Top cloud storage for business compared

About Top cloud storage for business compared

Cloud storage for business turns on a simple question: what a team pays when it signs up, and what it pays when the plan renews. Across our wider data, introductory prices sit at a median of €2.99 while renewal prices sit at a median of €5.99, so renewal is where a budget quietly moves. This ranking compares 8 storage brands serving small businesses and larger teams, from standing free plans to trial-led cloud offers. Entry price, what the plan includes once your files are inside it, and how far a provider will go when something breaks decide the order. Where a service is registered matters too, since the companies behind these brands sit in different markets and a team outside a provider's home market should read the terms closely. Support is where the field narrows sharply: a help centre appears across 100% of this ranking, while phone support reaches 28.6%.

How we picked

Every brand here was scored on published pricing, plan details and company information, then sorted on a weighted score. Cost carries 40%, offer carries 40% and trust carries 20%, so most of the score comes from what a plan costs and what it includes, with the rest from the standing of the company behind it. Cost reads the entry price and the renewal picture, not just the headline number. Offer reads storage limits, versioning and the shape of the plan, whether that is a standing free plan or a trial that lapses. Trust reads legal entity, audience fit and the support channels published for paying teams. Prices were taken from each provider's own pricing pages, company details from corporate sources and public profiles. Partners that serve your country are listed first in this ranking, then the rest by score. A detail a provider does not publish is left out of its score rather than counted against it.

Our top picks

1. 3. IDrive: best for IDrive

   Cloud backup and storage for PCs, Macs and mobile devices in one account, with plans for home and business.

   • Free plan: Yes
   • Usage limits: 10 GB free Basic account
   • Tool type: Cloud-storage

   Pros

   • One account protects computers, phones, servers and network storage units
   • Keeps many past versions of every backed-up file for easy rollback
   • Point in time snapshots help you recover after ransomware incidents
   • True Archiving keeps removed files until you decide to delete them

   Cons

   • Built around backup history rather than instant folder mirroring across devices
   • Retained files stay put until you clear them, so you manage cleanup yourself
   • Cloud copies depend on an internet link to off-site centers for backup and restore

2. 4. Internxt: best for Internxt

   Internxt is an encrypted cloud storage service built on zero-knowledge technology.

   • Price from: €1.99
   • Free plan: Yes
   • Usage limits: 1 GB free storage for life

   Pros

   • Zero knowledge encryption limits file access to people you choose
   • Automatic end to end and post quantum cryptography protects stored data
   • Open code that anyone can review, audit and verify independently
   • Suite joins drive, mail, meetings, photos and device protection

   Cons

   • Zero knowledge control means no one else can open files for you
   • Privacy centered lineup may feel narrow for general office work

3. 5. Box

   Box is in this ranking as a long established service with a clear remit: cloud storage for buyers listed as small-business and enterprise, run by Box, Inc., founded in 2005. The detail this ranking can weigh is support, listed as help centre, against the price picture across the field, where entry levels start at €3 to €9.99 and the median renewal sits at €5.99. Clear published pricing is what makes a storage budget easier to set, and that is why Box lands here. The member ranked next, Fujitsu Cloud Service / Uvance, narrows the audience to enterprise buyers and widens support to email, phone and help centre.

   • Tool type: Cloud-storage
   • Legal entity: Box, Inc.
   • Headquarters: United States

   Pros

   • Automates workflows and extracts structured data from large document sets
   • Supports internal and external collaboration with enterprise grade protection
   • Connects with thousands of apps and embeds e-signatures and portals
   • Lets teams query content for summaries, analysis and recommendations

   Cons

   • Stores content in 10 regions, which may limit residency choice
   • Business workflow focus may feel heavy for simple personal storage
   • Platform centered approach requires working mainly inside its system

4. 6. Tresorit: best for Tresorit

   Tresorit provides end-to-end encrypted cloud storage for businesses to share files securely.

   • Tool type: Cloud-storage
   • Compliance certifications: ISO 27001, GDPR, TISAX, and 1 more

   Pros

   • Zero knowledge encryption keeps company files private without scanning or unwanted access
   • Revokable sharing controls let staff set permissions and withdraw access at any time
   • One intuitive platform brings colleagues and outside contacts together for joint work
   • Compliance oriented design aids healthcare, finance, legal, HR and IT workflows

   Cons

   • Security first approach can feel less convenient than mainstream cloud tools
   • Structure built for regulated work may feel heavy for simple everyday storage
   • Focus stays on protected collaboration rather than broad general purpose use

5. AC7. Alibaba Cloud

   Alibaba Cloud is in this ranking for reach rather than for a single low price. Its support list is the widest here, email, chat and phone, so a business in a market where phone and chat matter is better served than by most of the field, and it pairs cloud storage with automation, which suits teams that want stored files to feed other processes. The free plan is listed, though it is shaped like a trial, with 3-month free trial on offer. The company behind it, Alibaba Cloud (Singapore) Private Limited, serves small-business and enterprise buyers. Leviia, the member ranked next, is a plainer proposition: its free plan is listed as unavailable, object storage starts at €9.99, and support runs on help centre.

   • Renewal price: $4
   • Hosting types: Cloud servers (Elastic Compute Service), Lightweight application servers (Simple Application Server), Web hosting, and 3 more
   • Features: CDN, Backups, Email

   Pros

   • One account covers cloud servers (Elastic Compute Service), lightweight application servers (Simple Application Server) and web hosting, so servers, networking, storage and names come from the same provider.
   • A free plan is available, so a small site can start without paying for hosting.
   • Support runs on email, chat and phone, so phone, chat, email and a help centre are all open routes.
   • Regions span Singapore, Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) and Malaysia (Johor), so a site can sit near its visitors.

   Cons

   • Renewal price ranks 47 of 179 brands on the site, so the renewal figure sits mid-field.
   • Contracting runs through Alibaba Cloud (Singapore) Private Limited in SG, which shapes invoicing and terms.
   • Add-ons such as cdn, backups and email sit alongside hosting, so a first invoice can cover more than hosting alone.

6. 8. Cozy Cloud

   Cozy Cloud sits behind those two in this ranking because it is one of the few entries where a free plan is listed and paid pricing still starts low, at €4, with the free allowance given as 5 GB free storage. That suits a small team or a beginner who wants live sync before paying, and the service is run by COZY CLOUD SAS, a named company rather than a reseller, founded in 2012. Support comes on email and help centre, so email is available as well as the help centre. The member ranked next, Alibaba Cloud, also lists a free plan, but its model is a trial of 3-month free trial rather than a standing tier, and it pairs storage with automation while publishing email, chat and phone for support.

   • Price from: €4
   • Free plan: Yes
   • Usage limits: 5 GB free storage

   Pros

   • Cozy Cloud offers a free plan with 5 GB free storage.
   • Cozy Cloud pricing starts at €4.
   • The service is aimed at beginners and small business.
   • Support includes email and help centre.
   • Cozy Cloud has operated since 2012 and is provided by COZY CLOUD SAS.

   Cons

   • Cozy Cloud's paid starting price is higher than Nextcloud's starting price of €3.
   • Support is limited to email and help centre.
   • The free allowance is capped at 5 GB free storage, which may restrict larger storage needs.
   • Cozy Cloud's starting price is higher than CrashPlan for Small Business's starting price of $3.67, and the listed currencies also differ.

7. 9. Nextcloud: best for top-pick

   Nextcloud takes the top-pick label in this ranking because it pairs a free plan with paid plans starting at €3, and the free offer is a self-hosted edition rather than a capped demo, given as Free self-hosted edition. It suits beginners, small businesses and enterprise buyers, all three of which it is listed for, and the company behind it, Nextcloud GmbH, is named plainly, which matters when company files are involved. Founded in 2016, it is one of the longer established services here. The trade-off is support, which runs on help centre and community, so there is no listed phone or chat line for a team that wants a person. The member ranked next, CrashPlan for Small Business, takes the opposite path, with its free plan listed as unavailable, a starting price of $3.67 and Unlimited storage, unlimited versioning.

   • Price from: €3
   • Free plan: Yes
   • Usage limits: Free self-hosted edition

   Pros

   • Entry price of €3 sits well under the €13.15 across brands compared here.
   • A free plan is included, so a small team can start before spending anything.
   • Free self-hosted edition means the storage sits on infrastructure you control rather than a vendor's.
   • The product is aimed at small businesses as well as beginners and enterprise teams, per beginners, small business and enterprise.

   Cons

   • Support runs on help centre and community only, so nobody is on the phone when a storage issue blocks work.
   • The listed €3 covers software, while Free self-hosted edition still leaves the server to run and maintain.
   • A free plan is available, but the only pricing figure published is €3, so the cost of a larger setup is not set out.
   • Cozy Cloud starts higher at €4 and hosts the service, which saves the admin work that Nextcloud hands to you.

8. 10. CrashPlan for Small Business

   CrashPlan for Small Business follows Nextcloud in this ranking on a single, easily budgeted promise: Unlimited storage, unlimited versioning on a plan starting at $3.67, sold to small businesses rather than to everyone. The catch for anyone planning past the first invoice is that its free plan is listed as unavailable, so a trial is where capacity gets tested rather than cost. Support is narrower than most of this field, running on help centre alone. Cozy Cloud, the member ranked next, takes the opposite approach, with a free plan available at €4, a smaller allowance of 5 GB free storage, and support by email as well as a help centre.

   • Price from: $3.67
   • Free plan: No
   • Usage limits: Unlimited storage, unlimited versioning

   Pros

   • The entry price of $3.67 is lower than €3 for Nextcloud and €4 for Cozy Cloud.
   • Unlimited storage, unlimited versioning comes with the plan, so a growing file library does not push the bill up.
   • You can test before you commit, because the entry route is a free trial.
   • Support runs on help centre, the most common support channel in this group of cloud storage brands.

   Cons

   • There is no free plan, so testing the service means starting on a paid tier.
   • Support runs on help centre only, and just 28.6% of brands in this group list phone support.
   • A lower starting figure sits with Nextcloud at €3, so the lowest entry point in this comparison belongs to a different brand.

What to look for

Entry price against renewal price

Look at what you pay in the first invoice and what follows at renewal. Introductory prices across our data sit at a median of €2.99 and renewal prices at a median of €5.99, with entry levels in this ranking starting at €3 to €9.99. A cheap first period is worth less than a renewal you can forecast.

A free plan or a trial

60% of this ranking list a free plan, while 60% run on a trial model. A standing free plan is the safer budget choice. A trial needs a date in the diary and an answer ready on what happens when it ends.

What the plan actually includes

Every entry here sits in the storage category at 100%, and 25% also pair it with automation. The detail that matters is the plan limit, so read entries such as Free self-hosted edition and Unlimited storage, unlimited versioning rather than the headline claim.

Support you can reach

A help centre covers 100% of this ranking, email 42.9%, community forums 28.6% and chat 14.3%. A business with a deadline should weigh email, chat and phone against a single help centre and community.

Who the plan is built for

Audience fit is the quickest filter. 87.5% of this ranking serve small businesses and 75% serve enterprise buyers, against 25% aimed at beginners. A service listed only for enterprise buyers can be a poor fit for a small team.

Trial length and refund window

Trials and money-back windows decide how much risk you carry. Trial length across our data has a median of 14 days and the money-back window a median of 30 days, so a short trial paired with a generous refund is the careful way to test a storage provider.

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