Online backup services are a part of daily life for millions of people. By utilizing these services, users can backup their systems to the cloud and, in many instances, sync and share their files. Since these services are growing more popular, it is no surprise that there is stiff competition in the market.

Well-known names like SugarSync and Dropbox offer various subscription plans, as well as free plans to entice users to their service. New services are being launched on a regular basis and these new services have to “keep up with the Joneses.” To do this, one new service is offering unlimited storage for only $10 a month.

Enter Bitcasa

Bitcasa will be launching the beta version of their cloud backup service in the near future. Included in their service is the ability for users to backup their entire systems to the cloud. Rather than having a designated folder, like Dropbox, Bitcasa intends to integrate their service into the computer or device.

It will be as if Bitcasa is the user’s hard drive in the cloud – their device will serve as a cache. All of the files on the system will be automatically uploaded to the cloud.

How Bitcasa will Make it Happen

While this amount of unlimited storage for thousands, or even millions of users, might seem unfathomable, Bitcasa will operate on the theory that many users have duplicate files. For example, instead of uploading and storing separate copies of one song, Bitcasa will only store one copy of the song for whichever users have the file on their systems.

You can compare it to the popular music storage services that retain only one copy in the cloud, despite the number of people that own the song. This way of storage will allow Bitcasa to have plenty of space for all users.

The price of the unlimited storage will be a flat rate of $10 per month. There will be a limited storage plan for free. Since Bitcasa has yet to launch their beta service, users can still sign up for an invite at bitcasa.com. During the beta stage, the service will be free to use as Bitcasa works out the bugs and makes improvements.

It will be interesting to watch this new service unfold – having already acquired $1.3 million in funding, it is clear that investors have faith in the potential of the service.

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