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What a terabyte costs in 2026: IDrive cheapest per TB, MEGA most generous free tier

A running price comparison across providers puts IDrive around $1.65 per TB per month and MEGA on top for free storage at 20 GB. Promotions shift these numbers weekly.

Cloudwards 2026 review: Proton Drive’s feature gap with big tech keeps shrinking

The independent testing outlet finds the Swiss privacy ecosystem maturing fast: better desktop apps and sharing, with end-to-end encryption still on by default.

World Backup Day 2026: one in five people still has no backup at all

The annual March 31 reminder did its rounds again. The pledge is thirty seconds; the 3-2-1 setup it asks for takes one evening and survives fires, theft, and ransomware.

Lifetime cloud storage compared: pCloud, Internxt, and Icedrive head-to-head

The pay-once segment keeps growing in 2026. A vendor’s own comparison, read it as such, but the price benchmarks per provider are usefully concrete.

Sync is not backup: the difference that costs people their files

A cloud drive mirrors your mistakes in seconds. Real backup lets you go back in time. Why you probably want one of each.

The 3-2-1 rule: the one backup strategy worth memorizing

Three copies, two media, one off-site. The full setup costs one drive plus a tenner a month, and survives everything.

Lifetime deals: bargain or bait?

pCloud and Internxt sell storage you pay for once. The break-even math, the longevity risk, and our buying rules.

Encrypted and private: the zero-knowledge providers compared

Sync.com, Proton Drive, Tresorit, MEGA, and friends: storage where nobody but you holds the keys.

True backup services: your files, with an undo button

Backblaze, IDrive, Carbonite, and Acronis compared on versions kept, restore quality, and price per terabyte.

Backing up the photos you would actually cry about

Google Photos and iCloud are layer one. The second, independent copy is what separates an annoyance from a loss.

CISA StopRansomware: the official US ransomware guidance

The government one-stop for ransomware defense, with versioned and offline backups at the center of the playbook.

CISA & FBI: the joint ransomware guide (backup best practices)

The detailed how-to behind the headlines: retention windows, offline copies, and tested restores.

NCSC (UK): backing up your data, the small business guide

The UK cyber authority’s plain-language take on what to back up, where, and how often.