name=Google Drive (aka "Backup and Sync")
type=Product
type=Service
description=<q>Cloud Storage &amp; File Backup for Photos, Docs &amp; More</q>
image=img/site/Backup-and-Sync-low-profile-USB-preferences.png
brand=Google Drive
brand.url=https://www.google.com/drive/
mpn=Google Drive (individual)

review.type=UserReview
review.datePublished=2017-08-05
review.reviewRating.type=Rating
review.reviewRating.ratingValue=4.5
review.reviewRating.bestRating=5
review.reviewBody=<p>Generally reliable cloud backup and collaboration tool.</p><p>An application that integrates with my Mac desktop, and Firefox and Chrome browsers, making cloud backup easy and cheap with a bit of command-line stuff from me.  On top of that Google Docs is an excellent collaboration tool, and anything in one of Google's formats doesn't count towards the storage limit.</p><p>There are a couple of gotchas (see below), particularly after a significant computer calamity needing general restore from some other backup; expect to download <em>all</em> your Google-hosted files again, so watch out for download limits!  <ins datetime="2020-08-31">(As of 2020 this may be fixed.)</ins></p><p>You may also wish to be wary of putting anything confidential or personal in Google's clutches, given that US administrations consider your data to be theirs when managed by a US company...</p>

offers.type=Offer
offers.description=monthly
offers.availability=OnlineOnly
offers.url=https://www.google.com/drive/
offers.price=1.91
offers.priceCurrency=GBP
offers.priceValidUntil=2017-08-05