A few sales have trickled through ahead of the event, and we're hopeful to see more big discounts on the big day. Until then, the big tech retailers, including Amazon, Newegg, Walmart, and Best Buy, have cut a few prices on drives and accessories if your backup sale is running a little lax. The cheapest 1TB SSD with Gen 4 speeds you can buy right now is this 1TB Kingston drive for just $109.99 right now, or on the other end of the scale, a Seagate Ironwolf Pro 16TB HDD for your NAS is down to just $369.99 .
We've put together some of the best storage deals below and grouped them for you. Obviously, the elephant in the room is those NAND flash price increases caused by the boom in AI. While the deals this year aren't as great as the last, there are still options available, if you know where to look, and we've listed them below.
This Kingston NV3 SSD is the cheapest 1TB SSD with Gen 4 speeds that you can buy right now. Our Kingston NV3 review showed that this drive delivers decent performance for its price, but given the AI boom, you won't find anything with these speeds at a better price right now.
This Crucial P310 M.2 2280 SSD uses a Phison E27T controller and 232-layer Micron QLC NAND-flash memory. This Gen 4 SSD is one of the cheapest 2TB SSDs from a decent brand on Amazon at the moment, and has sequential read and write speeds of 7,100 and 6,000 MB/s each, along with an endurance TBW of 220TB.
This 160TB Internal NAS HDD from Seagate has a SATAIII 6 Gb/s interface and spins at 7,200 RPM. Built for 24/7 operation, the IronWolf Pro is the perfect drive for reliability, and perfect for sustained use. Few drives are as formidable as this.
A huge deal on this UGreen DXP4800 4-bay NAS makes this a serious option to consider if you've got a big collection of files you want to secure. It features a 5-core Intel CPU, 8GB of DDR5 RAM, along with a 128GB SSD, two additional M.2 NVMe slots, the four traditional HDD bays, along with 1 x 10 Gb and 1 x 2.5 Gb Ethernet ports.
This 2-bay Synology DiskStation DS223J supports up to 32TB of storage across two physical hard drives (which you'll need to supply). This NAS solution will connect up to your existing wired network over Ethernet, allowing you to back up all of your important files locally.
This starter NAS solution gives you a quick and independent backup for your files on your network. Use it to store documents, photos, movies, and more from your PC, laptop, or phone using an Ethernet connection to your router.
Save $90 on this high endurance PNY Pro Elite 256GB MicroSDXC card. This is a high-write capable card, suitable for devices like dash cams, surveillance cameras, and more.
This 2TB external hard drive from Seagate for less than $100 is a good option in a pinch. This USB 3.0 drive won't be the fastest you've used, but it will offer you a portable repository for your files. If you run into any trouble, it also includes one year of Seagate's Rescue Service thrown in, which will guarantee you one lab-grade attempt to recover your files if the worst occurs.
This Samsung T7 external SSD uses a USB 3.2 Gen 2 connection to deliver 4TB of storage to your PC or laptop. With read and write speeds of 1,050 and 1,000 MB/s each, built into a sturdy aluminum chassis with 6-feet drop protection, this Samsung drive is a good option for users who need to keep their files secure on-the-go.
A huge 22TB of storage, thanks to the 3.5" Seagate HDD inside a rugged plastic enclosure. Connect this external storage expansion to a power outlet and your PC, and instantly copy and store files on the Seagate Expansion HDD. The drive is available in various capacities, but the 22TB is best priced at the moment.
Use promo code BUSF548 to get $40 off this WD Elements external hard drive. This USB 3.0 drive includes 20TB of storage in a rugged plastic enclosure. The drive is shuckable, so you can even remove it and use it inside your PC, if you don't mind voiding the warranty.
Acronis Cyber Protect offers a service to natively integrate backup services with their cybersecurity and endpoint management services to provide end-to-end cyber resilience for your business. You can currently grab a 20% saving on the lead-up to World Back Day.
The True Image product is an integrated backup and antivirus solution that offers cloud, local, or hybrid cloud backup for easy backup and fast recovery of data. Accompanying the backup services are the integrated antivirus and anti-malware protection services included in the True Image product.
Snap deploy is a service that offers quick and easy deployment of backed-up or stored disk images for businesses. Easily get your systems updated and running with this handy tool.
Carbonite Plus offers unlimited, encrypted, automatic backups to a secure cloud server for a single computer and a singular external hard drive. Make sure all your precious photos and videos are protected.
This Rosewill M.2 NVMe cloner allows you to quickly and efficiently clone one SSD to another over USB 3.2 Gen 2×2. You can use a tool like this to create a quick and total clone of your existing drive and all of its files to another SSD you have spare.
DVDs are pretty old school these, but if physical media is still your preferred method of backing up files, this USB external CD/DVD drive could be a good option. It doubles up as a USB hub with additional USB ports, along with a built-in SD card reader.
Need to clone a SATA SSD or physical hard drive, or just want to access the files on an internal drive without installing it into your PC? This Orico model uses a USB connection to allow you to hook up an internal drive and access its files from your PC or laptop. You can also use it to create a clone of one drive to another drive.
Who said World Backup Day 2026 had to be boring? This Hagibis SSD enclosure, shaped like a floppy disk, lets you install an M.2 NVMe SSD inside. You can then access the files on any PC or laptop using the supplied USB 3.2 Gen 2 cable.
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