iCloud drive: is it a backup or storage?

iCloud is a single backup/cloud? Or more precisely, can I use it as a storage device (paying) to free up space on my phone online?

I am not opposed to just buy an external hard drive physical but want to see options like the seams in car financially reasonable and safe. I do not simply want to have my synchronized files (100 GB is greater than 2 of my devices; I just need more space!), I wonder if I can use it as storage only.

Get an external hard drive. iCloud is not a backup/storage system, it is a system of synchronization.

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    This can be useful, iCloud is primarily a service synchronization. Means that it can take the changes you make on one device and other devices to update this change if you do not have to be done individually on each device. Useful if you have more device. iCloud Drive is the term used for the part of iCloud that can synchronize files between your devices, just like Dropbox. iCloud backup is the backup of live data to iCloud part. Sync services aren't backups, just a way for your data reach another device.

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