
The BEST Cloud Storage in 2024? Dropbox vs Google Drive vs iDrive vs Sync vs pCloud vs OneDrive
In this video, I’m comparing 7 of the top cloud storage services: iDrive, OneDrive, Sync.com, pCloud, Google Drive, DropBox and iCloud, and putting them up against each other in the following categories: price, features, speed, security, and backup and retention. I’ve listed some really good discounts down below so, if you’re looking for a Cloud Storage option, then there are some great choices right here…
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–SMPOST–Trying to navigate the minefield of cloud storage? Then this video is for you!
🤠in case you look at your previous videos. i have google drive and a fiber optic cable internet connection to my house. The upload is painfully slow, but the biggest problem is that it does not have an incremental upload-backup feature. Thus if I want to upload multiple files from different folders I have to upload whole folders with a large amount of data which does not need to be replaced on the cloud.
No Mega?????
OneDrive does offer up to 1TB of extra storage so you can get up to 2TB for a single user
1 important thing not mentioned. Google drive is superior for face recognition for pictures on google photos.
Thank youu
How did you Skip Proton Drive and the likes?
I feel like when you look at pricing you should also look the amount of users. Some companies charge a lot per user added to an account.
Google and Drop Box is king !! nothing else matters
Starting the video with pricing comparison and throwing all the "deals" at the viewer makes it look more like an advertising than a true comparison. And btw, of course you need a sponsor, but AVG? This "anti-virus" bully? All of the anti-virus software are basically threatening people into buying their services which are unbelievably obtrusive and in most cases unnecessary. I’ve stopped using any anti-virus software about 10 years ago after I noticed that the biggest source of issues on my pc was actually anti-virus software.
Idrive is not cheap anymore
SyncThing is the best, out of all these
I just want to sync my photos and videos of my phone while keeping the same folder structure instead of a big mess of all files in a single bucket, and having a clear indication whether a file I’m deleting on the cloud will be deleted on the phone and vice versa. Google Photos fails on all of these items.
Why don’t you have Samsung cloud on here?
waste of a video
Nah. Google is trash really. What a disappointment. Especially in google photo. In my case. If a photo/video is already backed up. Then i want to keep the local file only. I cant do that. If i delete files thats already on the cloud permanently then my local files are gone too. What a shame. There is no option to just delete photos on the cloud only. Because of google, I already lost so much memorable memories, and i cant get it back. Google is TRASH
NAS is king. Instead of paying 200$ a year for 2tb per year. Buy a synology NAS aroun $500 and cheap drive of your choice, and youll have usable space of TB of data at your own disposal, unlimited users and even upgradeable for expansions. 16tb is around $300.
I use Apple’s icloud to sync a desktop folder across all my Macs, but I also have Dropbox and G-Drive syncing the same desktop folder, which all seems redundant, but I need Dropbox for sharing files with other business, and unfortunately DropBox doesn’t store G-sheets or G-Docs so I also pay for G-Drive. What would you recommend for streamlining my cloud storage ?
I hate cloud storage, it always is intrusive and violating privacy especially One Drive. Worst part is how it takes you data hostage and will delete years of work becuase "Oh well to bad so sad " nihilistic Engineers.
Don’t use OneDrive, it will go wrong eventually
Just recently found your channel, great advice.
One drive sync on android is non existent. It’s very bad
I use OneDrive with 365 for all my files and such. I use Google for photos.
No more zero knowledge for apple in the UK thanks starmer
beware with caution I cloud will manage yo files like a cluts if u make music vid editing move with caution I swipe all my wavs and made them from mb to kb and corrupted even zip maybe I was using it wrong but my homie told me wen iCloud is getting full it purges big files if u apple and use google drive zip/compress everything I still cry sometimes thinking about lost songs and vids that sh*tcloud threw away
one concern of mine is eg if you take a 100gigs plan of Google drive. If it gets maxed out you can’t opt out for same plan but take next ie 200gigs. Is there any bypass?
Onedrive gived you 1TB, then another 7 TB to give away for free to family/friends. Onedrive is WAAAY above the others when it come to price.
Also Onedrive ( Microsoft, NEVER have been hacked in a way that compromised their users.
I’ve been using Dropbox for years and years. Never had any issues but switched to Pcloud anyhow 3 days ago. Now I have issues: local files (Pdrive) stopped working after 2 days. Waiting for an an answer from pcloud. I think I’ll head back to Dropbox..
With I drive, i dont want backup, I just want somewhere to store video tha i am going to edit or have already edited. Is this possible? Every thing says back up.
I used google photos, Icould and onedrive, and the problem that I have with Google photos and Onedrive is they don’t sync your albums as albums, instead they sync your albums as individual photos! Which means they put all of your albums together into one massive album and you have to manually create your albums again after uploading your photos into G photos and Onedrive! However ICloud does not have to, what you upload is what you will see
I tried Google Drive it makes no sence at all what a nightmare. I just want something simple that actuallly works
I hate google drive and google one, highest cost and they constantly move and lose all my photos, loooved onedrive years ago when first had it as it synced seamlessly
P cloud is the best i think …..
I dropped iDrive 3 months ago when I discovered they had stopped backing up my files and had even deactivated my account. Why? Because I had unchecked the "auto-renenal" option. I prefer to pay manually, I don’t want my bank account automatically deducted on an annual basis. IDrive doesn’t tell you this, and yet, they make "auto-renewal" an option in your online account.
Dropbox has been around for a while still have my acct from the 2 year free trials if you bought a samsung
I’ve been using Drop Box for a few years now and love it and haven’t stop using it.
All this encryption bullcrap services.. Just provide me a cheap, reliable storage and I encrypt my own data.
How can you automatically backup the cloud data?
Have you tested jottacloud?
AVG got scammy in recent years. I kept calling them to cancel my service but they kept charging me. I finally had to contact my bank to block them.
I use both Google Drive and Dropbox. Here’s my experience with both:
Google Drive issues: When someone shares a Google Drive Folder and I upload something to it, what I upload counts against my Google Drive storage quota, not the folder’s owner Google Drive storage quota. I think this is convoluted.
Also, many times when trying to share a folder, I get an error saying that sharing is not available right now and to try again later. Additionally, some of the files I upload become unclickable after a day or two. No one I share them to or myself can even click on them. Google Drive is unstable in my opinion.
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Dropbox issues: When I upload a lot of large files to a folder and then share that folder to a colleague, Dropbox automatically loads those files to his Dropbox which overfills his storage capacity. In order for him to access the files, he has to upgrade to more Dropbox storage.
I would expect when I share a folder that the contents should be available to the recipient without having those files somehow load up their account’s storage as well.
I think what Dropbox is doing is a way to make more money by selling more storage. That’s why I stopped using Dropbox and would never buy any of their services.
I’m on Iphone. Does anyone know if there is a way to quickly select multiple files (hundreds upon hundreds from dozens of folders) and download them all from an iphone?
iDrive does not allow you to synchronize data from an external drive, so it makes no sense.
You can also zip and password your files before you upload it.
None of those. MEGA all the way. It’s the only open-source cloud, the only one with end-to-end security, the only one with Linux support, and the only one offering 20GB of free storage.
What do you think about terabox? It’s also a very superb cloud storage that gives 1TB storage for free
What if I need only a cloud based backup of the family media archive (photos and videos) from my home NAS/private cloud?
How about AWS S3 own setup, using e.g. Glacier service, Retention Polices, etc. I mean I don’t really need to be able to watch or play anything from it. Just an external, physically separated backup of most important stuff (3-2-1 principle).
To have online access to photos & videos I will use home NAS.
onedrive can’t even tell how to manage photos, and is the main reason why people choose cloud in the first place, onedrive also fails misserably when you try to upload big files, i remember losing a job project thanks to onedrive taking over half a day to sync a file
AVG are basically adware/scareware. I used it for years and was so glad when I got rid of it.
OneDrive is the worst out of all of them.
A few observations regarding OneDrive. i) The pricing in your video is for the whole of Microsoft 365, not just OneDrive. ii) The 30 day retention you mention is for files that have been deleted. Versions of current files are kept for much longer (about 6 months, I think). iii) It has the ability for password protected shared folders. As far as I know, the others don’t. iv) The file naming rules are different from Windows, so beware if you have some machine named content with odd characters or very long names (e.g. files from a WordPress or Joomla site). I got caught out with this a few years ago when I migrated from Google Drive.