Credits: https://old.reddit.com/r/BuyFromEU/comments/1j9g5h8/i_left_dropbox_as_a_heavy_user_of_15_years/

I had everything in my Dropbox: all my legal documents, my work-related files, my photos from the last 20 years, and things people sent me that I want to look at again when I’m 80… I literally had my life stored in it (and of course locally on two machines and a extra backup disk). I also accessed it almost daily via my phone and uploaded files from my phone.

So, I tested several services in the range of ~100 Euros a year with at least 1,5 Terabytes:

Jottacloud:

  • Good Desktop Client (Win & Mac)
  • Very good iOS App
  • Good service
  • Pricey (144 Euros for unlimited storage)
  • Downside for me: it doesn’t automatically convert photo uploads from my phone to JPG and doesn’t store them in a folder I choose – plus, the price is high.

Filen:

  • Good Desktop Client (Win & Mac)
  • Rough iOS App
  • Good service
  • Okay price (108 Euros for 2TB)
  • Downside for me: the rough iOS App didn’t have a document upload with a scan function.

Nextcloud:

  • Good Desktop Client (Win & Mac)
  • Good iOS App
  • No dedicated service; it’s Open Source, so some tinkering is required since you manage the hosting yourself.
  • Weird price range (Hetzner, the cheapest host by far, offers either 60 Euros for 1TB or 200 Euros for 5TB, nothing in between).
  • Downside for me: the price range.

kDrive:

  • Good Desktop Client (Win & Mac)
  • Very good iOS App
  • Amazing service, document editing included, etc.
  • Amazing price (60 Euros per year for 3TB)
  • Downside for me: none.

So, I chose kDrive, even though I’d love to use Nextcloud because it’s Open Source and you can choose your own host. If I needed less than 1TB, I’d definitely choose Nextcloud.

And it should be said that all the services I tested offer free options with a few Gigabytes, if that’s all you need.

  • Blaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
    3·
    8 hours ago

    I’m having a look now, it says 5.19€ per month max and 0.0083€ per hour, with a page saying

    How precisely does Hetzner calculate the hourly billing?

    The beginning of the hourly billing starts as soon as the product becomes available to you. We always round up when calculating the hourly use. If you only use the product for a few minutes, we will charge you a full hour. If you use the product for close to a month, and the montly price is cheaper, we will always charge you the cheaper monthly price rather than a higher hourly price.

    https://docs.hetzner.com/general/others/new-billing-model

    So in the case of a Nextcloud service, Hetzner would only bill the hours during which I sync files and makes calls for instance? Or would there be a base fee for storage (after all, the files stay on their servers all the time)

    • cabbage@piefed.socialEnglish
      3·
      6 hours ago

      I would assume this is for services using computing power rather than storage. The Nextcloud storage probably costs what you say it costs.

      For me it’s really just a matter of which Nextcloud provider I subscribe to, as open source and guaranteed good Linux support is pretty high on my list of demands.

      For reference, Dropbox prices are:
      €120/yr: 2TB
      €200/yr: 3TB
      €60/yr: One additional terrabyte of storage

      I guess the pricing is relative depending on needs - if you need to host a bunch of stuff, Jottacloud suddenly seems very reasonable. If a few gigabytes for your holiday pictures is enough, less so.

      • Blaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
        1·
        6 hours ago

        Makes sense, thanks.

        Yes, I was confused by the hourly price, not sure why they would add it, seems confusing.

        Actually I just realized they probably just added add as 5€ divided by the number of hours per month as an indication

        • ex_06@slrpnk.net
          1·
          4 hours ago

          Yep, as you said

          Since the new hetzner pricing the site is more confusing but the big price is the one that matters most of the time lol

        • cabbage@piefed.socialEnglish
          1·
          6 hours ago

          I think they offer a bunch of more complex services to business consumers, which makes their website a bit confusing to tiny people like us. I think it’s probably wise to focus only on the information on this page.

            • cabbage@piefed.socialEnglish
              2·
              6 hours ago

              Excellent point haha. I think it’s just a (confusing) marketing trick - as they say, there’s a monthly cancellation period. So you pay per month, all they are trying to say here is that it’s relatively cheap.