Mozy Nearly Four Times More Costly Than MyOtherDrive

On Monday, January 31st, Mozy announced that it will no longer be offering unlimited storage for their MozyHome users. Instead, they will be charging $5.99 for 50 GB or $9.99 for 125 GB. MyOtherDrive, an online backup competitor to Mozy (Google "online backup"), clearly offers a significant price advantage, with Mozy being nearly 4 times more costly than MyOtherDrive.

Compare the Mozy 125 GB plan at $9.99. For $10, you get 500 GB with MyOtherDrive. This is four times the storage for just a penny more. And, unlike Mozy, MyOtherDrive allows to backup as many computers as you like. MyOtherDrive offers automatic unattended backup, encryption, friend-based file sharing, and recently added password based sharing – share a folder with a password. Great for sharing photographs to friends and family members, retaining the confidence that the photographs will not become indexed and available on the Internet.

MyOtherDrive’s service includes no limits on file size, no transfer limits (bandwidth limitations), unlimited use on as many computers as desired, the ability to backup USB drives, NAS drives, network folders (any folder that is accessible), the ability to link to directly to a file (paying subscribers), and ability to create other links (links to shared pages with comments sections at the bottom). MyOtherDrive offers free accounts with 2 GB storage and paid accounts starting as low as $5 per month (100 GB of online storage).

MyOtherDrive has been in the cloud storage business for more than 5 years, and has enjoyed growth since inception.