IDrive vs Tailscale

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

Compare	IDriveIDrive	TailscaleTailscale
In one line	Cloud backup for a team's computers, $9.99 a month for 5	Private network for your team's devices, free for up to 6 users
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	Personal free (up to 6 users, unlimited devices); Standard $8/user/mo; Premium $18/user/mo; Enterprise by quote
Pricing model	Paid	Free tier
Free trial	—	—
Users	5 on the entry Team plan	6 on free
Integrations	Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace backup (extra), Synology and QNAP NAS, SQL Server, Exchange, Hyper-V, VMware	Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Okta, GitHub sign-in
Team size	2–10 people · 11–50 people	Just me · 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	None listed
Support hours	Phone: 24/7 · Live chat: 24/7	Not published
Incidents posted	We found no public status page for IDrive.	19 incidents posted on Tailscale's status page, which covers all Tailscale products and regions, in the 90 days to Oct 27, 2026; 2 marked major or critical by Tailscale. Status page
Capterra score	4.6 / 5 from 1,201 reviews	4.9 / 5 from 7 reviews (few reviews)
Trustpilot score	2.1 / 5 from 1,781 reviews	3.9 / 5 from 25 reviews
Fit: Retail shop	55	40
Fit: Restaurant or café	45	35
Fit: Service business	75	60
Fit: Agency or studio	82	78
Fit: Trades or contractor	55	45
Fit: Online store	60	55
Why people pick it	5 TB for 5 computers at $9.99 a month Backs up NAS drives and servers too	Free for small teams No VPN server to run
Where it falls short	First-year discount ends at renewal Microsoft 365 and server backup cost extra	Needs some technical setup Not a password manager or antivirus
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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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