


As they add more features and functionality, complexity and the issues that come with it may arise. In general, we appreciate that Drive, for the most part, keeps things simple. I’ve seen some complaints about mobile OneDrive but few if any for Drive. The mobile applications for Drive work very well and look fantastic too. Google has grown this product on and with the web, so we might expect this. Things We Like About Google Drive At Alpinĭrive’s web interface looks and performs very well. In 2017, Google introduced Team Drives, which enabled administrators to generate organization- or team-owned folders previously, all folders were tied to individuals. Google Drive started as a way for individuals, including those within an organization, to store and share files in the cloud. How Google Drive Started And Where It’s Headed Check out our feature highlight blog post for more information - we help remove security as a drawback for either Google Drive or OneDrive for Business.) Google Drive, Including The New Team Drive (Note: Alpin offers tools to help control and manage data for both these tools. Users in both OneDrive and Dropbox can change privacy settings and broadly share sensitive files or folders with few proactive tools or oversight.

However, the greatest threats to security continue to be people - adventurous or careless users. Quantum computing could change that and give credence to the more bits = better argument see some lively debate on this Reddit thread. Google Drive uses AES-128 and OneDrive employs AES-256 most will tell you the difference is negligible or that 128 is better (and faster). Data is encrypted in transit and at rest. Security Concerns For Both Google Drive And OneDrive For Businessįor the most part, Google Drive and OneDrive for Business handle security in the same way. Despite what UW’s table implies, Google Drive is HIPAA compliant. G Drive currently has little in common with Sharepoint instead, Google’s features completely overlap with OneDrive for Business.īonus helpful comparison table: See this nice table from UW-Madison that puts features side-by-side. Sharepoint is a much more complex tool built for organizations that can require a lot of management. TL DR G Drive is a personal file storage and sharing tool that’s been adding more enterprise features like Team Drive. These product’s respective histories help us understand their functions, so we explore their origins briefly.Cloud storage comes with more security concerns than the other products we have discussed.This review will differ from Part 1 and Part 2, for a couple reasons: Sharepoint exemplifies this scenario perfectly. However, most people would not need those features. Continuing with our theme, Google Drive contains fewer advanced features than Microsoft’s products.
