Amazon Cloud Drive vs OneDrive

Amazon Cloud Drive

If you want a discreet and safe place to store information, Amazon Cloud Drive is the solution.If you want to share, exchange or edit as a team, there are better options in the market.

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Arlex Guzman

VICEPRESIDENT

EYEMAR EXPRESSAirlines/Aviation, 1-10 employees

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OneDrive

OneDrive works well when you have dedicated resources to manage and keep the backing SharePoint site organized, and a team that's most familiar with Microsoft Office products.For a more tech-savvy teams that rely more heavily on real-time collaboration, Google Drive may be a better choice.

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David McCann

Director of Technology, Open Source Incubator Initiative

Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL) at the United Nations FoundationInternational Affairs, 11-50 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Amazon Cloud Drive

7.6

OneDrive

8.0

Versioning

7.8

8.2

Video files

7.9

7.7

Audio files

7.5

8.1

Document collaboration

7.5

8.3

Access control

7.0

8.5

File search

7.9

7.4

Device sync

7.9

7.5

Amazon Cloud Drive

8.1

OneDrive

7.9

User and role management

8.1

7.7

File organization

8.6

7.8

Device management

7.7

8.2

Amazon Cloud Drive

8.4

OneDrive

7.4

Performance

8.6

7.8

Reliability

8.6

7.6

Storage Reports

8.0

6.9

Pros

It is very simple to use.
It is accessible from any device connected to the internet.
It has the support of Amazon.

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Arlex Guzman

VICEPRESIDENT

EYEMAR EXPRESSAirlines/Aviation, 1-10 employees

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One Drive integrates wonderfully with the Microsoft Suite. Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents are easy to edit and create.
One Drive has a fair amount of free storage as well, we have not had to buy storage and have been using it for six years.
Sharing documents with others on One Drive is easy as well. The option to view or edit is very useful.

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Heath Achatz

Street Outreach Coordinator

Family Youth InterventionsMental Health Care, 11-50 employees

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Cons

Over simplistic at times - could have some more features
Possibly have the ability to lock documents to prevent further editing if using collaboratively/sharing

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James Murphy

Senior Web Developer

Web Juice LtdInternet, 1-10 employees

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Sometimes the app is not consistent and will miss edits. I noticed the lasted edits I made to a document from my PC did not transfer to my tablet when I access.
The storage is definitely inadequate when considering that extra high resolution photos from newer devices will fill it up in no time when backing up camera to the camera roll.
Sometimes the app crashes on my tablet. I find this most common when trying to access a large file.

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Verified User

Manager in Marketing

Accounting Company, 1-10 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

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OneDrive9.0

Based on 5 answers

The company will definitely renew the use of OneDrive. I currently work on another on another team and we don't really utilize it, so I'm not sure if I'll be using it again.

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Professional in Social Media

Marketing and Advertising Company, 51-200 employees

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Usability

Amazon Cloud Drive6.2

Based on 2 answers

Because Amazon Cloud Drive is very easy to use.

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Arlex Guzman

VICEPRESIDENT

EYEMAR EXPRESSAirlines/Aviation, 1-10 employees

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OneDrive8.7

Based on 4 answers

It is really set up and forget. Nothing more.

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Verified User

Project Manager in Information Technology

Libraries Company, 501-1000 employees

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Performance

Amazon Cloud Drive6.0

Based on 1 answer

It is safe but has little added value.

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EYEMAR EXPRESSAirlines/Aviation, 1-10 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Even though Dropbox is great and has syncing capacities, we use Amazon Cloud Drive just because we are on AWS big time.

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Verified User

Employee in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 11-50 employees

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Though I would say that iCloud is more reliable, it is only compatible with Apple products. I use iCloud personally, but we do not own any Apple products as a business. I find that Dropbox can be confusing and not consistent with storage management. OneDrive solves the problem of being compatible with business software and has great storage management in comparison

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Manager in Marketing

Accounting Company, 1-10 employees

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Return on Investment

It's another place to store the documentation, we are using this as safety blanket. Even though it has [not] returned any monetary benefit, it gives us a good night sleep as all our important documents are safe in cloud.

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Verified User

Employee in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 11-50 employees

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