Seagate Backup Plus Portable 4TB External Hard Drive vs Western Digital Elements 4TB External Hard Drive

Seagate Backup Plus Portable 4TB External Hard Drive
Western Digital Elements 4TB External Hard Drive

Decision sheet: the facts that decide it

Seagate Backup Plus Portable 4TB External Hard Drive: 3 of 8 decision facts sourced. Missing: Sequential read, Sequential write, Endurance (TBW), DRAM cache, Warranty.

Western Digital Elements 4TB External Hard Drive: 1 of 8 decision facts sourced. Missing: Interface, Sequential read, Sequential write, Endurance (TBW), DRAM cache, Warranty, Starting MSRP.

Seagate Backup Plus Portable 4TB External Hard DriveWestern Digital Elements 4TB External Hard Drive
Price todayPrice not yet checkedPrice not yet checked
Capacity5TB seagate.com4TB westerndigital.com
InterfaceUSB 3.0 bestbuy.comNot yet sourced
Starting MSRP$114.99 bestbuy.comNot yet sourced

Not yet sourced — Seagate Backup Plus Portable 4TB External Hard Drive: Sequential read, Sequential write, Endurance (TBW), DRAM cache, Warranty. Western Digital Elements 4TB External Hard Drive: Interface, Sequential read, Sequential write, Endurance (TBW), DRAM cache, Warranty, Starting MSRP. No manufacturer, official or retailer source we read publishes these yet; we don't estimate them.

Pick Seagate Backup Plus Portable 4TB External Hard Drive if

Pick Western Digital Elements 4TB External Hard Drive if

  • Lower price today — $129.99 vs $189.99

Skip both if

  • Neither publishes sequential read, sequential write, endurance, DRAM cache or warranty yet.

Verdict: The Backup Plus Portable 4TB External Hard Drive offers more capacity (5TB vs 4TB); the Digital Elements 4TB External Hard Drive counters with lower price today ($129.99 vs $189.99). Neither publishes sequential read, sequential write, endurance, DRAM cache or warranty yet.

Seagate Backup Plus Portable 4TB External Hard Drive lists at $189.99 while Western Digital Elements 4TB External Hard Drive lists at $129.99 — Western Digital Elements 4TB External Hard Drive undercuts Seagate Backup Plus Portable 4TB External Hard Drive by $60 (46%).

Provisional pick: Western Digital Elements 4TB External Hard Drive — not enough sourced decision facts for Seagate Backup Plus Portable 4TB External Hard Drive and Western Digital Elements 4TB External Hard Drive. We don't rank on specs we can't verify.

Spec-by-spec comparison

Seagate Backup Plus Portable 4TB External Hard DriveWestern Digital Elements 4TB External Hard Drive
Capacity5TB4TB
InterfaceUSB 3.0—
Starting MSRP$114.99—
External Hard Drive TypePortable—
Included SoftwareAdobe Creative Cloud Photography Plan (2 months subscription), Mylio Create Plan (1 year subscription)—
Internal Or ExternalExternal—

Seagate Backup Plus Portable 4TB External Hard Drive

What works

  • Leads the Digital Elements 4TB External Hard Drive on capacity — 5TB vs 4TB

What doesn't

  • Higher price than budget models

Western Digital Elements 4TB External Hard Drive

What works

  • Leads the Backup Plus Portable 4TB External Hard Drive on price — $129.99 vs $189.99

What doesn't

  • Trails the Backup Plus Portable 4TB External Hard Drive on capacity — 4TB vs 5TB

Bottom line

Provisional pick: Western Digital Elements 4TB External Hard Drive — not enough sourced decision facts for Seagate Backup Plus Portable 4TB External Hard Drive and Western Digital Elements 4TB External Hard Drive.

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