Google Photos vs Microsoft OneDrive Usage & Stats

Google Photos is the home for all your photos and videos, automatically organized and easy to share. - “The best photo product on Earth” – The Verge - “Google Photos is your new essential picture app” – Wired The official Google Photos app is made for the way you take photos today and includes essential features like shared albums, automatic creations and an advanced editing suite. Additionally every Google Account comes with 15 GB of storage and you can choose to automatically back up all your photos and videos in High quality or Original quality. You can then access them from any connected device and on photos.google.com. With the official app, you get: 15 GB OF STORAGE: Back up 15 GB of photos and videos and access them from any device and photos.google.com—your photos are safe, secure, and private to you. All photos and videos you back up in high quality before June 1, 2021 will not count toward your Google Account storage. FREE UP SPACE: Never worry about running out of space on your phone again. Photos that are safely backed up can be removed from your device's storage in just a tap. NO ADS: Google Photos doesn't sell your photos, videos, or personal information to anyone and we don't use your photos and videos for advertising. FAST AND POWERFUL SEARCH: Your photos are now searchable by the people, places and things in them — no tagging required. GOOGLE LENS: Search the hard-to-describe and get stuff done, right from a photo. Copy and translate text, identify plants and animals, add events to your calendar, find products online, and more. ADVANCED EDITING SUITE: Transform photos with a tap. Use intuitive and powerful photo editing tools to apply content-aware filters, adjust lighting, and more. AUTOMATIC CREATIONS: Bring photos to life with automatically created movies, collages, animations, panoramas, and more from your photos. Or easily create them yourself. SHARING SUGGESTIONS: With smart sharing suggestions, giving your friends the photos you took of them is painless. And they can add their photos, too, so you’ll finally get the photos you’re actually in. LIVE ALBUMS: Select the people and pets you want to see and Google Photos will automatically add photos of them as you take them, no manual updates needed.* PHOTO BOOKS: Create a photo book in just minutes from your phone or computer. You can also see suggested photo books based on your best shots from a trip or period of time.* SEND PHOTOS IN SECONDS: Instantly share photos with any contact, email, or phone number. SHARED LIBRARIES: Grant a trusted person access to all of your photos. You can also upgrade storage for your Google Account, used for Original Quality photos and videos by subscribing to Google One. Subscriptions start at $1.99/month for 100 GB in the US. Pricing and availability can vary by region. - Google One Terms of Service: https://one.google.com/terms-of-service - One Google Pricing: https://one.google.com/about For additional help visit https://support.google.com/photos Google Photos is also available on Wear OS for the Google Pixel Watch. Set your favorite photos as your watch face. *Face grouping, live albums and photo books are not available in all countries.

Google Play Store
Free
Photography

Usage Rank

#14

Microsoft OneDrive

Microsoft OneDrive gives you more storage space for your photos and files. OneDrive’s cloud storage will secure photos, videos, files and keep them safe. Keep your files protected, synced, and accessible on all your devices. The OneDrive app lets you view and share photos files, photos, and videos with friends and family for safe and free storage. Plus, you can use the app to automatically back up your phone’s photos and videos. Start with 5 GB of free storage space or upgrade to a Microsoft 365 subscription to get up to 1 TB or 100 GB of cloud storage. Microsoft OneDrive offers the following features: Back up photos & videos • More storage for all of your important files. Upload photos, videos, documents & more • Automatic photo backup & secure photo storage when you turn on Camera Upload • Find photos in the photo locker easily with automatic tagging • View & share photos on your phone, computer & online • Free storage & photo locker will secure photos & keep them safe • Upload videos & keep them in secure photo storage File sharing and access • Secure photo storage for all of your photos, videos & albums • Share files, photos, videos & albums with friends & family • Share photos & upload videos easily • Get notifications when a shared document is edited • Secure folder settings offer password-protected or expiring sharing links* • Access selected OneDrive files on the app without being online Security • All OneDrive files are encrypted at rest & in transit • Personal Vault: protect important files with identity verification in secure folder storage • Secure photos, upload videos & keep them safe with secure photo storage • Restore files with version history • Stay protected with ransomware detection & recovery* Collaboration with Microsoft • Share files across platforms & share photos in the photo locker • Use Microsoft Office apps to edit & collaborate in real time on Word, Excel, PowerPoint & OneNote files stored in OneDrive • Back up, view & save Office documents Document scanning • Scan, sign, markup & send docs right from the OneDrive mobile app • Keep documents safe in a secure folder Search • Search photos by what’s in them (i.e. beach, snow, etc.) • Search docs by name or content The OneDrive app for Android offers 5 GB of free cloud storage to sync photos and files across your devices, share photos and docs, and keep your digital life backed up in the cloud. Microsoft 365 Personal & Family Subscription • Subscriptions begin at $6.99 a month in the US, and can vary by region • More storage with 1 TB per person for up 6 people with the Family subscription • OneDrive premium features accessible for everyone in the plan • Share files, folders and photos for specific time windows for added security • Protect your passwords with password-protected sharing links • Secure file sharing app with added ransomware detection and recovery security features • File Restore: Recover files up to 30 days after malicious attacks, file corruption, or accidental edits or deletions • Share up to 10x more content a day with friends and family • Access premium versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook and OneDrive Microsoft 365 subscriptions and OneDrive standalone subscriptions purchased from the app will be charged to your Google Play store account and will automatically renew within 24 hours prior to the end of the current subscription period, unless auto-renewal is disabled beforehand. To manage your subscriptions or to disable auto-renewal, after purchase, go to your Google Play store account settings. A subscription cannot be canceled or refunded during the active subscription period. For you to sign into your work or school account on OneDrive, your organization needs to have a qualifying OneDrive, SharePoint Online or Microsoft 365 business subscription plan Privacy policy: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=253457 Consumer health privacy policy: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2259814