Battle Google Drive VS Microsoft OneDrive

[reystar]

Which one is your favorite guys and why?
Been using Dropbox myself for years, it's very good but too expensive..

I am using Google Drive right now and i can say it's a tad clunky, i am considering moving over to OneDrive

I also like the fact that i can get too much space on OneDrive with Microsoft 365 now for my whole family...

 

[DSD27]

OneDrive, because it's from Microsoft and works better with Windows.

 

[Paul.R]

OneDrive for me too, I use it for about 3 years.

 

[LDogg]

I also like Macrium Reflect.... jk

~LDogg

 

[Divine_Barakah]

I would go with Jottacloud. They offer many plans and they have Office 365 online integration. It is based in Norway, so it has better privacy.

 

[Jaspion]

OneDrive is my favorite hands down, especially if you need to handle documents. I have a family Office subscription, and it indeed grants a total of 5TB for a very reasonable price -- not to mention the Office apps themselves. Since I need Office, that combination for me is a must.

Google Drive isn't exactly bad, but "a tad clunky" as you put it. In some situations that's not even half the story. For example, I have an Excel spreadsheet with a macro in it; but the macro doesn't work with Google Sheets. If that were not enough, when you download the file and open it in Excel, you find it has been modified (even though I hadn't saved it as Google Sheets) and you've lost the macro functionality. To add insult to injury, protected cells also aren't respected by Google Sheets.

I can't compare it to Dropbox as a cloud storage service, because I've never actually used Dropbox. But I can say OneDrive works well enough for me, and I'd recommend it for that.

 

[eXDj]

in onedrive i can upload 4k movie ?or i can upload/download torrent file (movie) ?

 

[Fuzzy_Bunny]

why not? I have over 4TB of movies and tv shows

 

[upnorth]

@gmaister22 , please add a poll.

 

[CyberTech]

why not? I have over 4TB of movies and tv shows

I would like to know why dont you delete them since you watched it? what you do with them?

 

[ZeroStrawberries]

Google Drive. 15gb free storage compared to 5gb. I don't need more than that at the moment.

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

If you have Microsoft 365 then OneDrive because of its ransomware protection.
See recent post on this forum with ransomware infected and synchronized with Google Drive.

Advice Request - Bitlock Ransomware on Google Drive in cloud

Hi I have a problem which I am hoping someone has a solutiion to. Recently my office server was hit by the bitlock Ransomware. I had a few folders from my Google Drive synching with my office computer. Consequently the files on those folders got infected in my office computer. The Google back...

malwaretips.com

Save your files to OneDrive for expanded ransomware protection

If you want an additional layer of protection from ransomware, try saving your files in OneDrive. It’s part of the new experiences that arrived with the Windows 10 April 2018 Update. Here’s how it works: If a ransomware threat is found on a device, Windows Defender will notify you of the threat...

blogs.windows.com

 

[Fuzzy_Bunny]

I would like to know why dont you delete them since you watched it? what you do with them?

Old classic movies and tv shows. It's hard to find them on torrent sites. I prefer to pay for onedrive than netflix/hulu/disney/other stream services to get movies and shows i like.
My kids also love to watch them. My son loves to watch Frasier, Seinfeld and Married with children.
I also have about 1TB of documentaries which are always nice to watch.

 

[eXDj]

onedrive have limitation for upload big file,no ?

 

[Fuzzy_Bunny]

Restrictions and limitations in OneDrive and SharePoint - Microsoft Support

Troubleshoot problems uploading files to OneDrive or SharePoint such as invalid characters in file names, blocked files, or files with specific permissions.

support.office.com

 

[Arequire]

onedrive have limitation for upload big file,no ?

100GB via the website. 20GB via the desktop app.
It doesn't say how much via File Explorer on Windows 10, but 8.1 allows 100GB so I'd assume it's the same.

 

[ForgottenSeer 78429]

I have used Onedrive free and Google Drive both. Google drive for 10 days and Onedrive (5 GB) for 3-4 months. Onedrive is better than Google Drive that's what i feel because it integrates better than Google Drive on windows and android app is really good. However currently I am using Tresorit free version 5GB cloud storage with zero knowledge encryption and many other features. Its desktop client works awesome and android app is good too.

 

[Ink]

@gmaister22 , please add a poll.

Poll added to thread. Vote away.

 

[miguelang611]

I almost lost all my files while using OneDrive.
I shared my whole Documents folder on OneDrive. The original Windows folder disappeared and instead it was found on Users/OneDrive/Documents. I decided to stop using it, and removed account and uninstalled OneDrive --> Result? It deleted ALL the files I got.
Fortunately, I had just synced everything on MEGA and I could recover everything. If I hadn´t use MEGA I would have lost everything.
For me, it is a enoughly big reason to say no to OneDrive. I want a sync tool that doesn't mess up my folders, and specially, that doesn't delete my data if I stop using it.
Then my vote goes for Google Drive

 

[Back3]

I use both. On one Drive, ( I have 40G) I make a backup of My Documents and use the Personnal Vault for a few documents. A zip file of many documents counts as one document so it's useful because the free limit is three. On Google drive, I send pictures and videos. I also use Google Photos as a backup for my Iphone.