Productivity is the main focus for Drive, which is tightly integrated with Google's free and collaboration-centred online office apps, such as Google Docs. Just as OneDrive is built into Windows, Google Drive is seamlessly integrated into all Android devices. Recent improvements have brought some great features, though we wish Microsoft would increase its free storage allowance. If you use Windows 10 or Microsoft Office, OneDrive is a no-brainer because it's already integrated into your PC. Paid-for plans aren't particularly flexible, either: £1.99 per month boosts storage up to 50GB but if you need more, you'll have to subscribe to Office 365, which starts at £5.99 per month and provides 1TB of OneDrive space. Generosity isn't OneDrive's strong suit - Microsoft ruthlessly slashed free storage from 15GB to 5GB back in 2015, and there's an individual file-size limit of 10GB. How it can be improvedĭata is encrypted in transit but your files remain unencrypted on Microsoft's servers, unless you're a OneDrive Business user. You'll have to upgrade Windows 10 to the recent Fall Creators Update for this but once that's done, you'll find a selection of new icons next to items in your OneDrive folder indicating their sync status.

This is particularly useful if you have a laptop or tablet with limited storage because you can just download individual files as you need them. Even handier is the recent addition of Files On-Demand, which lets you view all the files stored in your OneDrive folders without physically having to sync them all with every device you own.

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