Who Provides The Best Cloud Storage?
Despite the presence of numerous companies competing for superiority in the cloud-based storage market, the majority of consumers agree that three of them definitely stand over the others. In fact, when looking at price and ease of use, there are some who will contend that it is really just a two-horse race between Dropbox and Amazon's new Cloud Drive service.
The following article measures up these two online cloud storage giants with regard to value offered and usability, so you can choose for yourself which is best.
Amazon Takes its Run at the Casual Consumer Market
Reacting, in large part, to increasing demand for inexpensive cloud storage for everyday consumers, Amazon released its Cloud Drive service plan in spring 2011 to exceptional consumer reviews. Cloud Drive's price of a dollar annually for a gigabyte of storage, in addition to five free gigabytes for each new customer was a direct challenge to Dropbox's stranglehold on the niche, but it was the new service's user-friendly interface that really gained the industry's awareness. Perhaps the biggest impact generated by Cloud Drive was in the developments it gives those interested in maintaining and streaming sizeable volumes of music data files.
Seamlessly integrated with Amazon's Cloud Player, Cloud Drive immediately backs up every music file bought from Amazon to the storage account. Better still, it also enables Android users to stream off their storage space straight to their mobile device with an app.
Will Dropbox Still Dropkick the Competition?
Before the release of Cloud Drive a few months ago, the vast majority of private cloud storage users would have probably been in accord that Dropbox addressed their needs better than anyone else in the industry. Charging approximately $0.50 for each gigabyte stored, hardly any other cloud storage providers can rival the company's affordable monthly fees.
Thanks to its industry-leading synchronization technology that permits easy file sharing as well as mobile app interconnectivity, Dropbox will definitely continue to be a favorite for many years. The issue is will it still be the favorite of the everyday consumer?
So, Which One Offers the Best Cloud Storage?
The issue of who has the best cloud storage service is ultimately a subjective one. Amazon has definitely etched out a corner as the ideal service for users who enjoy storing and streaming music files (Dropbox doesn't have this capability) but, although it trumps Dropbox on price, it still lags behind in a few places.
Dropbox's data file sharing and device-integration systems continue to be the best on the market, and Cloud Drive hasn't yet tried to take on this aspect of its services. Additionally, Dropbox's security features (although quite average compared to many providers) top Amazon's hands down.
To come back to the initial question of which provider is the best, Amazon has Dropbox whipped if you are somebody who needs a lot of storage area for cheap, and loves to stream songs to all of your mobile devices. Then again, there is no comparison to Dropbox if you enjoy sharing your files with various people with all of your devices.
The following article measures up these two online cloud storage giants with regard to value offered and usability, so you can choose for yourself which is best.
Amazon Takes its Run at the Casual Consumer Market
Reacting, in large part, to increasing demand for inexpensive cloud storage for everyday consumers, Amazon released its Cloud Drive service plan in spring 2011 to exceptional consumer reviews. Cloud Drive's price of a dollar annually for a gigabyte of storage, in addition to five free gigabytes for each new customer was a direct challenge to Dropbox's stranglehold on the niche, but it was the new service's user-friendly interface that really gained the industry's awareness. Perhaps the biggest impact generated by Cloud Drive was in the developments it gives those interested in maintaining and streaming sizeable volumes of music data files.
Seamlessly integrated with Amazon's Cloud Player, Cloud Drive immediately backs up every music file bought from Amazon to the storage account. Better still, it also enables Android users to stream off their storage space straight to their mobile device with an app.
Will Dropbox Still Dropkick the Competition?
Before the release of Cloud Drive a few months ago, the vast majority of private cloud storage users would have probably been in accord that Dropbox addressed their needs better than anyone else in the industry. Charging approximately $0.50 for each gigabyte stored, hardly any other cloud storage providers can rival the company's affordable monthly fees.
Thanks to its industry-leading synchronization technology that permits easy file sharing as well as mobile app interconnectivity, Dropbox will definitely continue to be a favorite for many years. The issue is will it still be the favorite of the everyday consumer?
So, Which One Offers the Best Cloud Storage?
The issue of who has the best cloud storage service is ultimately a subjective one. Amazon has definitely etched out a corner as the ideal service for users who enjoy storing and streaming music files (Dropbox doesn't have this capability) but, although it trumps Dropbox on price, it still lags behind in a few places.
Dropbox's data file sharing and device-integration systems continue to be the best on the market, and Cloud Drive hasn't yet tried to take on this aspect of its services. Additionally, Dropbox's security features (although quite average compared to many providers) top Amazon's hands down.
To come back to the initial question of which provider is the best, Amazon has Dropbox whipped if you are somebody who needs a lot of storage area for cheap, and loves to stream songs to all of your mobile devices. Then again, there is no comparison to Dropbox if you enjoy sharing your files with various people with all of your devices.
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