Cloud Storage Comparison: OneDrive, Dropbox, Google Drive and Box

OneDrive

It is a cloud storage produced by Microsoft company, and you can access data and files in cloud storage with any device, including a PC, pad, or mobile phone. Its biggest strength is to connect to office applications. After running Microsoft Word or PowerPoint apps, you will see the document list, which includes files stored in OneDrive. If you are a subscriber of Office 365, and open one of the files stored in OneDrive, you can edit them in real-time with other people together.

Dropbox

It is a network storage online application that is run by Dropbox company. It provides cloud storage, file synchronization, and client software service, which allows users to create exclusive folders, and then sync to Dropbox, at the same time, other users are able to check folders. All files in the folder can be uploaded to cloud storage through websites and mobile phone apps.

Google Drive

It is a cloud backup storage drive to allows users to store data and files in the cloud. Users will get 15 GB of free storage space when registering. You can create, share, and coordinate files. Google Drive cloud storage integrates with Google Docs, and it cannot only provide the full preview image but also have a powerful document editing function. You can create, edit, or share files in the browser, at the same time, you can download them in PDF format.

Box

It is an online file-sharing and content-management service for businesses. With Box, all your team’s files are stored in the cloud so everyone on the team can access, edit, comment, and share any of the files in real-time from any device.

Cloud Storage Comparison

They all can store data and files for us, but there are a lot of differences among them. You can see their respective feature from below cloud storage comparison below.

	OneDrive	Dropbox	Google Drive	Box
File size restriction	10GB	10GB with website, none with Dropbox apps	5TB	250MB for the free plan, 5GB for the paid personal plan
Free storage space	5GB	2GB	15GB	10GB
Can I earn extra free storage?	No	Yes	No	No
Paid plans	$2/month for 50GB	$10/month for 1TB	$2/month for 100GB, $10/month for 1TB	$10/month for 100GB
OSes supported	Windows, Mac, Android, IOS, Windows Phone	Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, Kindle Fire	Windows, Mac, Android, iOS	Windows, Mac, Android, iOS, Windows Phone, BlackBerry

In early 2016, Microsoft will change its free storage from 15GB to 5GB and offer a $2 per month for a 50GB paid plan instead of its earlier offerings. It will also no longer let you earn free storage.

Usually, most people have registered more than one cloud storage, and some of them can take advantage of all free space. Even if they paid for excessive space, there is a problem left to them. How to move files across the cloud. There is one way that download files from Google Drive and then upload them to Onedrive. Obviously, It is useful but troublesome. MultCloud will help you to solve this problem, and you can put all cloud backup storage into one app, then, you can migrate files across clouds.