Top Online Backup Services

Everyone has different needs for their online backup service. If you are having trouble deciding what online backup service to use here are the top online backup services in different categories.

Overall Top 10 Online Backup Services

These ten services are the top choices when it comes to online backup.

1. Mozy – Read our review
2. Backblaze – Read our review
3. SpiderOak – Read our review
4. Carbonite – Read our review
5. Memopal – Read our review
6. IDrive – Read our review
7. SugarSync – Read our review
8. SafeCopy – Read our review
9. ElephantDrive – Read our review
10. Jungle Disk – Read our review

Unlimited Online Backup

If you are looking for an online backup service that offers unlimited space to backup your entire photo, music, movie and files then these services are your best options.

1. Mozy
2. Backblaze
3. Carbonite
4. ElephantDrive
5. Keepit
6. Diino

Cross Platform Windows/Mac/Linux

If you have several computers running different operating systems and want to backup all of them with the same account take a look at these services. All offer clients that run on multiple computers and operating systems.

1. SpiderOak
2. Memopal
3. CrashPlan
4. CloudBackup
5. Jungle Disk

File Syncing and/or File Sharing

Several online backup services also offer file synchronization and file sharing options. If you need these features here are my top choices.

1. Dropbox – Please note: Dropbox is not speciffically designed as a backup solution but it is a great online storage/syncing/file sharing solution.
2. SugarSync
3. SpiderOak
4. SafeCopy
5. Memopal

Encryption

It makes sense for online backup services to encrypt your data before transmitting it over the Internet. Some online backup services allow you to create your own encryption key making it impossible for them to view any of your data. If you want more control over your files encryption then these services are your top choices.

1. SpiderOak
2. IDrive
3. Mozy
4. Backblaze
5. Jungle Disk

Backup to Amazon S3

There are several good backup systems that use Amazon S3 to store your data. If you already have an Amazon S3 account, or you simply prefer to use it here are the top picks for backing up to Amazon S3.

1. Jungle Disk
2. CloudBerry
3. CloudBackup
4. NetCDP – I have not had a chance to try them yet, just know of them.

Mac Online Backup

While I do not have a Mac computer at the moment, many of my clients do run Macs and these are the services that they seem to prefer over others.

1. Backblaze
2. Mozy
3. SugarSync
4. IDrive
5. SafeCopy

I will add more categories in the future, but this will give you a good start to help you select the online backup service that will fit your needs. If you are not sure what online backup service would best fit your needs feel free to drop me a note on Twitter @JohnWTucker with what you are looking for or use the contact form below. Make sure to include what operating system you are using, how many computers you want to backup and any other features you are looking for.

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