Compare Backup Types
There are many options for creating your backups. How does Backazon stack up against all the other options?
Tape Cartridges |
External Drives |
Other Online Services |
Backazon |
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| Backup speed | Faster | Fastest | Slow | Fast1 |
| Backups are stored off-site |  2 |
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| Backups are encrypted | 3 |
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| Runs automatically in the background | 5 |
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| No tape cartridges to buy or replace |  |
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| No extra hardware required | |
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| Requires a high speed internet connection | |
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| Only pay for the storage you need | |
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| Supports archiving | |
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| 30 day free trial | |
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1 Other online services go slower and slower the more you backup. Backazon is faster because of its advanced, multi-threaded architecture that allows it to process several files at once and because it uploads as fast as your internet connection will allow.
2 You have to take tapes and external drives off-site manually in order to protect your backups.
3 Tapes and external drives are only encrypted if the software that makes the backup supports encryption.
4 Other online services use a default encryption key that’s easy for hackers to guess. Backazon always uses your encryption password so that nobody else can read your backup files.
5 Most software only runs when you’re logged in. Backazon runs in the background whenever your machine is turned on.
6 Other online services make you buy “blocks” of space. With Backazon, you are only charged for what you actually use.
