OneDrive

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
OneDrive	Score 7.4 out of 10	N/A	OneDrive from Microsoft is a cloud storage and file syncing service.	$5 per month

Pricing

OneDrive

Editions & Modules

OneDrive for Business Plan 1: $5.00
Per Month (Annual Commitment)
Microsoft 365 Business Basic: $5.00
Per Month (Annual Commitment)
OneDrive for Business Plan 2: $10.00
Per Month (Annual Commitment)
Microsoft 365 Business Standard: $12.50
Per Month (Annual Commitment)

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
OneDrive
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

OneDrive can be purchased as a standalone tool, or as part of a Microsoft 365's business suite.

More Pricing Information

Community Pulse
	OneDrive
Considered Both Products	OneDrive Verified User Director Chose OneDrive OneDrive is an optimal choice compared to Google Drive because of its autonomy. Google Drive requires manual file movement and extensive folder-management hand-holding. Also, since OneDrive is Microsoft, and we also integrate natively with Microsoft Teams, integrations are … Helpful? Tom Hamilton Sr. Engineer Chose OneDrive I think ShareFile is a more complete product that lets me set up folders where people can send me files along with me being able to send secure links to my files. The sharing of files is fairly similar but I feel ShareFile does it better. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Manager Chose OneDrive I like Google Drive because it's never given me a problem, unlike OneDrive. However, they are both very similar; ideally, BOX IS BEST. For my personal life, Google Drive is great, and even at my last job, Google Drive worked great before it was replaced with OneDrive. If … Incentivized Helpful? CW Chantel Wakefield Sr. Editor Chose OneDrive OneDrive was selected for me by leadership Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Manager Chose OneDrive I think OneDrive just edges out the other two because of the connection it has to the microsoft suite. All the excel and word documents just work. You dont have to worry what formatting might do to the document. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Engineer Chose OneDrive OneDrive offers more storage than Google Drive, but Dropbox gives unlimited storage for my institution. OneDrive is best for large file sharing. Incentivized Helpful? Harvey Wyche Director of Product Management Chose OneDrive OneDrive feels native is you are a Microsoft 365 user. The integration aspect of being a Microsoft customer and using all platform tools together helps with driving adoption, ease of learning, and overall efficiency. While Google Drive is widely used as well, there is a ramp … Helpful? Paul Weber Manager, Digital Media Services Chose OneDrive OneDrive is integrated with O365 and Outlook, as well as Windows is really the game-changer. Dropbox and Google pioneered the way, but Microsoft has a tightly integrated, dead simple solution here that I struggle to find complaint with. Google gives some better options for … Incentivized Helpful? JR Juliana Rincón Student Chose OneDrive The most similar in functions would be Google Drive, however I chose One Drive because first, it allows to use all of office 365 software, which is universally used and preferred because of its trajectory. One Drive syncs directly with windows, which allows to use the desktop … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Professional Chose OneDrive I used Google Drive for my personal cloud storage and I prefer it to OneDrive, but my business chose OneDrive and that's what I use. OneDrive is synced to my Microsoft-hosted email account and is integrated into my workflow and work devices, including a laptop, iPhone and iPad. … Incentivized Helpful? SH Simon Heggie Artist Chose OneDrive "Describe how OneDrive stacks up against (alternatives) and why you selected OneDrive." It doesn't, except it's more secure than Gdrive. Definitely wouldn't select OneDrive for anything important. Helpful? SK Sahid Kabir Senior Product Manager Chose OneDrive Dropbox does not have convenient business solutions such as cloud reporting. But One Drive ,It's a platform that virtually everyone already uses to some extent: it's more user-friendly and provides a better browser-based experience. Helpful? Verified User Program Manager Chose OneDrive Though Dropbox has been in existence and popular, I found OneDrive to be much more effective in terms of pricing. And app support is better with OneDrive. Also as mentioned the new feature of not downloading all files but showing the names gets my vote for OneDrive. One more … Incentivized Helpful? Caitlin Stote M.Ed. Reference Librarian Assistant Chose OneDrive OneDrive's autosave feature with Microsoft is key, which puts it ahead of Google Drive. I do like Google Drive's ubiquitousness and it seems to be the preferred method of collaboration. Incentivized Helpful? Rebekah Ryan, PMP Senior Technical Project Manager Chose OneDrive Box is another file-sharing application that is very similar to OneDrive. Box falls short of OneDrive in its syncing capabilities. OneDrive is very quick with syncing so you never have to be concerned that you are not using the most up-to-date materials. Box was always a bit … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Administrator Chose OneDrive OneDrive is my go to solution because included in the price of OneDrive is full access to the Microsoft Office suite of programs. It also includes all the same features as Google Drive and Dropbox, but includes those programs and even an email account if you want, so its the … Incentivized Helpful? Blake Calson Technical Leader Chose OneDrive OneDrive is ideal for document management and security of remote access to data and other important company data. I consider it secure and reliable as compared to Google Drive even though Google Drive offers more storage space for free. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Consultant Chose OneDrive OneDrive has a specific file syncing technology which is otherwise known as the block level copying and [t]here the files would be broken [into] smaller packages whereas Google Drive would mine the user data from that of the files being uploaded to Google Drive. OneDrive gives a … Helpful? Verified User Engineer Chose OneDrive Compared to Dropbox, I like it a lot more. The user interface looks cleaner, your files are secure, and collaboration is encouraged with the tools that they offer. Incentivized Helpful? Paulo Moreno Software Engineer Chose OneDrive OneDrive gives powerful security and gives sufficient protection to our valuable data over Google Drive. It saves much of our precious time by synchronizing various files automatically. This auspicious tool lets us make privacy changes in each and every folder where there is a … Incentivized Helpful? DE David Edell President Chose OneDrive I really find them equals in performance. I have used Dropbox for over a decade and it has always been reliable. However, Dropbox is not integrated with Microsoft Teams and it is much more expensive. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Supervisor Chose OneDrive OneDrive stands out above these services in the integration it has with other Office 365 applications. There is no cloud storage solution that integrates as well with these applications that most users use on a daily basis. OneDrive has also made it easy for users to … Incentivized Helpful? Jeff Henkel Consultant Chose OneDrive OneDrive seems to work similarly to both Apple iCloud and Google Drive. I have used Apple iCloud for a longer time and tend to keep all my personal files in iCloud. But for my small business, I mainly use OneDrive. I have used Google Drive less and mainly for collaboration with … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Director Chose OneDrive I think OneDrive and Dropbox are very compatible, however Dropbox has the advantage of being out in the market earlier. There is also a perception that OneDrive is not compatible across devices especially since Dropbox has apps across different platforms. Lastly there is also a … Incentivized Helpful? Jordan Peck Program Coordinator Chose OneDrive I would not recommend OneDrive to anyone. Buggy and unreliable. Frequently corrupts files. Helpful?

Features

OneDrive

File Sharing & Management

Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
	OneDrive 7.1 119 Ratings 16% below category average
Versioning	7.695 Ratings
Video files	6.3106 Ratings
Audio files	6.3100 Ratings
Document collaboration	8.4113 Ratings
Access control	6.8114 Ratings
File search	7.0119 Ratings
Device sync	7.5117 Ratings

Cloud Storage Security & Administration

Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Product A and Product B
	OneDrive 7.3 113 Ratings 17% below category average
User and role management	7.1101 Ratings
File organization	7.8113 Ratings
Device management	6.996 Ratings

Cloud Storage Platform

Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Product A and Product B
	OneDrive 8.0 116 Ratings 8% below category average
Performance	8.4115 Ratings
Reliability	8.1116 Ratings
Storage Reports	7.489 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	OneDrive
Small Businesses	SugarSync Score 4.1 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Druva Security Cloud Score 9.4 out of 10
Enterprises	Druva Security Cloud Score 9.4 out of 10
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User Ratings
	OneDrive
Likelihood to Recommend	5.4 (118 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	6.0 (6 ratings)
Usability	5.9 (17 ratings)
Performance	9.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	8.0 (36 ratings)

User Testimonials
	OneDrive
Likelihood to Recommend	Microsoft I can speak from my own experience: in cases where workstations are switched every year or so, one drive makes it very simple to keep things synced, even for very large files. This is even true for large files (such as video or CAD files) that are enormous. Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Microsoft Allows for easy organization of documents Secures files separate from general documentation Allows for documents to be collaborated on in live real time with multiple editors accessing the same copy Provides online access across the globe to resources for teams development and project needs Harvey Wyche Director of Product Management Read full review
Cons	Microsoft Some functions and apps are not available to all countries/regions The one drive app takes too much space in mobile devices The apps for mobile devices lack some tools, like the option to search templates It could allow to manually plan when to sync, specially photos, which take long times to sync Incentivized JR Juliana Rincón Student Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	Microsoft I like Box better. If you sign into Microsoft using a personal account, be EXTREMELY careful. All of your downloads could suddenly be available to your entire company, and that is incredibly embarrassing. Did that happen to me? Not going to say, but just always check which MS account you sign into. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Usability	Microsoft Using OneDrive is very intuitive and has been improved over the years. It's just like using native file management on either your Mac or PC. It's drag and drop functionality is easy and it clearly shows when files are uploaded to the cloud or if there are errors Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Performance	Microsoft It has a good performance, the pages load normally, access to the files, management, reports, everything is working well. With regard to integration with other systems, we have not done so yet. Gledson Rodrigues Analista de Redes e Comunicação de Dados N1 Read full review
Support Rating	Microsoft It's a Microsoft product so there is a wealth of information online both from Microsoft directly and from millions of users but as a corporate user we also have access to direct Microsoft support through a variety of avenues (phone, email, etc.). This makes finding answers to issues more accessible, however, it does also mean that any new feature requests will get buried. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Microsoft Box is another file-sharing application that is very similar to OneDrive. Box falls short of OneDrive in its syncing capabilities. OneDrive is very quick with syncing so you never have to be concerned that you are not using the most up-to-date materials. Box was always a bit delayed and did not always accurately sync across systems. OneDrive benefits from being backed by Microsoft, so you expect the connection across applications that it allows. OneDrive also provides consistency for use and intuitive understanding because of that Microsoft consistency. I'd prefer OneDrive over Box. Incentivized Rebekah Ryan, PMP Senior Technical Project Manager Read full review
Return on Investment	Microsoft OneDrive allows us to save much time on creating and archiving backup copies of our data. Microsoft gives a guarantee on the possibility of recovery of files or folders even from 30 days ago. It provides a great comfort of work. Incentivized MW Maciej Wysocki Senior Project Manager Read full review
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