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Store Gate Review
- Free account offers 2Gb of storage space
- Home
- $6.99 per month for 5Gb
- $11.49 per month for 10Gb
- $17.99 per month for 20Gb
- $31.99 per month for 40Gb
- Phone and PC backup software is an extra $2.49 per month
- Corporate Basic
- $33.99 connection + $17.99 per month for 5Gb
- $219.99 connection + $119.99 per month for 50Gb
- $849.99 connection + $349.99 per month for 200Gb
- Shared File Server (1Gb per user)
- $349.99 connection + $39.99 per month for 5 users
- $699.99 connection + $199.9 per month for 25 users
- $999.99 connection + $699.99 per month for 100 users
- Additional space is $3.69 per Gb per month
- Compatible with any web browser
- Automatic backup
- Access your files from anywhere
- Mobile phone compatible
- Share files with friends and family
- Backup your mobile phone contacts and calendar
- Create web photo albums
- Handy downloadable software
- SSL encryption on all transfers
- Secure data center
- 2Gb of free storage space
- Easy to use web interface
Storegate is a well featured online storage and backup service which is just a bit on the expensive side. There are a wide variety of plans and a good assortment of features to satisfy the needs of home and most business users, but we can't help but feel we have seen the same thing cheaper elsewhere. That said, the service is still pretty good and worth a try given that there is a free account available.
Storegate provides most of the features home and business users will need in an online storage service. You can share files, schedule backups and access your files from anywhere - all of which you would expect from this type of service. Additionally though, Storegate provides mobile phone backup software which will backup contacts and calendar entries stored on most mobile devices. Furthermore businesses get the extra functionality provided to backup entire servers at once.
The most likely way you will access your Storegate account is through the web interface. This is a good looking application and a lot of attention has been paid to the icons and graphical components which are very well made. However, Storegate also provides downloadable applications which help to backup your PC and mobile phone. You have to pay extra for these but it's the only way to schedule automatic backups with the service.
Security is averagely implemented in Storegate. 128-bit SSL encryption is used on all transfers, but there is no encryption on stored files. You would be forgiven for expecting a slightly higher level of security given the price of a subscription.
Storegate is definitely on the high side price-wise. There is a free account offering 2Gb of space which most home users will probably go for, but business accounts especially are very expensive. A major factor in this is that Storegate charge a "connection fee" when you sign up. This fee, in our opinion, is entirely unnecessary as most of these services are automated in their sign up process and should not require any special attention. Worse still is that the fee increases quite dramatically on the more expensive accounts - we would expect to see the opposite!
In all Storegate is a worthwhile service and delivers what it promises. However, we don't think it promises quite enough to justify the prices it charges. Perhaps if the connection fee was abolished we would rate it higher, but for the moment we think you would do best to shop around before thinking about this service.
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