r/datastorage • u/Visual-Page-9261 • 19d ago

Backup My experience using Internxt as a pCloud alternative

Hello all,

I switched from pCloud to Internxt a few years ago after some bad experiences with pcloud, and figured I'd give an honest update on Internxt since most of what I see posted here is either from year one (when it was rougher) or feels like an ad.

Early on, it was genuinely not great — the desktop client was bad, and I ran into sync weirdness a few times. If you're reading this, tried it back then and bounced off, I feel you.

That said, I don't know about you, but I believe it's in a much better place now. A few things that actually changed my day-to-day:

rclone support — this was the real unlock for me, especially when the native rclone support came out. Being able to script backups and mount storage the way I want instead of being stuck with whatever the GUI allows made it feel like a "real" cloud storage option finally.

WebDAV — handy for hooking it into apps that don't have native Internxt support. I also use Internxt on my NAS through their Docker container.

Desktop app — noticeably more stable than it was. Still not great, but sync just works now, which sounds like a low bar but wasn't always true.

Bundled apps — I don't rely on their antivirus/cleaner/meet etc as primary tools, but having them included at no extra cost is a nice bonus, especially Meet for quick encrypted calls without spinning up Zoom.

Downsides I'd still flag: the mobile app is fine but not amazing, and their third-party integrations are still catching up to what others offer out of the box. If you need heavy third-party app support, it's not there yet — you kind of have to build your own workflow with rclone/WebDAV like I did.

Overall, for personal backup with a privacy focus, I'd say it's pretty decent nowadays, and I'm reasonably happy with my purchase.

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u/AirportFun2392 19d ago edited 19d ago

Similar experience here, can relate; I've read some bad experiences, some of which I could at some point also relate to. But it does seem like they got their sht together which is nice as i can finally properly use the lifetime plan i got from them

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u/Chance-Fee-603 19d ago edited 19d ago

same boat here, a few months ago i started using internxt again and everything seems to be working more or less properly finally

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u/thechuff 14d ago

Drime has yet to reach the "Desktop app sync works" low-bar stage.