Amazon Cloud Drive vs ownCloud | TrustRadius

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Score 8.2 out of 10

Based on 136 reviews and ratings

Score 8.3 out of 10

Based on 30 reviews and ratings

Feature Rating Comparison

Amazon Cloud Drive

7.5

ownCloud

7.8

Versioning

7.7

8.2

Video files

7.8

7.3

Audio files

7.3

7.3

Document collaboration

7.4

6.8

Access control

6.9

9.1

File search

7.9

6.7

Device sync

7.8

9.2

Amazon Cloud Drive

8.1

ownCloud

8.0

User and role management

8.0

7.9

File organization

8.5

8.7

Device management

7.7

7.4

Amazon Cloud Drive

8.4

ownCloud

7.2

Performance

8.6

6.2

Reliability

8.6

7.5

Storage Reports

8.0

7.9

Pros

Fast synced data across all of your devices – Desktops, Tablets and Phones.
Unlimited Cloud Storage space for all of your important media, files and documents from a reputable company.
Extremely helpful and friendly technical support staff who goes above and beyond when you need their help – even if the issue was a user's fault.
Seamless integration for your digital files. Plays very well with other popular services.

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Digital Marketing Manager

LGD CommunicationsMarketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

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File Synchronization
Synchronized Contacts
Synchronized Calendar
File Sharing

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Verified User

Engineer in Engineering

Farming Company, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

Monthly pricing could be a bit more competitive compared to Google.
Could be a bit more flexible when it comes to granular instance configuration.
Amazon rounding up will increase costs for instances when compared to competitors charging you a pro-rated fee.

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Employee in Marketing

Retail Company, 201-500 employees

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Requires you to manage the infrastructure, software updates, backups and security because it is self-hosted
The picture viewer in ownCloud is not really snappy by default (You need to setup plugins or some kind of cache)
No video viewer by default
The web UI requires a cache setup to have reasonable load times (to be fair, it is recommended in the admin page)
I stopped using the calendar and contacts plugins because after each update they would break

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Marc-Olivier Turgeon-Ferland

System Administrator

CoveoComputer Software, 201-500 employees

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Usability

Amazon Cloud Drive 6.0

Based on 2 answers

Because Amazon Cloud Drive is very easy to use.

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VICEPRESIDENT

EYEMAR EXPRESSAirlines/Aviation, 1-10 employees

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ownCloud 9.5

Based on 2 answers

OwnCloud is easy for me to use, and I believe it would be for others too. The barrier for most people will be the set up. For a technology professional like myself, ownCloud's set up is pretty straightforward, but it's not the sort of thing most casual users will be able to handle. Also, it's on the user to maintain the service. These can be taken care of by paying someone to do it for you.

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Engineer in Engineering

Farming Company, 10,001+ employees

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Performance

Amazon Cloud Drive 6.0

Based on 1 answer

It is safe but has little added value.

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VICEPRESIDENT

EYEMAR EXPRESSAirlines/Aviation, 1-10 employees

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ownCloud 10.0

Based on 2 answers

Compared with other cloud services, ownCloud has been the most efficient. It doesn't create a noticeable drain on resources and very quickly syncs across all my devices. I'm usually able to save a file on my laptop and by the time I walk over and sit down at my desktop machine, it's already there. I don't need to wait as often as I have with services like OneDrive.

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Verified User

Engineer in Engineering

Farming Company, 10,001+ employees

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Support

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ownCloud 6.4

Based on 1 answer

Regarding the community edition, there is a reasonably good support on the IRC, forums and in the issue section on Github. Perhaps a much more individual approach would be available if the premium support was chosen and the instance of the server was provided by the Owncloud company that also offers some premium extensions, not available generally. However, we did not need this level of support yet.

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Coordinator

Česká psychedelická společnost, z.s. (Czech Psychedelic Society)Cosmetics, 11-50 employees

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Alternatives Considered

I do not have any special reason to use Amazon Cloud Drive, except perhaps that it is cheap to increase storage size and maybe also because the video management is much more video-friendly in the Amazon environment than in Dropbox.

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Publicidad

club cuervosInternet, 1-10 employees

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Other tools with similar functionality have been much better for me to use. However, my company uses ownCloud as its software of choice, so I use it to remain consistent with them.

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Verified User

Strategist in Marketing

Internet Company, 11-50 employees

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Return on Investment

It allows you to take all the documents with you and also access them from other places.
Allows me to save time from the fact that several people can use and manipulate the same file at the same time.

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Publicidad

club cuervosInternet, 1-10 employees

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Increased user access times making users more efficient
Easy to setup, manage and maintain on linux hardware
Open-source

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Non-Profit Organization Management Company, 201-500 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Additional Pricing Details

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Rating Summary

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