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Backblaze is a really good alternative.
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I use iDrive because their software allows network shares as well as external hard drives and NAS. When I started online backup 2 years ago, they were the only ones I found that did.
They have a free plan, but their 2TB plan is only $55/mo for 1 user unlimited computers and $75/mo for 5TB
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After looking around, iDrive seems to be the next best thing for an affordable price. The only downside is they don't offer a home plan more than 5TB, so if your backups are bigger than this, it either won't work, or you may have to pay for multiple's and have sets of computers use different account to keep them all under 5TB.
Backblaze does not support many of the Crashplan features, and they also charge for a file restore, so they get you comming and going so to speak.
I don't think I'd every pay for Carbonite, just personally, but they seem to be a half hearted, sleazy company. Maybe it's just the image I get from their radio and TV commercials, but they seem like they try to gouge people who don't know any better. Their "tiers" of service are strange as well, as they only give some basic functionality unless you pay even more for each PC. They don't even backup video files by default, apparently home video's of your family aren't considered "important" to backup.
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You are right about the size, but luckily I have less than a terabyte currently and don't plan on passing 4TB for at least a couple years.
As a plus with a decent internet connection (20Mb/s UP is what I have) the upload speed to their server was quite acceptable.
Plus the whole network drive thing. I run a couple home servers so all our home computers/devices save data to the servers and I just back them up to idrive, so my kids have a much harder time destroying my data 
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The server/NAS backup is important to me as well. It's also nice to have the same software that does offsite backup do the local backup as well (which many of them don't offer that feature). That is how I currently use Crashplan as well. I have all PC's backup to the NAS, as well as individually to Online Backup (currently Crashplan for another year). Then the NAS also backs up to the online account as well, so I have local backups (mirror raid), as well as online/offsite backups and the NAS backed up (minus the backup folder for local backups).
I iDrive is one of the few that also does file versioning as well (like Crashplan) which has saved my but a few times for individual file restores. And it's affordable for multiple computers compared to Backblaze, Carbonite and the like who all charge separately per PC. When you have a family of 5, plus NAS central storage, paying per PC can get expensive.
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I thought I'd give Carbonite a try once. Slow as watching grass grow. In retrospect I don't know why I even bothered (just bored I guess), I know better. I have never felt good about the idea of keeping my content in the cloud. I prefer local storage. I use cloud as backup for a handful of things that I want to synchronize between different machines but that aside, no thanks.
If you think hiring a professional is expensive, wait until you hire an amateur! - Red Adair
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Cute; I'm looking forward to their first contact with the creators of the CIA hacking tools, as disclosed in Vault 7 from Wikileaks.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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I can't wait for that. I love a good circular reference
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016
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That's like throwing my neighbor's dog's turds back over the fence. Nice idea, not very effective.
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You have to wait until the neighbor is sunbathing nude on a chaise lounge. THAT would get the point across.
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Those are really (or should I say O'Reilly) excellent titles !
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I wrote "Trying Stuff Until it Works" but I've never received any royalties from O'Rly.
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.
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But, but, but, but that's how I work everyday! Are you suggesting there is a better way? 
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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Of course... didn't you heard about our Q&A System?
You just need to say:
- I need codeezzzz, plzzzz, it's urgnttttt
Then you will get all what you need within seconds.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I'm sooooo stealing these.
Jeremy Falcon
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Is a recovering alcoholic an upholsterer with a drinking problem?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Oh stuff it! As long as I have plenty of gin I have no drinking problem.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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in this throw away age why bother with recovering alcoholics when you can get new ones for the same price?
signature upgrading ... please wait.
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Lopatir wrote: you can get new ones for the same price?
with free 2 day shipping to boot.
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As long as no one touches the reset bottle
In Word you can only store 2 bytes. That is why I use Writer.
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For a change, I'll bolster your premise, sofa as is possible - feather or not it's the right stuff.
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And would a recovering paronomasiac be a punter?
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Rehab is for quitters... or is that quilters?
Will Rogers never met me.
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