Microsoft Revamps OneDrive Storage Tiers

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show_resp2"> <span><a href="#comments">37 <small>Comments</small></a></span> | <strong><a class="icAddComment" href="/Comment/NewComment/8199?page=1&commentPage=1&showAllComments=False">Add A Comment</a></strong> </div> <div class="blog_top_right hide_resp2"> <span><a href="#comments">37 <small>Comments</small></a></span> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="sidepadding review"> <div style="margin: 0 auto; text-align: center;"> <img src="https://images.anandtech.com/doci/8199/OneDrive_678x452.png" alt="" /> </div> <div style="float: right; margin: 13px 0px 15px 15px;"> <div id="middle_ad"> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="articleContent"> <p> Today Microsoft announced some very substantial changes to OneDrive storage. OneDrive is of course Microsoft’s consumer cloud storage product, formerly named SkyDrive. When the service first launched in 2007, early users received 5 GB of online storage. This amount was increased to 25 GB per user in 2008. The service was changed again though in 2012 limiting new users to 7 GB of free storage, however existing users could be grandfathered into the old 25 GB tier, and at that time the free storage tier was more storage than competing cloud storage solutions such as Google Drive and Dropbox.</p> <p> Times have changed though, and responding to the recent free storage increases and paid storage price drops implemented by Google, Microsoft has now increased the free storage pool to 15 GB. According to Microsoft’s internal data, 75% of users have less than 15 GB in their OneDrive at the moment, with the remainder likely being on some sort of paid tier. This is certainly a bonus to anyone who is using OneDrive or thinking of using it, but the big news comes attached to a subscription service.</p> <p> On April 28<sup>th</sup>, OneDrive for Business <a href="https://blog.onedrive.com/1tb-for-every-business-user-with-onedrive-for-business/">announced a file storage increased from 25 GB per user to 1 TB per user</a> coming in the next couple of months, and now that same 1 TB per user is coming to all subscribers of Office 365. Office 365 <a href="http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/office365home/">Home</a>, <a href="http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/buy-office-365-personal-FX104160403.aspx">Personal</a>, and <a href="http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-office-365-university-FX102918415.aspx">University </a>subscriptions will all include the 1 TB of storage starting in July. Let’s go over what each tier gives you and their pricing:</p> <p>  </p> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="color: rgb(52, 52, 52); line-height: normal; " width="678"> <tbody> <tr class="tgrey"> <td align="center" colspan="7"> Office 365 Consumer Versions</td> </tr> <tr class="tlblue"> <td width="78">  </td> <td align="center" valign="middle" width="150"> University</td> <td align="center" valign="middle" width="150"> Personal</td> <td align="center" valign="middle" width="150"> Home</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tlgrey"> Number of Users</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 1</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 1</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 5</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tlgrey"> Number of Devices</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 2 PCs, Macs, or Tablets</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 1 PC or Mac, and 1 Tablet</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 5 PCs or Macs, and 5 Tablets</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tlgrey"> Included Applications</td> <td align="center" colspan="3" valign="middle"> Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher, Access</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tlgrey"> Skype Minutes</td> <td align="center" colspan="3" valign="middle"> 60 Skype world minutes per month</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tlgrey"> OneDrive Storage</td> <td align="center" colspan="2" valign="middle"> 1 TB</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 1 TB x 5 Users (5 TB total)</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tlgrey"> Pricing</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> $79.99/4 years</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> $6.99/month<br /> $69.99/year</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> $9.99/month<br /> $99.99/year</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> Office 365 Home has just had a big amount of value added to it. For $100/year, users now have access to 5 TB of online storage, as well as the complete Office Suite for five people. Even if just looking at the storage available, this is a big advantage for OneDrive over the competition right now with Google offering 1 TB of storage for $120 alone.</p> <p> But what if you don’t need Office? OneDrive has also had its price slashed for just storage tiers by 70% to be competitive with Google Drive:</p> <p>  </p> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="color: rgb(52, 52, 52); line-height: normal; " width="678"> <tbody> <tr class="tgrey"> <td align="center" colspan="7"> Consumer Cloud Offerings</td> </tr> <tr class="tlblue"> <td width="78">  </td> <td align="center" valign="middle" width="100"> OneDrive</td> <td align="center" valign="middle" width="120"> Google Drive</td> <td align="center" valign="middle" width="100"> iCloud</td> <td align="center" valign="middle" width="100"> DropBox</td> <td align="center" valign="middle" width="80"> Box</td> <td align="center" valign="middle" width="100"> Amazon Cloud Drive</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tlgrey"> Free Storage</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 15 GB</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 15 GB</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 5 GB</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 2 GB</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 10 GB</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> 5 GB</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tlgrey"> Paid Storage (USD/year)</td> <td align="center" valign="top"> 100 GB - $24<br /> 200 GB - $48<br /> 1 TB - $70 (With Office 365 Personal)<br /> 5 TB - $100 (5 x 1 TB w/Office 365 Home)</td> <td align="center" valign="top"> 100 GB - $24<br /> 1 TB - $120<br /> 10 TB - $1200<br /> 20 TB - $2400<br /> 30 TB - $3600</td> <td align="center" valign="top"> 20 GB - $12<br /> 200 GB - $50<br /> Tiers up to 1 TB not priced yet</td> <td align="center" valign="top"> 100 GB - $99<br /> 200 GB - $199<br /> 500 GB - $499</td> <td align="center" valign="top"> 100 GB - $120</td> <td align="center" valign="top"> 20 GB - $10<br /> 50 GB - $25<br /> 100 GB - $50<br /> 200 GB - $100<br /> 500 GB - $250<br /> 1 TB - $500</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tlgrey"> Versioning</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> Office files (30 days)</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> Yes (30 days)</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> No</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> Yes (30 days)<br /> Unlimited with PackRat addon</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> No (Personal Tier)</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> No</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tlgrey"> File Restore</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> Yes (30 days)</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> Yes (30 days)</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> No</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> Yes (30 days)<br /> Unlimited with PackRat addon</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> Yes (30 days)</td> <td align="center" valign="middle"> Yes</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tlgrey"> Operating System Support</td> <td align="center" valign="top"> Windows<br /> OS X<br /> Android<br /> iOS<br /> Windows Phone</td> <td align="center" valign="top"> Windows<br /> OS X<br /> Chrome OS<br /> Android<br /> iOS</td> <td align="center" valign="top"> Windows<br /> OS X<br /> iOS</td> <td align="center" valign="top"> Windows<br /> OS X<br /> Linux<br /> Android<br /> iOS<br /> BlackBerry<br /> Kindle Fire</td> <td align="center" valign="top"> Windows<br /> OS X<br /> Android<br /> iOS<br /> Windows Phone<br /> BlackBerry</td> <td align="center" valign="top"> Windows<br /> OS X<br /> Android<br /> iOS<br /> Kindle Fire</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> Clearly Microsoft is hoping to get some consumer lock-in with these tiers as it would be difficult to move away from their services if you have a couple of hundred gigabytes of data stored with them. Whether it works or not will remain to be seen but it’s an impressive offering, and something that other cloud storage vendors can’t really compete against because like it or not, Office is still an important tool for a lot of people. When Office 365 first launched, it was an interesting idea to try to migrate people from pay once own forever software to a subscription service, but at the time the value-add wasn’t really there other than always having the latest version. Considering a lot of people may only have bought Office Home and Student for around $100 (which allowed up to three installs) it was a tough sell to try and get people to switch over to paying $100/year for basically the same service. Today’s addition as well as the recent tie-in of Office365 with both the iPad and Android versions of Office can possibly sway people who were on the fence. </p> <p>  </p> </div> <p> Source: <a href="https://blog.onedrive.com/new-onedrive-storage-plans/">OneDrive Blog</a> </p> <div class="article_links"> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="fl-rt" style="margin: 22px 0px 15px;"> <div class="button left"><a href="/print/8199/microsoft-revamps-onedrive-storage-tiers" class="print_article"><span>PRINT THIS ARTICLE</span></a></div> </div> <div class="fl-rt" style="margin: 22px 8px 15px; height: 0px;"> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div style="text-align: center;" id="resp_middle_ad"> </div> </div> <div class="discussion" id="comments"> <script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function () { window.hasCommenting = true; $('#icTopPost').click(DoTopPost); $("#icLoginLink").click(function (e) { window.gotoComment = true; $.fancybox.open([ { href: '#inlineLogin' } ], { padding: 0, titlePosition: 'inside', transitionIn: 'none', transitionOut: 'none', afterShow: function (current, previous) { $('#UserName').focus(); } }); e.preventDefault(); return false; }); $("#inlineComment").click(function (e) { DoComment(); e.preventDefault(); return false; }); $("div#comments a.jqc").click(function () { $.get(this.href, scrollComments); return false; }); }); </script> <div><a id="commentsAnchor"></a></div> <ul id="icReplyHolder"> <li id="replybox" class="blog_post_area" style="display: none;"> <div class="blog_post_btm"> <h3>Post Your Comment</h3> <span id="icMessage"> Please <a id="icLoginLink" href="/Account/Login?r=%2fshow%2f8199%2fmicrosoft-revamps-onedrive-storage-tiers">log in</a> or <a href="/Account/Register?r=%2fshow%2f8199%2fmicrosoft-revamps-onedrive-storage-tiers">sign up</a> to comment. </span> <textarea cols="10" rows="10" class="comment_txtarea" placeholder="Enter your comment" id="CommentInput" name="CommentInput"></textarea> <input name="" type="button" id="inlineComment" class="submit_comment_btn" value="Submit Comment" disabled="disabled"> <img alt="" src="/Content/images/ajax-loader13.gif" id="icAjaxLoader"/> <input type="hidden" name="ParentCommentId" id="ParentCommentId" /> <input type="hidden" name="ReplyLevel" id="ReplyLevel" /> <input data-val="true" data-val-number="The field ContentId must be a number." data-val-required="The ContentId field is required." id="ContentId" name="ContentId" type="hidden" value="8199" /> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </li> </ul> <div class="blog_comments"> <div>Comments Locked</div> <h2>37 Comments</h2> <h3><a href="/comments/8199/microsoft-revamps-onedrive-storage-tiers">View All Comments</a></h3> <ul id="ulComments"> <li id="cid408117" style=""> <h4><a>Drumsticks </a> - Monday, June 23, 2014 - <a href="/comments/8199/microsoft-revamps-onedrive-storage-tiers/408117" style="font-weight:normal; color:#8E8C8C;">link</a></h4> <span>Wow, that Office bundle is a pretty impressive incentive...</span> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li id="cid408118" style="padding-left:18px;"> <h4><a>sherlockwing</a> - Monday, June 23, 2014 - <a href="/comments/8199/microsoft-revamps-onedrive-storage-tiers/408118" style="font-weight:normal; color:#8E8C8C;">link</a></h4> <span>Especially for those with .edu emails and can get the University Version.</span> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li id="cid408171" style="padding-left:36px;"> <h4><a>Morawka</a> - Monday, June 23, 2014 - <a href="/comments/8199/microsoft-revamps-onedrive-storage-tiers/408171" style="font-weight:normal; color:#8E8C8C;">link</a></h4> <span>1TB of cloud storage for 4 years plus the full suite of the latest Office for the next 4 years all for $80. Goodbye dropbox</span> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li id="cid408187" style="padding-left:54px;"> <h4><a>CaedenV</a> - Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - <a href="/comments/8199/microsoft-revamps-onedrive-storage-tiers/408187" style="font-weight:normal; color:#8E8C8C;">link</a></h4> <span>Actuially $65 on Amazon if you are really pinching pennies.<br /><br />Interestingly enough, I just registered my University copy of office last week. Just checked my storage and no increase yet :( But then again I have the 7GB free, plus 20GB 'enthusiast' bonus for having a windows phone, plus 100 GB from turning in a few Bing points, plus 3GB for having a lumia phone with the pureview camera, plus the 20GB from Office 365... I am not exactly hurting for space right now.</span> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li id="cid408243" style="padding-left:72px;"> <h4><a>sherlockwing</a> - Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - <a href="/comments/8199/microsoft-revamps-onedrive-storage-tiers/408243" style="font-weight:normal; color:#8E8C8C;">link</a></h4> <span>It is not going live until July it seems. Also MS didn't mention if they are changing the maximum file size(was 2GB). If the max file size remains 2GB it would be disappointing.</span> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li id="cid408119" style="padding-left:18px;"> <h4><a>andrewaggb</a> - Monday, June 23, 2014 - <a href="/comments/8199/microsoft-revamps-onedrive-storage-tiers/408119" style="font-weight:normal; color:#8E8C8C;">link</a></h4> <span>wow, that's a lot of cloud storage. That's pretty compelling actually.</span> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li id="cid408121" style="padding-left:36px;"> <h4><a>B3an</a> - Monday, June 23, 2014 - <a href="/comments/8199/microsoft-revamps-onedrive-storage-tiers/408121" style="font-weight:normal; color:#8E8C8C;">link</a></h4> <span>Easily the best cloud storage option right now. Even the UI is the best and easiest to use.</span> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li id="cid408185" style="padding-left:54px;"> <h4><a>Sttm</a> - Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - <a href="/comments/8199/microsoft-revamps-onedrive-storage-tiers/408185" style="font-weight:normal; color:#8E8C8C;">link</a></h4> <span>Yeah I love OneDrive;s UI setup in Windows 8.1. Just open explorer and drag and drop! Easy and built in.</span> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li id="cid408244" style="padding-left:54px;"> <h4><a>sherlockwing</a> - Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - <a href="/comments/8199/microsoft-revamps-onedrive-storage-tiers/408244" style="font-weight:normal; color:#8E8C8C;">link</a></h4> <span>The weakest point is that the max file size is only 2GB(10GB for Google Drive).</span> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li id="cid408443" style="padding-left:72px;"> <h4><a>Akrovah</a> - Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - <a href="/comments/8199/microsoft-revamps-onedrive-storage-tiers/408443" style="font-weight:normal; color:#8E8C8C;">link</a></h4> <span>I don't htink that will be a huge problem for most people. At least for me the only files I really have larger than that are my Windows install disc images. 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