Iozeta Vs SOS Backup
Iozeta and SOS Online Backup are both companies that offer an online solution to backing up all of your important files: documents, music, videos, pictures, and so on. Iozeta’s backup is compatible with both Windows and Mac machines as well as iPads and iPhones, while SOS works with Windows and iPhone or iPad, but does not support Mac. Both services encrypt your data both during transfer and storage with military-grade AES encryption and neither of them limits your bandwidth when transferring files to or from their respective data centers. Both offer a free app for iPhone and iPad units to facilitate backup and retrieval. Both offer continuous backup to be sure that you have the most recent versions of your files backed up so you will be much less likely to lose important data, even when you are working on it.
Both services offer basic and premium options, so you can choose what will work best for you and your data. Iozeta’s basic option starts at $3.88 monthly, and includes such features as auto detecting changes, unlimited online backup, and external drive support. SOS Online Backup has several basic plans. The two least expensive are the one offering 50GB for $4.99 a month (paid yearly), and the one offering 250GB for $8.33 a month (paid yearly). SOS does not offer an unlimited backup plan.
Both services keep multiple versions of your files that are backed up on their servers. Iozeta keeps up to 30 versions of each file, while SOS keeps an unlimited number of versions (up to your data limit, of course). Both keep a version history, allowing you to easily find the version you require with just a few clicks of your mouse.
Iozeta’s basic plan also includes the ability to view and edit files online, as well as the ability to stream videos and music directly from your online backup, with no need to download to your computer or any other device (although you can still download if you prefer). This feature is unique to Iozeta and is available with all of their plans – even the one that costs the least.
Both services offer telephone assistance, if needed. Both have a Knowledge Base and tutorials available to assist you, and both offer a support ticket option for contacting them for further support. SOS additionally offers live chat.
Premium plans for both services include up to five computers, but the similarity pretty much ends there. Iozeta’s premium plan, which they have dubbed LiveDrive, will synchronize files between computers and offers 2TB storage (that’s about 2,000GB!). LiveDrive gives you the ability to edit your files online, share them with a single click, upload via email or FTP as well as through the web, and it also offers webDAV access. Their base price for all of this functionality is $6.88 monthly. SOS, on the other hand, allows you to share files through email, and has varying prices based on how much space you want, with the least expensive plan offering 100GB for $9.95 monthly.