Google Drive versus OneDrive

Name: Google Drive/One MS OneDrive
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Free storage
Minimum 15 GB 5 GB
Maximum 15 GB 15 GB
Notes: 0.5 GB extra per referral (max 10 GB) (source)
Free plan limits
Max file size 5 TB max
Bandwidth limit 750 GB upload/day
Max # of files
Ads shown? No ads No ads
Other limits free account
Storage plans & pricing
50 GB monthly
50 GB yearly
100 GB monthly €1,99 $1,99
100 GB yearly €19,99 $19,99
200 GB monthly €2,99
200 GB yearly €29,99
250 GB monthly
250 GB yearly
500 GB monthly
500 GB yearly
1 TB monthly $6,99
1 TB yearly $69,99
2 TB monthly €9,99
2 TB yearly €99,99
3 TB monthly
3 TB yearly
5 TB monthly €24,99
5 TB yearly €249,99
6 TB monthly
6 TB yearly
8 TB monthly
8 TB yearly
10 TB monthly €49,99
10 TB yearly
12 TB monthly
12 TB yearly
16 TB monthly
16 TB yearly
20 TB monthly €99,99
20 TB yearly
30 TB monthly €149,99
30 TB yearly
50 TB monthly
50 TB yearly
100 TB monthly
100 TB yearly
Unlimited monthly
Unlimited yearly
Other plans & pricing notes Google One comes with other benefits, Team plan (Google Workspace) comes with business apps. 1 TB Home plan comes with Microsoft Office.
Lifetime plans & pricing
Lifetime plans available? No No
Plans stackable?
50 GB lifetime
100 GB lifetime
150 GB lifetime
200 GB lifetime
250 GB lifetime
300 GB lifetime
500 GB lifetime
1 TB lifetime
2 TB lifetime
5 TB lifetime
10 TB lifetime
Team/business plans
Team plans available? Yes Yes
Minimum users 1 1
Storage size Up to 5 TB each 1 TB each
Features
PC sync folder? Yes Yes
Camera folder backup? Yes Yes
Share files? Yes Yes
Share w password? No Paid only
Share expiration? Yes Paid only
Share folder? Yes Yes
Video playback? Yes, 2K Yes
AI image search? Yes Yes
Email account included? Yes Yes
Online Office? Yes Yes
Live collaboration? Yes Yes
Versioning? Yes Yes
App passcode? No Yes
2FA? Yes Yes
Rclone support? Yes Yes
WebDAV? No No
Analytics? No Paid only
Custom branding? No Paid only
Open source? No No
App/device availability
Web app Yes Yes
Windows Yes Yes
MacOS Yes Yes
Linux No No
Android Yes Yes
iOS Yes Yes
Privacy
Encryption protocol 256-bit AES 256-bit AES
Zero knowledge E2EE No No
Data jurisdiction: United States United States
Review scores (out of 5)
Trustpilot score 2.3 1.4
Trustpilot # reviews 9 139
Google Play score 4.2 4.4
Google Play # reviews 10200000 5530000
App store score 4.7 4.5
App store # reviews 389000 39100
Company information
Legal name & info (crunchbase) link Google LLC Microsoft Corporation, Inc.
Founded (year) 1998 1975
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