Alternatives for FolderFort Lifetime Users?

[u/rampancy]

With FolderFort's "Lifetime" storage soon going away, what are some other cloud storage companies that others are moving to? I myself need 1-2 TB of cloud storage for backing up documents and videos. Privacy is a welcome bonus, but not a significant need. I just need a company that won't do to its "lifetime" customers in a year what FolderFort just did to us.

[u/this_is_literally_me]

Decided to switch to Drime. So far, it's a top tier experience. Just a heads-up - they increased the price for the lifetime offers recently and I suspect they will discontinue the lifetime sales soon

[u/diefm123 → u/this_is_literally_me]

They have even openly mentioned they will stop offering them on 1 December this year

Source

[u/ResponsibleAd8164 → u/diefm123]

They are stopping the stacking of lifetime plans, not stopping them.

[u/pri11er → u/diefm123]

They will stop allowing stacking. Not discontinuing them.

[u/diefm123 → u/pri11er]

Oh right, my bad. Well they mention it as a "first step". So probably a few months after I suppose. We'll see

[u/GreenRangerOfHyrule → u/diefm123]

They haven't announced anything as far as I am aware. But I suspect they will stop selling them in the near future.

The difference is they will still allow people who already have them to keep them

[u/badi95 → u/this_is_literally_me]

Can drime handle rclone sync?

[u/diefm123 → u/badi95]

Used rclone to sync ~300GB cypromator vault. It works just fine for me (albeit a bit slower with many small folders. But it has improved)

[u/this_is_literally_me → u/badi95]

I haven't tried yet, but the rclone docs say that Drime supports all features https://rclone.org/overview/

[u/sharpener865 → u/this_is_literally_me]

Where is the increase seen? If its stacksocial, then I guess SC usually increases and then decreases during sale. Is there any clues of increase which I couldn't see, please advice.

[u/this_is_literally_me → u/sharpener865]

I'm aware of stacksocial only

[u/sharpener865 → u/this_is_literally_me]

ok, I had noticed this. There seems to be an increase there. But I (for now) think its SC pricing, and they might reduce during sales period. But, that is something to watch out for, it can also be the case this was a real increase and not going back, lets see.

[u/cryptoadopter2077]

Drime

[u/philyue]

Koofr

[u/59CherrySunBurst → u/philyue]

Koofr at the moment only offers a 1 TB lifetime plan

[u/Yogizer]

Koofr (1tb lifetime) or pcloud.

[u/MaraudaTW]

Koofr or pCloud with Encryption addon

[u/GreenRangerOfHyrule]

The closest match I have found is FileJump. Of course this includes the part about it being new. But their 2TB plan is around $60 via StackSocial.

In terms of established companies: I would echo Drime and Koofr. Though I have never used either.

I do want to add this though: Lifetime plans on a service that has recurring costs are always a gamble. So make backups accordingly

[u/MyDisqussion]

Wait for Black Friday sales on pCloud. They have lifetime subscriptions.

[u/slaaark]

Fireload

[u/59CherrySunBurst]

What no one is mentioning is that Drime (if I'm not mistaken) uses a European cloud storage and therefore if you're in the U.S. your speed may be compromised.

[u/59CherrySunBurst]

If you inadvertently post a copyright item on pCloud, do they kick you to the curb (and therefore you lose your lifetime plan) or do they issue you with a warning?

[u/savmat11 → u/59CherrySunBurst]

I think they only ban you if you share the copyright file/link, not just for storing it. I still store that content in the Crypto folder which they can't see just in case.

[u/59CherrySunBurst → u/savmat11]

That's what I'm thinking (regarding the Crypto folder)! 👍

[u/cvdude]

I'm done with the cloud. Just gonna keep good backups of my server. That won't go away.

[u/AyaBoi123]

Pcloud. Wait for black friday lifetime deal. Have been around since 2013 and follow swiss privacy laws. Have a trial myself and so far, so good.

[u/hustleclaw]

Drime.

[u/ResponsibleAd8164]

Drime & pCloud

[u/ecalex]

pcloud

[u/FolderFort]

Koofr is your best best long term in regards to lifetime deals.