Looking for an inexpensive way to backup files online? Mozy offers excellent backup capabilities for free. The free backup service provides you with about 2GB of data storage. If that’s not enough, you can get up to 20GB for around $40 bucks. (Thanks to Jim for pointing this one out).
What’s the catch?
The online backup service is quick to setup and easy to use. However, if you’re like me and pay much more than $3 per month for data backups, you want to know what’s the catch?
The answer is simple. Advertising.
In exchange for their backup services, you get periodic newsletters to your email packed with worthwhile advertisers. And according to their privacy policy, they won’t give out your email.
Does it work?
You bet (at least from the Mozy reviews I’ve found)! But at this point, I would only recommend it for home use.
Why? Mozy is still a new company. And because their main revenue is through advertising, it’s hard to tell how long they will be around. It’s definitely a workable business model, but I tend to take caution when I’m dealing with critical business data (otherwise, I’m quite a risk taker).
Get Mozy and let me know how it works for you!
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