Backblaze if you want unlimited storage. Kopia if you want to pick which cloud storage you want to backup to.

I personally use Backblaze as a cloud. I backup my data to local NAS and then offload it to Backblaze with Duplicacy. Works stable. There are other tools, which might be helpful: https://www.vmwareblog.org/single-cloud-enough-secure-backups-5-cool-cross-cloud-solutions-consider/

Personally, I love Backblaze. All my machines are on it. And it's truly unlimited! One of my servers has 50TB backed up to the cloud!

Hetzner

Of the three you listed, I'd pick Backblaze based on what I've heard. I agree w/other comments about Dropbox, and I've personally had bad experiences with iDrive. I've read concerns on Reddit about Backblaze throttling large restores, but they do have a service where they can send you a drive w/your data on it for a quicker restore.

If you were a company, I'd point you to my employer, Druva. We are the premier at-scale Data Protection as a Service company, and (I believe) the only SaaS-based backup company recognized in Gartner's MQ.

I've been a specialist in backup & recovery & DR for 30 years. If you care about it as much as I do, feel free to check out my podcast (Restore it All https://apple.co/3txh5WT) and/or download a free ebook copy of my latest O'Reilly book (https://www.druva.com/ebook).

+ vote for Backblaze. It is decent cloud storage. Alternatively, look at Wasabi. Backblaze is cheaper as a storage but has a download fee. This article might help: https://www.vmwareblog.org/looking-affordable-cloud-storage-aws-vs-azure-vs-backblaze-b2/. There is a comparison of AWS, Azure and Backblaze with their features.

BlackBlaze and CrashPlan are some of the best in my opinion. BlackBlaze is focused on individual backup, while CrashPlan is focused on commercial backup. Both are limited by the speed of your network and storage device — 10TB will take days to do the initial upload and will take days to retrieve on most computers if you lose all local storage. Both services can mail you a HDD (or series of them) with your data if it’s an emergency though — obviously that costs extra but it’s a nice system. BlackBlaze will not back up a NAS or Time Machine backup, while CrashPlan will. Both have unlimited storage. Both are set and forget tools, but you should absolutely check up on them to make sure they’re working and saving the data you need. If either goes too long without synchronizing, they’ll let you know. They are “real-time”, though, so that should be a non-issue.

I actually use both. My laptops both use BlackBlaze and my workstation (connected to a small NAS) uses CrashPlan. The three cost me $24 a month I believe

I would also mention the 3-2-1 backup rule. There are a lot of options for backups. https://www.hyper-v.io/keep-backups-lets-talk-backup-storage-media/ I would make some primary backup to the cloud and additional "critical" data backup on an external drive or even M-Disc (as an archival tier).

The idea is not to put all your backups into one basket. You should have at least two drives.

I use AWS glacier to backup my NAS monthly. It's one of the packages on my Synology NAS, I'm not sure what the best way to use it on a PC is, but it's very cheap.

3-2-1. I use an unassigned hard drive in my unraid to backup everything but my shows/movies. I use syncthing to sync that to an off-site synology at my parents house via VPN (also helps for tech support to have a VPN into their network). Then I use duplicacy to backup my most important data (personal pictures/videos and important documents) to B2.

Backblaze B2 and duplicacy here. I’ve learned over the years that the backup app and the cloud storage provider should not be from the same company.

I’ve been using Backblaze for a little while now. Dead simple to get started with them and I’ve found no issues with reliability. I do test restores monthly just to make sure.

You can pretty much use any software or transfer methods. I use Duplicati for its retention controls and encryption, but Backblaze has an encryption option as well.

It’s $6/tb/mo

Mega also good in my opinion i use since 2016 maybe i had university files back then for years there were no problem now only backup for a few thing

Drime is very new many thing in beta as they write in a post few days ago good start we will see i also watching them

Filen for storage (non photo)

Ente for photos

both are E2EE encrypted

Koofr is good too. It has normal storage like google and E2EE storage called ‘vault’ . PCloud is similar .

For just photos, if you want to host your own, Immich is awesome

EDIT: You didn't say if you wanted to "sync" files with local folders on your PC/Mac/Linux box or not. If you are JUST going to leave files in the cloud and access via browser, Koofr vault good, but also things like Sync.com perhaps or Tresorit. But the need for end-to-end-encryption changes the list.

• E2EE files: filen, tresorit, sync.com, internxt, Mega
• Partial E2EE: pcloud, icedrive, koofr
• E2EE Photos only: Ente

Yeah I’m experimenting with cloud drives right now, currently using filen, but I think Google Drive and Photos is definitely better value and just better all around. I use Cryptomator with Google Drive for peace of mind when I am using it.

Filen is nice and encrypted

Strato, IONOS - both HiDrive, Xaweho and Hetzner with S3 Storage that I prefer most

I have been using NordLocker for the last 3+ months, great storage power at a great price, also recommended it to my colleague, and he also liked it so far.

It's pretty robust + has a lot of extra features if you are looking for that. But I use it mostly for business work.

For personal use, you can't get anything better than pCloud, and it's probably the best-priced cloud storage service I have used. It's great. It's based in Switzerland, so it has to adhere to strict privacy laws, which makes the service trustworthy.

It's priced at: (500GB – 10TB) $4.17 / month - Affordable, cheaper than other services.

Backblaze has two options. Online which is for personal usage and B2 which is enterprise-grade one. https://help.backblaze.com/hc/en-us/articles/218483787-What-s-the-difference-between-B2-vs-Backblaze-Online-Backup-

Hey, you probably have already sorted this out by now, but Google Photos is not just a syncing solution. Yes, it'll sync, and if you delete a single photo from your phone, it'll also be deleted from Google Photos. But there's an option to free up space on your phone, that allows you to delete all of the photos and videos from your phone at once (instructions here: https://support.google.com/photos/answer/6128843?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid) and if you use that, they'll still be available on Googles cloud storage, and you can view them from photos.google.com or from the app, but they're not on your phone/device anymore. So if you use that at regular intervals, Google Photos is essentially a backup.

nordlocker

The best cloud backup provider for me is one that is too big to go out of business.

For personal use with a strong focus on privacy, I'd recommend checking out pCloud and NordLocker. Especially the lifetime plan pcloud offers.

pCloud offers a great balance of security and user-friendliness, and their privacy policies are pretty solid. Plus, they have a decent track record for data protection.

I have been using IDrive for a year or two, almost everything is great. My only issue with them is the inability to ‘live‘ sync files stored on an external drive. I had set up to backup, store and sync from an external hard drive, however, while it will backup from that external source, it will not register/sync amended or altered files, it will only do that for files that sit on a computer or Mac’s hard drive.
For simplicity, let’s say I have a photo on my external drive that is already backed up to IDrive, I open my original photo, edit and save. IDrive will not recognise and thus backup the edited version from my external hard drive. If I rename the file, save it and delete the original, IDrive will back that new version up, but not delete the original, thus leaving me with a whole load of files i no longer need and utilising space within my storage limit. Idrive have told me that I would need to manually delete these files one by one from within my IDrive account. Not great.
Can anyone recommend a cloud storage service that offers up to say 10Tb of storage that will sync/clone from an external drive/source, as well as from computer hard drives?

I have been using iDrive for a couple of years.

The 5TB plan is $60 for the first year and you can buy 2 years at that price before it goes up to $80 per year.

This is what I wrote in another topic earlier today:

I am not fond of using the term "Best" when it comes to this type of services.
On the other hand, having used a lot of cloud storages in the past, I would be happy to share my experience, especially if the OP finds it helpful.
I have used Dropbox, obviously, since those guys started it all. But later I realised that I would need something better tailored to my needs:
- Security;
- Collaborative tools;
- Ease of use;
- Someone to contact when I need help with the service (Tech Support);
- Affordable/ good prices;
So here is why I am still using pCloud:
- I purchased a Lifetime plan, which saved me a lot of money. I basically got 2TB and then upgraded by 10TB more, for just 990!!! Now, I need not worry about monthly or annual subscriptions!
- As a musician and artist in my free time, I love composing and I need collaborative tools to work with my fellow musicians/ band :D What we would do is- we open a mutual folder and start drag and dropping samples, guitar waves, vocal tracks and etc to the folder, making it so that it is available for us to use anytime, anywhere we go, from any device. As I had my logic pro x pulled up, I simply drag and drop the tracks and listen to the song we've made so far.
The same is implemented when I started doing IT projects, like making games, etc.
I loved how intuitive and easy to use pCloud is, especially when working with the pCloud Drive- its the Desktop app. it basically looks as if all my fiels are on my Macbook, but they are not! It just looks like one of my Drive folders, If I had those. You know, how Windows has the E, D, C hard drives... This one is just labeled P:
So, imagine how easy and convenient it is for me when I know all my documents and files are stored there and I can access those wherever I want, even if I am not carrying my computer by my side, but just go to visit my grandma. Once we open her PC, we just go to the web platform my.pcloud.com and see all my phtotos and files in general.
I started realizing how important security was a bit later, to be honest... Especially when some of my files were lost or something with the Encryption the cloud service I used had made. it was iceDrive or something like that. So i would notice how names of files were changed or how files would become 0 KB... whereas yesterday I'd see them be 200mb for example.
Then when reading more, I started using pCloud's Sync and Backup, but even more importantnly- the CRYPTO FOLDER!!!! I think that the pCloud Crypto is worth having, even if you use it with a Free storage plan. It is so secure, especially for cold storage. All my precious files, documents, ID's and sensitite data is stored there, but available on demand, whenever I need it. And guess what- EVEN pCLOUD employeed cannot access the data there, because I am the only person who has the enryption key.
Some of my friends use pCloud in combination with other services as well. There was even 1 who used to work at Dropbox as an Engineer, but continues using pCloud nonetheless. What I've heard from them is that "At least pCloud does not collect any of your data" ...

IDrive / Backblaze!

pCloud or Koofr. Both have great lifetime rates and solid features. pCloud if you want encryption. If youre talking about backing up from a NAS or workstation, Koofr has WebDAV which is pretty universal. If youre talking about large amounts of data, look at Backblaze and Wasabi.

I basically backup everything on Dropbox by working exclusively in the Dropbox folder. I’ve been on it for 10 years with no complaints or issues. Restoring an accidentally deleted file is really easy and having access to everything with the mobile app is a lifesaver.

I use OneDrive. They're all pretty good (e.g. Google Drive, Dropbox) -- for me it comes down to where you can get the most storage for your money. I got a deal some time ago for 1TB of OneDrive storage so that's what I use.

I have 3 HDD drives that back everything up 3 times because I have lost everything once and it sucked. I know a lot of people on here won't have enough back ups

I use Dropbox to sync local folder on my computer. Its smart sync feature help me save a lot of hard disk space.

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Maybe a small NAS? I back up to the NAS first, then from the NAS to FileLu Cloud Storage.

Synology might be good and cost effective option, single device offers verity of services including file shares, enterprise backups, sync/replication, high availability (with another device) etc. The GUI is clean and easy to use. You can buy 4bay device, start with 2 disk and add more later (or 6/8 bays if needed).

Edit: if cloud (accessible) storage is a primary concern, then connectivity needs to be done via VPN/Tailscale.

You haven't mentioned what you're source is.. is it a NAS ? Desktop ? ..?

Anyways for business use I would recommend any of the top s3 contenders, backblaze B2, I drive, storj. Personally I use B2.

Depending on your backup strategy, you can go from ultra simple using rclone which is generally used for archival copies to proper backup methods of snapshots with something like restic. If you plan to continuously backup, restic would be better. However since you "seem" like you might be new to it, start with a small dataset, try and restore it and understand how to use it and then do the actual data. .

Ensure you use proper access key permissions and lifecycle management, may sound complicated but it's easy once you really get a hang of it

I use hetzner for backups.

Hetzner StorageBox is great for server backups

Pretty much every cloud provider either has a subreddit or gets commented on here. Also, think about your use case: just keeping files in a fairly safe place? Is encryption important? Are you keeping the cloud as a backup against disk failure? Are you a Windows/Mac/Linux user? Do they have an app for your OS? Is rsync important (it is for me)? There are lots of questions worth thinking about. I’ve been looking & thinking for a while now and haven’t signed any contracts yet, but I have several free-tier accounts to try. Also: If you see offers for “lifetime” at a low price, check the reviews of that provider and you might find that they are not growing because they have bad service. Yours is a completely reasonable and not uncommon question.

Really sensistive stuff just store locally and backup in two different ways. Otherwise, stick with iCloud or Google One for everything else depending on which ecosystem you're most embedded in. A lot easier, more reliable, and in my experience by far the fastest upload and downloads, at least for Google. Other services I have tried on the free tiers just crawl in performance. For myself, I have around 250GB of photos in Google Photos with most of it being stored for free due to their previous promos. I pay for Google One for the future, and it backs up everything for my family including a family of phones.

Dropbox is my pick after paying for iCloud and Google One. Dropbox offers promos.

I found that pCloud gave me spotlight issues when I tried to search for certain documents when I installed their client on Mac. Not sure if that’s still the case.

Dropbox sometimes runs promos through Dell or other managed service partners. Visa currently has a 40% off promo.

https://comparisontabl.es/cloud-storage/

I store my personal ID papers on ProtonDrive, 5gb free is more than enough for this.

For the rest, especially backups/archives, I put them all in cryptomator with 1 offline + 2 cloud backups (Google one + Koofr).

Regularly accessed (and not too sensitive) files are synced to Filen.io, their free 50GB is generous.