simple and Complete
The growing popularity of various file synchronization tools illustrates how our data needs have matured. While some of these tools enjoy wide acceptance, they force their customers to sacrifice complete protection for the availability of only a subset of those files created and accumulated over a lifetime. The combination of Mozy online backup plus Stash provides a complete data solution.

“Stash uses a simple single-folder model which complements your online backup so that all your data is available where and when you need it, even if you choose not to synchronize it,” said Stockdale.

Daniel Shirley, a MozyHome customer in Greensboro, N.C. concurs. “I’ve been a Mozy user for a few years and was anxious to try out the Stash beta to keep my files up to date between my computers at work and home. Stash was very easy to set up. But what I like best is that even when I forget to put a file in my Stash, Mozy online backup ensures that I can still find it online, and then download it. Everything is right there. The complementary value of online backup and Stash can’t be overstated, especially when comparing it to other providers.”

Together, Mozy online backup and Stash ensure that all files are protected and available to you from anywhere and from each of your computers as well as from iPhone, iPad and Android devices.

Pricing and Availability
For more information on pricing and availability, please visit http://mozy.com/stash.

About Mozy
Mozy is the world’s most trusted provider of data protection and availability for consumers and businesses, with more than three million customers, 70,000 business users and 70 petabytes of information stored at its multiple data centers around the globe. Mozy was acquired by EMC Corporation in 2007 and operates as part of Decho Corporation, an EMC company. More information can be found at www.mozy.com.Similar Posts:

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Details about the new service from Mozy include:

• Available for MozyPro customers in the US. European customers will be able to access the service soon.
• Mozy will ship the drive to you to do the initial backup to the shuttle device.
• Incremental backups can occur following the initial backup to the Data Shuttle (even before the shuttle arrives back to Mozy.)
• Encrypts your data twice on the drive so it is safe in transport.

The cost of the Mozy Data Shuttle varies depending on the number of drives you need to complete your initial backup.

If you run a business and want to make sure your data is safe with Mozy as soon as possible this is an excellent service to take advantage of if you have a large data set.

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We have 3 million total mozy users now. And yes, the 50-125 GB thresholds weren’t just random, there was math behind it. I can’t say anything on the offical number of lost customers against projection for the price change, or change in sign ups per/day, but I can say that my personal projection of number of customers lost was significantly off, we have lost a lot less than I thought we would have, and new sign ups are much higher than I thought they would be.

This is not an official Mozy press release about user numbers so it should not be taken as totally accurate. Mozy officially announced in April 2009 that they had reached the 1 millionth customer. With a little simple math that means Mozy has continued to grow at roughly 1 million customers per year. Compare that to Carbonite who stated in April of this year that they have 1 million customers. If this 3 million customers is correct Mozy is certainly still in the lead of online backup, despite the new plans and price changes.

Personally I do find it a little surprising that Mozy sign ups are higher than this employee thought it would be. When Mozy announced their price changes they were bumped from being our number one online backup service to number seven. Price and feature wise they did not offer a very compelling product compared to services like Backblaze, Carbonite and CrashPlan. This has changed somewhat since they now offer mobile apps and have a sync service called Stash in beta but their core MozyHome backup service is crippled thanks to the lack of an unlimited account option and higher cost.Similar Posts:

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While the new packages for the US based service were not popular with users, Mozy now can offer several other new features along with the price increase. Namely new mobile apps and a new and better web restore feature. They are also planning on releasing a new syncing feature shortly.

If you are still looking for unlimited online backup service you can still find several services offering unlimited space for your backup. My top picks are Backblaze, CrashPlan and Carbonite. If you are looking for a service that does more than just backup and offers file syncing as well take a look at SugarSync and SpiderOak.

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While I can understand why they chose Mozy to sell their online backup service to, it is not the company that I would recommend for their current customers. Don’t get me wrong Mozy is a good service, but their current home backup offerings are small and over priced. If you require a MozyPro account to backup your company they are competitive.

For home users of BackJack I highly recommend you take a look at either Backblaze or CrashPlan for your backup needs. If you want a backup service that just works on your Mac try Backblaze. It just works and keeps your data safe. If you want more control of your backup and over what gets backed up check out CrashPlan.

For more information on the BackJack service selling to Mozy I have included below what information I have.

Dear Valued and Loyal BackJack Client,

We here at BackJack, a Synectics company, want to thank you for your business and continued support.  We appreciate that you chose us to protect your data.  

We are writing today to let you know that Synectics has made a decision to focus on our core business and it is with great excitement that we announce the acquisition of the BackJack Online Backup Service brand  by Mozy an EMC company.  

We chose Mozy for the following reasons:

Mozy is the leader in online backup – protecting over 70,000 businesses and over 70 petabytes of information in their multiple global data centers. Mozy’s data centers are ISO 27001 certified and SAS 70 audited.
They provide simple, secure, and automatic backups and easy restores to ensure that their customers can easily access their data.
Mozy’s customers receive unsurpassed support with 24 hour live, U.S.-based technical support and an account management team.
Starting immediately, Mozy will be excited to assist you as  BackJack transitions all customer accounts over.  You will be given a MozyPro (Mozy’s business backup plan) account with the same number of users and GBs as you currently have at no additional charge to you.  Mozy will fulfill the remainder of your backup subscription.  

To start your MozyPro account, simply phone 877 669 9776 and identify yourself as a BackJack client.  An account manager will walk you through your new account, explain the process and features, and answer any questions you may have.  You can also view an FAQ here, and you can learn more about the MozyPro service by watching this video.

We’ve always felt we’ve had the greatest clients in the world and have thoroughly enjoyed working together to serve your needs. A warm thank you from the people you know on our Support and Customer Service teams such as Pat, Jean, Todd, Tim, John and Julie, as well as all the others you haven’t had the chance to meet working hard behind the scenes. Perhaps we’ll have the opportunity to cross paths again some time in the future. 

Mozy and BackJack are committed to making this transition as smooth as possible and believe that your business will enjoy from the simplicity and peace of mind Mozy provides.  Please phone 877 669 9776 or email BackJack@Mozy.com with any questions or concerns.

Best regards,

Chris Brown – President, Synectics

Keith Tanaka – Director of Global Sales, Mozy

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