Google's standalone cloud storage service, Drive Enterprise, includes Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides but not Gmail or Calendar.

The two G Suite for Education editions include unlimited storage the basic edition is free, while G Suite Enterprise for Education costs up to $4 per user per month.

The monthly cost per user is $12 for Business edition and $25 for Enterprise edition. For an organization with five or fewer users, the storage allotment is 1 TB per user with more than five users, each user gets unlimited storage and archiving.

Business and Enterprise editions of G Suite increase the amount of storage dramatically.

This package also includes the Google online apps (Docs, Sheets, and Slides) as well as Gmail, Calendar, and conferencing features.

G Suite Basic edition includes 30 GB of online storage per user, at a cost of $6 per user per month.

Most business customers will get a Drive storage allotment as part of a G Suite subscription, but it's also available as a standalone product. What does Google Drive for business cost and how much storage space do you get per user? You can also choose from a variety of specialized enterprise services, including Egnyte, which offers data governance features and the capability to deploy a hybrid cloud environment using any combination of public cloud services (Microsoft, Google, or Amazon, for example) and on-premises storage.

Less well known but certainly worth considering is Intermedia's SecuriSync, which is available as a standalone product or as part of a subscription package that includes Microsoft Office 365. Box (formerly Box.net) is more mature, by two years or so, and has an equally solid set of professional-strength add-ins for connecting to Office apps. Adobe's Creative Cloud and Document Cloud offer storage services intended for creative professionals who work with associated apps such as Photoshop, Lightroom, and Acrobat.ĭropbox is the best known independent cloud storage service, with consumer and business tiers and solid ties to Microsoft Office.

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