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 :)

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

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    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).

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      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

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

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

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    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.

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    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

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      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

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          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

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      11 months ago

      Backbone has an option where you can store the encryption key yourself if you don’t want others accessing your files. Of course, the usual caveats around being extra careful with that key apply.

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    Wasabi S3 is nice and cheap. You’ll only pay what you use, so probably just a few cents in your case.

    Oops, nevermind:

    If you store less than 1 TB of active storage in your account, you will still be charged for 1 TB of storage based on the pricing associated with the storage region you are using.

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      11 months ago

      Tbf it’s like 8 bucks a TB for anyone else reading this with 500 gigs or more

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    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.

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

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    Restic + rclone [1] is a good combination. Supports encryption, versioning, dedupe, snapshots etc. When I looked into offsite backups a couple years ago I was originally focused on the cost for storage but then realized data transfer costs can add up too.

    After doing evals on S3, Wasabi, Backblaze and Hetzner with Restic I ended up going with Google Drive. Flat annual price and no data transfer fees. Since Restic does all encryption locally I’m not worried about what the Big G can see.

    1. https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/stable/030_preparing_a_new_repo.html#other-services
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      Oh wow, brilliant. Gonna have to do some testing with restic. Looks like I could use it to roll my own Crashplan-to-friend that no longer exists

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    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.

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          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

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          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

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    If you’re encrypting locally, a free Nextcloud provider would probably do the trick. Use one in Europe for better privacy rights.

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