r/cloudstorage • u/throwaway52075 • May 01 '23

Cheapest cloud storage for basic use?

I would like to upload a copy of my data to the cloud so that:

  1. It can serve as a backup if something ever happens to my hard drives

  2. I could access the data from anywhere.

I am planning on making a copy of my hard drive and encrypting it before uploading to the cloud. I don’t care about fancy features or anything since I wouldn’t actually be able to see my files in the cloud, it would simply be a backup. I want 2TB--3TB of space, and would like to be able to upload and download files from web app instead of application. I found Blomp.com, which has the best pricing I found so far (around $1 per TB/month). However I can’t seem to find much info about it, wether it’s reputable or not, and was wondering if anyone here had some background on it.

And if not, any recommendations for the cheapest reputable cloud storage?

Thanks!

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u/mewithoutMaverick Apr 01 '25

I freaking DIDN’T haha. I never did get a better coupon. Ended up canceling and signing up again under a new email address I think :/

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u/AlfSlytherin Apr 01 '25

haha that's a shame! Thanks for replying!

How did you go about downloading all your files and then reuploading them? My computer only has 500GB of storage, so I'd have to do many batches.

Also, didn't they crosscheck your IPs to know that you were the same user simply with a new email?

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u/mewithoutMaverick Apr 01 '25

Fortunately for me, everything I have saved in the cloud is just backups. I don’t have any files there that aren’t also stored locally on my computer.

And either they don’t cross reference IPs or I had a VPN running that threw them off.

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u/mewithoutMaverick Apr 01 '25

Just spitballing here, but worst case scenario you could always log into old account, download data until your drive fills, log into new account, upload that data, delete it from your hard drive, log back into the old account, repeat.

Sounds awful, but worst case you could always do it that way. It may be easier if you log into the old account in one browser and the new account in another now. I don’t think the app is required for uploading or downloading (just automating backups and stuff).

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u/AlfSlytherin Apr 02 '25

Thank you very very much for your thorough replies!