William Wong was the first PC Labs Director. The name was used early in the magazine but it was not until PC Labs was actually built at the magazines 1 Park Avenue, New York facility that it became a real entity in 1986. For all this capability and value, IDrive earns our Editors’ Choice award for the online backup category. PC Magazine was one of the first publications to have a formal test facility called PC Labs. IDrive is also priced competitively and performed best in our speed tests.

Top features include disk image backups, folder syncing, and file sharing. IDrive does just about everything you need an online backup service to do-and more. IDrive performed the best out of all services tested. IDrive archives the last 30 days of files you back up.īackup Speeds – PC Mag tested all backup software to determine how long it takes to upload three different 1GB file sets. Restore – flexible restore tab allows for a wide range of options including Snapshots, which lets users view a historical view of their data and lets you select a point-in-time to restore. IDrive also lets you backup your entire disk image so you can recover your entire hard drive. Can choose to backup to the IDrive cloud or to a local device, or IDrive Express, a service which speeds up large backups.Ĭontinuous Data Protection, if turned on, is a feature which will search for recent updates to files and back them up automatically. Also supports email-based two-factor authentication for accessing its web and mobile apps.īackup Options – lets users select files and folders manually for backup, pre-populated with most commonly used folders. Security and Privacy – IDrive uses 256-bit AES to encrypt data locally, by using either a key that IDrive sets or a private key created by the user. PC Mag also points out that navigating the desktop application is quick and seamless. Users can access the application, access settings, and manage backup schedules quickly from the tray icon. Getting Started – setting up and getting started with IDrive is simple.

Team and business plans which include sub-account management and compliance features are also very affordable for business users Pricing plans/Unlimited device backup – with regular offers for first year discounts, plan sizes of 5TB and 10TB for personal users, and unlimited devices at no extra cost, IDrive is one of the most affordable backup services. What makes IDrive worthy of this award once again?

There’s a lot to consider when choosing a backup solution including pricing, features, performance, and ease of use, and for the 7th year in a row, PC Mag selected IDrive as their Editor’s Choice with an excellent 4.5 out of 5 star rating. Whether it’s work, photographs of precious memories, or critical personal documents, ensuring that your data is being actively backed up to the cloud for safekeeping is always a good idea. Each year on March 31st, we like to recognize World Backup Day, a day which reminds us all that we should be backing up and protecting our most critical data, just in case disaster strikes.

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