The BEST Cloud Storage in 2022? Dropbox vs Google Drive vs iDrive vs Sync vs pCloud vs OneDrive

[@Pokeonrocks5]

It's insane the quality of your videos, and how informative they are, and you only have 31.3k subscribers. Keep up the amazing work! I love your videos!

[@Brad-cb2dt]

Pretty sure OneDrive is a close second for value. For ~$8 a month you not only do you get MS Office, but you also get 2TB of storage PER PERSON with family sharing. Most family sharing plans share the overall storage amount.

[@TheStevenWhiting]

You only get 1TB per person according to their site in the UK. Assume same everywhere else.

[@Brad-cb2dt]

@@TheStevenWhiting oops, my bad.

[@TheStevenWhiting]

@@Brad-cb2dt Its fine as I went to the page and almost purchased the family package as I saw 2tb. But the 2tb was in my head :) re read and saw the 1tb.

[@Ishikawa-Goemon]

@@TheStevenWhiting "Only". On the other hand, you can link the accounts together, so you can use 6 TB, which is pretty amazing. I thought about iDrive as an alternative, but for me MS has a far better reputation as a company behind the cloud...

[@Ishikawa-Goemon]

​@I killed that beard guy It's only a few steps: 1. You need to share the necessary folders with the main account. You can simple put everything under a single folder (I mean the whole directory structure) and in this case you have to share only this folder. 2. There is a menu item on the left side in your main account (in every accounts actually) which called "shared", "shared items" or something like that. I'm a bit unsure about the name, because I use UI with my own language. 3. Right click on this specific shared item and there is an option which like "add shortcut" and that's it. After it you can see the shortcut and you can browse the other drive.

[@johnmknox]

The Apple iCloud storage system is confusing for a system that is meant to be integrated. I only used it briefly when my iPhone's storage got full when I was on holiday. It wasn't straightforward to download all that data back to my computer's drive. It was difficult to know whether it was on my phone or in the sky and if I was about to delete it by accident or not.

[@jackwong64]

iCloud is an cloud storage, it doesn’t backup the data back to your pc. You should’ve seen a message about you can’t use iTunes and iCloud to backup your iPhone at the same time. If you have a lot of picture you will have to turn on optimize iPhone storage under settings > photo. Just KZbin a iCloud walkthrough video.

[@keithcabrera2012]

You forgot to mention security on the cloud providers. Sync offers true E2EE (end to end encryption). pCloud also offers this, but at a premium. The other providers hold users encryption keys. IDrive is great for price, but when you read further in their details, they have ok encryption services and they give you the option to change how the encryption keys are held. This is crucial when choosing a cloud provider as privacy is critical in today’s tech age.

[@graytonw5238]

Great point. I used Dropbox for years and loved it because it's rock-solid and fast. I eventually switched to Sync though because with my freelance work I store customer data, and Dropbox makes no bones about using your data (or metadata) for marketing purposes. Sync has end-to-end encryption and zero-based knowledge, which is my main concern. It's much slower than Dropbox though, so you have to bite the bullet on that. I may check out pCloud again after watching this video, since performance looks better than it does with Sync.

[@graytonw5238]

@Id x Sync keeps the files encrypted on their end, and they're a Canadian company, not beholden to US laws. Not that I store anything illegal, but it's just an extra protection for user data. I would imagine the free version works the same, except that you get only 5 GB, which isn't much.

[@mistymu8154]

iCloud Drive offers full E2E encryption now if you turn on the optional Advanced Data Protection.

[@angelsv]

Here is my two cents why you should avoid Apple's iCloud. Try saving your videos and pictures from the camera roll to a folder in your iCloud Drive, and it will take ages, days to sync. You might see then in the iPhone, but at least in my case, I didn't see all the videos and pictures while accessing them from my Mac Mini M1. From 114 items, only synced 68. After waiting 5 hours and trying to figure out with the help of Google why it was taking so long, basically troubleshooting everything. I discover that it's a common 'issue' reported everywhere, but seems like Apple doesn't seem to care to fix.

[@Technobby]

@Sam & Colby Shorts Isn't Samsung cloud was discontinued? They are replaced with OneDrive.

[@Technobby]

@Sam & Colby Shorts I just got emailed that their cloud will be removed and files will be deleted on 1 Sept 2022, maybe different by country, I'm not sure.

[@jackwong64]

Been through it once, you have to call Apple and get to lvl2 or above technician and they can get it resolved. Been using iCloud since day1, loving the backup/sync feature.

[@jackwong64]

OneDrive for work and iCloud for personal If you have kids or love to take a lot of video/pictures, iPhone with iCloud is the best since it will free up the space on your iDevice when the space is running low, you don’t have to delete or lower the resolution manually. As for OneDrive, it works best with Office 365 e3 or office family plan.

[@TheStevenWhiting]

5:40 Useful to know as most of these services don't mention if they keep backups. You'd have to pay a lot more for a business plan if you wanted that. I've always used local HDD backups only but now, unfortunately, having to give cloud a go as well as my local backup. At least with the cloud versions I can share the photos with family.

[@vedatlodrik167]

I use iCloud for apple devices, google drive for everything and need a solid, secure recommendation to back up google drive ?

[@Astrovic1]

I used Microsoft's One Drive for a year now and am so discontent with it. I encountered so many problems and bugs that I am going to change the service now.

[@katieaus295]

What about iCloud with Apple and when you have pictures on the picture? Foldable and you have 10 days to delete pictures

[@roelzylstra]

@9:12 privacy security.

[@oddmanout1175]

What about Jottacloud? Servers in Norway, wich have one of the worlds best privacy laws. Unlimited file size. Unlimited storage, (at least it was when I signed up), but the upload speed slows down after 5TB.

[@d.idowuolutosin4250]

I've been a Dropbox user for years and I've used OneDrive and Google Drive. When it comes to consistency and reliability, I'll go with Dropbox any and every day. Mind you, I have a very specific use case. I use Dropbox primarily for my photography storage as a secondary aspect to my backups along with local NAS. Also, this is how I share photos with my clients. I've never had an issue with it and it pays for itself.

[@nilanjanmandal7834]

I just recently downloaded dropbox for my mac, I am using Google drive but can you please tell me is it possible to stream data from dropbox without storing it locally like google drive. I think drop box store data locally.

[@tlee927]

thanks for the info. I was deciding between Sync and Dropbox, for their unlimited storage. though it requires a minimum of 3 user accounts, paying $720/yr is better than slowly losing my 10+ years of photos due to hdd and ssd failures. yep, Samsung ssd failures before they even reached the 5 year mark. so painful.

[@njaaal]

12:38 onwards - you talk about sync and the teams option, but then conclude by stating 'pcloud is basically the one to check out' - is this not meant to reference sync?

[@Jurek009]

This video answered questions i didn't know i had haha. Thank you Pete!

[@nashwanbaxtiar7718]

I watch your videos whenever I want to purchase something on the internet! Thanks Pete

[@nashwanbaxtiar7718]

@@PeteMatheson Last week I subscribed to 1Password after I watched your video about the best password manager

[@bananajoe9951]

pCloud is based in Switzerland, but it's servers are based in the US and UK. Take that for what it's worth if you want privacy.

[@nuketube]

They got Servers in EU too, you can switch your Files over for 20$

[@kaveeshathamilarasu9231]

hi, may i know how do i do the speed test on my MacBook?

[@obliviox]

What about backblaze? Synology’s cloud?

[@gregrogers8736]

What about nextcloud? Self hosted, No limits on storage and built in collaborative office suite and other apps. No data mining. Works on windows, macs linux and phones.

[@nonnnth]

Dropbox free plan offers so little storage that I didn’t use it for anything but to store 1Password vault which is years ago before they migrated to their own system.

[@ChaineOrel]

how would i call clouds that that have there own folder on windows?

[@cosh22]

Hi Pete the link for iDrive does not work? is it possible to put another up for the 90% off please?

[@PeteMatheson]

Hi Matthew! The link seems to work for me... Can you try it again and let me know :)

[@jacobp7289]

Best cloud storage is buying a Synology or WD NAS and keeping your files at home on your own cloud. In the long run also likely cheaper.

[@Lili-xq9sn]

@@PeteMatheson Even though I looked these up, I still don't understand what they do for my situation. I don't have a computer or laptop. How do I backup a simple tablet and phone that doesn't have SD storage on them?

[@jacobp7289]

@@PeteMatheson Yes, I suppose its almost the same. For a cheap model with 2 discs it will be quite cheap and can compete with online cloud services in price.

[@sjsh5837]

And what happens in the event of a fire? Offsite backup is essential for any important files.

[@CheevoCheevo]

I use cloud storage from G-core labs. No security issues, SSH. I rent 5 TB, more profitable than AWS or Google, I save about $ 40.

[@etceteradiaries4080]

what is the best cloud storage for iphone and pc laptop user? I use my iphone for photo and video taking and edit it using my pc.

[@alro7779]

3:05 Upload speed maxed out at around 150 Mbps? You mean, 150/8=18.75 MBps, right? If so, that is not so fast!

[@debbiechapman2763]

Any suggestions for an app that helps you sort duplicates out of our storage?

[@RezaulKarimArif]

Using PCloud on my mac m1 and windows... LOVE IT! Especially the external drive feature

[@svetakontorska2467]

I want to know what if your google account being hacked will you be still able to see your photos in your google drive account? What program is best to use without having a google account?

[@Ratteler]

What about LINUX? I use Mint, Zorin, and Raspberry Pi or Twister OS? I also use Mac and Windows, but not as my daily driver. I'm also NOT a system administrator, so I want a user friendly desktop solution. In spite of being a Linux daily driver, I RARELY need the CLU these days.

[@Eddiereal]

I would like to know your opinion regarding the TERABOX.

[@taufiqsanusi4541]

Which one is the best for iPhone? (Besides iCloud)

[@adamstockton67]

How do you back up your cloud storage? Especially if your computer hard drive is smaller than the files you hold in the cloud?

[@Larimuss]

I get 1TB OneDrive with business basic plan that I use to host my emails with. So I get email hosting plus 1TB storage for like $50 USD a month or so.

[@mckill2007]

pcloud has a music player so you can download your favorite music and create a playlist

[@brrrbeep]

Pete, thanks for the video. What did you mean at 5:40 - "Google doesn't back up any of its data"?

[@brrrbeep]

@@PeteMatheson Thanks very much for the clarification!

[@jpjacobsenbr]

@Pete Matheson Geeky question for you: Does IDrive compress the files? I made a backup of my work drive with around 5TB of photos and videos and in the IDrive it shows as 3TB. I checked everything and it is all correct, all folders are there, but there different of size concerns me.

[@jpjacobsenbr]

@@PeteMatheson First of all I thank you for the response. I revised everything calmly and yes, the files are matching. Having said that, I still feel very unsafe about having my only backup being on the cloud. Do you trust any of them fully like this? Or do you keep a onsite and cloud backup of your work drive?

[@implantesdigital]

and about storage if not renew? idrive erase or maintain like the others ? i m asking cause in the payment place in idrive website show that will be erase !

[@jiti5034]

How to use 2 Dropboxes on one PC???? that is main question any suggestions

[@gabriel_kyne]

how can i backup my entire macbook to onedrive? My uni gave my OneDrive 5TB for free for life and i'd like to take advantage of a cloud backup in addition to my local external HD backups

[@PeteMatheson]

OneDrive isn’t really a backup, it will just copy the files in your OneDrive folder up to the cloud. So as long as any important files are kept there you’re mostly OK. But ideally you want a proper backup service, which you may need to pay for or find one with a good student discount!

[@TheStevenWhiting]

Your iDrive link still valid and now doesn't require coming from another service. For one year only.

[@ishaukthedoc5686]

At 13:00 i think he misspoke and meant sync

[@Gustavo_St]

Pete, which of these services support symbolic links on Windows? And which one provide mobile apps to automatically upload photos and videos while preserving folder structures? To both questions, the only one I know so far is OneDrive.

[@JDNM_NJames1863]

Hi have you uploaded the video for the photo storage

[@callmeNeno]

Just upgraded to 2TB iCloud subscription monthly happy to pay it

[@odinxalko7242]

Thank you for your video. Can you please make a video about Tresorit? Thanks

[@chriswood2806]

Great video thanks, was hoping we'd be able to find a replacement for Dropbox (we store around 15TB) and it gets a bit unstable. The next step would probably need to be AWS. PS what software do you use to edit your videos?

[@Lili-xq9sn]

Please cover privacy issues with these services. Thank you.

[@rafben]

What do you think about infomaniak kdrive?

[@saikrishna4511]

Best budget cloud storage for photos and other causual videos and stuff ?

[@TheStevenWhiting]

Signed up to iDrive for one year. Will probably only use them for one year then cancel. Was only $7, whatever that is in £. But they give no option to disable auto renewal. Appeared to think my mobile was in the US which I changed then it set it back to US. The profile showed 2FA was disabled but click into it and its enabled. If they can't get their front end right, how secure are the backups?

[@3Toy]

Off topic, but do someone know how to transfer shazam recognized songs to youtube music ?

[@ghiajohnson1547]

You are brilliant, Pete! I’m newly subscribed (5 minutes ago) and I highly value your research! Thank you!

[@yummy3rtg]

what about terabox?

[@charlesjohnston1506]

Thank you! This was a very thorough comparison.

[@vpctech]

How do i know sync is using end-to-end encryption? Can i choose my own encryption keys?

[@PeteMatheson]

Yes you can 👍🏼

[@cyber_softie]

I use a Windows PC but recently received an iPad and iPhone as a gift. They are more limited in storage space than i'm used to from android devices, so I'm looking for cloud storage that can "bridge the gap" between my PC and apple devices and help out with their small storage. I've never had to use cloud storage before so i'm a bit lost, any advice is welcome :)

[@ItsJackMo]

I'm in the exact same boat. Did you decide on a product yet? I'm still stuck after watching these videos.

[@byteme0000]

@@ItsJackMo I use Google Drive for my iPad/iPhone and it's been flawless. I use it for my PC, too, and it's great that everything syncs pretty much instantly.

[@HunterEddie]

Nice review mate, all things covered up..!

[@wannabedal-adx458]

I use OneDrive (with my M365 subscription). But pCloud ans Sync are interesting. Will dive deeper into their security and privacy features.

[@nabilizam22]

Hello, would you mine share your research about it? I'm searching for the best cloud, cheap enough due to my budget just to backup my photos/videos primarily.

[@tamaraduvall7733]

I am currently with dropbox, and there are many things that I love about it. However, I now need to sync (not backup) files from my pc's internal hard drive, my pc's external hard drive, my husband's hard drive, my husband's external hard drive, etc. Dropbox can't handle this. Is there something that can?

[@georgwilhelm319]

would like to see mega in the next video since i feel the value privacy more

[@glenchambers3839]

Hello Pete. Nobody really talks about Tresorit? It’s secure with encryption, I’ve been using it for a while. Be interested in a review as nobody seems to review it much!

[@NickAlways]

Awesome work. Big fan Pl upload more videos.. waiting for more

[@SnakeAndTurtleQigong]

Thanks so much!

[@PeteMatheson]

Very welcome!

[@galefraney]

I recently tried uploading an 8.72Gb uncompressed .MOV file to Google Drive (I had more than sufficient space on Google Drive). However, during the upload process, it inexplicably, without asking permission, compressed the file down to an unusable, pixelated mess at a mere 500Mb!! I specifically needed to pass the full, uncompressed video to someone who was adding audio to the project ... and he needed the high resolution uncompressed file, otherwise each time we shared the file, it would be re-compressed multiple times. I've searched online for Google Drive to reach a support email or chat window with no luck, just the usual corporate run me in circles, taking me to unrelated, irrelevant online articles but never reaching a Support contact. Do you have any idea how to stop this from happening, without having to zip each file before uploading? I've not yet checked to see if it does the same thing with uncompressed high resolution Tiff images.

[@PeteMatheson]

How are you uploading it? There are settings somewhere to compress files as you upload to save storage space. But that’s more around the mobile app to upload your camera roll

[@vitaliistep]

Thank you so much for the perfect review!

[@theNader]

What about Tera box & Degoo

[@brien.]

Tera is a Chinese company with a lot of ads. Degoo is very limited, with ads, and even comes with limitations with paid plans. And they also use google cloud to save files which allows them and google to read all of your files. They also randomly delete your files.

[@shotsbysaon]

Really in depth and informative review, thank you so much for your work Pete!

[@chips84]

what is the point of iCloud when you have for example: iPhone with 64GB and 2TB plan...? If your iPhone is Full than you CANT use the 2 TB !!!!

[@bitslay]

I feel like including mega was really important

[@foto21]

The idrive price is promotional only. You can try changing your ID yearly, but eventually they will stop you doing it. Plus the hard drives they send out fail half the time.

[@Salvie1]

review terabox pls, it's 1tb cloud storage, I've used to backup software and files that are not very important, I still hesitate to save my personal data there

[@brien.]

Chinese company, data collection and selling, and ads.

[@PiotrManasterski]

Hi Pete, thanks for this video. I'm looking for a cloud service that will allow me to sync my 2tb external drive, which is my photos archive. I would like it to allow me online access on demand . Do you know if any of those services allows that?

[@virtualwhispers]

How do you un-install Dropbox from your computer without deleting your files?

[@SFCFilms]

What storage would you recommend for video editors where we need huge amount of storage for passing back and forth raw files. I ise ftp normally, as it has resume, but not as convenient as the cloud storage. However I found all cloud storage struggling with files larger than 4GB where they stop downloading and when you try resume it start from scratch again.

[@Rayraywheelz]

TeraBox

[@debbiechapman2763]

Are there any variations to those prices or discounts you’re providing for someone in Canada? And a second issue do you have any suggestion regarding iPad storage stated as full when it’s not at all? Tried multiple ways to reset after upgrade to 15.3.1 . Thank you for your video I watched it a few times to try to decide lol

[@BlueSaturnn]

amazing video man, Thank you!

[@TheStevenWhiting]

Gets worse with iDrive. So Google and OneDrive sync just fine at work because, I'm assuming they encrypt the traffic they send over SSL. iDrive is being blocked on our firewall (I can see it now) because it is sending unencrypted data over SSL. This doesn't seem right.

[@Lentrail]

I switched from Dropbox to pCloud no regrets

[@henriqueventurini8633]

Do you know any cloud storage that I could choose where my files are stored?

[@henriqueventurini8633]

Do you know if OneDrive let us choose the region of the data center? I'm looking for something in Brazil...

[@cliffspab4559]

You can't possibly have used the endlessly syncing, non-media streaming turkey that is onedrive for more than five minutes.... (Google Drive with RaiDrive as client , Koofr (lifetime 1tb) and pCloud (lifetime 2tb + crypto) are the services I've plumped for)

[@Purple_haired_cleric]

Wow... thanks for the info. I really don't know which to use. There are so many choices out there... 😵💀

[@scottysvensson]

Onedrive is best for me

[@roblouw1061]

I love using Icedrive

[@anthonywalker6168]

Box with the nodejs api is great.

[@DigitalNomadOnFIRE]

Megabytes to Mebabits is *8 not *10, just FYI.

[@Dobaspl]

Why MEGA is almost never mentioned in such comparisons?

[@el_teodoro]

I do not recommend them. Once your subscription is over, they will hold your data hostage until you pay. No way you can retrieve them. Since they do such practice, I won't be surprised if they do other anti-consumers practices.

[@influentdreamer]

Just what I needed

[@yap5487]

Nice video bro

[@peterenglish6596]

Hi Pete, I find your review and presentation excellent, focusing clearly on what's important. Just one question....I am an expat ( teacher) working in China. Yeah...with all that that entails. I do use VPN services quite successfully for all essential connections, and wonder what the implications would be for signing up for any of these services you reviewed. Would I be able to use these services safely...on normal open broadband ( without VPN ), because they are encrypted? Or would I have to connect via a VPN, which would choke the upload download speeds, heavily impacting the ability to use cloud storage effectively? Hope you might be able to shed some light on it for me. Regards, Peter

[@brien.]

You could probably use all of them normally with a vpn

[@andreassakka3577]

OneDrive only syncs Desktop, Docs and Photos folders. It won't let you (de)select subfolders within these and won't let you select any other folders to include. You can move, e.g. your music collection into Docs to sync but that is a pain. I found this a major limitation of OneDrive. I use Google Drive for every day syncing and iDrive for periodic backup.

[@munjevitijuric5689]

What? I use it regularly and I'm really not sure what you meant? I don't use syncing of those folders, I have dedicated folder for OneDrive, and it absolutely backs up everything I want. Also, you can set files to be available 1) both in cloud and locally, 2)only in cloud and 3) only locally, and you can set it individually for each folder.

[@andreassakka3577]

@@munjevitijuric5689 your method of putting everything into a dedicated OneDrive folder won't work for me. Changing the file paths would break my other backup solutions and Lightroom. I want OneDrive to back up the files/folders I choose from their current locations without needing to move them. Google Drive works that way, so why can't OneDrive?

[@munjevitijuric5689]

@@andreassakka3577 ah ok, thats a scenario I didn't use so you're probably more experienced here. I use solely Onedrive, and in this case it works for me

[@kimbapslayer1995]

Amazon prime membership gets you cloud storage as well

[@BerendWerkman]

I clouds great for an aple device but not so for a non aple device I use Google one And one drive as a backup

[@glenntonge7144]

Excellent Video, and I greatly appreciate your efforts as always. One quick question was there some reason why you didn't look at BOX? It has been around a long time, I have enjoyed using BOX over a few of the different groups you have pointed out, not sure how it matches up with these groups now. Cheers

[@Aa-qp7jv]

Transferring photos from IOS to Onedrive cause losing picture quality ?

[@brien.]

transferring files to sync loses picture quality

[@JgHobley]

Great video, thanks. I was with iCloud and recently upgraded to the 2TB plan however, I noticed my new 16" MBP with 512GB was nearly half full as there was so much in iCloud drive and it was taking upvital HD space. I still have no idea why it does that? After watching your video I have gone with OneDrive. Everything so far looks great. Once uploaded from iCloud, I'll go back to the basic free plan.

[@mikekusmann5825]

I know this isn’t related to the topic but… do you do your own thumbnails?

[@mikekusmann5825]

@@PeteMatheson I need someone. Care to share with me who it is? 🙏

[@AbdAlgani1999]

Why no mega and mediafire?

[@shepherdbrooks7609]

The Onedrive (I don't pay for it and bad reviews have me hesitant to do a subscription through it) and a couple programs on my computer keep yelling at me that I'm out of storage, so I'm looking into using cloud storage. I'm a digital 2D/3D artist and getting into game design so I run art programs, Blender and Unity, so I'd love to know if anyone has a specific recommendation for what cloud service I should use given that information. I'm leaning towards Google (Still not clear on the difference between Google Drive and Google One aside from the $2/month difference in price for 2TB?) but I'm worried it only applies to Google Suite files like Docs and Photos and stuff and not the non-Google files I need to store. I'm very new and ignorant to this stuff I'll admit.