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Cloud Storage Services

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Cloud Storage Services

In the current digital era, cloud storage has become a technological alternative to

permanent storage of multimedia files, documents and other types of files. The ability to have

cloud services in smart phones has even made the access to these cloud storage services much

portable due to the ease of carrying smart phone and tablet devices (Boukhobza, 2012). There are

various types of cloud storage service in the market and they are available across various

platforms including iOS and Android. Three of these services include Dropbox, Google Drive

and Amazon Cloud Drive. There are both similarities and differences between these services

based on the storage restrictions, provision of free storage, pricing strategies and the platforms

supported.

Google Drive, Amazon Cloud Drive and Dropbox are services with some comparable

features. All of them for example support two of the most popular smart phone platforms

including iOS and Android (Mitroff, 2016). This means that a user can access their account

created from one platform in the other. Additionally, the three services provide for monthly or

annual payment plans, each of which has a different rating in terms of the storage allocation.

On the other hand, there are some notable differences between these services. To begin

with, Dropbox offers users 2 gigabytes of free storage while Google Drive offers 15 gigabytes.

Amazon Cloud Drive does not provide free storage. For $10 every month, users can access

Dropbox cloud storage of up to 1 terabyte. On the other hand, Google Drive offers monthly

subscriptions of $2 for 100 gigabytes and $10 per month for 1 terabytes. On the case of Amazon

Cloud Drive, $12 per year is worth unlimited storage of photos (Mitroff, 2016).

Looking at these similarities and differences, it appears there is no specific criteria that

clearly show the best of the services. However, some focus on the subscription plans shows that
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for only $12 dollars a year, one can backup all the photos all year round. This makes Amazon

Cloud Drive is the most cost effective when it comes to the storage allocation. As such, it would

be more preferable to use this online service.

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References
Boukhobza, J. (2012). Flashing in the Cloud. Data Intensive Storage Services for Cloud

Environments, 241-266. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-3934-8.ch015

Mitroff, S. (2016, February 2). OneDrive, Dropbox, Google Drive and Box: Which cloud storage

service is right for you? - CNET. Retrieved from

https://www.cnet.com/au/how-to/onedrive-dropbox-google-drive-and-box-which-cloud-

storage-service-is-right-for-you/