As long as you have a fast internet connection, then nothing quite beats the convenience of online backups. There are no network issues to worry about, no discs to prepare: just set up the backup client and it’ll automatically transfer whatever files you’ve specified at the appropriate time.

And better still, by backing them up offsite you’ll guarantee their survival, even if your home is hit by a disaster like a burglary, or a fire.

Of course most online backup services fully realise their advantages, and so will charge sizeable amounts of money to open an account for anything other than the most trivial amount of server space. But it doesn’t have to be that way. And if you’re looking for an online backup bargain, then we just might have one in the shape of AVG’s LiveKive 2012.

Backup your files to the cloud using AVG LiveKive

Not only does the service allow a free account which includes a chunky 5GB of online storage, more than enough to include many of your key files.

But we’ve also negotiated an excellent deal which sees you able to upgrade to LiveKive with 25GB of storage for only $14.95, a generous 70% off the usual$49.99 list price. Alternatively, AVG LiveKive Unlimited will give you all the space you ever need and then some. You can get unlimited storage for only $19.95, or 75% off list price! Note that unlimited storage is subject to AVG’s fair use policy. All prices are for year-long license and a one-off cost.

Whichever account you prefer, you’ll benefit from a lengthy list of features.

LiveKive can schedule your backups to run automatically, for instance, and can accelerate its performance by running incremental backups, where it saves only documents which have been changed.

The program provides an easy way to share large files with friends, family or colleagues.

And the LiveKive 2012 client can run on Windows, Mac OS, iOS and Android, so you can use it to synchronize files with both your desktop and mobile devices.