Six business-class cloud storage services at a glance

SERVICE DESCRIPTION COST STORAGE SUPPORTED PLATFORMS

SkyDrive Pro SkyDrive Pro is an Office 365 feature The lowest price plan, Office 25 GB of personal storage/per The desktop SkyDrive Pro sync client runs on
(Office 365) included with all Small Business 365 Small Business, costs $60 user; to increase a user’s Windows 7 or later and is included with
plans and most Enterprise packages. per user/per year (license for SkyDrive Pro storage (to 50 or business versions of Office 2013. For Office 365
It’s not available as a stand-alone Office 2013 not included). 100 GB), you must buy additional plans that don't include the latest version of
product and you’ll need an Office SharePoint bulk storage, Office, download the SkyDrive Pro client.
license to use the SkyDrive Pro sync currently priced at 20 cents per There’s no OS X sync client. For mobile, you'll
utility for Windows. GB/month, and then allocate find a Windows 8.x SkyDrive Pro app and an iOS
space to the user. app that provide online access to SkyDrive Pro
but don’t sync folders or libraries.

Dropbox for Dropbox for Business offers security The minimum cost for a “As much as needed,” with no Dropbox for Business offers desktop sync
Business features that include unlimited file Dropbox for Business account per-user limitations. utilities for Windows, Mac, and Linux, as well as
recovery, full version history, is $795/year. That includes mobile apps for iOS, Android, Kindle Fire, and
tracking of who’s logging in and from support for five users; each BlackBerry.
where, and the ability to prevent additional user account costs
sharing outside your organization. It $125/year.
integrates with single sign-on and
AD solutions. Business plan starts
with a terabyte (1,000 GB).

Box Box (formerly Box.net) allows you to Business plan costs $15 per Business plan includes 1,000 GB The Box Sync utility is available for modern
browse and manage files in a Web user/per month, three users of storage; Enterprise plans offer versions of Windows and OS X, with a
browser or on a local device using minimum. Enterprise plans are “unlimited” storage. rudimentary free Windows 8 app in the
the Box Sync utility. by custom quote only. Windows Store. Mobile utilities are available
for iOS, Android, and Windows Phone.

SpiderOak Blue SpiderOak Blue offers a Basic plan costs $600/month The minimum allocated storage SpiderOak Blue supports desktop
straightforward sync utility and a and includes 1 TB storage for for each end-user account is 10 synchronization and management clients for
central console that allows user up to 100 users. Upgrades are GB. Additional storage is Windows, Mac, and Linux. Mobile access is
provisioning, group permissions, $600/month, adding a terabyte allocated from the central pool available via iOS and Android apps.
space management, and of storage and up to 100 more at a cost of $600 per
companywide reporting on usage. A accounts. Private cloud terabyte/per month.
private-cloud option lets SpiderOak account costs $5 per user/per
manage authentication and access month, with a $5,000/month
using storage on your own server. minimum charge.
 SERVICE DESCRIPTION COST STORAGE SUPPORTED PLATFORMS

Intermedia SecuriSync meets core standards for Storage is applied to/shared Enterprise accounts offer a Sync utilities are available for Windows, OS X,
SecuriSync enterprise-grade data security, with across all SecuriSync users on minimum of 10 GB/user of iOS, Android, and BlackBerry.
encryption in transit and at rest. your account. The entry-level online storage. Additional
There are no limitations on file size. cost is $5 per user/per month storage can be purchased.
(10 GB/user). $10/month is a
better deal (allowing 50
GB/user).

Google Drive Google Drive makes sense if you’re Each user account costs Each user account (defined as a Google Drive sync utilities are available for
already using Gmail and Google Docs $5/month or $50/year and Google Apps inbox) is assigned current versions of Windows and OS X, as well
extensively. If you have specific includes 30 GB of online 30 GB. You can buy up to 16 TB as for iOS and Android.
regulatory requirements, check out storage shared between of additional bulk storage and
Google Apps for Business with Vault. Google Drive, Gmail, and the assign the extra space to
It offers data archiving and retrieval other Google Apps. individual users or groups.
as well and companywide data
20 GB of additional storage
discovery and export.
costs $4 extra/month; 400 GB
is $35/month. Maximum
storage is 16 TB, which costs
$1,430/month on top of your
Google Apps bill.

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