I'm considering getting an iPad Pro, and I'll need Cloud storage to allow for access to all my files and pictures.
Right now, my MBP has 400 used, and with Cloud Storage, I envision cost savings, as I will be able to buy future iPads, iPhones, and MacBooks with smaller storage capability.
So, who have you found to be the most user friendly and cost efficient?
Thank you
For easy and seamless integration with your Apple devices, iCloud. 99c a month for 50GB is a no brainer for most user. None of the other services offer a tier this cheap.
Outside iCloud, my vote goes to Dropbox. I've tried most of them, including Google Drive (free and GSuite) and OneDrive (O365), and Dropbox is the gold standard. They're not the cheapest (their free tier is only 2GB, $10 a month for 1TB), but boy their desktop client is the best. Any changes get updated to the cloud near instantly, and the desktop client is rock solid. You can really trust that whatever you do on your side will be updated to the cloud. Both Microsoft and Google don't even compare.
Google Drive itself is alright. It was pretty bad way back, but they got better. However, for a giant tech company, it's sub-par compared to Dropbox. There are hesitations in updating changes to the cloud, and their client is not the most stable. Often times, the client simply closes on its own without any user intervention, thus there are times that my files are not updated to the cloud (simply because the client just quit without me knowing).
Microsoft's OneDrive, although their offering is quite good if you're already using Office 365, it's also unreliable. Speed is the slowest, especially overseas. Microsoft don't seem to have as many servers as Google. And this can be highly irritating when you simply want to get a document from the cloud, or when you want to have your data uploaded and you are in a hurry. OneDrive was at one time better than Google Drive, but now Google Drive is better imo.
