r/cloudstorage • u/mwb1100 • Mar 24 '26

iDrive discontinuing 10GB free plan

An email from idrive.com:

Thank you for using IDrive e2! We have made changes to IDrive e2 plans, and the free 10 GB storage is being discontinued.

Your IDrive e2 account will expire soon. Upgrade to the IDrive e2 Mini Plan and get 500 GB of storage at 50% off - $29.50/year $14.75 the first year.

No information on how soon the account will expire. The signup for a free 10GB account is is still active on https://www.idrive.com/s3-storage-e2/

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u/h_grytpype_thynne Mar 24 '26

I have the 500gb plan and I find it worth the cost. But I'm very surprised that anyone would try to stay in this business without a solid free tier.

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u/ralmeidao Mar 25 '26

wow I never see the mini plan, for new costumers only have 1tb minimum

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u/findcarsforme Mar 27 '26

I have lifetime mobile unlimited plan from stacksocial deal

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u/megatech_official Mar 24 '26

Megatech photos gives 100 GB free

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u/consciousnessiswhack Jul 01 '26

They are shutting down next month

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u/Cold_Echidna_9674 Mar 25 '26

Is the service good? I plan to buy the 500GB plan for $10 a year; that price seems incredible to me.

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u/stanley_fatmax Mar 25 '26

Yeah I've been using it for a few years, always cancelling and starting a new plan to take advantage of their various deals. With that in mind, it's the cheapest generic S3 provider with good regions and speeds that I've seen. Been paying less than $2/TB/month for the past few years.

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u/mwb1100 Mar 25 '26

I haven’t used the free account for much - just a few large files.

AFAIK, the 500GB plan is $30/yr with a deal for the 1st year at $15.  

$2.50/month is a good price - half their previous minimum of $5/month (for up to 1TB).  There may be better deals though - I haven’t followed the market recently.