What are the best OneDrive al­ter­na­tives? Top 6

OneDrive al­ter­na­tives are neither expensive nor difficult to find. Many providers offer similar or better services when it comes to storage volume, security, cost per GB and uploads. We’ll take a look at the best al­ter­na­tives to OneDrive.

How to find the right OneDrive al­ter­na­tive

Whether you regularly back up files, send large files, save photos or videos, or simply want to access your data from any device and from any location, cloud storage is often the best solution. Microsoft’s One Drive offers users 5 GB of free storage, online file access, and limited upload volume. If you are looking for more though from a cloud storage provider, you’ll quickly find ample al­ter­na­tives to OneDrive.

Besides cloud security, you should also consider good value for money, suf­fi­cient memory and ease of use.

The best OneDrive al­ter­na­tives at a glance

(Updated : February 2025)

pCloud

Swiss provider pCloud offers reliable data pro­tec­tion. This is com­ple­ment­ed by secure AES-256 and TLS/SSL en­cryp­tion. For data centers, pCloud offers cer­ti­fi­ca­tions according to ISO 27001 for IT security and ISO 9001 for quality man­age­ment. Client-side en­cryp­tion is also available with the pCloud En­cryp­tion add-on. Thanks to user-friendly in­ter­faces, the storage service offers teamwork and col­lab­o­ra­tion op­por­tu­ni­ties through shared data access. Private users can use pCloud to store large media files and access services like the pCloud web player, cloud music lists and cloud streaming. Be it of­fload­ing large files, regular backups or syn­chro­niz­ing with many devices, pCloud is a powerful al­ter­na­tive to OneDrive.

Cost: pCloud’s free plan offers up to 10 GB. You can get 500 GB for $49.99 per year, and 2 TB for $99.99 per year. Its lifetime offer is pretty unique. You get lifetime cloud storage with 500 GB for a one-time payment of $199 and you can get 2 TB for a one-time payment of $399. (Updated February 2025).

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HiDrive Cloud Storage from IONOS

IONOS HiDrive Cloud Storage offers the highest security in terms of data pro­tec­tion and data pro­cess­ing. This is made possible thanks to highly secure data centers that meet stringent European GDPR re­quire­ments. The solution also offers the best possible data center security as defined by ISO standards. With HiDrive, your data is stored centrally and securely. You can access it from any device, wherever you are. Thanks to automatic backups and syn­chro­niza­tion, you won’t have to worry about data loss when working in de­cen­tral­ized teams.

Cost: Although IONOS HiDrive doesn’t offer a free plan, you can choose from flexible plans at a fair price. For example, you have 100 GB at your disposal for just $1.50 per month. For $3 per month, 250 GB are available, and for $7 per month, the Business plan gives you 1 TB. 2 TB is also available for $20 per month. (Updated February 2025).

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Se­cure­Cloud

The cloud service Se­cure­Cloud offers reliable AES-256 end-to-end en­cryp­tion and data centers with ISO cer­ti­fi­ca­tion. Your data is encrypted before upload and trans­mit­ted via SSL/TLS. This OneDrive al­ter­na­tive is par­tic­u­lar­ly suitable for business customers. Companies can benefit from in­te­grat­ed web office ap­pli­ca­tions, efficient team col­lab­o­ra­tion features, centrally stored and device-in­de­pen­dent data, as well as rights and role man­age­ment.

Cost: There is no free plan. Se­cure­Cloud offers private customers 10 GB for around $2.70 per month, 100 GB from around $9 per month, and up to 1,000 GB for around $55 per month. For business customers, plans start at just over $4 per month for 50 GB per user (from 2 users). There’s also the Advanced plan with 100 GB per user (from 10 users) for around $8.50 per month. The En­ter­prise plan offers even more storage.

Se­cure­Cloud does not offer a free plan. The Business plan provides 50 GB per user for teams of at least two people for around $4 per month per user, while the Advanced plan offers 100 GB per user for teams of at least ten people for around $8 per month per user. For larger storage needs, the En­ter­prise plan offers custom storage options upon in­di­vid­ual request. (Updated February 2025)

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Google Drive

Besides OneDrive, Google Drive is one of the most suc­cess­ful cloud services. The big advantage is that it includes Gmail, Docs, Spread­sheets, Forms and Contacts. All you need to access the storage service is a Google account that’s connected to Drive. Backups can be made ef­fort­less­ly and au­to­mat­i­cal­ly, and data or emails can be syn­chro­nized across devices. Third-party apps can also be used with Drive, and data can be shared and edited centrally and in real time. Google servers offer reliable data security, AES-256 en­cryp­tion, and spam and malware pro­tec­tion. Data is stored on U.S. servers.

Cost: Google Drive offers 15 GB for free for all users with a Google account. Paid Google One plans provide 100 GB for $1.99 per month or 2 TB for $9.99 per month. For $19.99 per month, you get 2 TB of cloud storage along with access to Google’s AI Gemini Advanced. (Updated February 2025).

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iCloud

The cloud storage iCloud is the standard for Apple users with an Apple ID but can also be used by Windows users with the desktop app iCloud for Windows. Thanks to the Apple software package, Apple services such as the word processor Pages or the spread­sheet cal­cu­la­tor Numbers are also available without in­stal­la­tion.

Cost: iCloud offers 5 GB of free cloud storage. For more storage, as well as premium features like your own email address and domain, and iCloud Private Relay, you’ll need to upgrade to iCloud+. With this, you’ll get 50 GB for just $0.99 per month, 200 GB for $2.99 per month, 2 TB for $9.99 per month and even up to 12 TB for $59.99 per month. (Updated February 2025).

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leitz­cloud by vBoxx

The German cloud service leitz­cloud by vBoxx is known for its high data pro­tec­tion standards with data centers in Germany, reliable en­cryp­tion for uploads and downloads, unlimited uploads and real-time syn­chro­niza­tion and online editing. The service is es­pe­cial­ly suited for team projects and pro­fes­sion­al use. Company and customer data is backed up in a GDPR-compliant way, and company struc­tures can be recreated via the cloud. Approvals, per­mis­sions and cloud man­age­ment are carried out via a user-friendly dashboard, which provides reports on processes and storage con­sump­tion.

Cost: leitz­cloud by vBoxx can be used by in­di­vid­ual users from $15 per month ($13 with annual payment) with 250 GB including the full range of features. You can op­tion­al­ly scale the number of licenses up to 150. It is also possible to configure the storage you need in­di­vid­u­al­ly. (Updated February 2025).

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