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Serious question: are there free tier cloud services with enough storage to be worthwhile?
by syntheticnature 5y ago
Serious question: are there free tier cloud services with enough storage to be worthwhile?
- justin_oaks 5y agoIt probably depends on how much you need to store. But if you need ongoing backup that will get larger and larger then the answer is probably "No". I back up my family photos and other important files to Amazon S3 using Restic. My 150GB of data ends up costing me about $1.50/month. I could get the price down lower if I use, say, the Infrequent Access storage tier, but at that price point I just can't be bothered to deal with it. A free tier often isn't worth it if you have to put any time into thinking about whether you'll exceed the limit. I'd just go with a cheap pay-as-you-go service and not worry about it.