Microsoft OneDrive: no longer means expensive
Web Services / / December 24, 2019
DropboxWhich has become a pioneer in the market of cloud services, for a long time, holds the lead among similar solutions. Nevertheless, over the past few years, he had accumulated quite a number of serious competitors. The most successful of them - a cloud service OneDrive from Microsoft - has recently increased the amount of start-up storage and cheaper tariff plans for additional free space.
From now on for the first time registered users can count on as much as 15 GB instead of the usual 7 GB. For comparison, Dropbox at the start of the free can get only 2 GB. They can be increased up to 5 GB, performing different tasks, and up to 18 GB, attracting new users. In addition to free calling plans, and changes will be an expanded version of the subscription Office 365. For example, the Home version, customers can get a free 1 TB of free space for each of the five connected users. If you are using Office 365 Personal - do not worry, all the advantages described above will operate unchanged. The same applies to the tariff plan University, where for $ 80 you can use 1 TB for four years.
Huge discounts await those who do not use Office 365 subscription. The price for 100 GB of free space decreased from $ 7.99 to $ 1.99 per month. A similar situation and with the tariff for 200 GB: $ 3.99 instead of $ 11.99.
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All of the above innovations are users of Microsoft services will be felt starting next month. Such a decision can be explained by the company's announcement at WWDC Apple its own iCloud Drive, price whose policy is more than democratic, and is at the same level that Microsoft has set for OneDrive.
Do you use a cloud service company from Redmond? Which analogues do you prefer? We look forward to your responses in the comments.