Reviews of the Top 10 Online File Storage & Data Backup Sites of 2023

Welcome to our reviews of the Best Online File Storage & Data Backup Sites of 2023 (also known as Online Cloud Storage Services). Check out our top 10 list below and follow our links to read our full in-depth review of each online file storage & data backup site, alongside which you'll find costs and features lists, user reviews and videos to help you make the right choice.

Sugar Sync

Sugar Sync is a top quality service for online backup and syncing files between multiple devices. If you can think of a feature, SugarSync is likely to already have it and more, all offered in a range of simple packages at very reasonable prices. As it's very hard to fault SugarSync, it is not surprising that it has received our No. 1 Choice Award...

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Drive HQ

DriveHQ is an enterprise level online storage and backup provider with millions of users worldwide. Although aimed at business users, DriveHQ also caters for cash-strapped individuals by offering free memberships and low cost subscription options. The service is professional and high quality but still easy enough to use for novices. DriveHQ actually offers many different tools (online storage, online backup, FTP server hosting and email...

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Just Cloud

JustCloud is one of only a handful of online storage companies that offer unlimited storage for a fixed price. This, along with their intuitively designed software, extensive features and high security make JustCloud a good choice for those seeking to backup their data online. JustCloud uses a small desktop application on your primary computer to backup all of your chosen files and folders to...

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My PC Backup

My PC Backup (at MyPCBackup.com) is from the makers of JustCloud and offers the same service, a similar feature set and identical pricing plans. MyPCBackup also offers unlimited storage on its Unlimited plan (see costs above), which very few other online storage services offer at any price. Most other services offer a maximum of anywhere between 5Gb to 20Gb of storage space for personal...

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Live Drive

Live Drive is measured in a number of surveys as the top rated online storage vendor on both sides of the Atlantic and it's easy to see why. The service LiveDrive provides is suitable for home and business users alike. LiveDrive is a young and modern company which can be relied upon to keep innovating and to stay ahead of the game. We highly...

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Mozy

Mozy is one of the biggest successes to come out of Silicon Valley in recent years. It has grown amazingly quickly from a small startup to a large and well respected provider of online backup solutions to home and business users. Its appeal is in its simplicity and as such it doesn't offer hundreds of different features and fancy extras. Instead, it concentrated on...

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Carbonite

Carbonite is a simple to use online backup service mainly aimed at home users, but with business accounts available too. It is extremely simple to set up and within minutes you can have anything on your hard drive backed up to the cloud. While it could do with some extra business-related features to really attract big business clients we think it will be great...

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SOS Online Backup

SOS Online Backup is a high quality online backup solution that is well suited to home and business users. Although it's not the cheapest around it does provide some extra features that you might have to pay extra charges for with other services. Although many of these are only part of the business packages, home users mayappreciate the fact that it's possible to install...

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DropBox

DropBox is easily one of the simplest online storage and syncing solutions around at the moment. The company's mission is to keep things as simple as possible for the user while providing a very high quality service behind the scenes. It does this very well and we suggest checking out the web site for an idea of just how simple things can get! We...

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Box.com

Box.com is a truly top quality cloud storage solution which is perfect for home, small businesses or even enterprise scale users. The amount of features it packs into the service is phenomenal and more are being added all the time. To top things off, everything is wrapped up in an extremely simple to use interface so that all the clever, complex stuff behind the...

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A-Z of Online File Storage & Data Backup Sites

Discontinued Online File Storage & Data Backup Sites

Reviews Coming Soon...

Backup Genie
4Shared
Acronis True Image
Amazon Online Backup
BackupAndShare
Backupify
Chilli Sync
Cloud Berry
CloudMe.com
Concentsus
Druva.com
Easeus Todo Backup
Egnyte Backup
Fileswap
Genie Backup
Google Drive
iCloud
Instant Computer Backup

Jungle Disk
Live Vault
Mediafire.com
Microsoft Online Storage
MiMedia
Norton Ghost
NovaBackup
PennyBackup
SafeCopyBackup
Sharefile Backup
Skydox.com
Storage Guardian
Symantec Backup Exec
Yotta Vault
Yousendit.com
Zetta.net
Zip Cloud

Latest User Reviews

Unethical refund policy
User Review of My PC Backup by Jane Doe on 24 October 2022

I needed to cancel this service for a relative who died. They charged for the next year even after his death and refused to refund $143 because he didn't cancel the auto renew BEFORE HE DIED. His bank account is... (Read the full review)

Had to cancel my credit card as they wont stop billing me
User Review of Flip Drive by Jim on 03 May 2019

The system worked and I had no problems with that. but after other players provided such cheaper options I cancelled, or tried to. Evemn though I have threatened support with legal action they continued to bill me although I cancelled... (Read the full review)

Buyer beware...
User Review of Carbonite by Willie Miranda on 11 February 2019

Last year I dumped my external backup drive to have a "more secure" off site backup alternative. (BIG MISTAKE) I saw many promotions on their service, everything made sense. Cost was reasonable and all that. So I enrolled. Made sure... (Read the full review)

Watch your bank account on auto bill
User Review of Just Cloud by Dave on 17 June 2017

I was charged $29.93 for 2015 and 2016 annually. Just got auto billed $212 for two years!!! They upped the charges for home service to $182 plus the 29.93 for hourly backup. I did get a good response on chat... (Read the full review)

Saved Me
User Review of DropBox by Anonymous on 08 June 2015

After 30 years with a company we "parted ways" suddenly. I found myself high and dry and had not saved much recently in the way of paper copies. I had been introduced to dropbox by a younger colleague however and... (Read the full review)