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 5,100 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. Their external hard drives 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 $100.

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 2nd 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. Seagate also have better reviews than the typical external hard drive brand, with the average rating of a Seagate external hard drive being 84%.

Seagate have a number of great features including Built-in USB Hub which sets them apart from the competition.

Seagate external hard drives tend to be cheaper than most other external hard drive brands however they are still a less popular choice with consumers.

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.

Over 89% of user reviews for Seagate external hard drives are 4 stars or higher. This compares to 89% across all external hard drive brands.

How Many Industry Awards Have Seagate External Hard Drives Received?

After checking thousands of expert review websites we couldn't find any industry awards for Seagate external hard drives. The table below shows the number of awards received by the most 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	A-DATA	Silicon Power	Buffalo	Rocstor
		2
		1	1
	2
	1		1
			1
		1
		1
					1
			1
			1
	1
		1
	1
			1
	1
	1
		1
	1
	1
	1
Other Expert Sites			2
Total	10	7	8		1

How Reliable Are Seagate External Hard Drives?

We checked over 5,100 reviews to find comments about the reliability of Seagate external hard drives. 60% of reviews that mention reliability were positive. Therefore the 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

Always reliable

Solid construction gives peace of mind

NOT RELIABLE

I received the unit with a broken usb 3.0 port

it's totally broken

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 Built-in USB Hub.

Seagate Built-in USB Hub

A built-in USB Hub means that the hard drive also has several USB sockets for plugging in peripherals or transferring data.

Seagate external hard drives that have a Built-in USB Hub include the Seagate Backup Plus ($132) and the Seagate Game Drive Hub - 8Tb ($220).

What is the Best Budget Choice Seagate External Hard Drive?

Seagate Game Drive - 2Tb

2TB

5,000 Mbit/s DATA TRANSFER

169g

At only $92.49 and with a Kagoo Score of 81 the Seagate Game Drive - 2Tb makes a great budget choice.

Features We Love:

Very light (169g)

USB powered

A fully featured and cheap 169g external hard drive.

83 Features	Fully-Featured
83 Value for Money	Very Good
81 Kagoo Score	Excellent

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The cheapest price that we could find for the Game Drive - 2Tb in the US is $92.49 but in total we found only 1 price for it.