Object storage · Named, not rankedIDrive e2
IDrive e2 is a hot cloud object storage service from IDrive, hosted in locations worldwide and described as Veeam-Ready · idrive.com ↗
Named, too few times to rank.
A product needs 10 labels in a category before a share is stated. IDrive e2 has 8.
Why models recommend it
“Backblaze B2 or IDrive e2 are typically the strongest options”Grok 4.20 · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“Absolute lowest $/TB and you're comfortable with a smaller provider: IDrive e2 or Storj DCS ~$4-6/TB.”Muse Glimmer 30B · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“Even cheaper than Backblaze, though it's a slightly newer player with less brand recognition.”Kimi K2 · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“If your primary concern is absolute minimum spend, IDrive e2 edges it out.”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Budget-constrained question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Very low storage cost; egress can add up; newer service.”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Budget-constrained question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as IDrive e2, over the 18 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 11 | View → | |
| 16 | 1 | View → | |
| 14 | 2 | View → | |
| 14 | 0 | View → | |
| 11 | 1 | View → | |
| 11 | 1 | View → | |
| 5 | 1 | View → | |
| 3 | 0 | View → | |
| 2 | 0 | View → | |
| 2 | 0 | View → |
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on IDrive e2's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- Veeam-Ready cloud object storage
- Price stated
- Save 50% Starts at ~$59.50~ $29.75 first year, 1 TB
- Starting price
- 29.75
- Certifications
- SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA
- Hosting
- Worldwide locations
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 16 of the 18 answers that named IDrive e2 and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
Seventy-one of the seventy-one domain citations in answers naming IDrive e2 came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 505 | 10 | 2026-09-24 | ||
| Comparison | 30 | 0 | 2024-08-01 | ||
| News or press | 18 | undated | |||
| Glossary or explainer | 2 | 0 | 2026-03-01 | ||
| Webinar or virtual event | 1 | 0 | 2019-01-01 | ||
| Conference or event | 1 | 0 | 2013-02-01 | ||
| Report or ebook | 1 | undated | |||
| Podcast or video | 1 | 0 | 2011-05-01 |
Most recent
- 2026-09-24Idrive to showcase cloud to cloud backup solutions for academic institutions at educause 2026 blog
- 2026-09-14Idrive launches direct to cloud backup for microsoft entra id blog
- 2026-08-27Driver assist layer you can license and ship blog
- 2026-08-10Neoclouds need more than gpus why storage matters blog
- 2026-08-04Remotepc named best remote access software for small businesses by pcmag blog
- 2026-08-04Join idrive at educause demo day virtual infrastructure solutions to learn about cloud backup for education blog
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page idrive.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.