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- IDrive has plans for personal, team or business use. All plans have the same core features, but the Team and Business plans have a few additional tools developed for multiple users and business compliance.
- It is common to see discounts on IDrive’s plans, including offers for new accounts and discounts for current members.
- IDrive has free trials for its Enterprise plan, IDrive 360, Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 cloud-to-cloud backup.
IDrive is a great option for those who want online backup and cloud storage features in one service. It’s one of our preferred providers, topping the list of best online backup services. However, it’s not the perfect solution, and its pricing structure can seem overwhelming. Our IDrive pricing guide will review the different plans and costs.
IDrive has monthly and yearly subscriptions with the option to purchase a two-year plan. Monthly plans include Personal, Business and Team tiers, while a yearly plan gives you access to the Mini tier. For the Team and Business plans, you have multiple options based on users and computers. We break it all down in the sections below.
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Rewrote this guide to include all IDrive pricing plans, including its new service IDrive e2.
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IDrive Pricing: The Different Products
There’s no shortage of options when upgrading or purchasing an IDrive subscription. The main difference between these plans is the amount of storage space. IDrive categorizes its plans into four main buckets: Mini, Personal, Team and Business. It also offers an Enterprise plan, cloud-to-cloud backup and IDrive e2.
IDrive Free Plan
IDrive’s Basic plan is free and comes with 10GB of storage for your backups and 10GB of cloud space. The free plan is a great way to test the service, as it gives you access to most features — only the storage amount on your account is limited.
It’s critical to note that IDrive intends to remove its Basic plan and replace it with a 30-day free trial. As of writing time, the free plan is still available for personal use.
IDrive Mini Pricing
| IDrive Mini 100GB | 100GB One user Unlimited devices | $2.95 yearly |
| IDrive Mini 500GB | 500GB one user unlimited devices | $9.95 yearly |
The IDrive Mini plan is only available as a yearly subscription. It’s the perfect option for those who need a little more than 10GB of storage but don’t want to pay for a fully priced plan. It has all the same features as the IDrive Personal plan except for IDrive Express. There are two storage amounts: 100GB and 500GB.
IDrive Personal Pricing
| IDrive Personal 5TB | 5TB One user Unlimited devices | $69.65 for one year ($9.95 monthly) $149.25 for two years |
| IDrive Personal 10TB | 10TB One user Unlimited devices | $104.65 for one year ($14.95 monthly)$224.25 for two years |
| IDrive Personal 20TB | 20TB One user Unlimited devices | $174.65 for one year ($24.95 monthly) $374.25 for two years |
| IDrive Personal 50TB | 50TB One user Unlimited devices | $349.65 for one year ($49.95 monthly) $749.25 for two years |
| IDrive Personal 100TB | 100TB One user Unlimited devices | $699.65 for one year ($99.95 monthly) $1,499.25 for two years |
The IDrive Personal plan is the right choice for individuals. You get full access to the tools and features IDrive offers, minus a few that are specific for teams or have compliance measures designed for businesses. You can back up multiple items, including mobile devices, and each will appear in the “backup” tab of your account.
The IDrive Personal plans scale in size from 5TB up to 100TB. You also have the option to pay for a two-year plan, which includes a discount on the total price. Additionally, all IDrive Personal plans have access to IDrive Express once per year, which we’ll cover in the “IDrive Extra Services” section below.
IDrive Team Pricing
| IDrive Team 5TB | 5TB 5 users & PCs | $69.65 for one year ($9.95 monthly) $149.25 for two years |
| IDrive Team 10TB | 10TB 10 users & PCs | $139.65 for one year ($19.95 monthly) $299.25 for two years |
| IDrive Team 25TB | 25TB 25 users & PCs | $349.65 for one year ($49.95 monthly) $749.25 for two years |
| IDrive Team 30TB | 30TB 30 users & PCs | $419.65 for one year ($59.95 monthly) $899.25 for two years |
| Drive Team 35TB | 35TB 35 users & PCs | $489.65 for one year ($69.95 monthly) $1,049.25 for two years |
| IDrive Team 40TB | 40TB 40 users & PCs | $559.65 for one year ($79.95 monthly) $1,199.25 for two years |
| IDrive Team 45TB | 45TB 45 users & PCs | $629.65 for one year ($89.95 monthly) $1,349.25 for two years |
| IDrive Team 50TB | 50TB 50 users & PCs | $699.65 for one year ($99.95 monthly) $1,499.25 for two years |
| IDrive Team 100TB | 100TB 100 users & PCs | $1,399.65 for one year ($199.95 monthly) $2,999.25 for two years |
| IDrive Team 200TB | 200TB 200 users & PCs | $2,799.65 for one year ($399.95 monthly) $5,999.25 for two years |
| IDrive Team 300TB | 300TB 300 users & PCs | $4,199.65 for one year ($599.95 monthly) $8,999.25 for two years |
| IDrive Team 400TB | 400TB 400 users & PCs | $5,599.65 for one year ($799.95 monthly) $11,999.25 for two years |
| IDrive Team 500TB | 500TB 500 users & PCs | $6,999.65 for one year ($999.95 monthly) $14,999.25 for two years |
IDrive’s Business plans are similar to the Team plans, with the main difference being that they offer unlimited user accounts and computers. Another significant difference is that you can back up servers and access server cloud backup. These servers include:
- MS SQL
- MS Exchange
- MS SharePoint
- Microsoft 365
- Hyper-V
- VMware
- Oracle
IDrive e2 Pricing
| Monthly | $4 per TB |
| 1TB | $15 per year |
| 2TB | $30 per year |
| 5TB | $75 per year |
| 10TB | $150 per year |
| 20TB | $300 per year |
| 30TB | $450 per year |
| 40TB | $600 per year |
| 50TB | $750 per year |
| 100TB | $1,500 per year |
| 200TB | $3,000 per year |
| 300TB | $4,500 per year |
| 400TB | $6,000 per year |
| 500TB | $7,500 per year |
| 600TB | $9,000 per year |
| 700TB | $10,500 per year |
| 800TB | $12,000 per year |
| 900TB | $13,500 per year |
| 1000TB | $15,000 per year |
IDrive e2 is an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) that focuses on low cost per storage and ease of use. It’s designed to interact with software and competes with Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS.
an excellent monthly price of $4 per TB.
You only pay for the storage you use at an affordable $4 per TB per month. IDrive e2 doesn’t charge you for uploads, and you can download your storage up to three times annually. For more, check out our IDrive e2 review.
IDrive First-Year Discount
IDrive offers discounts on most of its plans when you choose the annual option. The personal plans have a discount on the first year or if you opt for two years upfront. You’ll get 30% off the one-year price or 50% off the first year of a two-year plan. IDrive e2 also has discounts — up to 50% off when you subscribe to a yearly plan.
Initial discounts on IDrive plans are common.
Depending on your account, there are other potential discounts. We’ve seen discount upgrade offers for free plans, and using this link will take 75% off a new 5TB account. You may also get an email offer to upgrade for 90% off the 5TB cost, which comes to $9.95 for the first year.
IDrive runs frequent promotions throughout the year, which means the standard prices found in this article may be discounted further at the time of your purchase.
Free Trials
As mentioned above, the Basic free version will be discontinued in the near future and replaced by a 30-day free trial. The Enterprise plan offers advanced backup features for large-scale operations, including workstations. It also has a 30-day free trial. IDrive 360, which offers centralized backup and management through a web interface, has a seven-day free trial.
cloud-to-cloud backup for Google Workspace and Microsoft 365.
IDrive also has a cloud-to-cloud backup that lets you protect data stored on either Google Workspace or Microsoft 365. Using these services lets you back up your data from Gmail and Google Drive as well as your contacts from Google Workspace. With Microsoft, you can include OneDrive, Exchange and Teams. Both of these services have a seven-day free trial.
IDrive Extra Services
Sometimes, the amount of data you need to back up is too large or takes too long to upload using an internet connection. IDrive Express addresses this potential issue by sending you an external hard drive by mail. Once you upload your data, send the hard drive back and IDrive will upload its contents to your account.
to your account when it’s too slow over the internet.
Every subscription except the Basic and Mini plans comes with this service. The Personal plans can use it once per year, while the Team and Business plans include three uses. Any additional requests beyond those allowances will cost $59.95. If you need to restore data using IDrive Express, it costs $99.50 per request.
How Does IDrive’s Pricing Compare?
IDrive offers good value for a service that has online backup and cloud storage features. When paying annually, the monthly price of the 5TB plan is $8.30, not including the first-year discount. Choosing a similar plan through Acronis that includes 5TB and five computers is $30.83 per month. You’ll see a comparable price with SpiderOak One, as 5TB costs $29 per month or $320 annually.
Online backup providers with unlimited storage space like Backblaze and Carbonite have a monthly price that’s similar to IDrive, although they don’t allow for unlimited devices on a single account. Backblaze costs $9 per month or $99 per year, and Carbonite is $11 per month or $131.99 per year. If you have one device, these two providers are great options. For multiple devices, Backblaze and Carbonite come up short.
If you are more focused on cloud storage services, Sync.com and pCloud are better options and have some basic online backup tools. IDrive competes well with these services on the cost-per-storage front. Additionally, IDrive’s backup features are unmatched by traditional cloud storage providers.
Final Thoughts
IDrive has many affordable plans for personal, team or professional use. Backing up multiple devices on one account is a great feature. It also has some cloud storage features like file sync and sharing. The Team and Business plans have many options, and the 5TB Personal plan offers great value. For those who don’t need a lot of storage, the IDrive Mini account is an excellent alternative.
What’s your take on IDrive’s pricing structure? Are you considering an IDrive account? If you’re a current IDrive user, what’s been your experience? Let us know in the comments section below. Thanks for reading our article.
FAQ: IDrive Pricing
- Is IDrive Free to Use?
As of this article’s publish date, yes — you can still sign up for an IDrive Basic account with 10GB of storage space. However, this plan will be phased out eventually and replaced by a 30-day free trial.
- How Much Does IDrive Restore Cost?
Restoring your data from a backup on your account doesn’t cost anything, as you can download the folders and files you need from a previous backup. If you have to use IDrive Express to restore lost data, it costs $99.50 per request.
- How Much Does IDrive Charge for Express?
IDrive Express is included with the Personal, Team and Business plans. Personal plans can use it once annually, while the Team and Business plans get three annual uses. Any requests beyond those thresholds cost $59.95 each.
- Are Free IDrive Basic Plans Being Discontinued?
Yes. IDrive is phasing out its free Basic plan and replacing it with a 30-day free trial.
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