FlipDrive Reviewer's Comments

FlipDrive is an online storage service and more; store your favorite sites, your contacts and keep track of important dates on a calendar. This service also offers Photo Albums with unlimited storage and receives the “TopTenREVIEWS Silver Award”.

Though FlipDrive performs a variety of functions, it lacks some of the features pertaining to online storage like scheduled backup. Try 20 MB of storage free for 30 days to see if FlipDrive meets your online storage needs.

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Feature Set:  

FlipDrive has a motto: Simplify your life with FlipDrive. This service offers features that will meet a variety of needs. The online photo album will store an unlimited number of pictures. Within the photo album, you can categorize photos and even create albums within those categories so your pictures will be organized and easy to find. You can also make an album public to share your pictures with friends and family.

FlipDrive allows you to store all of your favorite websites and add notes and descriptions to your favorites. You can access your list from anywhere and never lose your favorite websites when you change browsers or computers.

You can store all of your contacts’ information online where it is easily accessed and will never be lost.

FlipDrive’s Calendar is easy to use. You can schedule all of your events and tasks and create reminder emails that will notify you so you’ll never miss an important date.

FlipDrive doesn’t have an application to backup your important files automatically.

Security:  

FlipDrive transfers all of your information using SSL encryption so it will stay private. Your account is password protected so only you can access your files. This online storage service doesn’t offer multi–level security.

Storage Space/Price:  

FlipDrive doesn’t offer a free account; however, you can set up a trial account that gives you 20 MB of storage for 30 days. This is a good way to try the service before you buy it. FlipDrive’s accounts start at $4.95 a month for 20 GB. The largest account is 100GB for $19.90 a month.

Ease of Use:  

FlipDrive is divided into five main categories: My Drive, Photo Albums, Address Book, Calendar and Favorite Sites. Within these categories, you are able to create subfolders to categorize and organize your data. It’s easy to upload your files and uploads are fast.

Help/Support:  

You can look through the user manual and common questions are answered on the FAQs page. If you have additional questions, you can contact customer support by email.

Summary:  

A FlipDrive account will take care of your storage, address book, favorite sites, photo sharing and calendaring needs. This very versatile service is easy to use. If you’re looking for a service that solely stores your important data, check out MediaMax.