Crust Network review

A terabyte costs $1,051 a year. That is the highest figure among the services compared here: Apple sits at $119.88, MEGA at €15 and Degoo at $23.98 a year. Readers shopping mainly on price will find a cheaper bill elsewhere.

Content is encrypted so that only your own key opens it, and the provider cannot read what you store. The service operates from SG, so the legal footing behind the account sits there. That pairing suits readers who care about who can read their files.

Crust Network is registered in Singapore and runs from that base, which decides the law the service answers to. Readers in other countries should check how that footing sits with local data protection rules before uploading anything personal.

The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Singapore, so it is a long-running operation rather than a recent launch. Storage still costs $1,051 a year, so age does not translate into a cheaper bill.

Crust Network uses a free and budget model, and its $1,051 a year sits above the site median of €82.87 for price per terabyte. Cheaper rivals exist: MEGA at €15 and Degoo at $23.98 a year.

It suits readers who want file contents encrypted so only their own key opens them, and who accept a higher per-terabyte cost. Readers shopping mainly on price are better placed with MEGA at €15 a year or Degoo at $23.98.

Apple charges $119.88 a year per terabyte, against $1,051 for Crust Network, and the storage arrives with sync across the wider Apple family of devices. Crust Network instead answers to SG, which is a different legal footing.

Crust Network uses a free and budget model, which covers the free end of the market as well as budget. The paid figure to weigh is still $1,051 a year per terabyte, so a small entry does not mean a cheap full library.