Handily, iDrive supports all major device types, though the desktop clients are more impressive than the mobile apps in terms of polish and features.
Help with new data standards can be found as well, via encryption and date stamping for those in the medical, accounting, and legal professions.Ĭloud storage can be accessed through the browser portal, but for the full experience including device backup, the relevant program or application should be installed. iDrive includes bare-metal disaster recovery (opens in new tab), which is the business-grade solution to ransomware (opens in new tab). In addition to the standard features that will appeal to everyone, there are several aimed at organizations with larger, more complex requirements (including server cloud backups covering Linux, Oracle, Sharepoint, MS SQL, Exchange Server and more). While it is filled with function, the basic and frankly uninspiring user interface does leave users feeling somewhat shortchanged. Meanwhile, the iDrive web portal makes short work for managing all of these devices together in one place. If necessary, it can also back up data from mapped drives on a network. This is all on top of the core functionality, which backs up an unlimited number of various devices – computers, mobile phones, servers – to a single account. For team managers, there are multiple user management and remote backup services. Then there's also some less obvious functions, including that iDrive only uploads modified parts of files to reduce bandwidth usage, the way data gets retained until you specifically delete it, or the extensive set of activity logs and reports you can access.