Data Deposit Box vs Duplicati

Data Deposit Box provides continuous cloud backup for computers, mobile devices, and supported NAS devices under one account. It captures file changes as they happen without a schedule, and time-stamped versions allow restoration within the retention window. The plan costs $20 a month, billed monthly, and includes 200 GB of backup storage, unlimited devices, and access to every feature; additional storage costs $0.10/GB. A 14-day trial is available.

Cloud Drive adds drag-and-drop storage for files outside selected backups. LiveLink provides browser access to files on devices running the Data Deposit Box agent without a VPN. Files and folders can be shared by email or link, optionally protected by a password. The service supports Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, web, and Windows. The company says data is encrypted on the device before upload and protected in transit and at rest, and accounts support two-factor authentication. Its iOS app backs up photos and contacts, but not videos or documents.

Duplicati is backup software for Windows, macOS and Linux, covering computers and servers. It can back up desktops, laptops, local servers, NAS devices, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace and S3 buckets. Destinations include S3, WebDAV, SFTP and local hardware; cloud data can also be copied to an on-prem SAN or private S3 cluster. Data is encrypted locally with AES-256 before transfer, and only changed blocks are sent. Retention settings can remove older backups or keep a chosen number. Administrators can distribute backup configurations to clients, delegate local management to regional IT staff and isolate clients in sub-organizations. One subscription supports unlimited clients and endpoints. The free plan provides an insights dashboard, monitoring for up to two machines and access to the last 200 backups. Pro adds alerts, AI analysis, remote management, retention, storage and priority support. Enterprise adds organization management, configuration assistance, SSO with MFA, agent deployment and credential management. Pro is $2/mo billed annually; Enterprise is $3/mo billed yearly and requires at least 10 machines.