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Amazon Drive (discontinued)

Amazon Drive (discontinued)

Overview

What is Amazon Drive (discontinued)?

Amazon Drive allows users to aggregate all of their digital content, including photos and videos, in one place. The Cloud Drive is build in to Amazon devices. Users have secure access from any computer, or via their free mobile apps.…

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Popular Features

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  • Performance (24)
    9.0
    90%
  • Reliability (23)
    8.0
    80%
  • Device sync (22)
    8.0
    80%
  • Video files (21)
    7.0
    70%
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Pricing

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100 GB

$1.99

Cloud
per month

1 TB

$6.99

Cloud
per month

2 TB

$11.99

Cloud
per month

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Demos

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Features

File Sharing & Management

Features that allow collaborators to view, work on, and organize files.

8.4
Avg 8.4

Cloud Storage Security & Administration

Features related to security and administration for cloud storage platforms

8.3
Avg 8.6

Cloud Storage Platform

Features around the functionality of the cloud storage platform.

8.7
Avg 8.5
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Product Details

What is Amazon Drive (discontinued)?

Amazon Drive allows users to aggregate all of their digital content, including photos and videos, in one place. The Cloud Drive is build in to Amazon devices. Users have secure access from any computer, or via their free mobile apps. Amazon Drive offers a free 3-month trial, and pricing packages based on what type of storage users seek. For $11.99/yr, users can store unlimited photos plus 5GB of videos and other files. For $59.99/yr, users can upgrade to unlimited everything (photos, videos, files, and documents).

The service will be discontinued by December of 2023.

Amazon Drive (discontinued) Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo
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Reviews and Ratings

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Attribute Ratings

Reviews

(1-3 of 3)
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Ryan Olsen | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I used it to store files that needed to be saved but not accessed a bunch of times. It was more of a place to deep freeze things that might be needed later. I like to think of it as more of a "back-up of a back-up" in case the worst happens for important files.
  • Accessibility
  • Storage
  • Not as popular
It's good to store personal projects that you want to hang on to. It's also great for creating redundant back ups so you can be assured your data will have a spot somewhere when it comes to retrieving it for later in the worst-case scenarios. The only thing is to remember to add it.
File Sharing & Management (7)
30%
3.0
Versioning
N/A
N/A
Video files
70%
7.0
Audio files
70%
7.0
Document collaboration
N/A
N/A
Access control
N/A
N/A
File search
N/A
N/A
Device sync
70%
7.0
Cloud Storage Security & Administration (3)
N/A
N/A
User and role management
N/A
N/A
File organization
N/A
N/A
Device management
N/A
N/A
Cloud Storage Platform (3)
20%
2.0
Performance
60%
6.0
Reliability
N/A
N/A
Storage Reports
N/A
N/A
  • Helped free HDD space
  • Added backup for files
OneDrive is a lot more known if you have an Office 365 environment at work. Or at home with things preinstalled. Azure is a huge cloud and Amazon is the only thing that could rival it. Amazon Cloud Drive is a nice way to add another point for redundancy to keep files safe.
Didn't need support for this product. It's kind of one of those spots where you add files and let it go. I suppose there are ways to get fancy with it but for what I need it for, I don't need anything with support or help.
It's pretty average for what else is out there
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Amazon Drive as our primary back up for essential files, videos, and photos. We do not have company-wide access to Amazon Drive. It is only available to the owners. We don't access the files very frequently, but it gives us peace of mind to know that our files are safe and accessible to us in case we have any unexpected IT problems.
  • 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).
  • The user interface for file storage isn't as intuitive as I would like.
  • The plans were not 100% clear for me when I first purchased.
Amazon Drive can be helpful in a variety of scenarios. It works best as a cloud back up - a place to store files, photos, and videos that are important and need to be safeguarded. I would not recommend it for collaborative document management and feel that there are other platforms better suited for that need. Amazon Drive can be programmed to upload specific folders from your desktop computer automatically. This is very helpful and takes the guesswork out of protecting your documents.
File Sharing & Management (5)
90%
9.0
Video files
90%
9.0
Audio files
90%
9.0
Access control
100%
10.0
File search
80%
8.0
Device sync
90%
9.0
Cloud Storage Security & Administration (3)
83.33333333333334%
8.3
User and role management
100%
10.0
File organization
70%
7.0
Device management
80%
8.0
Cloud Storage Platform (2)
95%
9.5
Performance
90%
9.0
Reliability
100%
10.0
  • We have greater peace of mind from having this cloud service.
  • We have saved a couple of hours per year by having an automatic upload option.
Other platforms I would compare Amazon Drive to would be Dropbox and Box. Amazon Drive is excellent because the files do not have to live in a collaborative folder that syncs to every device (thus taking up space on each of those devices). Amazon Drive is an "upload and forget" program for our intents and purposes, where Dropbox/Box is used for collaboration. I feel like Dropbox may provide the best experience overall and maybe moving our archived/saved files to Dropbox in the future.
We have not needed to use service for Amazon Drive, but based on our support experience for other Amazon, I anticipate it would be top-notch. Amazon Drive provides a full page of support topics. Direct customer support can be obtained from contacting the main Amazon Customer Service number - or through their chat or email feature.
Blake Baron | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Once we realized it was included in our Prime membership, we dropped the competition (Dropbox) that we were paying for and started using Amazon Drive. We use it to share files across departments and physical locations, i.e. design files that are used to build new products that can be commonly shared between the design team and the production team.
  • They keep our files secure and safe
  • They let us drag and drop our files with ease
  • While it's easy to edit permissions of users, device management isn't as easy as we'd like, and file security is extremely important
  • Our files are not ours if we were to ever end our corporate Prime membership
Solid drag and drop functionality that is easy to use and teach others to use. Files are based in the cloud so if you have a remotely distributed workforce, they can easily access them and you can manage the permissions accordingly. If you have a full enterprise operation, Sharepoint might be better for your workforce. Amazon Drive is better suited for small and mid-sized businesses.
File Sharing & Management (7)
91.42857142857142%
9.1
Versioning
80%
8.0
Video files
80%
8.0
Audio files
80%
8.0
Document collaboration
100%
10.0
Access control
100%
10.0
File search
100%
10.0
Device sync
100%
10.0
Cloud Storage Security & Administration (3)
83.33333333333334%
8.3
User and role management
100%
10.0
File organization
100%
10.0
Device management
50%
5.0
Cloud Storage Platform (3)
100%
10.0
Performance
100%
10.0
Reliability
100%
10.0
Storage Reports
100%
10.0
  • We've been able to reduce the time to market for new products because of collaboration ease.
  • Finding files for meetings has become much easier.
We're already inside the Amazon portal so often for sourcing, the cloud storage was an easy extension. It is included in our Prime membership so it was an easy option. Furthermore, the functionality is beyond simple, helping to sell the software internally and gain support for its adoption. It's easy to access files remotely for quick response times from our staff.
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.
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