Back Up What You Can't Afford to Lose — Digital Moat
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Back Up What You Can't Afford to Lose

The difference between an inconvenience and a disaster

Ransomware, a dead hard drive, or a stolen laptop can all end with the same result — your files gone. A backup running automatically in the background, with a copy stored off-site, is what turns that from a disaster into an inconvenience.

Best for multiple devices

IDrive

One account covers every device in the household
  • ✓ Covers computers, phones, and tablets under a single storage pool instead of per-device pricing
  • ✓ File versioning lets you recover an earlier version, not just the most recent one
  • ✓ The best fit if your household has more than one device that actually matters
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Best for a single computer

Backblaze

Genuinely unlimited storage, one flat price
  • ✓ Unlimited storage for one computer at a predictable flat rate — no storage-limit anxiety
  • ✓ The simplest option if you just need "everything on this machine, backed up, forever"
  • ✓ Straightforward setup with minimal ongoing configuration
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Best for privacy-focused encryption

NordLocker

Zero-knowledge encrypted storage — not even Nord can see your files
  • ✓ Built entirely around zero-knowledge encryption (AES-256, XChaCha20) — your files are unreadable to anyone but you
  • ✓ Genuine free tier: 3GB of private cloud storage, no credit card required
  • ✓ The right pick if privacy matters more to you than convenience features like version history
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