In my case I already have an iDrive cloud account configured and in-use, this means activating the 10GB of free e2 storage was as simple as clicking on “iDrive e2” form the main menu on the left of the user dashboard and then clicking on “enable – 10GB” at the welcome as can be seen above.

Signing-up for the iDrive e2 cloud service is a very quick and simple process, this is partly thanks to the 10GB free account which means you can register and start using the service after providing just a few basic personal details and there is no requirement to enter any billing details at all if you want to stay in the 10GB free plan. This begins via the main iDrive website where, amongst other services, the iDrive e2 service can be signed-up for. In this first section of my review I will be looking at the process of signing up for the iDrive e2 cloud storage service and then, with an account established, look at making use of the cloud storage service for myself. Time to sign-up and take a look at iDrive e2 for myself!

Whilst iDrive have offered a solid cloud backup and synchronisation product for many years, this new e2 service represents their first venture into enterprise-level and S3 compatible cloud storage, a venture which looks very promising thanks to the easy to use configuration options and some great pricing which is on offer here. This pricing approach in this case which sees the e2 cloud storage service offering storage form just $0.004 per GB, per month with the option to save even more when buying pre-allocated blocks on a yearly plan. IDrive have been well known for providing a great cloud backup software option for a long time and this new venture into S3 compatible cloud not only brings with it their years of cloud storage experience, but also their very competitive pricing approach. Featuring storage rates up to 80% lower than AWS S3 (with options for yearly discounts on top), free data ingress and egress options, strong performance, resiliency and security options plus the choice of 9 separate geographical data centres all come together to help to make e2 a serious cloud storage choice! IDrive e2 is the latest S3 compatible cloud storage service form online cloud drive experts, iDrive.

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