People struggle to choose trustworthy backup and cloud storage
Home users, self-hosters, and people choosing app-specific sync want storage that fits their needs without surprises about reliability, capacity, encryption, or price. The choices span very different jobs—from full-computer recovery to Proxmox backups and file sync—so recommendations and provider details are scattered. The signals show people asking peers for advice, reconsidering existing services, and looking for clearer options.
For home users, self-hosters, and privacy-conscious file keepers. Mentioned from Apr 2024 to Sep 2026 on Bluesky, product forums, Hacker News and Stack Exchange.
7 different people described this problem in 7 separate discussions.
- Indie fit
- 2.0/10
- Pain
- 5.7/10
- Frequency
- 7.5/10
- Willingness to pay
- 0.0/10
- Momentum
- 5.6/10
- Who pays
- Consumers
- Competition
- Medium
- Build difficulty
- Medium
What people said
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As the product didn't really make progress in the last 15 years (I bought multiple versions), I'd like to replace it
I wish there was an alternative to Carbonite (unlimited storage, my encryption) that doesn't hide the VAT until the checkout so they don't trick on the pricing (for us Europeans)
Build brief
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- Current workarounds, existing solutions and risks