Should You Buy a Seagate External Hard Drive?

Seagate is one of the most popular external hard drive brands as well as being well known for its . The company behind Seagate also manufacturers LaCie External Hard Drives.

If you are wondering how Seagate external hard drives compare to other brands, our guide below collates all the key info in a single place. We've compared over 1,000 external hard drives by objectively and impartially analysing over 4,200 user and expert reviews and 20 awards from hundreds of different review sites.

Seagate are recognised for their wide selection of popular and high quality external hard drives and start at $50 for the Expansion Portable - 1Tb which has a hard drive capacity of 1TB and a weight of 170g and go up to $253 for the Backup Plus Desktop - 8TB which has a hard drive capacity of 8TB and a weight of 860g. The average price of a new Seagate external hard drive is $95.

Is Seagate the Best External Hard Drive Brand?

So are Seagate external hard drives any good? We give every external hard drive a Kagoo Score by analysing its specs, reviews and prices and comparing this to its competitors. By aggregating this data across all external hard drives we are able to impartially rank all the external hard drive brands.

Our detailed analysis taking into account all of the above factors found that Seagate is the actually best external hard drive brand out there.

Let's look at how Seagate external hard drives compare to the other external hard drive brands across each of the key facets that make up the Kagoo Score.

There's a wide selection of Seagate external hard drives available compared to other external hard drive brands, with 20 Seagate external hard drives currently on the market in the US. At an average purchase price of $95, Seagate external hard drives also tend to be cheaper than most other external hard drive brands which makes them a popular choice with consumers.

Seagate have better reviews than the typical external hard drive brand, with the average rating of a Seagate external hard drive being 82%. Seagate have a number of great features including Drag & Drop File Saving which sets them apart from the competition.

What Do the Seagate External Hard Drive Reviews Say?

We've added up all the reviews for every Seagate external hard drive to work out the average distribution of reviews for Seagate and then compared this to the other external hard drive brands.

Expert Reviews

5 stars		4
4 stars		5
3 stars		1
2 stars		0
1 star		0

User Reviews

5 stars		69
4 stars		11
3 stars		1
2 stars		3
1 star		9

Over 90% of expert reviews and 86% of user reviews for Seagate external hard drives are 4 stars or higher. This compares to 87% and 90% respectively across all External Hard Drive brands.

In the table below we compare the average review score given to Seagate external hard drives by some of the most popular technology review sites against their reviews for other external hard drive brands. The best review score from each review source is highlighted in green.

Average Review Score	Western Digital	LaCie	A-DATA	Seagate	Silicon Power
	90% 1 review	60% 1 review	80% 2 reviews	80% 1 review
		71% 4 reviews
	70% 2 reviews	60% 1 review
	80% 1 review	80% 1 review		80% 1 review
		80% 1 review			80% 1 review
	90% 1 review		84% 1 review
	70% 1 review				72% 1 review
			65% 2 reviews
	95% 1 review				98% 1 review
					90% 1 review
	80% 1 review
		70% 1 review
	90% 1 review
				90% 1 review
	90% 1 review
	74% 1 review
					78% 1 review
			37% 1 review
				80% 1 review
			37% 1 review
Other Expert Sites	71% 12 reviews	70% 2 reviews	26% 3 reviews	58% 6 reviews	32% 3 reviews
Average	82% 23 reviews	70% 11 reviews	55% 10 reviews	78% 10 reviews	75% 8 reviews

How Many Industry Awards Have Seagate External Hard Drives Received?

After checking thousands of expert review websites we found 3 industry awards for Seagate external hard drives. The table below compares the number of awards received by Seagate to other popular external hard drive brands. The largest number of awards provided by each review source is highlighted in green.

Compare all award winning external hard drives

Number of Awards	Western Digital	LaCie	A-DATA	Seagate	Silicon Power
		1			1
			2
			1		1
	1		1
	1				1
	1			1
				1
	1
					1
					1
			1
	1
					1
	1
	1
					1
				1
	1
					1
Total	8	1	5	3	8

How Reliable Are Seagate External Hard Drives?

We checked over 4,200 reviews to find comments about the reliability of Seagate external hard drives. 100% of reviews that mention reliability were positive. Therefore the vast majority of Seagate external hard drive owners and reviewers thought the product was reliable.

So, most people think that Seagate external hard drives are good quality. Now let's take a look at some of the reviews for Seagate external hard drives that mention reliability:

RELIABLE

Most reliable

Well built

Features to Look Out For On Seagate External Hard Drives

There's a number of great features to look out for on the latest range of Seagate external hard drives that set them apart from the competition. These include Drag & Drop File Saving.

Seagate Drag & Drop File Saving

Seagate external hard drives that feature Drag & Drop File Saving include the Seagate Expansion - 2Tb ($89).

What is the Best Mid-Range Seagate External Hard Drive?

Seagate Backup Plus Portable - 5Tb

5TB

5,000 Mbit/s DATA TRANSFER

247g

A great mid range choice, priced at $121.99 is the Seagate Backup Plus Portable - 5Tb, which has a Kagoo Score of 85.

Features We Love:

Big hard drive capacity (5TB)

USB powered

A fully featured and cheap 247g external hard drive. It is USB powered and has a hard drive capacity of 5TB.

85 Features	Fully-Featured
84 Popularity	Quite Popular
85 Value for Money	Very Good
85 Kagoo Score	Excellent

The cheapest price that we could find for the Backup Plus Portable - 5Tb in the US is $121.99 and in total we found 3 prices for it.

What is the Best Budget Choice Seagate External Hard Drive?

Seagate Backup Plus

4TB

5,000 Mbit/s DATA TRANSFER

860g

At only $99.99 and with a Kagoo Score of 85 the Seagate Backup Plus makes a great budget choice.

Features We Love:

Big hard drive capacity (4TB)

USB powered

External power adapter

The highest rated external hard drive under $500. It is USB powered and has a hard drive capacity of 4TB. Purchasers report that this external hard drive has a very fast read/write speed, it's really well designed and superb in terms of connectivity.

85 Features	Fully-Featured
84 Popularity	Quite Popular
86 Value for Money	Very Good
85 Kagoo Score	Excellent

The cheapest price that we could find for the Backup Plus in the US is $99.99 but in total we found only 2 prices for it.