Google Drive Alternatives

    Google Drive is described as 'file storage and synchronization service which enables user cloud storage, file sharing and collaborative editing. Google Drive incorporates the Google Docs suite, a collaborative office suite of productivity applications that offers: -' and is one of the leading apps in the Backup & Sync category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Google Drive for a variety of platforms, including Online / Web-based, Windows, Mac, iPhone and Android. The best alternative is Nextcloud, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Google Drive are Dropbox (Freemium), MEGA (Freemium), ownCloud (Freemium, Open Source) and Syncthing (Free, Open Source).

    This page was last updated Sep 8, 2021
    1. Fast and very secure digital asset management platform with a user-friendly interface. Allows you to customize download links with your brand's style and logo. Controlled access to all your digital files-anytime, anywhere,on any device and more.
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      Almost everyone thinks pCloud is a great alternative to Google Drive.
    2. You should have full control over your data. We help you achieve that: a safe home for all your data. Secure, under your control and developed in an open, transparent and trustworthy way. We are Nextcloud.
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      Nextcloud vs Google Drive opinions
      Almost everyone thinks Nextcloud is a great alternative to Google Drive.
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      violoncello secure, open source, self control, selfhostable
      Top positive comment  over 3 years ago

      10
      Keeps your data under your control - no more forced agreeing to crazy terms!
      Top positive comment  about 3 years ago

      8
      I love nextcloud, I can host it at home, work, or on a remote server. I'm in total control of all my data. It integrates beautifully with smartphones, Windows, Mac, Linux, and FreeBSD
      Positive comment • 10 days ago

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      Emiran The Best Alternatives To Drive It;s Run Fast, Secure, Self-Control And Open-Source, Gotta Put Another Application In My Open-Source List.
      Positive comment • 7 months ago

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      It's open source, doesn't track you, is verified by several web of trusts to be secure, and has other features such as weather and a calendar. I like it.
      Positive comment • 8 months ago

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      Gruak Open source, secure, self-hosted
      Positive comment • about 1 year ago

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      cbesot not a GAFAM, not closed source, host where you want.
      Positive comment • over 1 year ago

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    4. Dropbox

      • Freemium • Proprietary
      • Mac
      • Windows
      • Linux
      • Online
      • Android
      • iPhone
      • Blackberry
      • Chrome OS
      • Windows S
      • Windows Phone
      • iPad
      • Kindle Fire
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      Put your files into your Dropbox on one computer, and they'll be instantly available on any of your other computers that also have Dropbox installed.
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      Most users think Dropbox is a great alternative to Google Drive.

    5. MEGA

      • Freemium • Proprietary
      • Mac
      • Windows
      • Linux
      • Online
      • Android
      • iPhone
      • Chrome OS
      • Windows S
      • Android Tablet
      • Windows Phone
      • iPad
      • Google Chrome
      • Firefox
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      MEGA, the successor of MegaUpload , is a cloud storage and file hosting service produced by Mega Limited.
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      MEGA vs Google Drive opinions
      Most users think MEGA is a great alternative to Google Drive.
      Mansampard01 Secure and a lot of free space.
      Top positive comment  over 2 years ago

      5
      Encrypted, easy to use and offers free extra storage for referrals.
      Top positive comment  9 months ago

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      edapm MEGA is a great (free!) alternative to Google Drive- more free space, and it's encrypted!
      Positive comment • 8 months ago

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      Private, does not spy on you at all.
      Positive comment • almost 3 years ago

      -6
      saveriogccostanzo Mega gives much more free space than GoogleDrive, it is fast enough and has a strong management of the upload/download bandwidth (as much as GoogleDrive though). Good the streaming feature.
      Positive comment • almost 3 years ago

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      It is offering 50 GB free & also has a better sync app that runs on low end laptops running win xp
      Positive comment • over 3 years ago

      -5

    6. ownCloud

      • Freemium • Open Source
      • Mac
      • Windows
      • Linux
      • Android
      • iPhone
      • Blackberry
      • Android Tablet
      • iPad
      • Self-Hosted
      • Software as a Service (SaaS)
      • Raspberry Pi
      • Cloudron
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      Store your private pictures, documents, calendar and contacts on your ownCloud server at home, a rented VPS or use one of the public ownCloud providers.
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      ownCloud vs Google Drive opinions
      Most users think ownCloud is a great alternative to Google Drive.
      Offers all majors features, plus it's self-hosted (=data under control), but can be a bit tricky to set up for a non tech-savvy.
      Positive comment • about 6 years ago

      4
      Perfect solution for keeping a secure cloud
      Positive comment • about 3 years ago

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    8. Syncthing replaces proprietary sync and cloud services with something open, trustworthy and decentralized. Your data is your data alone and you deserve to choose where it is stored.
      Syncthing vs Google Drive opinions
      Some users think Syncthing is a great alternative to Google Drive, some don't.
      JohnFastman For transferring a large amount of data between your computers every now and again, Synthing is brilliant: free, private, open source and MUCH faster speeds (I've seen up to 80MB/second).
      Top positive comment  over 4 years ago

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      It's open source, secure & cross platform.
      Top positive comment  almost 2 years ago

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      Google Drive is a centralized location of where you can put your data and provide public links to selected data or folders. Syncthing is decentralized, where you can have a copies of your data and folders on multiple computers (making it somewhat like backup software). Syncthing does not provide public links to your data, but rather others must have Syncthing software installed and the person must share their private ID.
      Top negative comment  over 2 years ago

      6
      wookahn624 It has everything that google drive has but the great thing is it does not have google.
      Positive comment • over 4 years ago

      -3
      Syncthing is only for decentralized filesync. Google Drive is for centralized filesync PLUS filesharing PLUS collaboration.
      Negative comment • about 6 years ago

      1

    9. Microsoft OneDrive

      • Freemium • Proprietary
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      • Windows
      • Online
      • Android
      • iPhone
      • Blackberry
      • Chrome OS
      • Windows S
      • Android Tablet
      • Windows Phone
      • iPad
      • Apple Watch
      • Android Wear
      • Kindle Fire
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      OneDrive (formerly known as SkyDrive) delivers a satisfactory online file storage and sharing solution in a free and easy to use service. It has a design that is both attractive and functional.
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      Microsoft OneDrive vs Google Drive opinions
      Most users think Microsoft OneDrive is a great alternative to Google Drive.
      Because it is not Google :)
      Positive comment • about 4 years ago

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    10. Fast and very secure digital asset management platform with a user-friendly interface. Allows you to customize download links with your brand's style and logo. Controlled access to all your digital files-anytime, anywhere,on any device and more.
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      pCloud vs Google Drive opinions
      Almost everyone thinks pCloud is a great alternative to Google Drive.
      JohnFastman pCloud's advantage is that it works very smoothly, is hosted in Switzerland (much better privacy laws than US) and provides an encrypted folder whose contents aren't readble to the service. By contrast, GoogleDrive can read, lose, give away and analyzed all the contents of your files. Choose end-to-end encrypted alternatives. See Sync.com, Spideroak, iDrive and Cryptomator.
      Positive comment • over 4 years ago

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      Can access to files like Google Filestream and its very secure.
      Positive comment • 8 months ago

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    11. Resilio Sync allows you to automatically sync files between computers via secure, distributed technology (P2P bittorrent protocol). Fast, intelligent file transfers.
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      Some users think Resilio Sync is a great alternative to Google Drive, some don't.

    12. Box

      • Freemium • Proprietary
      • Mac
      • Windows
      • Online
      • Android
      • iPhone
      • Blackberry
      • Chrome OS
      • Windows S
      • Android Tablet
      • Windows Phone
      • iPad
      • Kindle Fire
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      SIMPLIFY HOW YOU WORK One platform for secure content management, workflow, and collaboration WORK FROM THE CLOUD Easily secure, manage and share all your files NOTE TAKING FOR TEAMS (BOX NOTES) Take meeting notes, share status updates and plan projects together from...
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      Box vs Google Drive opinions
      Most users think Box is a great alternative to Google Drive.
      Enough space to upload, may be smaller than Google drive, but it is not Google thankfully :)
      Positive comment • about 4 years ago

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      Very similar to Google Drive, has 10 GB free space, mobile app, one can create/upload/edit Microsoft Office files. Additionally one can tag these files. Encryption is possible, even though you have to pay for this.
      Positive comment • almost 4 years ago

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