Cold storage for large media files

Store terabytes. Pay once.

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How does Drivolt compare?

Most people choose between a drawer and a monthly bill. Drivolt is a physical archive vault — not a cloud replacement. We store your original media in climate-controlled vaults with dual redundancy.

Drivolt

Ship once. Done.

Physical drives

Keep drives at home

Cloud storage

Upload & pay monthly

Drive size

10-year cost
(4 TB)

$95One-time payment

~$360~$90/drive × 4 drives over 10 yrs

~$2,400$20/mo × 120 months

Redundancy

Dual-vault

Two separate physical locations

None by default

Buy & maintain 2× drives yourself

Built-in

Only while you keep paying

Data security

AES-256 encrypted + locked vaults

Physical access control, no third-party access

Unencrypted by default

Anyone who finds the drive can read it

Provider-managed encryption

You trust their key management

Finding files

Instant search

By name, date, or folder — any browser

Plug in & search manually

~15 min per search on average

Folder browsing

Download to preview (+ egress fees)

Browsing content

Online proxies & thumbnails

Browse without downloading

Need the physical drive

Must be connected to your machine

Download first

Slow for large media files

After 5 years

Still fully covered

Vault-stored, integrity verified

Drives start failing

Hope you noticed in time

Still paying $20/mo

$1,200 spent so far

Your effort

Ship your drive

We handle everything

All on you

Buy, copy, label, organize, replace

Upload for days/weeks

Manage folder structure ongoing

Start archiving

Cheapest upfront — riskiest long-term.

Most reliable — most expensive over time.

Physical cost based on ~$90 per 4 TB external HDD, replaced every ~5 years, two copies for redundancy. Cloud estimate at ~$5/TB/month. Drivolt pricing as of 2026.

	Drivolt Ship once. Done.	Physical Keep at home	Cloud Pay monthly
Size
10-yr cost (4 TB)	$95 One-time payment	~$360 ~$90/drive × 4 drives over 10 yrs	~$2,400 $20/mo × 120 months
Redundancy	Dual-vault Two separate physical locations	None by default Buy & maintain 2× drives yourself	Built-in Only while you keep paying
Data security	AES-256 encrypted + locked vaults Physical access control, no third-party access	Unencrypted by default Anyone who finds the drive can read it	Provider-managed encryption You trust their key management
Finding files	Instant search By name, date, or folder — any browser	Plug in & search manually ~15 min per search on average	Folder browsing Download to preview (+ egress fees)
Browsing content	Online proxies & thumbnails Browse without downloading	Need the physical drive Must be connected to your machine	Download first Slow for large media files
After 5 years	Still fully covered Vault-stored, integrity verified	Drives start failing Hope you noticed in time	Still paying $20/mo $1,200 spent so far
Your effort	Ship your drive We handle everything	All on you Buy, copy, label, organize, replace	Upload for days/weeks Manage folder structure ongoing
	Start archiving	Cheapest — riskiest.	Reliable — most expensive.

Drivolt

Ship once. Done.

Physical

Keep at home

Cloud

Pay monthly

Size

10-yr cost
(4 TB)

$95

One-time payment

~$360

~$90/drive × 4 drives over 10 yrs

~$2,400

$20/mo × 120 months

Redundancy

Dual-vault

Two separate physical locations

None by default

Buy & maintain 2× drives yourself

Built-in

Only while you keep paying

Data security

AES-256 encrypted + locked vaults

Physical access control, no third-party access

Unencrypted by default

Anyone who finds the drive can read it

Provider-managed encryption

You trust their key management

Finding files

Instant search

By name, date, or folder — any browser

Plug in & search manually

~15 min per search on average

Folder browsing

Download to preview (+ egress fees)

Browsing content

Online proxies & thumbnails

Browse without downloading

Need the physical drive

Must be connected to your machine

Download first

Slow for large media files

After 5 years

Still fully covered

Vault-stored, integrity verified

Drives start failing

Hope you noticed in time

Still paying $20/mo

$1,200 spent so far

Your effort

Ship your drive

We handle everything

All on you

Buy, copy, label, organize, replace

Upload for days/weeks

Manage folder structure ongoing

Start archiving

Cheapest — riskiest.

Reliable — most expensive.

Physical cost based on ~$90 per 4 TB external HDD, replaced every ~5 years, two copies. Cloud at ~$5/TB/mo. Drivolt pricing as of 2026.

How it works

From your shelf to our vault

Get your drive to us

Box up your drives and ship them to us — we'll send you a prepaid label. No special formatting or prep required.

We process everything

Every file is scanned, checksummed, and encrypted at rest. We generate browsable thumbnails and video proxies — your originals stay locked and untouched.

Review your archive

You get a complete file manifest in your dashboard — every file, organized exactly as it was on your drive. Browse thumbnails and proxies, verify everything is accounted for.