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Google's Gsuite has unlimited storage for 12 bucks a month. Technically there's a five user minimum but... they don't actually enforce it. I know it's a little

Google's Gsuite has unlimited storage for 12 bucks a month. Technically there's a five user minimum but... they don't actually enforce it. I know it's a little more involved getting set up but their syncing works pretty good too (and file sync is also awesome).

scarface74 7y ago
I didn’t see anything else of value in GSuite besides the storage for personal use and email with your own domain.
judge2020 7y ago
The only downside with Drive File Stream on Windows is wsl doesn't have native support for it, you have to use a network map or third-party software to map it to something wsl can interface with.
brandmeyer 7y ago
The downside to G Suite is that to share files with other people, they must also have G Suite accounts. I'm working for a company that frequently needs to share large files with third-parties, where "large" is "larger than modern email limits". The requirement to have a G Suite login is a complete non-starter for most of the companies we interact with, but Dropbox is fine. So, we use Dropbox to share files with those suppliers.
- boulos 7y ago
  Disclosure: I work for Google Cloud. We actually introduced “pin code sharing” [1], so that you can share (and even let folks comment and edit) without requiring a Google Account (which to be clear, isn’t actually identical to “GSuite Login”, you can register any email as a Google Account, but I recognize you may not want to). [1] https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2018/12/share-files-more-easily-with-non-google_17.html https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2018/12/share-files-mor...
  - brandmeyer 7y ago
    Aaaand the beta is closed. Thanks for the reference. Hopefully this becomes a fully-supported feature in the future.
hrktb 7y ago
I am heavily using Google Photos (paid account), but it’s frustrating how slow uploads are, how bad it deals with batches of files (can take hours to upload a few thousand photos) and how little visibility there is over what is actually syncing and what is stuck. I use primarily OSX/iOS, is the Drive experience any better ? I was seriously thinking about moving from Dropbox to Drive, but these issues are giving me pause.
- afniljl 7y ago
  Google Photos still seems super geared towards a consumer / pure phone photo backup experience and purpose. I wish they would expand it further to accommodate heavier use / amateur needs, better mass upload and mass management, folder management etc. It's definitely not a file folder sync design like Drive or Dropbox. If you just want to upload pure files without all the photo AI etc, then Drive folders should work fine for your needs. It'll largely be a backup / cloud storage destination.
- forgot-my-pw 7y ago
  > I am heavily using Google Photos (paid account), but it’s frustrating how slow uploads are Are you sure that's not your connection? I just uploaded 2000-3000 photos last week via web. Only took about 15m. I'm on 100/100MBit.

scarface74 7y ago

I didn’t see anything else of value in GSuite besides the storage for personal use and email with your own domain.

judge2020 7y ago

The only downside with Drive File Stream on Windows is wsl doesn't have native support for it, you have to use a network map or third-party software to map it to something wsl can interface with.

brandmeyer 7y ago

The downside to G Suite is that to share files with other people, they must also have G Suite accounts. I'm working for a company that frequently needs to share large files with third-parties, where "large" is "larger than modern email limits". The requirement to have a G Suite login is a complete non-starter for most of the companies we interact with, but Dropbox is fine. So, we use Dropbox to share files with those suppliers.

boulos 7y ago
Disclosure: I work for Google Cloud. We actually introduced “pin code sharing” [1], so that you can share (and even let folks comment and edit) without requiring a Google Account (which to be clear, isn’t actually identical to “GSuite Login”, you can register any email as a Google Account, but I recognize you may not want to). [1] https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2018/12/share-files-more-easily-with-non-google_17.html https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2018/12/share-files-mor...
- brandmeyer 7y ago
  Aaaand the beta is closed. Thanks for the reference. Hopefully this becomes a fully-supported feature in the future.

hrktb 7y ago

I am heavily using Google Photos (paid account), but it’s frustrating how slow uploads are, how bad it deals with batches of files (can take hours to upload a few thousand photos) and how little visibility there is over what is actually syncing and what is stuck. I use primarily OSX/iOS, is the Drive experience any better ? I was seriously thinking about moving from Dropbox to Drive, but these issues are giving me pause.

afniljl 7y ago
Google Photos still seems super geared towards a consumer / pure phone photo backup experience and purpose. I wish they would expand it further to accommodate heavier use / amateur needs, better mass upload and mass management, folder management etc. It's definitely not a file folder sync design like Drive or Dropbox. If you just want to upload pure files without all the photo AI etc, then Drive folders should work fine for your needs. It'll largely be a backup / cloud storage destination.
forgot-my-pw 7y ago
> I am heavily using Google Photos (paid account), but it’s frustrating how slow uploads are Are you sure that's not your connection? I just uploaded 2000-3000 photos last week via web. Only took about 15m. I'm on 100/100MBit.