# Livedrive review (2026): is it worth £7.69 a month, billed yearly? > Unlimited PC and Mac backup with an online Briefcase folder Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Livedrive is a UK cloud service that sells computer backup and an online Briefcase folder, alone or together as the Pro Suite. Backup copies files from a Windows or Mac computer to UK data centres, and Briefcase lets you open, edit and share files from any device. Business and reseller versions are sold separately. - **Category:** File Storage & Sync - **Made by:** Livedrive Internet Ltd. - **Website:** https://www.livedrive.com - **Runs on:** Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you have several computers: Backup covers one PC or Mac user. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Livedrive is a paid product with a free trial, starting at £7.69 per month (Backup), £76.90 billed annually. - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** Free trial offered on each plan; length not stated on the page. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Backup | £7.69 per month, 1 PC or Mac user (£76.90 billed annually) | Unlimited cloud backup storage for one computer user account. Amounts exclude VAT where it applies. | | Briefcase | £11.99 per month (£119.90 billed annually) | 2 TB of online folder storage to access, edit and share from any device, with tablet and mobile backup. | | Pro Suite | £17.59 per month (£175.90 billed annually) | Backup plus Briefcase: backup for 5 PC or Mac users and 5 TB of Briefcase storage. | Read from https://www.livedrive.com/personal/ on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Livedrive before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Save 16% with annual billing** (Annual discount): Choosing annual instead of monthly billing is advertised on the pricing page as saving 16%. Source: https://www.livedrive.com/personal/ ## Key features - **Automatic computer backup:** Installed on a Windows or Mac computer, the software copies files such as photos, documents and videos to UK data centres. - **Version history:** The backup page says up to 30 previous versions of files are kept so an unwanted edit can be restored. - **Briefcase folder:** Files placed in the online Briefcase can be viewed or edited from computers, phones and tablets. - **Private and public sharing:** Briefcase files can be shared by a link with a username and password, or by a public link. - **Two-factor sign-in:** Accounts support two-factor authentication, and the data centres are described as ISO 27001 certified. ## Good for - Home users who want a simple backup of one PC or Mac - Households backing up up to 5 computer user accounts - UK and EU buyers who want data kept in UK data centres ## Worth knowing - Prices are shown in pounds by default; the page offers a currency switch whose US dollar figures could not be read here. - Backup covers one PC or Mac user account; a second computer or a NAS drive is an extra purchase. - Briefcase is a separate product with its own storage limit: 2 TB alone, 5 TB in the Pro Suite. - Pricing notes say the VAT rate of your jurisdiction applies on top of the displayed amounts. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Livedrive backs up one PC or Mac for GBP 7.69 a month, with Briefcase online storage as a separate product. The trial length isn't stated, a second computer costs extra, and prices show in pounds with VAT on top. - **Value for money: C.** Backup is GBP 7.69 a month, near $9.70, in the dearer quarter of the category ($9.99 and up) but not its dearest tenth. - **Free plan and trial: D.** A free trial is offered on each plan with no length stated, and no free plan. - **Features: C.** Backup for one computer and a Briefcase folder, but a second computer or NAS is extra and Briefcase has its own 2 TB limit. - **Ease of use: B.** No store rating on record, but you install it and it starts backing up. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, Windows, Mac, iPhone and Android apps, with no integrations listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Livedrive's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among file storage and sync services - Livedrive's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 13 of the 45 other file storage and sync services we grade, and level with 4. - It stands best on ease of use (B, above 23 of 45) and worst on free plan and trial (D, above 1). - Its paid plans start at about $8.59 a month, against a middle price of $6.32 for the category: 29 of the 37 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 11 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/file-storage ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Livedrive you would be making files kept in step across devices without losing one. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 28 of the 45 other file storage and sync services grade higher. It costs $103.04 a year. - You could not: Files kept in step across devices without losing one. - You could not: Storing and serving files for other people. - You could not: Apps for macOS, Windows, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** File sharing, File sync ## Alternatives - [IDrive](https://toolgpa.com/tools/idrive): Cloud backup for many devices in one account, with a sync folder. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/idrive-vs-livedrive) - [Jottacloud](https://toolgpa.com/tools/jottacloud): Norwegian cloud storage and backup for all your devices. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/jottacloud-vs-livedrive) - [pCloud](https://toolgpa.com/tools/pcloud): Swiss cloud storage sold by subscription or one-time payment. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/livedrive-vs-pcloud) - [Zoolz](https://toolgpa.com/tools/zoolz): Cloud backup for businesses, sold by storage tier. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/livedrive-vs-zoolz) - [Sync.com](https://toolgpa.com/tools/sync-com): End-to-end encrypted cloud storage and file sharing for teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/livedrive-vs-sync-com) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://www.livedrive.com/personal/ - https://www.livedrive.com - https://www.livedrive.com/forhome/backup/ - https://www.livedrive.com/forhome/briefcase/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/livedrive Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).