Amazon Cloud Drive vs OneDrive

Amazon Cloud Drive

It's good for backing up massive amounts of data for a reasonable cost.

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Executive in Research & Development

Market Research Company, 11-50 employees

OneDrive

One Drive is well suited for anyone who is already and Outlook/Hotmail/Microsoft user. The integration is pretty streamlined. viewing, opening, sharing and editing documents is a breeze. It is particularly suited well for an office on the go. Files can be uploaded and shared with ease. Files sync most of the time relative quick and can be accessed at other mobile sites. Additionally, the storage of pictures and videos for presentations makes it very mobile office friendly. It would work as a cloud backup if it was only used on a desktop.

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Heath Achatz

Street Outreach Coordinator

Family Youth InterventionsMental Health Care, 11-50 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Amazon Cloud Drive

7.9

OneDrive

7.9

Versioning

8.5

8.2

Video files

8.5

7.9

Audio files

8.0

8.3

Document collaboration

7.8

8.4

Access control

6.9

8.3

File search

7.7

7.2

Device sync

7.7

7.4

Amazon Cloud Drive

8.5

OneDrive

7.9

User and role management

8.6

7.5

File organization

8.6

7.8

Device management

8.2

8.3

Amazon Cloud Drive

8.6

OneDrive

7.4

Performance

8.8

7.7

Reliability

8.7

7.8

Storage Reports

8.4

6.7

Pros

App based auto sync and sorting of photos
Ease of use
Accessibility across multiple devices through the use of apps and browser support

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James Murphy

Senior Web Developer

Web Juice LtdInternet, 1-10 employees

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Only solution to sync Sharepoint sites
Best storage to price ratio
Good integration on Windows

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Marc-Olivier Turgeon-Ferland

System Administrator

CoveoComputer Software, 201-500 employees

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Cons

File syncing is missing as available in Dropbox

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Verified User

Employee in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 11-50 employees

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OneDrive client is horrible on macOS
Official OneDrive client is non-existent on Linux
OneDrive support on older Windows versions like 8.1 and less is still buggy
Sharepoint still tries to use the old OneDrive client by default. You need to go in the setting and tell it to use the new client.
Even if it is a lot better then before, OneDrive client is still often not able to sync folders with huge items or a huge amount of small items.

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Marc-Olivier Turgeon-Ferland

System Administrator

CoveoComputer Software, 201-500 employees

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OneDrive9.3

Based on 4 answers

This product is tightly integrated with our SharePoint and Outlook environment. The fact that it is as convenient as a cloud service that we are used to, but more secure is a winner.

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Project Manager in Information Technology

Libraries Company, 501-1000 employees

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Usability

Amazon Cloud Drive10.0

Based on 1 answer

The system is very easy to use and it's use of apps for almost all devices and hardware makes it even easier to manage and store photos and documents. I highly recommend this as an easy to use solution for novices!

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James Murphy

Senior Web Developer

Web Juice LtdInternet, 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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Project Manager in Information Technology

Libraries Company, 501-1000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

The functionality/integration of Amazon Cloud Drive is unbeatable. The syncing/usage/add-ons is no where near some of the others like OneDrive or Dropbox.

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Marcus Young

Web Application Developer

AloompaEntertainment, 11-50 employees

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The only things that OneDrive does better then everyone else is the integration into Sharepoint/Office documents and the 1TB storage at this price range.

Our corporate solution is Google Drive mainly because of the robust client, better cooperation inside documents, better support for other OSs, etc.

If you really need to storage OneDrive is probably the cheapest option out there, but you would also not need the more advanced features that most others offer.

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Marc-Olivier Turgeon-Ferland

System Administrator

CoveoComputer Software, 201-500 employees

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Return on Investment

Makes it easy to backup our photos, especially on our phones so they can be cleared out to make more space available.
Creates a central location for all of our photos and video files.

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Jason Montoya

Servant Leader

JasonScottMontoya.comMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Reps now have access to updated content from wherever they are
Versioning control down to desktop machines is limited so reps still have copies of old documents that are being used
New content can be announced and rolled out very quickly

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Nick Saunders

Sales Enablement Manager

MimecastInformation Technology and Services, 1001-5000 employees

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