Online Storage: The Group Test

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From the inconvenience of taking the wrong USB drive to work, to the abject horror of a hard drive fail, problems with data are never fun. Backing up your most important files online can be a real life-saver if disaster strikes. Here are five cloud services that can store, share and protect your data for a small monthly fee…

 

 

Best: Ease of use

Dropbox

2GB: Free I 50GB: £5.60 per month

Love: Intuitive to use. Phone apps. 2GB free

Hate: Limited data plans

Dropbox review I Link: Dropbox

 

 

Best: Apple users

MobileMe

£60 per year

Love: Easy to upload files. iPhone tracking

Hate: Apple’s premium pricing and relative lack of PC-friendliness

MobileMe review I Link: Apple

 

 

Best: Office documents

Google Docs

1GB: Free I 20GB: £3.20 per year

Love: Clean and simple web interface. Quickest on test for uploads

Hate: only 1GB of free storage. Basic look

Google Docs review I Link: Google

 

 

Best: Unlimited storage

Livedrive Backup

£3.95 per month

Love: Unlimited storage for a reasonable price

Hate: online uploads cost a little extra

Livedrive Backup review I Link: Livedrive

 

 

Best: Social networking

SugarSync

30GB: £3 per month

Love: Easy and automatic synching. Wide support

Hate: Slow initial uploads

SugarSync review I Link: SugarSync

 

  Posted by James Trew