Comparison between IDrive and other Online Backup Services


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Why IDrive Online Backup is better?	IDrive*	Mozy	Carbonite
Performance	Best**	Average	Average
Small Business
Create and Manage Multiple accounts via Web
Features
True archiving	Does not delete data on server side***	Deletes data automatically after 30 days	Deletes data automatically after 30 days
Continuous Backup	With 10 mins frequency	With 2 hours frequency	With 24 hours frequency
Mapped drive support
Open/Locked file backup support
Versioning^#
Block level incremental backups
Bandwidth throttle
No limit on the upload/download size
Notification on the status of scheduled backups
Ease-of-Use
Windows Explorer like interface for easy restore
Add to Backup set or perform interactive backup from Windows Explorer
Drag-n-drop option using drive interface
Quick Search and restore option for any file or folder
Access of Backup/Restore log information from web
Application support
Microsoft Windows 2000, 2000 Advanced Server, 2003 Server
Proxy Support
Security
Encryption on transfer
Encryption on storage
Support
Free Telephone support
Price
2 GB Free Version
50 GB backup	USD 49.50/year for Personal use, USD 99.50/year for Business.	USD 54.45/year and approx. USD 250/Year for Small Business.	USD 49.95/year

*	Above comparison chart compares 'IDrive for Windows' with other services. This comparison chart is not applicable for 'IDrive for Mac'.
**	Internal tests show at least a 30% performance advantage over competing services, which could mean a huge difference in backup time.
***	IDrive backed up data is not deleted for an active account unless action is initiated by the user even if corresponding data is removed from PC. With competing services, data is kept only for 30 days from the time data is deleted from PC.
^#	IDrive supports true versioning and retains up to 30 versions of backed up data.

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