IDrive

IDrive backs up multiple devices into a single account: PCs, Macs, phones and external drives all share one storage pool — the key difference from Backblaze's one-computer-per-licence model. It keeps deleted files and older versions so you can roll back, syncs across devices, and can even ship you a physical drive (IDrive Express) to seed or restore very large backups without waiting on your internet connection. Think of it as a flexible backup-and-sync hub for a whole household or a small setup, rather than a single-machine safety net.

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Yes — fully. Backups run over the internet to IDrive's US data centres, and IDrive Express can ship physical drives internationally for large restores. There is no Australian data region, which most personal-backup users accept given the price and the multi-device value.

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No. IDrive Inc. is an independent US company based in Calabasas, California, founded in 1995. It has no connection to Google — or to Apple, the other name people sometimes confuse it with.

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No — IDrive is American, founded in 1995 in California and serving millions of users under US jurisdiction. There is no Chinese ownership.

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The 5 TB personal plan works out to US$9.99/mo on annual billing, with frequent first-year discounts that make the initial term cheaper still. What earns it the value badge is that one storage pool covers unlimited devices — every computer, phone and external drive in the household backs up into the same plan, rather than paying per machine as with single-computer services. Watch the standard rate when the introductory year ends, and factor in that data is stored in the US, not Australia.

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