OneDrive vs Google Drive: Better solution?


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Hi!

 

I need some suggestion about the cloud, what is the better solution?

 

- OneDrive: 15 GB

- Google Drive: 15 Gb

 

I see that OneDrive is more slowly and download of the file is more slow (max 500 kb/sec) vs Google Drive where the upload is more fast and the download use the maximum bandwidth (1,5 Mb/sec!)

 

My additional concern are on the privacy of the cloud, that I think is better on OneDrive.

 

What do you think? And what do you suggest?

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I think the point of privacy is moot when referring to cloud storage. Instead I would look at which provider you already use more services with. For example, I use Gmail, Google Docs and have an Android phone amongst other things, so for me Google Drive makes more sense.

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I think the point of privacy is moot when referring to cloud storage. Instead I would look at which provider you already use more services with. For example, I use Gmail, Google Docs and have an Android phone amongst other things, so for me Google Drive makes more sense.

 

 

The same, I think that GDrive is a very good solution (and reliable?)

 

My only question on GDrive is... but the content that we upload, remain to us or Google can use them? Because the TOS of Google talk about a license to google of every content that we share with google...

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The same, I think that GDrive is a very good solution (and reliable?)

 

My only question on GDrive is... but the content that we upload, remain to us or Google can use them? Because the TOS of Google talk about a license to google of every content that we share with google...

 

They both have similar privacy settings, may be worded differently but the reality is that you will be equally safe. So it comes down to which you use more like Nick H said 

 

Really people, you're privacy will be the same on ALL the services, stop paying attention to the haters, use what has the features you need 

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Aside from security which is present in any cloud system... OneDrive is pretty well integrated into Win8, WP8, and Win10, which is very handy if you're committing to the Microsoft ecosystem. I use Google Drive as a tertiary backup (free? Sure), but I utilize the integration of OneDrive extensively when on the move and sharing things on a small scale.

 

So, if you're on the MS ecosystem, I'd recommend going for OneDrive. If not... it is really a matter of taste.

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<Threads merged>

There is really no need to start one thread asking which service is a better solution, then another thread to ask which service people prefer. It's the same question.

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I've been using Google drive for about a year and found it to be great, paying 10$ a month for 1TB of of storage (and using about 800GB). 

 

I recently decided to get an Office 365 subscription and started using the Onedrive storage that comes with that.  Onedrive is slow, REALLY slow, i tried several times to upload data to it from my dedicated server using the web interface and found speeds of approx 1.5MBit/sec from a server which can achieve 800Mbit/sec easily and typically is handling around 150-200Mbit/sec of outgoing data.  Not only is it ridiculously slow, it also fails a lot via the web interface with the message "Sorry, there was a problem uploading this file, try again".  This was with several 8GB files, i kept trying and they kept failing at different % of upload progress and of course the system is so bad, you have to start each one from the beginning again.

 

This and the serious limitations of Onedrive make it really not fit for purpose, there is a maximum filesize of 10GB and a maximum file limit of 20000 files if you are using the onedrive/onedrive for business sync.  Given that i use visual studio alot and it likes to make lots of small files for each project. i already have 16800 files in that, which means i'm near my limit on that folder alone, even though it only uses 120MB of data.

 

Finally i tried to contact their live chat about the 20K file limit, the customer service rep for Microsoft first called me Jeff (not my name) then after waiting for her to answer the question i typed in the description she said "We have not heard from you. Do you wish to continue the chat?" and tried to end the conversation, it was the most appalling customer service i had seen in a while and even when i told her i was about to cancel my Office 365 Home subscription she didnt care at all.  Finally after about 15mins of trying to talk to her (big pauses from her side) she finally posted the link that i originally posted in the description at the start.  I certainly wouldn't trust Microsoft support with my files if you ever need access to them for a backup.

 

 

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I think the point of privacy is moot when referring to cloud storage. Instead I would look at which provider you already use more services with. For example, I use Gmail, Google Docs and have an Android phone amongst other things, so for me Google Drive makes more sense.

 

^ This.  It really depends which ecosystem you are invested into.

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OneDrive (poll option missing)

OneDrive supports the most platforms I think and is one of the cheapest if you want to go paid route.

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OneDrive due to Office integration and the 10tb (infinite) storage limit I now have.

 

It's a ton of storage for free and can be easily increased without paying a cent.

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I actually use both. Personally, like other said above, I use Chrome, Google Docs,Android phone so Google Drive is what I use. At work I use Onedrive just as extra storage and not anything sensitive or proprietary.

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I've been using Spideroak for about 6 years now, and it works great for my needs. It's not as simple as the other solutions (although Spideroak Hive is very similar to Dropbox), but it is much more flexible, and it gives you end-to-end encryption of your data.

 

The major downside is that their integration with phones/tablets sucks compared to Google/One drive, but it's been working great for me since Windows Live Mesh disappeared in 2008.

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For business customers it makes more sense for Onedrive because you still own the data you put there. With Google drive you don't. There goes any patents or research you would have had for using Google Drive.

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For business customers it makes more sense for Onedrive because you still own the data you put there. With Google drive you don't. There goes any patents or research you would have had for using Google Drive.

 

That is interesting.  Can you please quote the clause in the terms of use that states this?

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I use a mixture of One Drive, Mega, Dropbox and GDrive. I would say I like Dropbox the best out of all but they all do the job pretty well.

I do something similar, I use OneDrive, DropBox and GDrive. I have all my photos on my phone backed up to OneDrive and DropBox while any documents I get in my GMail I save to my GDrive. I try to have my documents stored on at least two different services.

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For business customers it makes more sense for Onedrive because you still own the data you put there. With Google drive you don't. There goes any patents or research you would have had for using Google Drive.

I can't believe that Google claim ownership of your data.

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Depends on what you are using to access OneDrive.

 

In certain OneDrive sync tools, they support multi-file downloading, which can almost saturate my 120Mbps connection. In other implementations, I top out at about 16Mbps.

 

Through the website with IE, I can saturate it >.<

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For business customers it makes more sense for Onedrive because you still own the data you put there. With Google drive you don't. There goes any patents or research you would have had for using Google Drive.

 

I'd like to also know where you heard this blatant lie 

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