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Add to SafariWhen comparing Tarsnap vs Mozy, the Slant community recommends Mozy for most people. In the question“What are the best cloud backup services?” Mozy is ranked 10th while Tarsnap is ranked 13th. The most important reason people chose Mozy is:
Stash is a local sync folder similar in functionality to Dropbox.
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Pros
Pro Focus on encryption and deduplication
Encryption allows the use to access their files with only their own keys and the deduplication saves on costs of storage as any duplicate file will be removed automatically. So not only is the platform safety minded but cost is taken into account for the user as well.
Pro No need to worry about versioning
Pro Shared folder with Stash
Stash is a local sync folder similar in functionality to Dropbox.
Pro Prevents from social engineering attacks
Mozy end-users are not susceptible to social engineering.
At Mozy, there is no one person who can authorize the deletion of a given individual’s data. Our process of cleaning and deleting a customer’s data is a very structured and automated process, and you can’t call us up and short circuit that process.
Pro Allows for personal encryption keys
Pro Can set two backup targets
A feature called 2x Protect will back up everything to two backup targets - one online and external device attached to your computer.
Cons
Con No automatic deletion of old backups
Users will have to manually delete their old backups as there is no way to set a threshold of when older backups should be removed.
Con Awkward setup of encryption keys
Con Ridiculously high pricing
Con Basic plan doesn't allow personal encryption keys
Con No unlimited storage plan
Every plan for Mozy has a limit on the storage meaning there is no price one can pay for piece of mind of unlimited storage.
