Restic VS Google Drive

Restic Reviews

Google Drive Reviews

1. FaizaAdeel    

   Owner at Peacock.collection111 | 6 months ago
   Excellent Cloud storage

   Well first of all its easy to carry as its in my mobile device plus laptop. File sharing is not only secure but also easy to use. giving me all kind of access to google doc, google presentation, data and etc. working on big projects with big teams is being made easy by google drive.

   🏁 Competitors: Dropbox

   👍 Pros:    Storing and collaboration is best feature for me

   👎 Cons:    Nothing, so far

Restic mentions (183)

• Ask HN: What is your approach for managing personal digital assets?

  I religiously use Google contacts. It's the simplest way to keep people contacts up to date on Android. I archive all important documents in specific folders by subject and date. This is backed up to back blaze with restic. https://restic.net/ I use https://ente.io for pictures. I convinced my wife to use it, and she agreed to auto share her photos so I don't nag her for copies. It had simple import from Facebook... - Source: Hacker News / about 1 month ago

• Rclone syncs your files to cloud storage

  You might be interested in https://restic.net :). - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• Duplicity

  After Borg, I switched to Restic: https://restic.net/ AFAIK, the only difference is that Restic doesn't require Restic installed on the remote server, so you can efficiently backup to things like S3 or FTP. Other than that, both are fantastic. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• Duplicity

  +1 for restic. I tried various solutions and restic is the best by far. So fast, so reliable. https://restic.net/. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• best backup for ubuntu ?

  I use and recommend restic. I use it for about 60 machines on my LAN, and it's absolutely fantastic. Source: 5 months ago

Google Drive mentions (2)

• Google Drive is syncing stuff from my trash - anyone else noticing this? (Ventura 13, latest beta)

  I'm running the latest beta of Ventura and the Google Drive sync app installed from google.com/drive. Source: over 1 year ago

• How to use Google Drive for backup files

  Is Google Drive good for backing up files? Safety of personal Data loss is important, choosing Google Drive as means to Store files and folder is key to preventing loss of Data. Backup files to Google Drive are very useful for to managed personal files and making files easier to share with family and friends. How to use Google Drive for backup. Source: almost 2 years ago