OneDrive vs. ownCloud

OneDrive

1,027 Reviews and Ratings

ownCloud

36 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
OneDrive	Score8.5 out of 10	N/A	OneDrive from Microsoft is a cloud storage and file syncing service.	$5 per month
ownCloud	Score9.2 out of 10	N/A	ownCloud is a self-hosted open source file syncing and sharing option, from the Boston-based company of the same name.	$5 per month

Pricing

OneDrive

ownCloud

OneDrive for Business Plan 1: $5.00
Per Month (Annual Commitment)
Microsoft 365 Business Basic: $5.00
Per Month (Annual Commitment)
OneDrive for Business Plan 2: $10.00
Per Month (Annual Commitment)
Microsoft 365 Business Standard: $12.50
Per Month (Annual Commitment)

Standard: $5
per month
Enterprise: $12
per month
For Teams: $13
per month
For Single Users: $15
per month
Community: Free

Pricing Offerings
OneDrive	ownCloud
Free Trial
Yes	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

OneDrive can be purchased as a standalone tool, or as part of a Microsoft 365's business suite.

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	OneDrive	ownCloud
Considered Both Products	Microsoft Marc-Olivier Turgeon-Ferland System Administrator in Information Technology at Coveo (Computer Software, 201-500 employees) Chose OneDrive The only things that OneDrive does better then everyone else is the integration into Sharepoint/Office documents and the 1TB storage at this price range. Our corporate solution is Google Drive mainly because of the robust client, better cooperation inside documents, better … Incentivized Helpful?	ownCloud João Almeida Researcher in Engineering at Instituto de Telecomunicações (Telecommunications, 501-1000 employees) 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 Helpful? Verified User 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 Helpful? Marc-Olivier Turgeon-Ferland System Administrator in Information Technology at Coveo (Computer Software, 201-500 employees) 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 Helpful? Verified User 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 Helpful? Martin Malec Coordinator in Information Technology at Česká psychedelická společnost, z.s. (Czech Psychedelic Society) (Cosmetics, 11-50 employees) Chose ownCloud Due to the need to support many external workers it was mainly cost effectivity of open source solution: ability to allow external workers to access company files without the need to pay a license for each of them every month. Unfortunately, ownCloud does not offer until now as … Incentivized Helpful? Tommy Boucher IT Director in Information Technology at Coveo (Information Technology and Services, 201-500 employees) 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 Helpful?
	Would buy again
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	Delivers good value for the price
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	Happy with the feature set
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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	Implementation went as expected
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Features

OneDrive

ownCloud

Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of OneDrive and ownCloud
Feature	OneDrive 7.7 114 Ratings	ownCloud 8.5 13 Ratings
Versioning	7.290 Ratings	9.010 Ratings
Video files	7.2101 Ratings	7.89 Ratings
Audio files	6.395 Ratings	8.19 Ratings
Document collaboration	8.1108 Ratings	7.812 Ratings
Access control	8.1109 Ratings	9.512 Ratings
File search	8.9114 Ratings	8.112 Ratings
Device sync	8.1112 Ratings	9.312 Ratings

Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of OneDrive and ownCloud
Feature	OneDrive 7.2 109 Ratings	ownCloud 8.5 13 Ratings
User and role management	7.297 Ratings	9.012 Ratings
File organization	8.1109 Ratings	8.713 Ratings
Device management	6.392 Ratings	7.79 Ratings

Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of OneDrive and ownCloud
Feature	OneDrive 7.1 113 Ratings	ownCloud 8.8 13 Ratings
Performance	6.3112 Ratings	8.813 Ratings
Reliability	7.9113 Ratings	9.113 Ratings
Storage Reports	7.187 Ratings	8.410 Ratings

User Ratings
	OneDrive	ownCloud
Likelihood to Recommend	8.0 (114 ratings)	7.8 (13 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	9.0 (5 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	9.0 (13 ratings)	8.7 (4 ratings)
Performance	9.0 (1 ratings)	10.0 (2 ratings)
Support Rating	8.0 (36 ratings)	8.0 (3 ratings)