Google is catching up with the storage wars with latest attempt at launching Google Drive. To differentiate its service from the rest of the pack they are integrating their storage service with its current products, namely the Google Docs, Gmail and Picasa wherein they share storage spaces. Google Drive is currently priced at $2.49 per month with 25GB of storage. On top of that, current applications get a storage upgrade: with Gmail now at 10GB quota and 5GB on Google drive with free accounts.
See a comparison of the features of the current products on storage applications.
URL – http://dropbox.com
Free Storage – 2GB (up to 14GB if you invite friends)
http://box.com
Free Storage - 5GB
http://apple.com/icloud/
Free Storage - 7GB
http://skydrive.live.com/
Free Storage - 7GB (current users gets free upgrade to 25GB)
http://drive.google.com
Free Storage - 5GB
Except for the new interface at https://drive.google.com nothing is changed really, you will see the same layout on your Gmail, Docs and Picasa Accounts. the only difference is that you get extra space of additional 3GB on Gmail and 5GB on Drive. A new storage plan is introduced with an increase in the free Gmail quota at 10GB from the previous 7GB space. If you were like me who signed up for Google storage plan before April 24, 2012 then you will notice that the old pricing scheme has been replaced with a new structure and you are no longer able to upgrade to the old plans. Here is a rundown of the old compared to the new pricing schemes.
Old storage plans
- 7+ GB in Gmail
- 1 GB in Google Docs (uploaded files only)
- 1 GB in Picasa
- Unlimited in Google+
- 20 GB – $5
- 80 GB – $20
- 200 GB – $50
- 400 GB – $100
- 1 TB – $256
- 2 TB – $512
- 4 TB – $1024
- 8 TB – $2048
- 16 TB – $4096
New storage plans
- 10 GB in Gmail
- 5 GB in Google Drive
- 1 GB in Picasa
- Unlimited in Google+
- 25 GB – $2.49
- 100 GB – $4.99
- 200 GB – $9.99
- 400 GB – $19.99
- 1 TB – $49.99
- 2 TB – $99.99
- 4 TB – $199.99
- 8 TB – $399.99
- 16 TB – $799.99
As you can see there is an obvious increase in storage prices from the old storage plans, so better don’t let your current storage expire or change plans by downgrading or upgrading. You can upgrade your current plans and subscribe to Google Drive by logging to your Google account as currently Google Drive does not allow subscription from its URL at https://drive.google.com
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