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Based on 162 reviews and ratings
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Based on 33 reviews and ratings
Feature Set Ratings
- ownCloud ranks higher in 3 feature sets: File Sharing & Management, Cloud Storage Security & Administration, Cloud Storage Platform
File Sharing & Management
8.4
Amazon Drive
84%

8.5
ownCloud
85%
ownCloud ranks higher in 5/7 features
ownCloud ranks higher in 5/7 features
Versioning
9.0
90%
14 Ratings

9.0
90%
10 Ratings
Video files
7.1
71%
21 Ratings

7.8
78%
9 Ratings
Audio files
7.9
79%
19 Ratings

8.1
81%
9 Ratings
Document collaboration
9.0
90%
16 Ratings

7.8
78%
12 Ratings
Access control
9.1
91%
18 Ratings

9.5
95%
12 Ratings
File search
8.9
89%
19 Ratings

8.1
81%
12 Ratings
Device sync
8.1
81%
22 Ratings

9.3
93%
12 Ratings
Cloud Storage Security & Administration
8.3
Amazon Drive
83%

8.5
ownCloud
85%
Amazon Drive ranks higher in 2/3 features
Amazon Drive ranks higher in 2/3 features
User and role management
8.1
81%
18 Ratings

9.0
90%
12 Ratings
File organization
8.9
89%
20 Ratings

8.7
87%
13 Ratings
Device management
7.8
78%
17 Ratings

7.7
77%
9 Ratings
Cloud Storage Platform
8.7
Amazon Drive
87%

8.8
ownCloud
88%
Amazon Drive ranks higher in 2/3 features
Amazon Drive ranks higher in 2/3 features
Performance
9.0
90%
24 Ratings

8.8
88%
13 Ratings
Reliability
8.2
82%
23 Ratings

9.1
91%
13 Ratings
Storage Reports
9.1
91%
16 Ratings

8.4
84%
10 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- Amazon Drive is rated higher in 2 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Support Rating
- ownCloud is rated higher in 2 areas: Usability, Performance
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
Amazon Drive
80%
24 Ratings

7.8
ownCloud
78%
13 Ratings
Usability
6.0
Amazon Drive
60%
3 Ratings

8.7
ownCloud
87%
4 Ratings
Performance
6.0
Amazon Drive
60%
2 Ratings

10.0
ownCloud
100%
4 Ratings
Support Rating
9.7
Amazon Drive
97%
6 Ratings

8.0
ownCloud
80%
6 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Amazon Drive
Amazon Cloud Drive is a fantastic backup solution for storing your digital files on the web, but if you want to manage, tweak, organize or otherwise maintain those files after they have reached the cloud, the experience immediately begins to suffer. This is especially noted when major competitor products like Microsoft and Dropbox offer similar services at similar prices, but offer far better interfaces for file management.
Digital Marketing Manager
LGD CommunicationsMarketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees
ownCloud
I'd easily recommend ownCloud to small businesses or teams within organizations. I've not used ownCloud in large deployments, so I'd hesitate before suggesting it in a situation where more than 10 users need support. That said, ownCloud is easy to set up and multiple instances could be used to service a large user base.

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Farming Company, 10,001+ employeesPros
Amazon Drive
- Amazon Drive automatically detects photos and videos in specific folders (that you choose). It will add them to Drive without any action from me.
- There is a desktop app where you can access all of your files (in addition to web-based access).
Owner
Sound Wave EventsEvents Services, 11-50 employees
ownCloud
- Attention and dedication to making the product a world class product with continual product updates.
- Ease of use from an administration standpoint, and a very Clear UI.
- The price -- you can't beat free!
- Mobile applications are great.
- Integration with public S3 cloud providers like AWS S3 and Wasabi S3.
- 2FA authentication is supported and works great!
- Marketplace Add-Ons: I love this! For example, I can install an add-on that natively opens raw images. I am a photographer as well, and being able to quickly view the CR2 Raw Files direct from the camera is fantastic! This was made possible by a marketplace add-in.
- Embedded Media Players: Photos, Music, and Video files can be viewed and played right in the browser window.
- Sync application to keep local files on a computer updated with the files on the server.
- Access control and permissions -- shareable links!
Owner
TechEdge Computer SolutionsInformation Technology and Services, 1-10 employees
Cons
Amazon Drive
- Less storage than Google Drive, Google offers 15GB of free space - vs. Amazon's 5GB.
- Also, unlike with Google Drive, you can't back up your work with Amazon Drive ( I also use Google Drive, since I have a Gmail account).
- A lot more expensive than Google Drive, which is 1.99/month...but they are more in line with Dropbox pricing.

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Packaging and Containers Company, 51-200 employeesownCloud
- Inability to easily collaboratively edit the same document by several people. Some advances have been made with Collabora (Libreoffice online) but it is still very sub-par compared to Office365 and desktop/online Office editing Sharepoint or OneDrive documents.
- Apps for Calendar and Contacts are not part of the basic core, and although now quite supported they cannot still be easily deployed in common email clients such as Outlook or Thunderbird, separate CalDAV and CardDAV plugins need to be installed. Embedding an email solution and plugins for major email clients so they can work just by entering username and password would be good.
- Risk of moving important folders/files to another location just by random drag-and-drop on Windows. Sometimes this breaks public links that cannot be restored anymore. Reverting such mistake by any of the users is impossible automatically.
- When some user deletes some data in a shared folder it is put into recycle bin of the owner of the folder. The user who deleted cannot himself/herself revert such action as he/she does not see the recycle bin (trash) of the owner. Also, there is no log in the recycle bin who deleted that file or folder.
Coordinator
Česká psychedelická společnost, z.s. (Czech Psychedelic Society)Cosmetics, 11-50 employees
Pricing Details
Amazon Drive
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
$199 per month
Amazon Drive Editions & Modules
Edition
100 GB | 1.991 |
---|---|
1 TB | 6.991 |
2 TB | 11.991 |
3 TB | 179.972 |
4 TB | 239.962 |
5 TB | 299.952 |
6 TB | 359.942 |
7 TB | 419.932 |
8 TB | 479.922 |
9 TB | 539.912 |
10 TB | 599.902 |
20 TB | 1,199.802 |
30 TB | 1,799.702 |
- per month
- per year
Additional Pricing Details
—ownCloud
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
$0
ownCloud Editions & Modules
Edition
Community | Free |
---|---|
Standard | $52 |
Enterprise | $122 |
For Teams | $132 |
For Single Users | $152 |
- none
- per month
Additional Pricing Details
—Usability
Amazon Drive
Amazon Drive 6.0
Based on 3 answers
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!
Senior Web Developer
Web Juice LtdInternet, 1-10 employees
ownCloud
ownCloud 8.7
Based on 4 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 setup 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.
Researcher
Instituto de TelecomunicaçõesTelecommunications, 501-1000 employees
Performance
Amazon Drive
Amazon Drive 6.0
Based on 2 answers
It is safe but has little added value.
VICEPRESIDENT
EYEMAR EXPRESSAirlines/Aviation, 1-10 employees
ownCloud
ownCloud 10.0
Based on 4 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.

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Farming Company, 10,001+ employeesSupport Rating
Amazon Drive
Amazon Drive 9.7
Based on 6 answers
Overall great software to use for file share, storage, and collaboration. Its security is great and the user management is spot on. The only thing that makes me dock it a point is that the device management as a subset of user management is kind of clunky. It hasn't been an issue yet, but it could compromise security in the future. Overall, would recommend
Ecommerce & Consumer Products Manager
Midwest Tungsten ServiceMining & Metals, 11-50 employees
ownCloud
ownCloud 8.0
Based on 6 answers
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.
Coordinator
Česká psychedelická společnost, z.s. (Czech Psychedelic Society)Cosmetics, 11-50 employees
Alternatives Considered
Amazon Drive
Amazon Drive Cloud has the advantage of being backed by one of the companies that has had the highest growth in recent years: Amazon. That gives us security and has been the main reason for us to trust this product. We believe that the security systems of this company are good enough to be quiet while our files are stored on their servers
Director de Marketing en Festejos Car-Yan. C.A.
Festejos Car-Yan. C.AEvents Services, 11-50 employees
ownCloud
The paid cloud services are expensive if you need a lot of data. You're giving your personal and business information to a data-hungry organization. Local NAS solutions are too slow. We run ownCloud on an older business PC and the performance is outstanding, even for remote access, due to local syncing.

Verified User
Project Manager in Information Technology
Mining & Metals Company, 51-200 employeesReturn on Investment
Amazon Drive
- It slowed us down at first since we went from purely agile to document based then agile.
- It is easy to use so even non-developers can access code snippets which they wouldn't know how to access on github.
- It has a lot of features we don't have a use for in our business.

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Environmental Services Company, 1001-5000 employeesownCloud
- Software is free so if you are going for a hosted solution anyway, it's hard to beat
- One of the easiest way to make sure your data is secured without compromising on features
- You need to manage the infrastructure and software
System Administrator
CoveoComputer Software, 201-500 employees