Infrascale Backup & Disaster Recovery vs iDrive comparison

IDrive Inc. and Infrascale are both solutions in the Cloud Backup category. IDrive Inc. is ranked #23 with an average rating of 9.0, while Infrascale is ranked #48. IDrive Inc. holds a 0.8% mindshare in CB, compared to Infrascale’s 0.4% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of IDrive Inc. users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of Infrascale users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 3, 2024

Infrascale Backup & Disaster Recovery and iDrive compete in the data protection market. Infrascale appears to have the upper hand with its rapid recovery capabilities and personalized customer service.

Features: Infrascale offers advanced disaster recovery, efficient cloud failover, and zero-downtime recovery solutions. iDrive provides extensive data storage options, secure file sharing, and cross-platform compatibility.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Infrascale has a simplified deployment model with dedicated customer support for quick implementation. iDrive provides a straightforward backup process with an intuitive interface but focuses more on self-service options.

Pricing and ROI: Infrascale involves a higher initial setup cost but delivers better ROI through reduced downtime. iDrive offers cost-effective solutions with lower setup expenses, providing attractive long-term savings.

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Categories and Ranking

iDrive

Ranking in Cloud Backup

23rd

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Infrascale Backup & Disaste...

Ranking in Cloud Backup

48th

Average Rating

9.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (63rd), Disaster Recovery as a Service (8th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (29th), SaaS Backup (42nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Cloud Backup category, the mindshare of iDrive is 0.8%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Infrascale Backup & Disaster Recovery is 0.4%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Jose Francisco Rosario

President at JOFCO

A reliable platform with good encryption process for data security

Setting up iDrive is straightforward and easy. The local software can be installed after setting up everything in the cloud. The deployment process can take a few hours or more depending on the complexity of the structure you want to create. Integrating iDrive into our ecosystem was not complex. I handled the deployment process by myself and did not need much workforce for deployment. Our IT technicians handle all implementations and changes. The maintenance process for iDrive is smooth, but often faces challenges in terms of sensitivity to internet bandwidth variations. If there's a large variation, it might pause the backup process. But in such cases, the notifications keep us updated as it is very swift and reliable.

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Harry Vining

Owner at Vtek Systems

The overall ease of use and ease of management using the dashboard is excellent

I can't really think of anything that really needs to be improved from my perspective, because I only use the backup. Maybe someone who is using something else might have a different opinion on that. But for the online backup and recovery tool, I'm not going to say there's anything that needs improvement. They can always improve stuff. But from the top of my head, I can't think of anything. It does what it needs to do. That's it. It doesn't need to do anything more than what it does and nothing less than what it's doing. The Infrascale dashboard when it comes to centralized deployment and configuration is excellent. I have no problems with the solution. They could always make it better. They can always make the GUI a little bit nicer, the interface level a bit better. There's always room for improvement, but there's nothing on the top of my head that's saying, "Hey, this is what needs to be fixed." But, the programmers are probably working on their own things. So, there's always room for improvement.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"iDrive will keep up to 30 versions of a file."

"The encryption process is the most useful part of using iDrive for data security. I also use the background backup feature which helps me to clone and conduct computer backup. These features are very reliable, especially when restoring images from damaged servers. But I don't use the real-time backup feature; I always use the scheduled backup."

"The overall ease of use and management of the solution using the Infrascale Dashboard is very good. We haven't had any issues. It is easy to learn. Most of our techs who deal with backups are usually up and running with the dashboard within a day or so. They don't have a lot of buried features where you have to dig through things to get to the resolution. It is pretty self-explanatory."

"The ease of use is valuable. It is user-friendly. Performing backup and recovery can be done very intuitively with the solution and the interface that is part of the solution."

"The initial setup was straightforward and we received support from the manufacturer."

"Get Infrascale and talk to their team. They will support you, and they will make you the happiest customer out there."

"Its Critical Server Insurance feature for protecting physical and virtual servers, including Windows, Linux, VMware, and Hyper-V is mandatory for me and it makes me happy. If I had a backup solution that didn't do that, it would not be a backup solution and would not be any good."

"Given that we are in the hurricane belt, the spin-up of replicated servers in the cloud is among the most valuable features. If our site goes down we can just connect to the cloud appliance, spin up the servers, and we are good to go."

"The Infrascale Dashboard is very easy to understand, has a good overview, and gives me access to all my appliances without having to have a local VPN connection to the individual clients. It makes it very easy to find my way around."

"The interface of Infrascale Backup & Disaster Recovery is very easy to use, and there are no problems. It's set it and forget it. You can make adjustments very easily as well."

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Cons

"I’ve had issues like the scheduler mysteriously erasing my settings. I have to babysit it."

"The disadvantage of using real-time backup in iDrive is that it significantly impacts server performance, causing considerable speed issues. The archiving process needs improvement along with the management of bandwidth and CPU. There should also be more options for creating conditions to manage the workload of the environment, making the system easier to balance."

"The pricing model that they recently changed to is a little bit complicated, and the biggest area for improvement is a better way of figuring out how to price it."

"There is room for improvement by making the interface a little more intuitive when navigating to recover flat files or an old server."

"There could be some room for improvement in the on-premises hardware selection. It is hard for them to deploy a lot of different hardware options. Depending on footprint size and overall capabilities, that is where there could be some flexibility in some cases. However, it is not a deal-breaker."

"One of the significant drawbacks of it is due to the fact that we're using two devices to manage the same vCenter, or virtualization environment, and they don't talk to each other. That means I can't easily see what VMs are already being protected. If I'm on Infrascale device "A" and I have protected these VMs, when I go over to device "B," I can't see that those VMs are already covered."

"The only point of improvement I can think of for Infrascale Backup & Disaster Recovery is that the restore process could sometimes be easier to do and faster. A file-only restore or directory-only restore can sometimes take quite some time; however, a server restore goes fast."

"I would like to see more features for the section on the viruses and maybe another in reference to two-factor authentication."

"When you are ordering hardware appliances, they have to be delivered from America. In the past, hard drives on the appliance have been simple SSD drives that are installed. However, they don't have a local supply for the SSD drives in the UK. They have to be exported from the US, arrive, and then I have to go and install them. Then, they will rebuild it from their side of things. However, I could order that same SSD drive online and get it the next day. So, I have to wait days for things to come when I could get the exact same drive the next day in the UK, if I wanted to. That causes a bit of a problem. I don't know how many businesses they have in the UK, but I do think that having to import stuff from the US is a time-consuming problem. If there was a holding in the UK, then we wouldn't have that delay in time."

"Having options to replicate between their data centers, once the data is offsite, would be an improvement that they could make."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"According to our evaluation done five to seven years ago, iDrive is cheap and it covers a lot of our needs."

"Our licensing fees are billed every four months."

"Infrascale's pricing, to me, was outstanding and was one of the major factors in my decision to go with Infrascale... My customer had a different solution before and his monthly payment was three times as much as the payment he now has with Infrascale."

"Pricing of the product could be improved. It definitely makes it a harder sell. They will usually end up getting close to the price we need, but I have to go through everybody to get the price reduced. Their list pricing is significantly higher than that of other solutions."

"The licensing structure was changed some time ago and it's a lot more efficient and the price points are a lot better. They're improving and heading in the right direction."

"The licensing is based on how much data you have plus what appliances you need."

"The pricing is fair, and they are interested in working with MSPs as part of their market."

"You get unlimited clients and buy a bucket of space. In addition to the standard fees there were setup fees."

"The pricing is pretty good and competitive with the market. The per-terabyte pricing is very competitive compared to the others."

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Financial Services Firm

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Computer Software Company

17%

Real Estate/Law Firm

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for iDrive?

The pricing’s really good for the amount of backup space you get. I get five terabytes. I think it’s, like, eighty bucks a year, something like that.

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What needs improvement with iDrive?

I’ve had some issues with iDrive. I don’t have an updated version of Windows, so that might have something to do with it. I’m running a 2018 version of Windows 10, and I haven’t had any issues with...

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What is your primary use case for iDrive?

We have a wide variation of use cases.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Infrascale Platform?

I appreciate their pricing. We went for this solution for its pricing. If a colleague at another organization is considering Infrascale Backup & Disaster Recovery but is concerned about the pri...

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What needs improvement with Infrascale Platform?

I'm a little bit disappointed that over the last year and a half, there hasn't been too much contact from them regarding what's going to be new or coming out. I have another call scheduled with one...

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What is your primary use case for Infrascale Platform?

We're using Infrascale Backup & Disaster Recovery for disaster recovery and onsite backup from various server environments such as VMware and Microsoft Azure.

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Overview

iDrive is a reliable and user-friendly cloud storage solution that securely stores and backs up important files and data. With efficient backup and restore capabilities, seamless syncing across devices, and robust security measures, iDrive is expertly designed for personal and business use. Users appreciate its ease of use and the ability to access files from multiple devices, making it a valuable tool for efficient data management.

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Infrascale overcomes the complexity of creating backup and disaster recovery solutions without sacrificing performance and reliability. We provide fast, secure recovery that enables customers to feel confident that their data is fully protected from any type of disaster, whether it be operational, environmental, or malicious. Infrascale provides data protection for SaaS applications, endpoints, and servers.

SaaS BACKUP

Protect Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Box, Dropbox, and Salesforce data from accidental deletion and malicious attacks. Infrascale Cloud Application Backup (ICAB) provides customers with essential data protection that isn’t included in their SaaS provider’s limited retention policies. It also protects the broadest set of SaaS applications and delivers ease of use and ease of deployment.

ENDPOINT BACKUP

Direct-to-cloud backup and recovery solution for endpoints. Infrascale Cloud Backup (ICB) provides unlimited retention and version history, MSI installer and single pane of glass management, and ransomware anomaly detection. This delivers ease of use, ease of management, and protection from cybersecurity threats.

SERVER BACKUP AND DISASTER RECOVERY

Boot ready in minutes to run your systems when they go down due to any reason including server crashes, ransomware attacks, or natural disasters. Infrascale Backup & Disaster Recovery (IBDR) provides boot-ready time for failover that averages 2 minutes as well as unlimited disaster recovery and failover testing. In order to eliminate downtime and data loss, IBDR also provides a centrally managed Infrascale Management Dashboard.

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Sample Customers

1. BMW 2. Audi 3. Mercedes-Benz 4. Volkswagen 5. Ford 6. General Motors 7. Toyota 8. Honda 9. Nissan 10. Hyundai 11. Kia 12. Volvo 13. Jaguar Land Rover 14. Porsche 15. Subaru 16. Mazda 17. Mitsubishi 18. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles 19. Tesla 20. Peugeot 21. Renault 22. Citroën 23. Skoda 24. Seat 25. Mini 26. Bentley 27. Rolls-Royce 28. Lamborghini 29. Aston Martin 30. Ferrari 31. Maserati 32. Alfa Romeo

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