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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Google Drive

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Drive is a cloud file storage, synchronization, and collaboration platform and service, that features Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides for document editing and presentation.

    $6

    per month

    ownCloud

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AownCloud is a self-hosted open source file syncing and sharing option, from the Boston-based company of the same name.

    $5

    per month

    Pricing
    Google DriveownCloud
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $6.00
    per month
    Business
    $12.00
    per month
    Enterprise
    Contact Vendor for Quote
    per month
    Standard
    $5
    per month
    Enterprise
    $12
    per month
    For Teams
    $13
    per month
    For Single Users
    $15
    per month
    Community
    Free
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google DriveownCloud
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscounts are available for students, educators, and non profit organizations.—
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    Community Pulse
    Google DriveownCloud
    Considered Both Products
    Google
    Chose Google Drive
    I have used ownCloud and Dropbox for file storage and they do a decent job of allowing me to backup, share and access my files. iCloud is still new and while it's getting better, there is no Enterprise edition and they only start you out with 5 GBs of space, for all of your …
    Incentivized
    ownCloud
    Chose ownCloud
    The most important advantage for our research group is security and access control to our files, which cannot be guaranteed with 3rd party services

    The sync client is great and outperforms OneDrive for sure and sometimes even Google Drive depending on the number and size of the …
    Incentivized
    Chose ownCloud
    ownCloud is better than Google Drive and Microsoft's OneDrive. I have not used Google Drive in some time now, so it may have improved. OneDrive has become better over time too, but my go-to is still ownCloud. Firstly, I prefer to have my data under my control. No other service …
    Incentivized
    Chose ownCloud
    The sync client is great and outperforms OneDrive for sure and sometimes even Google Drive depending on the number and size of the files.

    If you already have your own home-lab or server room, it's really not expensive to buy a couple hard drives and have TBs of storage. Compared …
    Incentivized
    Chose ownCloud
    This is another alternative to Google Drive as well, but less able to edit and use documents.
    Incentivized
    Chose ownCloud
    The paid cloud services are expensive if you need a lot of data. You're giving your personal and business information to a data-hungry organization. Local NAS solutions are too slow. We run ownCloud on an older business PC and the performance is outstanding, even for remote …
    Incentivized
    Chose ownCloud
    I have a very similar experience between Google Drive and Dropbox. Both offer real-time sharing and collaboration. Google Drive limits external access and requires the recipient of shared files to have a Google account. In the case of both Dropbox and GoogleDrive, they limit …
    Incentivized
    Chose ownCloud
    Other tools with similar functionality have been much better for me to use. However, my company uses ownCloud as its software of choice, so I use it to remain consistent with them.
    Incentivized
    Chose ownCloud
    I have used several products based on public (DropBox, Google Drive, Microsoft Drive, etc) and private cloud (Citrix). Most of them work on public cloud space so they could present problems with compliance. Also, it is usually difficult to protect the information contained in …
    Incentivized
    Chose ownCloud
    ownCloud's ease of install, maintenance and use as well as a modern interface were major reasons for the choice.
    Incentivized
    Chose ownCloud
    ownCloud is one of the only self-hosted solutions worth it. It is open source and free, meaning that anyone with a Linux VM or an old laptop can host its own feature-rich cloud server. Many all-in-one firewalls will mix OwnCloud and CrashPlan, joining document management and …
    Incentivized
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Features
    Google DriveownCloud
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Google Drive and ownCloud
    Feature
    Google Drive
    7.7
    209 Ratings
    ownCloud
    8.5
    13 Ratings
    Versioning8.2184 Ratings9.010 Ratings
    Video files7.5178 Ratings7.89 Ratings
    Audio files7.9172 Ratings8.19 Ratings
    Document collaboration8.4206 Ratings7.812 Ratings
    Access control8.2204 Ratings9.512 Ratings
    File search6.0208 Ratings8.112 Ratings
    Device sync7.7194 Ratings9.312 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Security & Administration
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Google Drive and ownCloud
    Feature
    Google Drive
    8.1
    203 Ratings
    ownCloud
    8.5
    13 Ratings
    User and role management8.2191 Ratings9.012 Ratings
    File organization7.4202 Ratings8.713 Ratings
    Device management8.799 Ratings7.79 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Platform
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Google Drive and ownCloud
    Feature
    Google Drive
    8.3
    202 Ratings
    ownCloud
    8.8
    13 Ratings
    Performance8.1200 Ratings8.813 Ratings
    Reliability8.3202 Ratings9.113 Ratings
    Storage Reports8.587 Ratings8.410 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Google DriveownCloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (210 ratings)
    7.8
    (13 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.9
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (40 ratings)
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (48 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)