Item: OneDrive
Rating: 10
Author: Carter Buce

Overall Satisfaction with OneDrive

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use OneDrive to keep a unified storage solution across my computers. I can keep a backup of everything on my phone, and share documents between my computers flawlessly. It also helps a lot to be able to access files from my computer that are outside of the OneDrive folder in case I accidentally forget to back it up.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Cross-device sharing. It quickly syncs and is very useful if you use multiple devices.
Backing up phones. It automatically backs up every picture I take and makes it accessible on my computers.

Cons

Syncing. It would be useful to have a force-sync button for when you quickly need access to a file you just uploaded.

Return on Investment

It has had a positive return on investment, I currently store 4.71 gb of files easily.

Alternatives Considered

Google Drive and Dropbox

OneDrive is on the same tier as Google Drive, except it has less storage capacity. However, I chose to use OneDrive because of the entire-computer access when using the web app. Against Dropbox, OneDrive is superior as it is more integrated and flawless to use; it is very useful to sync projects between computers compared to Dropbox's more web-oriented interfaces.

Likelihood to Recommend

Large file storage. OneDrive requires a paid plan for large files, whereas Google Drive gives a lot more space for the free plan. Especially for students, where Google Drive gives unlimited storage, OneDrive falls behind. However, OneDrive's "entire computer access" is what caused me to like it more than Google Drive.

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OneDrive - low storage, but high usability