Optery vs IDrive

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

Short version

  • Optery costs less for a six-person team.
  • IDrive fits service business, agency or studio.
CompareOpteryOpteryIDriveIDrive
In one lineRemove owners' and staff personal data from people-search sitesCloud backup for a team's computers, $9.99 a month for 5
Starting priceFreeFrom $9.99/mo
Six-person team$0/mo$19.99/mo
PlansFree scan and self-removal; Core $3.99/mo; Extended $14.99/mo; Ultimate $24.99/mo per person ($39/$149/$249 billed yearly); business pricing on requestTeam: 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
Pricing modelFree tierPaid
Free trial——
UsersPer person5 on the entry Team plan
IntegrationsNone neededMicrosoft 365 and Google Workspace backup (extra), Synology and QNAP NAS, SQL Server, Exchange, Hyper-V, VMware
Team sizeJust me · 2–10 people · 11–50 people2–10 people · 11–50 people
Available inUSUS · UK · CA · AU
Phone supportNone listedPlans not stated
Live chatPlans not statedPlans not stated
Support hoursEmail: 24/7 · Live chat: 24/7Phone: 24/7 · Live chat: 24/7
Incidents postedOptery has a public status page. Status pageWe found no public status page for IDrive.
Capterra scoreNot listed4.6 / 5 from 1,201 reviews
Trustpilot score4.0 / 5 from 233 reviews2.1 / 5 from 1,781 reviews
Fit: Retail shop5055
Fit: Restaurant or café4545
Fit: Service business6575
Fit: Agency or studio6082
Fit: Trades or contractor5555
Fit: Online store5560
Why people pick it
  • Shows before-and-after proof
  • Covers hundreds of brokers
  • 5 TB for 5 computers at $9.99 a month
  • Backs up NAS drives and servers too
Where it falls short
  • US-focused data brokers
  • Ongoing subscription to stay removed
  • First-year discount ends at renewal
  • Microsoft 365 and server backup cost extra
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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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