Once you sign in you can access all your OneDrive files right from Explorer, as well as decide which files you want on your local computer, and which ones can stay in the cloud. OneDrive, as any Windows 10 user knows, is built right into the operating system.

That is great if you are searching for something with a specific word in the title or early in the content of the document.Ĭontrast that to Microsoft’s OneDrive search, which does nothing until you hit Enter on the keyboard. When you search on Google Drive potential results start populating right below the search box as you type. When it comes down to search there are noticeable differences between the two and, no surprise, Google has the clear advantage. Winner for pure storage amount: Google Search If you are more interested in integrating online storage with Microsoft Office, then OneDrive is the way to go. If you want the most online storage possible at the best price, then Google is the obvious choice. If you are only interested in OneDrive storage then you can get 100GB for €2 a month, but the focus with Microsoft is on OneDrive as part of an Office 365 subscription.īoth services offer good value but for different reasons. That is more than double what you would pay for Google, but on top of the storage you get Microsoft Office. If you wanted 2TB of storage, for example, you would pay an extra €10 per month or €120 per year. You can also pay more to add extra storage to your single account.

Alternatively, you can pay €70 for Office 365 Personal, which gives you Office and a single 1TB of storage. On top of that, Office 365 Home can be shared with up to five more people in your family each with their own 1TB of storage. Office 365 Home costs €100 per year, and with that you get Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, as well as Access and Publisher for PC, and 1TB of OneDrive storage. Instead of charging just for storage, Microsoft folds OneDrive into a Microsoft Office subscription. Microsoft’s pricing is a little different. The latter also gives you 10% back (as store credit) from purchases in the Google Store. Anyone who needs more storage than that can pay €20 a year for 100GB of storage, €30 for 200GB, or €100 for a whopping 2TB. First, there is the free plan with 15GB that all Google Account users get by default.

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