timwayne
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Q: I do not understand iCloud pricing

From what I have been able to put together, the cloud storage pricing differences seem so vast that I MUST be mistaken:

 

For $20 per year, I can get 10 GB of iCloud storage, or I can get about 100 GB of Google Drive storage.

 

For $100 per year, I can get 100 GB of iCloud storage, or I can get about 500 GB of Google Drive storage.

 

This is from these two sources:

 

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5879

 

and

 

http://news.investors.com/technology/031314-693137-google-drive-competing-with-b ox-dropbox-yahoo.htm

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Posted on Mar 14, 2014 7:26 PM

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  • by Roger Wilmut1,

    Roger Wilmut1 Roger Wilmut1 Mar 15, 2014 1:03 AM in response to timwayne
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    Mar 15, 2014 1:03 AM in response to timwayne

    The iCloud pricing structure is actually: additional 10GB, $20 p.a., 20 GB, $40 p.a., 50GB $100 p.a. (i.e. additional to the free 5GB, so 15, 25 or 55GB). 100GB is not available from iCloud.

     

    iCloud is a different service from Google - it does not provide general file storage, and Google's syncing facilities are presumably different. It's a question of what service (and there are other choices as well) suits your own requirements.

     

    This page examines several alternative online storage services:

     

    http://rfwilmut.net/missing3

  • by snozdop,

    snozdop snozdop Mar 15, 2014 1:28 AM in response to timwayne
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    Mar 15, 2014 1:28 AM in response to timwayne

    Why must you be mistaken?

     

    Companies are free to charge whatever they like for their cloud storage. None of the major cloud storage providers charge the same for the same amounts.

     

    iCloud is a very different service to Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, OneDrive etc. so a direct comparison is not possible.