Who is winning the personal cloud storage price wars? (chart)
Amid the introduction of iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite this week, Apple also announced its iCloud Drive along with some price cuts to go with it. Of course, a large part of choosing a cloud storage provider is based on the features they provide.
Apple’s iCloud, for instance, is obviously more tailored to an iPhone user than Android while Dropbox and Box aim to be more multi-platform. Price is still a priority though so here’s how the personal cloud storage competition shakes out:
| Cloud Provider | Free | Pricing Tiers |
|---|---|---|
| Apple iCloud Drive | 5GB | 20GB = $0.99/month 200GB = $3.99/month Tiers available up to 1TB |
| Amazon Cloud Drive | 5GB | 20GB = $10/year 50GB = $25/year 100GB = $50/year 200GB = $100/year 500GB = $200/year 1000GB = $500/year |
| Box Personal | 10GB (up to 250mb file size) |
100GB = $10/month with 5GB file upload size ($120/year) |
| Dropbox | 2GB+ (Earn more space by referring friends, completing task) |
100GB = $9.99/month or $99/year 200GB = $19.99/month or $199/year 500GB = $49.99/month or $499/year |
| Google Drive | 15GB (includes Google Drive, Gmail, Google+ photos) |
100GB = $1.99/month 1TB = $9.99/month 10TB=$99.99/month 20TB=$199.99/month 30TB=$299.99/month |
| Microsoft OneDrive | 7GB+ (Gain more storage by linking camera roll, referring friends up to 15GB free) |
50GB = $25/year 100GB = $50/year 200GB = $100/year |