
We won’t be touching on actual file syncing or sharing in this round, as these are core pillars of any cloud storage solution and deserve their own dedicated round later on in our comparison. We’ll start by taking a look at the features that Google Drive and Icedrive offer.

My other advice: Try not to pay list price for cloud storage if you can help it. In my case, that device is an HP laptop running Windows 10, so I pay for OneDrive to sync its documents, photos and music.


My advice: Let the computer that most needs online backup – meaning the device that spends the most time out of the house and holds the most content in need of safekeeping – drive your cloud choice. ►Unfriending Facebook: How to deactivate or permanently delete your Facebook accountīeyond those three, you can also buy cloud storage from the likes of Dropbox, where 2TB runs $119.88/year, while Amazon Prime subscribers get unlimited Amazon Photos storage those third-party services, however, lack their integration with major computing platforms. ►How to get it together: 5 tips to help you organize your iPhone, Android apps and control the chaos Google’s backup service does not come with add-ons to match Apple and Microsoft’s – but it’s also your only recourse for a Gmail inbox that’s grown beyond your ability to keep it under the 15 GB line.
