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ElephantDrive makes the process of online backups as simple and straightforward as possible, promising to help its customers “automate, organize, and protect” their precious data.
Elephant Drive offers services for both home users and business users, tailoring its offerings to the specific needs of each client.
Befitting its name,
ElephantDrive will store your data – unlimited documents, music, videos and photos – in your private “Trunk.” Only you can access the encrypted information in your trunk, anywhere and anytime. You can mark certain files for sharing as well, making a separate FTP program unnecessary.
Currently, if you pay for a year of
ElephantDrive service up-front, you get 2 months service FREE.
- Unlimited storage
- Automated backups
- Advanced, proprietary system - maximizes your available bandwidth, thereby minimizing any effects on your system’s performance
- “Pro” plan for businesses - allows backing up of multiple accounts through a single subscription
- Differential system - makes all backups after the first much speedier by identifying new files from old ones, and modified files from unchanged ones.
- TrunkDrive map drive functionality - allows users to access, edit, and store files through Windows Explorer, MacOS Finder, and Microsoft Office applications
- WebExplorer - allows you to manage files using your Internet Explorer or Firefox web browser instead of the ElephantDesktop software
- Workgroup sub-accounts - allow for convenient file sharing and collaboration without compromising the privacy or security of protected data
- Independent sub-accounts - allow for more efficient organization of an individual’s stored data
- Pro edition business plans - offer support for server environments
- Universal access – rather than archiving all stored data, it’s all left available to you to access in real-time, on-demand
- Version history - maintains previous versions of altered files for 30 days for home users and forever for business users
- FREE 1 GB trial - with no expiration and no credit card or monthly payments required
- Mac-compatible (Beta)
Backups facilitated by Elephant Drive are stored in hardened, secure, and professionally managed off-site locations with redundant state-of-the-art environmental protections and security protocols in place.
Your data is encrypted using the same 256-bit AES algorithm used by the US government for all its “Top Secret” NSA files. Anytime you retrieve your data with ElephantDrive, it is transferred using the same 128-bit SSL encryption used by banks and other major financial institutions in securing all their transactions.
Through the use of convenient tools like pre-made categories and step-by-step Wizards, Elephant Drive simplifies the online backup process so that anyone, with any level of technical experience (or inexperience), can protect all the data they hold most dear.
All you need to do to get started with ElephantDrive is:
- create an account
- download the Elephant Drive software
- upload the files you wish to backup
- access and share them at will
Because
ElephantDrive is a web-based backup system, you can retrieve stored files from any computer with an Internet connection, anywhere in the world.
Assisted Elephant Drive customer support is available via live web chat and email.
- Home Edition: good for 1 computer - $6.44/mo or $64.94/yr (2 months FREE)
- Home Plus Edition: good for up to 4 computers - $12.94 or $129.94/yr (2 months FREE)
- Pro Edition: good for up to 10 computers, 10 workgroup sub-accounts, 1 terabyte of storage, and version history for up to 20 versions of each file - $45.44/mo or $454.94/yr (2 months FREE)
- Pro Plus Edition: good for up to 20 computers, 20 workgroup sub-accounts, 2 terabytes of storage, and version history for unlimited versions of each file – starts at $129.94/mo
A 15-day risk-FREE trial period is offered with both
ElephantDrive plans.
