# IDrive e2

Canonical: https://inetgeek.com/storage/idrive-e2/

S3-compatible storage at the lowest published per-GB rate in this set, with a per-terabyte minimum charge and Backblaze-style 3x free egress.

## Who it suits

Bulk storage where the per-GB rate dominates — $6 per TB is roughly a quarter of S3's and well under Wasabi's, with no API fees and no minimum retention period.

Consider something else if The minimum charge is billed per whole terabyte, so a 100 GB workload pays for 1 TB, and egress is only free up to three times what you store.

## iScore

66 / 100 (80% interval 60–71), rank 5 of 9 in storage — interval overlaps the next rank, so this is an ordering, not a finding.

inetGeek's own reading, computed from sourced facts against category peers by disclosed rules. Not a provider claim. Intervals are 80%; a provider with few documented facts is pulled toward the category middle rather than scored on what little is known.
Read this score with care:
- Price is thin: 2 of 8 criteria are scored, so it sits near the category middle with a wide interval (49–68). Read the interval, not the point.
- Trust and compliance is thin: 4 of 10 criteria are scored, so it sits near the category middle with a wide interval (59–81). Read the interval, not the point.
- Documented but not scored, because the page states it as text with no comparable number or a yes/limited/no (a one-time, usage-based or other-vendor price, or a per-site choice): egress_overage_price, free_allowance. Read them on the provider page; the score neither rewards nor penalises what it could not compare.

Method: https://inetgeek.com/iscore/. Full output with every criterion's basis: https://inetgeek.com/scores.json. Every storage peer ranked: https://inetgeek.com/storage/idrive-e2/alternatives/

- Price: 59 (49–68), weight 53%, 2 of 8 criteria scored; scored for peers, not here — undocumented or stated without a number or a yes/limited/no: egress_overage_price, free_allowance, free_card_required, free_expires, free_offer_type, free_tier
- Capacity and limits: 54 (48–61), weight 8%, 1 of 1 criteria scored
- Capabilities: 100 (94–100), weight 6%, 1 of 1 criteria scored
- Trust and compliance: 70 (59–81), weight 23%, 4 of 10 criteria scored; scored for peers, not here — undocumented or stated without a number or a yes/limited/no: customer_managed_keys, encryption_at_rest, gdpr_data_residency, hipaa_eligible, pci_dss, support_included
- Evidence: 81 (81–81), weight 11%, 4 of 4 criteria scored

## What the documentation says

### Pricing

- What the free plan includes: No free storage allowance is published. Egress is free up to three times stored volume and API calls carry no charge, but storage itself bills from the first gigabyte. ([source](https://www.idrive.com/e2/pricing), read 2026-09-13)
- Egress over allowance: Free up to three times your active storage volume each month — the same shape as Backblaze B2's allowance rather than the unconditional free egress R2 and Wasabi advertise. ([source](https://www.idrive.com/e2/pricing), read 2026-09-06)

### Limits

- Storage (entry plan): None on a paid account. IDrive e2 bills a minimum of $6 per TB charged per whole terabyte, so storing under 1 TB still costs a full terabyte — a floor on the bill rather than storage you are given. A 10 GB free trial is offered separately. ([source](https://www.idrive.com/e2/pricing), read 2026-09-06)

### Infrastructure

- Uptime SLA: Aims to maintain at least 99.9% monthly uptime across all covered services. The SLA says aims to maintain, not commits to. ([source](https://www.idrive.com/terms_sla), read 2026-09-14)

### Storage

- Storage price: $0.006 per GB per month, or $6 per TB, tierless — the cheapest published rate here. SSD storage is $0.01 per GB per month. ([source](https://www.idrive.com/e2/pricing), read 2026-09-06)
- Operations price: None. IDrive e2 states no additional charges for API transactions across class A, B and C. ([source](https://www.idrive.com/e2/pricing), read 2026-09-06)
- Minimum storage duration: None. IDrive e2 states no minimum data retention restriction, unlike Wasabi's 90 days and the S3 infrequent-access classes' 30 to 180. ([source](https://www.idrive.com/e2/pricing), read 2026-09-06)
- S3-compatible API: Supported ([source](https://www.idrive.com/e2/pricing), read 2026-09-14)

### Auth

- Audit logs: IDrive provides controlled access, encryption, and audit logging for sensitive data. ([source](https://www.idrive.com/online-backup-compliance), read 2026-09-21)

### Compliance

- SOC 2: IDrive has proudly achieved SOC 2 Type 2 certification through a rigorous evaluation conducted by an independent third-party auditing firm. ([source](https://www.idrive.com/online-backup-compliance), read 2026-09-21)

## Compared with

- [IDrive e2 vs Wasabi](https://inetgeek.com/compare/idrive-e2-vs-wasabi/)
- [IDrive e2 vs Backblaze B2](https://inetgeek.com/compare/idrive-e2-vs-backblaze-b2/)
- [IDrive e2 vs Amazon S3](https://inetgeek.com/compare/idrive-e2-vs-amazon-s3/)
- [IDrive e2 vs Azure Blob Storage](https://inetgeek.com/compare/azure-blob-vs-idrive-e2/)
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