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If you compare Office 365 Home pricing with the popular Dropbox for example you'll see its absolutely worth it. I have both Office 365 and Dropbox Pro. But as
by danieldk 11y ago
If you compare Office 365 Home pricing with the popular Dropbox for example you'll see its absolutely worth it.
I have both Office 365 and Dropbox Pro. But as online storage, they are really miles apart. The OneDrive client is flaky, slow, and does not do delta sync, the Dropbox client is pretty much the absolute opposite - fast, does delta sync, and LAN sync. Applications that upload through the OneDrive API (I use rclone and Arq) often fail with API errors.
In the end, you cannot simply compare prices. Office 365 is great if you need Microsoft Office, the OneDrive storage and Skype minutes are the cherries on top. But if you need to move significant amounts of data, Dropbox Pro is a steal at $9.99 per month compared to Office 365.
- kyriakos 11y agoI do agree about the client and Dropbox being more universally supported but I haven't had any speed issues with OneDrive, both Dropbox and Onedrive max out my upstream when syncing. I do use Microsoft Office (and so do other members of my family) but I cannot justify paying an extra to have DB when OneDrive offers the same space albeit a worse performing client. My only with with OneDrive was the removal of placeholders feature with the Windows 10 upgrade.
- ValentineC 11y ago> Applications that upload through the OneDrive API (I use rclone and Arq) often fail with API errors. Speaking of rclone, I'm surprised how much Amazon Cloud Drive's API has improved. It's still not viable for sync, but I'm using it as a secondary backup for files I won't access very often. For some purposes, it's an even better steal at $60 a year. (I hope they won't go the way of Microsoft and renege on their unlimited offer though.)