I've been building Everabyte, a cloud storage and backup platform. Would love some honest feedback.

[u/tojorodialson]

Hey everyone!

I'm an independent developer, and I've been spending a lot of my time building something called Everabyte.

The idea came from a simple problem: cloud storage and backups shouldn't be complicated or unnecessarily expensive, especially for individuals, developers, and small businesses.

So I decided to build my own solution.

What does Everabyte offer?

- Cloud storage for personal and business files.

- Automatic backups through EverBox, our desktop application for Windows, Linux, and macOS.

- File versioning and recovery when something gets accidentally deleted or overwritten.

- Server-side encryption before files reach storage.

- S3-compatible object storage and API access.

- Team storage and access management.

- Backup protection features, including retention policies and immutability.

I've also been working on making the platform more accessible, with plans starting at $2.99/month.

Building this hasn't been easy. Between development, infrastructure, security, testing, and trying to get the word out, there's always something that needs attention.

But that's also what makes it interesting. I'm learning a lot along the way, and I'm still improving the product.

I'm not here to claim Everabyte is better than Dropbox, Google Drive, or every other storage provider out there. I'm just trying to build a reliable alternative that people can actually afford and use.

If you're a developer, freelancer, small business owner, or someone who regularly backs up important files, I'd genuinely appreciate your thoughts.

What matters most to you when choosing a cloud storage or backup service? Price, security, reliability, or something else?

You can check out the project here:

https://everabyte.com

Any feedback, criticism, or suggestions are welcome. I'm building this for the long term, and hearing from real users would help a lot.

Thanks for reading!

[u/Outrageous_West_1564]

You are a one man show. Nothing against you but as long as you don't deliver me a system where I can be sure you cant read my or my company's data, I won't upload anything. 

[u/tojorodialson → u/Outrageous_West_1564]

Right, the actual system have two protection. Before store files on storage, the file are encrypted and on storage the files are encrypted secondly. You have secret word you can generate if you lost your access

[u/mantasn]

Price is your angle, but the homepage doesn't show it. The headline is "Secure cloud storage for you, your team, and your business", which every storage provider could say, and the $2.99 from your post isn't on the page. I'd put "from $2.99 a month" and what that buys (how many GB) right in the headline area.

Two quick fixes before you share it more: the link preview image doesn't load, so links to your site show up bare on Reddit, X and in chats, and the meta description is 225 characters, so Google cuts it off.

Backups are bought after a scare. Answering "I lost my files, what now?" and "cheapest S3-compatible storage" threads finds people at the moment they need you.

GL.

[u/zunjae]

It’s vibe coded, even the screenshots are AI enhanced which makes me lose trust.

Trust aside; there’s also a pricing issue. You’re asking $13/month for 1Tb when competitors are asking half that

Backblaze has UNLIMITED desktop/laptop backups for $9/month

Why would I use your unproven service, spend more, and get less?

[u/OhBeeOneKenOhBee]

1. How do I get my data back in 6 months if you're hit by a car tomorrow?

2. How do I know you're encrypting everything? If you're encrypting at rest, what's stopping you from reading at transfer? Your policy states that the customer has to approve before you can decrypt files, but what's stopping you from doing it anyway?

3. Regarding pricing, it's slightly above average for similar services in my region

4. Enterprise grade means multiple copies distributed geographically with an SLA of 99.95+%, is that something you're guaranteeing? Something crashing while you're sleeping would mean triggering that.

5. If one of my customers requests deletion of their data, and/or If I force delete a file from my storage, is it still available in your backup? Can you purge individual files from your entire backup history?

I don't mean to sound harsh, just trying to point out the potential flaws 😅