So what is it exactly? And why is it so cheap? Are we looking at another case of too cheap to be any good? Read on to find out. I’ve said this many times at Guiding Tech: “The cloud is a mystery”. It’s kind of becoming my catch phrase.
What it Can Do
Unlimited photo backup for just a dollar a month is an awesome deal – I’ll give you that. Unlimited Everything is the tricky part. It’s 60 dollars a year – or 5 dollars a month where you can upload any kind of file – music, video, documents – anything you want. But it doesn’t have a large app library like Dropbox (here’s Cloud Drive’s meager app library). It doesn’t have a document suite like Google Drive, nor does it have awesome plugins support.
Should You Use It?
The problem with Cloud Drive is that it’s just not good enough. It can’t replace Google Drive or Dropbox for you. The most it can do is be the place where you dump all your files for safe keeping. And it can’t even do that well. Services like Backblaze offer unlimited backup for $5 a month and they have awesome Mac and mobile apps where they automatically backup all your files, keep an eye on changes, upload them, let you restore any file from anywhere, and more. There’s nothing of the sort with Cloud Drive. If you want to upload files, you’ll need to do it manually – every time. I think the dollar a month photo backup service is really good. Yes, Flickr gives you kind of the same features but it’s limited to 1 TB for free – honestly, that’s more than enough for most people. Cloud Drive does have a web interface where you can edit files, move them around and more. This can help you manage your photo storage better. And I’m sure most of what’s eating your Dropbox storage is photos. If you effectively take that out of the equation, you can use Dropbox/Google Drive/iCloud Drive for documents without any problems. Think about it. All this and more next time, on Guiding Tech. The above article may contain affiliate links which help support Guiding Tech. However, it does not affect our editorial integrity. The content remains unbiased and authentic.
