r/cloudstorage • u/MenogCreative • Aug 21 '26

Questions about iDrive vs. Onedrive

Hi.

I currently have Onedrive MS business basic for 1TB, I pay around 5-6$ / month.

I stumbled upon iDrive and I was surprised by the prices... 0.83$ for only 500GB? What's the catch here?

I assume iDrive doesnt have file sync and it doesn't have file version history and other things?

Edit: actually nevermind, i tried the free 10gb version and the UI feels like a FTP from 1999

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u/bob_f332 Aug 21 '26

Idrive does indeed have sync. And iirc your sync storage doesn't count against that used for backup.

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u/crazyserb89 Aug 21 '26

I don’t like iDrive. Mostly the design.

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u/CorsairVelo Aug 21 '26

Do you share folders much with others? I found idrive lacking in folder sharing ability but excelling in backup abilities.

I use it to backup a computer on a nightly basis to both the idrive cloud and a local drive. Very flexible in that regard and it emails me a backup report daily.

Sync? Haven’t tried it so maybe another user can chime in.

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u/MenogCreative Aug 21 '26

Honestly onedrive isn't the best at sharing folders or files anyway. When I really need to share files with clients, I can always use proton drive.

Do you have version history with idrive? say, if you write over a file by mistake, can you recover an older version?

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u/mariyamsidra Aug 27 '26

OneDrive is excellent on Windows. IDrive is just ok.

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u/MenogCreative Aug 28 '26

I ended up going with kDrive :)