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Backup Direct is a good service that's let down by one thing: the price. Although not extortionate, it's the second highest on test, making it uncompetitive compared to the rest. But it does have one nice plus point: a level of variability that's not too variable. For example, users on the lowest level service can have up to 500MB of storage for £10 per month, but if they need more can have 4GB for up to £20 per month.

The service, though, is generally very good. For example, if you're backing up your entire hard disk, including system files, you can take advantage of a feature called PC Healing, which allows you to rollback your system to a previous state. And the backup itself is professionally done to two geographically separate data centres at the same time - which are also backed up.