Hi! I’m looking for a good cloud storage provider for my backups. I will encrypt them locally and rclone them, so integration is important. I’ve been looking through reddit, and every single provider has something behind their ears (closes accounts, scans files, sketchy, blah blah blah), so I’m having a bit of an analysis paralysis.

Free tier would be ideal. I don’t need a lot of space, just a few GBs. Thanks :)

  • ioslife@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    16·
    11 months ago

    Backblaze will only charge you for what you use. So 1TB is $6 per month, but 500GB is $3

  • smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    111·
    11 months ago

    Hetzner Storage Box and rsync.net are the best because can work like a normal storage, super simple. Hetzner is cheaper while rsync.net have better managment (no-javascript panel, normal 22 port, normal installation of ssh keys).

    • Lupec@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      I’ve been using Hetzner with borg for a while now and it’s been super solid, can’t be beaten price wise either as far as I’ve looked

  • _Analog_@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    11 months ago

    Backblaze b2 and rsync.net (which shouldn’t be a problem for rclone)

    Neither is sketchy in the slightest and run solid services with many options.

    • TwinHaelix@reddthat.comEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      Same here! 10gb free is more than enough for the volumes I mount on my containers with config, etc

      • elfio@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        That’s on my todo list. So far backing up several machines, including some from my family.

  • yeehaw@lemmy.caEnglish
    6·
    11 months ago

    I’m using backblaze. I use truenas. I encrypt before send. Not sure about a free tier but I think I’m using a couple terabytes

    • rambos@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      11 months ago

      I think 10GB of storage is free and then 6$ for 1TB. There is also a cost if you want to download backup, but its free for 3x of the data stored. Amazing for backups

        • rambos@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          Yeah I saw that, but not sure how it works in detail tbh. Anyway, I had 10GB that increased to 200GB recently and it cost me 2$ since April this year. That was for storage and few downloads to test bckups. I trck the cost and so far Im happy

  • krellor@kbin.social
    4·
    11 months ago

    AWS S3 has a free tier that covers the first 5Gb. I recommend it because the AWS cli is excellent, and gives you lots of options for how to sync your data. The pricing is $0.023/GB/month after the free tier. It can be overwhelming to get into AWS but it is worth it to have access to the ultimate IT service swiss army knife.

    • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
      21·
      11 months ago

      Wow, $24/TB? That’s 4x the cost of Backblaze B2? (Am I doing that math right?)

      • krellor@kbin.social
        1·
        11 months ago

        It’s complicated. I gave the most expensive pricing, which is their fastest tier and includes stripping across three availability zones and guarantees 11 nines of data durability. Additionally, the easy integration with all other AWS services and the feature richness of S3 buckets makes it hard to do a fair apple to apple comparison unless you really have well defined needs. So I gave the highest price to keep it simple, and for someone who says they just have a few GB, any cost should be trivial.

  • JakeMakes@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    11 months ago

    Check out storj. It is S3 compatible. If you upload from cli it encrypts localy and if you upload from web then it encrypts server side(you can still encrypt locally) data is stored in chunks so no one place has all you data. Old free tier was 50gb now its 25. You are paying for what you use. I use it at work for backing up time series database. I really like the ide and consept behind it.

        • Gooey0210@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          11 months ago

          Now I can’t choose When I started using b2 it was a really good option But now I’m reading and can’t decide between storj and hetzner with their $4 for tb with free traffic

        • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
          21·
          11 months ago

          That’s about $2/TB cheaper than Backblaze B2. Nice.

          Looks like they make it up on egress costs, which aren’t even bad at all for my use-case (4TB total currently).

          Thanks!

          For those wondering, it’s www.storj.io

  • shrugal@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    11 months ago

    I’m very happy with Synology C2. They have special integrations for their NAS devices ofc, but they also offer general purpose backup storage.

  • wolre@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    11 months ago

    If you want something that works very well and is quite convenient, I can recommend the Scaleway S3 Glacier storage. If you only need a few GBs, it will only cost a couple of cents per month.

  • MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    Scaleway S3-compatible storage with Duplicati.

    Edit: if it’s text-files I’d just use plain S3 (since ease of orchestration with Terraform) but whatever you decide to go with. I see that you have selected BackBlaze B2 which is quite good

  • nomecks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    Why rclone? S3 sync the files on a schedule, enable versioning for immutability and encrypt at the bucket level.

    • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
      101·
      11 months ago

      I’m always suspicious of a service that doesn’t publish fees/costs up front.

      Sure, they have a trial. But with no idea what the costs are like, I’m not wasting my time with testing or requesting a quote.

      I despise these kinds of sales tactics.

  • hosaka@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    i’ve been trialing wasabi.com and switched to a paid plan recently, 1TB for $7 with no egress fees using daily restic snapshots btw