Pros and Cons - OneDrive consumer and OneDrive for Business
June 10, 2016

Pros and Cons - OneDrive consumer and OneDrive for Business

Steve Oechsle | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with OneDrive

At our company we use a mix of OneDrive (consumer) and OneDrive for Business. OneDrive for Business is used purely for company use. Syncing has always been an issue until Windows 10 came out. Since Windows 10 - OneDrive for Business has been working well. On the personal side of things - we use OneDrive (consumer) since it's native to Windows 10, it works great. Everyone has their own MS account in which they link this account to.

Pros

  • Version control.
  • Online display of file details, size etc.
  • Sync works very well - onedrive consumer and next gen business client for onedrive for Business.

Cons

  • Better differentiation of consumer vs. onedrive for Business
  • Need to be able to sync "shared with me" files - on the business side.
  • Would like to be able to save from Outlook - to a "shared with me" - currently this is only available online.
  • We are able to eliminate Dropbox for internal work because of OneDrive
  • Syncing is not as strong as it should be. When multiple people collaborate on a shared file - sometimes versions get out of sync due to timeouts or other network related issues.
Overall - Dropbox is strongest for syncing. Permissions aren't as granular as OneDrive - OneDrive is better in that regard. OneDrive compared to Google Drive is a draw - if you are a Google user - drive is the way to go. If Office 365 is your ecosystem - then OneDrive is your winner.
It's a great value when you already have Office 365 - and the integration is pretty strong. I really like it.

OneDrive Feature Ratings

Versioning
8
Video files
8
Audio files
8
Document collaboration
8
Access control
8
File search
8
Device sync
6
User and role management
9
File organization
9
Device management
6
Performance
8
Reliability
7
Storage Reports
8

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