IDrive vs NordLayer

Two security & passwords tools side by side. Prices are the starting plan a small business would pick, in USD.

Compare	IDriveIDrive	NordLayerNord Security
In one line	Cloud backup for a team's computers, $9.99 a month for 5	Business VPN and network access from $8 a user, five users minimum
Starting price	From $9.99/mo	From $8/person
Six-person team	$19.99/mo	$48/mo
Plans	Team: 5 users, 5 TB $9.99/mo billed yearly, $11.99 monthly; 10 users $19.99; first year 30% off. Business (unlimited users, servers) from $19.99/mo yearly for 500 GB. Server backup on Team $5/mo per server	Per user, billed yearly: Lite $8 ($10 monthly); Core $11 ($14) plus a required dedicated-IP server at $40/mo ($50 monthly); Premium $14 ($18) plus the server; 5-user minimum; 14-day money-back guarantee
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Free trial	—	—
Users	5 on the entry Team plan	5 minimum
Integrations	Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace backup (extra), Synology and QNAP NAS, SQL Server, Exchange, Hyper-V, VMware	Google Workspace, Microsoft Entra ID, Okta
Team size	2–10 people · 11–50 people	2–10 people · 11–50 people
Available in	US · UK · CA · AU	US · UK · CA · AU
Phone support	Plans not stated	None listed
Live chat	Plans not stated	Every paid plan
Support hours	Phone: 24/7 · Live chat: 24/7	Live chat: 24/7 · Email: 24/7
Incidents posted	We found no public status page for IDrive.	0 incidents posted on Nord Security's status page, which covers all Nord Security products and regions, in the 90 days to Oct 27, 2026. Status page
Capterra score	4.6 / 5 from 1,201 reviews	4.6 / 5 from 34 reviews
Trustpilot score	2.1 / 5 from 1,781 reviews	Not listed
Fit: Retail shop	55	35
Fit: Restaurant or café	45	30
Fit: Service business	75	65
Fit: Agency or studio	82	80
Fit: Trades or contractor	55	40
Fit: Online store	60	60
Why people pick it	5 TB for 5 computers at $9.99 a month Backs up NAS drives and servers too	Simple to roll out Access rules by team
Where it falls short	First-year discount ends at renewal Microsoft 365 and server backup cost extra	Five-user minimum Dedicated server costs extra on Core
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Six-person prices are what a team of six would pay on the published plans; "Not listed" means those plans don't cover six. How we calculate prices

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