| Retail Price for 1 Year: | $54.45 |
| 1 Year Plan Savings (15%): | $8.16 |
| Your Price for 1 Year: | $46.29 |
| Retail Price for 2 Years: | $103.95 |
| 2 Year Plan Savings (15%): | $15.59 |
| Your Price for 2 Years: | $88.36 |
At a Glance
Our Rating
Price:
- MozyHome Free: $Free
- MozyHome Unlimited: $4.95/month, $54.45/year or $103.95/two years. Get one month free with annual subscriptions or three months free with two year subscriptions. Promotional codes can reduce that amount.
- MozyPro: $3.95/computer plus $0.50/GB per month. Get one month free with annual subscriptions or three months free with two year subscriptions.
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Pros:
- Free 2GB for backup.
- Tracks all changes.
- Backs up automatically.
- Keeps files for 30 days.
- Macintosh version available.
- Will backup locked files.
- Can throttle bandwidth.
Cons:
- First time backup is quite slow.
- No file sharing.
- MozyPro required to backup business files.
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Full Review
Everyone knows just how important it is to backup the files on your computer especially if you want to keep all this information safe! However, many people do not do this due to the fact that it can be time consuming adding all the files to disks, so they often ignore this important factor in protection against loss.
Mozy is an online backup service that is very easy to use that will allow the individuals that are looking for an easier way to backup all their important files and data a secure and simple method.
Not only will Mozy enable you to backup your files and other data you do not wish to lose but it allow you backup and save 2GB without any cost whatsoever. If you prefer to have unlimited space, the cost is only $4.95 per month.
The system works quite easily; you sign up for an account, then download the Mozy software. All instructions are comprehensible and easy to follow. After you have downloaded and installed the software, you will be ready to start backing up those important files.
The software once installed will be able to scan your computer, select files, and recommend files to backup. You can then simply check the boxes that correspond to the files you wish to backup. This unique piece of software will be able to backup all files whether open or closed while using 128-bit SSL encryption to ensure your files and information are secure while being uploaded. This is the same encryption that is used by most banks across the United States. The 448-bit Blowfish encryption will then ensure that all your files are safe from hackers while being stored on the website.
You can schedule when you desire to have the backups performed on your computer, so you will not have to mess or worry about doing this same procedure over and over again. The new backups will not take as long as the original as Mozy will only back up additional versions or differences found in the files.
You can easily retrieve all of your files and data at any given time as well, but one thing to remember is that after 30 days on the free version the old versions of your files will expire. For members that are paying the monthly fee they will have 60 days before the expiration.
One other note, with the free version, you will receive an email weekly from Mozy with advertisements. Yes, we all must suffer just a bit when we desire free items, however, an email once a week for 2GB of secure storage for files is not that bad.
You cannot share files with Mozy and if you are only needing a storage place for your files, then Mozy is not the software for your. Mozy is currently only a backup service.
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7 Comments
I’ve used Mozy and enjoyed the service. They kept my data safe and when my hard drive failed suddenly and without warning I was able to restore my system and lost only a day’s worth of work – and that was from a Sunday too so barely nothing was lost. I’d recommend Mozy for easy off-site backups (why make DVDs when your house could still burn down?). Their restore process is a bit tedious thanks to the encryption and the compression of your backed up data on their remote servers – it can take several hours if you request restore files of 3GB or more for the files to become available to download.
I’ve stopped using Mozy because I’m tech-savvy enough to work up my own redundant backup system now that I have the proper components (I didn’t when I first signed up for Mozy) but for the average computer user Mozy will be invaluable.
My full thoughts on Mozy and why you should keep backups is on my blog: http://www.blade-edge.com/?p=1254
@Drew Thank you for your review.
I’m suffering a lot of pain getting my data back from Mozy. It’s not that it’s lost, but getting my 300GB back is now at 1 month and counting, and their support, though wanting to be helpful, aren’t actually able to help. See my full experience at http://blendedmusings.blogspot.com/2009/04/Mozy-backup-getting-lost-in-cloud-bad.html
I am concerned about restoring from Mozy given a lot of bad press on the web. I did just email them about getting back 190GB of data that I have on their server. They got straight back to me and said that if it was over 100GB they would send it on a hard drive. I have not seen this mentioned anywhere on the net. There is an obscure reference to a hard drive restore on their site. But I think Mozy should make this better known as it would be a deal breaker for many.
You are right Mozy should make it more known if they will ship you are hard drive. They talk about a DVD restore, but with 100GB that is still a lot of DVD’s. It makes sense to ship hard drives for large restores really. You can’ download that much data. I am amazed at the number of online backup companies that only offer a web restore or restore through their desktop client. It is not really practical. I know some Mozy folk stop by here occasionally, but if you are on Twitter you should send @Mozy a note and ask if they offer a hard drive restore.
I have just completed my initial backup for Mozy on Mac. I had about 60GB worth of data, mostly photos and home movies, which took a little over one month to backup. Incremental backups are now very quick (< 1 minute most times). The Mozy client is really easy to use and setup great for almost any level of user. Although hidden in the Mac version, it includes features for throttling your bandwidth and granular file selection and exclusion. The predefined filters to find common sets of files to backup is great, especially for the non-technical user. The pay-for service is priced well for a home user who needs online backup. My biggest issue with Mozy (and all online backup vendors at the time I signed up about a year ago) was that none offered an offline restore method. Mozy has since added this feature and its not grossly overpriced like competitors, such as Backblaze. For me to restore my backup via DVD would cost something in the tune of $80… and if I'd lost a drive, that's much less expensive than data recovery from a vendor like OnTrack. As for downsides, (on the Mac at least) the preparation process seemed to wait on the backup to stream and then the streams would stop as new data is prepared. Not sure why that happened, but it made the initial backup take much longer, in my opinion. But all in all, the service is well worth the money.
Philip, Thank you for your review of Mozy. You are right about the offline restore method and that is one good reasons to choose Mozy over some other services. I think Mozy is starting to offer a hard drive restore option as well, where they will restore all your files on a hard drive and ship the drive to you. I have not seen it anywhere on their website, but following Mozy on Twitter I have seen it mentioned a couple times. That is certainly the best method for a large restore since even 60GB on DVD’s is a lot of DVD’s to work through.