📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

FolderFort Cloud Storage

Options
Has anyone heard of it, used it, able to recommend it (or not)? I'm looking to purchase some cloud storage and there is a lifetime offer of a good storage capacity for a reasonable amount - suits me rather than paying every month.

I'm posting the link not to advertise, but to show you what I am looking at.

My worry is that it will work well - until it doesn't (worst case scenario the company folds, taking my IP with it). And that will leave a lifetime of work exposed.
No man is worth crawling on this earth.

So much to read, so little time.

Comments

  • jshm2
    jshm2 Posts: 477 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    You can get 10TB for less

    https://deals.sharewareonsale.com/sales/degoo-premium-lifetime-backup-plans-10tb

    All these "off brand" Cloud providers are basically the same subletters. They buy a big chunk of storage, then sublet it out.

    My guess is that regardless of who you go with, when the bubble pops; it will pop for all of them regardless of who you go with. It's basically the same business model for all of them.  

    Hence why it's always good to have an offline backup syncing with your Cloud. 
  • Rosa_Damascena
    Rosa_Damascena Posts: 6,990 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Homepage Hero Name Dropper
    jshm2 said:
    You can get 10TB for less

    https://deals.sharewareonsale.com/sales/degoo-premium-lifetime-backup-plans-10tb

    All these "off brand" Cloud providers are basically the same subletters. They buy a big chunk of storage, then sublet it out.

    My guess is that regardless of who you go with, when the bubble pops; it will pop for all of them regardless of who you go with. It's basically the same business model for all of them.  

    Hence why it's always good to have an offline backup syncing with your Cloud. 
    Thank you! I noted one of the reviews for the example you have given says: "This offer is a scam. After about one year, Degoo will cancel your plan, claiming that you have violated the terms of service.".

    I am a low-risk kind of person but am terrified of losing my work. I've also had corrupted external drives. What would you suggest?
    No man is worth crawling on this earth.

    So much to read, so little time.
  • Undervalued
    Undervalued Posts: 9,586 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    jshm2 said:
    You can get 10TB for less

    https://deals.sharewareonsale.com/sales/degoo-premium-lifetime-backup-plans-10tb

    All these "off brand" Cloud providers are basically the same subletters. They buy a big chunk of storage, then sublet it out.

    My guess is that regardless of who you go with, when the bubble pops; it will pop for all of them regardless of who you go with. It's basically the same business model for all of them.  

    Hence why it's always good to have an offline backup syncing with your Cloud. 
    Thank you! I noted one of the reviews for the example you have given says: "This offer is a scam. After about one year, Degoo will cancel your plan, claiming that you have violated the terms of service.".

    I am a low-risk kind of person but am terrified of losing my work. I've also had corrupted external drives. What would you suggest?
    I would suggest one of the big names, to be honest! Barring something seismic I assume Apple, Microsoft, Google and most likely Dropbox will survive!

    If it is important enough is it really worth trying to save £50 or £100 per year on an unknown name?

    What sort of volume of data do you expect to have (or expect to have in the future)?
  • Rosa_Damascena
    Rosa_Damascena Posts: 6,990 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Homepage Hero Name Dropper
    jshm2 said:
    You can get 10TB for less

    https://deals.sharewareonsale.com/sales/degoo-premium-lifetime-backup-plans-10tb

    All these "off brand" Cloud providers are basically the same subletters. They buy a big chunk of storage, then sublet it out.

    My guess is that regardless of who you go with, when the bubble pops; it will pop for all of them regardless of who you go with. It's basically the same business model for all of them.  

    Hence why it's always good to have an offline backup syncing with your Cloud. 
    Thank you! I noted one of the reviews for the example you have given says: "This offer is a scam. After about one year, Degoo will cancel your plan, claiming that you have violated the terms of service.".

    I am a low-risk kind of person but am terrified of losing my work. I've also had corrupted external drives. What would you suggest?
    I would suggest one of the big names, to be honest! Barring something seismic I assume Apple, Microsoft, Google and most likely Dropbox will survive!

    If it is important enough is it really worth trying to save £50 or £100 per year on an unknown name?

    What sort of volume of data do you expect to have (or expect to have in the future)?
    Always an unknown quantity - but its words rather than graphics so 2TB would probably be more than adequate.

    I'd hoped to get away from high charges, but that's a false economy as you point out. Microsoft it is, thank you.
    No man is worth crawling on this earth.

    So much to read, so little time.
  • Rosa_Damascena
    Rosa_Damascena Posts: 6,990 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Homepage Hero Name Dropper
    How much storage do you realistically need?
    Many of the big providers will give you 5-20Gb for free.
    I am a fan of pCloud which I have been using for nearly 9 years (lifetime subscription). Also use free storage from  Sync, google, icedrive, Mega, idrive, SHadow, box and others for secondary backups.
    I've not heard of pCloud before - what makes them more secure than any of the others?
    No man is worth crawling on this earth.

    So much to read, so little time.
  • Eyeful
    Eyeful Posts: 955 Forumite
    Fourth Anniversary 500 Posts Name Dropper
    1. Web checker sites:
    https://www.scam-detector.com/validator/folderfort-com-review/
    https://www.scamadviser.com/check-website/folderfort.com

    2. Dave any explanation for these ratings?.
    The first has:  
    • Domain Blacklist Status

      Detected on blacklist engines
  • Rosa_Damascena
    Rosa_Damascena Posts: 6,990 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Homepage Hero Name Dropper
    Hi Dave, since this is a consumer related board I don't want to ask anything technical about your product.
    But a question that comes up often in relation to many products is 'What is your definition of 'Lifetime'?
    Until the company croaks it.
    No man is worth crawling on this earth.

    So much to read, so little time.
  • jshm2
    jshm2 Posts: 477 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    jshm2 said:
    You can get 10TB for less

    https://deals.sharewareonsale.com/sales/degoo-premium-lifetime-backup-plans-10tb

    All these "off brand" Cloud providers are basically the same subletters. They buy a big chunk of storage, then sublet it out.

    My guess is that regardless of who you go with, when the bubble pops; it will pop for all of them regardless of who you go with. It's basically the same business model for all of them.  

    Hence why it's always good to have an offline backup syncing with your Cloud. 
    Thank you! I noted one of the reviews for the example you have given says: "This offer is a scam. After about one year, Degoo will cancel your plan, claiming that you have violated the terms of service.".

    I am a low-risk kind of person but am terrified of losing my work. I've also had corrupted external drives. What would you suggest?
    I've had them and Polarbackup for years. I suspect that reviewer actually had something copyright or dodgy in his space! 

    As for other suggestions, You could just get a NAS like Synology or Qnap. Can be a bit pricey. 
  • Eyeful
    Eyeful Posts: 955 Forumite
    Fourth Anniversary 500 Posts Name Dropper
    edited 5 February at 10:53PM
    Rosa_Damascena: You say you are a low-risk kind of person.

    Have you heard the saying "If you only have 1 back up, you are not backed up!"

    If backups are very important to you, I hope you are using the well known 3-2-1, Back up strategy.
    https://www.backblaze.com/blog/the-3-2-1-backup-strategy/
Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 351K Banking & Borrowing
  • 253.1K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 453.6K Spending & Discounts
  • 244.1K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 599K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 177K Life & Family
  • 257.4K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16.1K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.6K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.