In July the company intends to encrypt files on its servers (termed at rest) for those accounts enrolled in its business plans but theres been no word of how the data for free accounts will be treated.īefore Microsoft lowered its OneDrive prices and increased its free storage limit, Google Drive was the original low-cost leader in terms of free and paid storage.Ĭurrently, Google Drive provides you with 15 GB of storage for free. Good.iWares GoodReader and Readdles Documents 5 allow importing and exporting files with OneDrive but many other apps dont. OneDrive is left wanting in its support within other apps. OneDrive allows you to edit Office documents within your web browser. While they may not be full-blown copies of desktop Office apps, they offer a lot of editing power. With it you, and the people you share editable Office files with, can edit those files using the free Office Online web apps (you can also open files in local versions of the Office apps if you have them). You can then choose who youd like to share with via an email address or ask OneDrive to generate a link to the file for you, which you can then pass along to those you want to share the item with.ĭropbox does the same kind of thing when you access it from a browser, but the ability to instead generate a link within the Finder is far easier. Instead, after moving items into your local OneDrive folder you must log into your account via a web browser, select files or a folder, and then right-click on an item and choose a Share command. Regrettably, unlike with Dropbox, Google Drive, SugarSync, and Box.com you dont have the option to create a sharing link directly within the Finder. You do have a limit on the size of files that you can send, but at 2 GB per file, that limit is hardly onerous. If you subscribe to an Office 365 plan, you get 1 TB of storage with your account at no additional charge. If youd like to add even more storage, prices are a great deal less than what Dropbox chargesan additional 100 GB for 25, or 200 GB for 50 per year. And when it comes to marketing, advertising, design, and film and video workflows, Dropbox is a one-stop shop. OneDrive, on the other hand, is limited to 250 GB. With Dropbox, you can sync file uploads as big as 2 TBeven massive CAD files and 4K video. I took a gander at each one to compare not only the kind of storage offered for free, but the ease with which you can share files with others.Ī free OneDrive account provides you with 15 GB of storage (13 GB more than Dropboxs free account).Īs with Dropbox you can add more free storage by automatically syncing your photos with the service and referring others to it. Dropbox is tailored to the needs of large content creators. Microsofts OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive), Google Drive, SugarSync, and Box.com also offer free storage and file sharing features. Thankfully, Dropbox, though popular, isnt the only game in town. If an app has file sharing capabilities, theres a good chance that Dropbox is one of its share options. Of course that includes free storage as well as the ability to share files with others.Īnd then theres the extent to which the service is supported by apps and platforms.
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