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Overview
Throughout our research, it didn't seem particular obvious why Livedrive are any different to any other online backup service on the interenet today. Obviously all backup services have their similarities but usually they all have something which makes them stand out.
Livedrive though is pretty much the same as any basic plan offered by their top competitors with the added advantage of unlimited storage even for their basic users.
Features
Like any backup product on the market at the moment, there are positive and negative aspects associated with Livedrive. During our review we found that the negatives outweigh the positives. We have listed below the pro's and con's of Livedrive below:
PRO's:
- Ease of use to the customer.
- Ability to store unlimited files online.
- Share your files with other users.
CON's:
- No Free Trial
- Unable to schedule backups
- Does not seem compatible with with a Mac
- Unable to backup locked files
- Unable to backup system files
- Slow uploads
- Duplicate backup files
- No phone support
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Live Drive User Reviews
Average
5th April 2012
Kevin
San Fransisco
I think I was hoping for a little more from Live Drive when what I actually got was pretty average. Whilst it has all the functions I was looking for and a relative amount of storage space, it doesn't wow me.
No Wow Factor
12th March 2012
Ryan
Montreal
I think this maybe my own fault, but I think I got over excited by the website and thought that LiveDrive would be something pretty spectacular. Although it works ok, it doesn't do some of the newer more impressive things which I had read about on other storage sites.
Although it does the basics and does them well, LiveDrive didn't have the wow factor I was looking for. C-
Free Trial
9th March 2012
Gordon
Dallas
You know that famous phrase, "try before you buy!" Well I wished I'd remembered it before signing up to LiveDrive.
The service is good but I have been a little disappointed by its features and the technical support is slow.
That'll teach me to make a quick decision.
Buyer Beware
2nd March 2012
Ben Faust
Virginia, USA
Go ahead and sign up with LiveDrive... But only if you don't mind losing files. I'm still trying to restore files from them. The automated restore client couldn't download almost 600 files. I'm trying to download them manually... Some of them failed the first few times I tried (NOT a problem with my Internet connection or computer), but then eventually downloaded... The rest are just lost for good apparently. Since I work with filesets that, with any files missing, are worthless, this is a HUGE loss. If you don't mind losing files, they might be a good choice for you.
Great idea, very poor service
3rd February 2012
N Reynolds
Leeds
I've been testing LiveDrive for the past 2 weeks - DO NOT USE THIS SERVICE.
Whilst its cheap, it show. You do get unlimited storage, but the software keeps crashing & is very slow to upload (on my 20Mb leased line) in two weeks, I've only uploaded 40Gb of my 250Gb.
What manys matters worse, although they promise 24 hour response time for support - its just not true. After 2 weeks nearly all of my support requests are still outstanding.
I have spent a lot of time trying to trouble shoot, as I really wanted to use it - but I have to call it a day & buy a different BETTER service.
You have been warned ....
Room for improvement
21st December 2011
Joel
Virginia
I've been using Livedrive for a few months now and I just wasn't as excited as I thought I would be when I started using it. I'd heard about all the awesome stuff you can do on the cloud these days and I was just a bit disappointed with Livedrive because it lacks some of these cool features.
Too much to work out
20th December 2011
Christie
Devon, UK
I just wish I could get to grips with the Livedrive system because it looks like it could be really good, and it also has unlimited storage space so its a shame its so hard to get used to. Ever since the original download I haven't been able to use it properly, and I can't schedule a backup if I'm not going to be there so I keep forgetting to backup my stuff!
Could do better
11th December 2011
Bob Thomas
Las Vegas
I found Livedrive to be a solid service, with not so flexible features.
Hard to use, slow at times and support was almost non existent. Would not use again.
Should have looked around
9th December 2011
Emily Tajera
Newcastle, UK
I heard about online backup from a friend at work and thought I needed to get involved as everyone was doing it, but looking back I should have shopped around a bit first. I chose Livedrive because I heard they were good and I must say they aren't terrible but I just expected a bit more. For example there isn't really that many features, I can backup files and then view them in my cloud but apart from that there isn't a lot else. I've heard some other companies are offering things like auto-backup and folder sharing, but I don't think I can do that at the moment.
Probably jumped in a bit early
7th December 2011
Cassie Render
Franklyn
When deciding on a company i feel i would have been better off trying a cloud storage service first before jumping straight in.
Although Livedrives service is good, it could be better and although i am satisfied, i do think what might have been if i had gone for a free trial first.