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OneDrive

Overview

What is OneDrive?

OneDrive from Microsoft is a cloud storage and file syncing service.

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Pricing

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OneDrive for Business Plan 1

$5.00

Cloud
Per Month (Annual Commitment)

Microsoft 365 Business Basic

$5.00

Cloud
Per Month (Annual Commitment)

OneDrive for Business Plan 2

$10.00

Cloud
Per Month (Annual Commitment)

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
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Offerings

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

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $5 per month
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Product Demos

OneDrive for Business: Demo of mobile device updates

YouTube

OneDrive for Business: Updates to web experiences

YouTube

OneDrive Ransomware Detection Demo

YouTube

Demo Army: OneDrive for Business Demo

YouTube

OneDrive Files On-Demand Install and Demo

YouTube

OneDrive for Business: Sync client updates demo

YouTube
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Features

File Sharing & Management

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

8.1
Avg 8.4

Cloud Storage Security & Administration

Features related to security and administration for cloud storage platforms

7.8
Avg 8.6

Cloud Storage Platform

Features around the functionality of the cloud storage platform.

7.5
Avg 8.5
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Product Details

What is OneDrive?

OneDrive Video

OneDrive Demo

OneDrive Integrations

OneDrive Technical Details

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

Frequently Asked Questions

OneDrive from Microsoft is a cloud storage and file syncing service.

OneDrive starts at $5.

Reviewers rate File search highest, with a score of 8.5.

The most common users of OneDrive are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Community Insights

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Syncing Capabilities: Users have praised OneDrive for its seamless syncing between personal files and the SharePoint server, ensuring all documents are always up to date. This feature enhances workflow efficiency and collaboration among team members.

Collaborative Features: Many users appreciate the real-time collaboration function in OneDrive, allowing multiple editors to work on the same document simultaneously, fostering teamwork and productivity. It enables efficient group editing sessions without version control issues.

Accessibility Across Devices: The accessibility of OneDrive from various platforms has been commended by users for enabling convenient file management and sharing on-the-go. This cross-device accessibility ensures that files are easily accessible regardless of location or device used.

Connection Stability: Some users have experienced issues with OneDrive disconnecting after a hard reboot, leading to the need to manually locate and sign in to the app frequently. This instability can disrupt workflow and cause frustration for users relying on continuous access to their files.

Syncing Problems: Reviewers mention that syncing multiple accounts is possible but not as intuitive as other cloud storage apps, and changes may take a considerable amount of time to process, especially after reboots or when dealing with a large number of files. These delays in syncing could impede productivity and lead to discrepancies between devices.

User Interface Concerns: Users criticize the inconsistent and confusing user interface of OneDrive, expressing frustration with folder syncing control issues, error messages, and an unintuitive layout. The lack of clarity in navigation and settings management within the interface hinders efficient usage for many customers.

Reviews

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Great for large file sharing

Rating: 8 out of 10
October 01, 2024
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
OneDrive
6 years of experience
We are using university wide OneDrive solution for storage and file sharing. For research oriented activities, it is necessary for the students and faculties to have easy, multi device, multi platform storage solutions. OneDrive provides just that, we can share large files easily, efficiently, and securely. It can be accessed from anywhere anytime. Having 1 tb/person is also a great.

OneDrive Can be Your Friend

Rating: 8 out of 10
February 26, 2024
RM
Vetted Review
Verified User
OneDrive
7 years of experience
We use OneDrive to connect all of our files to our Sharepoint server. These files sync with each other. If OneDrive goes down or disconnects, we've lost files, so we depend on OneDrive to always be up and running, with no crashes or down time.

OneDrive the best Cloud Platform for Collaboration and File Management!

Rating: 9 out of 10
October 28, 2022
HW
Vetted Review
Verified User
OneDrive
5 years of experience
OneDrive is used in our organization as the primary online document management and cloud storage platform. It is used widely within all areas of business in integration product and project work streams, connecting an online experience for document review and revision, a storage management system for materials like online media and artifacts and marketing document repository to name a few. The platform cuts down on paper copies around the enterprise and offers a secure platform for users to easily learn and use.

Excellent solution to save some files

Rating: 8 out of 10
September 14, 2022
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
OneDrive
4 years of experience
OneDrive is a very helpful solution that helps us to back up some important files. The app is very easy to use it. I love the fact you can share some files with internal or external users with secure link.

A simple sync that is built into Windows

Rating: 9 out of 10
June 24, 2022
PW
Vetted Review
Verified User
OneDrive
4 years of experience
OneDrive is our preferred individual cloud storage platform. Students use it for class projects and collaboration, Faculty and staff use it for backup and syncing files across multiple devices. It's great that we have it as part of our O365 subscription, so it is easily available and supportable for all users.

Avoid this steaming pile of junk if you want to keep your files and sanity.

Rating: 1 out of 10
June 20, 2022
RK
Vetted Review
Verified User
OneDrive
3 years of experience
Microsoft OneDrive is hands down the worst piece of software I have ever used in my life. Unbelievably terrible and inconsistent UI of the control panel, constant issues with files syncing or not syncing when they should or should not, you never knowing if OneDrive is doing something in the background or not, the laughable "Personal Vault" with no secondary security option, the jokes never end. Why is the UI of the control panel and the window to Choose Folders sync completely different, as in 1995 v 2010 different? Why is it NOT POSSIBLE to resize the Choose Folders window so you are not forced to browse your file tree in a stupidly tiny window? Why does clicking a folder in your file tree in the Choose Folders window freeze OneDrive for dozens of seconds each time? Why does clicking OK in the Choose Folder NOT save your options you are forced to do this several times to add one tiny folder? Why does OneDrive sync random half of files in a fully selected folder and say All files are synced? Why doesn't OneDrive ACTUALLY save the files on your disk when you select the "Make these files ALWAYS available on this PC"? I pity the day I decided to go for OneDrive and I will be moving away from it soon.

Unlimited storage at best.

Rating: 8 out of 10
May 25, 2022
AK
Vetted Review
Verified User
OneDrive
3 years of experience
We utilize Onedrive, which is part of the Microsoft 365 package, to fully back all of the personal data upon every user's computer and to share papers with customers online in a way that allows many people to work on a word or excel project at the same time. Providing each customer with a complimentary terabyte of storage is a great method to ensure that everyone else's personal data have always been safeguarded in the clouds.

Well rounded functions for fair price

Rating: 9 out of 10
May 04, 2022
JR
Vetted Review
Verified User
OneDrive
5 years of experience
I use it for both personal and professional needs. In the professional area I use it mostly for communication and collaborative work. It allows to work in a same project without the need of being in the same location, while accessing different resources no matter the type of file: spreadsheets, word documents, or slide presentations. The different synchronization tools allows to always have access to files and keep them updated, without worrying about losing unsaved work or being unable to access files.

A great cloud storage solution for businesses

Rating: 7 out of 10
May 02, 2022
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
OneDrive
4 years of experience
OneDrive is used by my entire organization and has been for at least four years. It was an additional Microsoft product that came with an organization-wide email upgrade and was subsequently made available to everyone. My department uses it regularly as we frequently work remotely while traveling on business, so it provides access to necessary documents/files.

A Bitterly Honest Review of Ondrive

Rating: 1 out of 10
March 09, 2022
SH
Vetted Review
Verified User
OneDrive
3 years of experience
I use OneDrive as little as possible because, in my opinion, they have awful syncing management. I mainly use it when I need to transfer files between PCs. I feel that we generally have far better alternatives for most use cases.

Convenient in collaboration

Rating: 8 out of 10
February 25, 2022
SK
Vetted Review
Verified User
OneDrive
3 years of experience
My organization uses OneDrive as a cloud sharing service, and it's a fresh new tool. Documents are shared for collaboration, work flows are shared for input, and HR tracking is shared. It's being utilized throughout the organization, and it's steadily gaining traction from different departments. Having a central location to store files that are only available to individuals you invite is beneficial.

Reliable and secure cloud storage for business as well as personal users

Rating: 10 out of 10
December 24, 2021
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
OneDrive
10 years of experience
I use onedrive extensively to store and share files across team of 50+ engineers. I have been long term user of onedrive and found it to be very reliable with no down time in so far experience. In the team I encourage the members to keep all the work on onedrive all time and share with relevant members so that they can pickup and use without avoid any dependency on the person to be available all time and laptop dependency. Also during the last 2 years this proved to be very useful. The permission settings for file or folder level are great and quick preview all are useful. The app support both on mobile and desktop either mac/windows is great. And special mention for the new feature which got added recently to only show file names and download only on demand is great.

Enable better teamwork in your organization with OneDrive

Rating: 9 out of 10
November 26, 2021
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
OneDrive
1 year of experience
It [OneDrive] enables teams with time constraints to work on a joint file when more than one person needs to work on a single file at the same time. In fact, since the deadlines are very sharp, the management can also control the file while it is still working. It is possible to access the files from all devices at any time, any second.

Autosave Has Saved Me

Rating: 8 out of 10
November 09, 2021
CS
Vetted Review
Verified User
OneDrive
10 years of experience
I have used One Drive in all three jobs I've had recently. When I worked at the Basilica of Saint John, we used One Drive for our shared documents folder. He helped everyone add data to our offering excel sheet. Very convenient for collaborative work. I know use it at ERI to back up some Word Files.

Great file sharing application for internal sharing and collaboration

Rating: 8 out of 10
November 09, 2021
RR
Vetted Review
Verified User
OneDrive
5 years of experience
OneDrive was used as a cloud sharing device where we could save and share documentation, materials, files, etc. for other internal teams and departments. It was a safe place for private company information and documentation that needed to be saved, shared, updated for historical or current usage across teams. As opposed to using personal drives, this was the preferred sharing and saving method for materials.

OneDrive offers the most complete file sync and sharing system.

Rating: 8 out of 10
November 06, 2021
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
OneDrive
5 years of experience
We use Onedrive as part of the Office 365 suite to backup all the personal files at each users workstation, as well as share documents online with clients, in a way where multiple people can edit a word or excel document at the same time. Getting a free terabyte of storage for each user is really handy in making sure everyones personal files are always safe in the cloud.

Great for document management and security of important company data

Rating: 8 out of 10
June 29, 2021
BC
Vetted Review
Verified User
OneDrive
3 years of experience
OneDrive provides us the mobility and flexibility we require to collaborate effectively, work on documents and other business materials, store and share work files whether at home or while in the office. OneDrive protects every single file we store inside the system and grants us total control over permissions to each user.

OneDrive- all your files at hand

Rating: 9 out of 10
June 19, 2021
MW
Vetted Review
Verified User
OneDrive
2 years of experience
All departments in our company use OneDrive. We have easy access to files while working remotely as well as in the office. It's a time-saver for us! It is easy to organize, use, move, rename and delete files. MS OneDrive allows us to manage my media content more efficiently.

Review for Microsoft OneDrive

Rating: 8 out of 10
June 14, 2021
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
OneDrive
5 years of experience
This is basically being used for the following aspects:
1) To securely store.
2) To access the data/files.
3) To share and collaborate with regards to the files being shared.
4) To have an easy access to the files and folders across the world and using any device (Mobile or desktop).

A secure place to collaborate

Rating: 8 out of 10
June 02, 2021
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
OneDrive
3 years of experience
It is incredibly helpful having your files in one place and in the cloud! This way you can access your files from multiple devices and trust that the files are being backed up and safe.

Feature rich tool offering cloud storage

Rating: 10 out of 10
May 26, 2021
PM
Vetted Review
Verified User
OneDrive
2 years of experience
This is more than an amazing tool. I like its cloud storage capacity for business. I like its quick accessibility that lets us access files from any corner of the world. Moreover, it helps us in making alterations in office files direct from home. Furthermore, it helps us share and customize files. It serves the synchronization purpose well by syncing laptops, desktops, and several other devices.

OneDrive - a solid, low cost, cloud based backup alternative.

Rating: 9 out of 10
May 13, 2021
DE
Vetted Review
Verified User
OneDrive
5 years of experience
We are a small starup company that uses OneDrive for backup of data and documents. OneDrive is used by all of us (2) employees. OneDrive solves easy sharing and data security for us, and frees up local storage space. We trust Microsoft as they are the basis for most of our software.

The best cloud storage application in the industry.

Rating: 10 out of 10
May 11, 2021
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
OneDrive
5 years of experience
It is being used by both the whole organization and also on the department level. All users in the organization have a license for this. In addition to having the OneDrive for Business, some users also have/are using OneDrive for Individuals, which is related to the personal OneDrive service. For OneDrive for Business specifically, it is integrated with Office 365, which is the main Office software suite being used across the whole organization. It addresses the business problem of having a solid cloud backup storage solution, that integrates with Office 365, and one that can seamlessly share files both internally in an organization, and also externally. It also addresses the business problem of having a storage solution with has a high level of security built in.

OneDrive and you're done!

Rating: 6 out of 10
May 06, 2021
JH
Vetted Review
Verified User
OneDrive
3 years of experience
I use OneDrive for almost all my work files. Files I create and files I receive from my clients. The use of OneDrive allows me access to those files from multiple devices so if I am out with a client I can still have access to whatever I store in OneDrive.

Controller

Rating: 10 out of 10
August 12, 2020
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
OneDrive
5 years of experience
We used it across the organization, it solves the problem of having to saving things on the server and not being able to access it remotely.
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