Three big cloud storage services contest Look who's right for you.

Yesterday, Microsoft released SkyDrive, Google released Google Drive today, since the foreign internet giants have launched a cloud storage services, three services are very similar. So can Dropbox keep the lead? Let's take a look at Google Drive, SkyDrive, Dropbox cloud storage services in detail, but also to help you choose a suitable cloud storage services.

Free storage space Comparison

Dropbox free space only 2GB, but we can increase the space through the invitation mechanism, the current Lou Dropbox has 18GB, should be considered convenient.

Free storage space Comparison

Google Drive default space is 5G.

SkyDrive has reduced the free storage space to 7GB, and the default is 25GB.

Price and paid storage space comparison

Worried about the lack of space? Don't be afraid, these three servers have to provide a paid upgrade, the figure for price comparison, the same is 100GB space, Google Drive need 60 U.S. dollars, SkyDrive to 50 dollars, the good news is that the future will be reduced to 10 dollars, and Dropbox need to re-examine their pricing, at this point, Dropbox is the most expensive platform.

Price and paid storage space comparison

It is noteworthy that when Gmail users become Google Drive paid users, their Gmail account storage space will be expanded to 25GB.

Selective synchronization Comparisons

Microsoft says they want to keep the SkyDrive apps as simple and easy to use as possible, unfortunately, which means there is no option to select the folders you want to sync. and Dropbox and Google Drive can let you control which files to sync to the cloud.

Platform Support

Platform Support

As shown above, Microsoft and Google both launch their own mobile platform applications while not supporting each other's mobile platform. But they all support iOS, Dropbox is the only platform that supports Linux and BlackBerry smartphones.

Built-in file reader comparison

SkyDrive and Office are the best choices. The most common file formats in the built-in file browser for SkyDrive and Dropbox Web applications include Office files, PDF files, videos, and images. "Google Docs" supports more formats-including Photoshop prototypes and AutoCAD drawings-no wonder that you can also view these files without the need for additional software at Google Drive.

History Comparison of files

The Dropbox account will be saved for 30 days, which means that if you accidentally delete or change the file, you can easily revert to the previous version in the next 30 days of any file history. SkyDrive and Google Drive can also store previous versions of all files.

If you delete a file or a folder within a SkyDrive Web application, it is completely deleted, and within Dropbox and Google Drive, the file is moved to the Recycle Bin, where the user can recover from.

Account Security Comparisons

Google Drive is directly connected to your Google account, you can apply for Level 2 protection and unauthorized users will not be able to access your online files, even if they know your Google username and password. The Dropbox and SkyDrive users provide an additional layer of protection.

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