{"id":1458,"date":"2013-07-31T22:49:10","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T22:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/?p=1458"},"modified":"2022-09-26T07:20:18","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T14:20:18","slug":"cloud-storage-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/cloud-storage-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud Storage Services"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wow! \u2013 It has been about a year since I\u2019ve written about this\u2026\u00a0 It was in my article back in April 2012, Google Drive: Have Cloud Drives Lost Their Way?<\/a>\u00a0 I stated what I thought was needed and the challenges with the existing services (back then) were\u2026<\/p>\n

Well \u2013 a lot of the issues have come to pass since, and just yesterday someone asked me what is the best cloud file service out there\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As always, it depends on your needs and usage..\u00a0 DropBox, GoogleDrive and SkyDrive seem to be doing a great job for the majority of folks out there\u2026\u00a0 However, the are a ton of thing to consider \u2013 and what I may think is good for me, may not fit your needs…<\/p>\n

The following table may help clarify at a basic level of what to look for and what features to look for:<\/p>\n

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There are many services which, for the lack of time, did not included in the table, A list of them follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
4sync<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Acronis<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ADrive<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alfresco<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amazon Cloud Drive<\/td>\nIncluded<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Backblaze<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BackupGenie<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bitcasa<\/td>\nIncluded<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Box<\/td>\nIncluded<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carbonite<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CloudMe<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CloudSafe<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CloudZow<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ComodoCloud<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Copy<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CrashPlan<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cubby<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CX.com<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DriveHQ<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dropbox<\/td>\nIncluded<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Druva<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DwDrive<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Egnyte<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ElephantDrive<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FilesAnywhere<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FlipDrive<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gladinet<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Google Drive<\/td>\nIncluded<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HiDrive<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
iCloud<\/td>\nIncluded<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
IDrive<\/td>\nIncluded<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jottacloud<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jungle Disk<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
JustCloud<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LiveDrive<\/td>\nIncluded<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maestro<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Magic Backup<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MediaFire<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MegaCloud<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MiMedia<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mozy<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
My Docs Online<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
My Vault<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MyMusicCloud<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MyPCBackup<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NeatCloud<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NitroBackup<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NovatechCloud<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
One.com<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Online Storage Solutions<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OpenDrive<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pogoplug<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SkyDrive<\/td>\nIncluded<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SOS Online Backup<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SpiderOak<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Storegate<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
StudyBackup<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SugarSync<\/td>\nIncluded<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SurDoc<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Symform<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Syncplicity<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TeamDrive<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ubuntu One<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wuala<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
YouSendIt<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zap Drive<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ZipCloud<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zoolz<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ZumoDrive<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wow! \u2013 It has been about a year since I\u2019ve written about this\u2026\u00a0 It was in my article back in April 2012, Google Drive: Have Cloud Drives Lost Their Way?\u00a0 I stated what I thought was needed and the challenges with the existing services (back then) were\u2026 Well \u2013 a lot of the issues have…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":461826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[4,133],"class_list":["post-1458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-talk","tag-cloud","tag-technology-management"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":441,"label":"Tech Talk"}],"post_tag":[{"value":4,"label":"Cloud"},{"value":133,"label":"Technology Management"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/jorgep-BlogPostGeneric.jpg",1024,512,false],"author_info":{"display_name":"Jorge Pereira","author_link":"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/author\/jorge\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":441,"name":"Tech Talk","slug":"tech-talk","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":451,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":672,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":441,"category_count":672,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Tech Talk","category_nicename":"tech-talk","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":4,"name":"Cloud","slug":"cloud","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":29,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":23,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":133,"name":"Technology Management","slug":"technology-management","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":141,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":73,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/461826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}