Online backup service BeInSync closes down

Posted by kent on July 14th, 2009

Online backup service BeInSync ceased operations on June 1st, 2009. We'd reviewed BeInSync, and while we hadn't found it to be as good as Carbonite, Mozy, or ElephantDrive, it still came out ahead of some of the competition. The natural question coming out of this is: What happens when your online backup service closes up shop?

An email purportedly sent from BeInSync to its customers on April 30, 2009 has been posted on Techiebites and Yahoo! Answers. The email indicates that the company did everything right before shuttering its doors: giving its users two-months of advanced notice and refunding their money. This gave users time to sign up for another service and to download any files they needed. Similarly, last month Yahoo! closed down online video-editing site Jumpcut, and gave its users 30-days to download videos they'd created on the site (a feature that, if implemented long ago, would have made it a more popular and useful site).

What's the upshot here? Well, ultimately online storage is probably still the most secure and convenient option, since you don't have all your data in one location. As far as we know, no one lost data when BeInSync closed. Although if you prefer the belt-and-suspenders approach, you can always try Webroot's dual online/offline offering.

You can find the service that works best for you by checking out our Online Backup Service reviews.

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