Google Has Slashed Prices On Its Drive Cloud Storage. Here's What You Should Know
Google slashed prices on its Drive cloud storage service on Thursday in a competitive jab at start-up Dropbox and larger rivals including Microsoft
By Sadho Ram — 14 Mar 2014, 03:16 PM — Updated over 10 years ago
Google on Thursday announced that it is dropping the price for access to its cloud storage service
Google on Thursday revealed significant price cuts for its Google Drive cloud storage and synchronization service. Effective immediately, each paid tier is now cheaper than it was yesterday which will no doubt put even more pressure on the competition.
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The new prices will take affect without subscribers needing to do anything. Here are the new prices.
100 gigabytes of storage will now cost $1.99 per month, previously $4.99. One terabyte will be $9.99 per month, down from $49.99.
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Drive's storage works across products like Docs, and Gmail and Google+ photos. Customers who already pay for service will automatically be moved to one of the new plans.
cnet.comWhile people will still be able to use up to 15 GB of storage for free, plans for 10 TB or more will still start at USD99.99
Scott Johnston, Director of Product Management at Google Inc, announced the Google Drive price reduction in a blog post
According to him, recent infrastructure improvements allowed the company to reduce prices for Google Drive, which was launched two years ago.
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“Today, thanks to a number of recent infrastructure improvements, we’re able to make it [referring to Google Drive] more affordable for you to keep everything safe and easy to reach on any device, from anywhere,” said Johnson.
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Any storage you buy for Google Drive also goes towards other Google services including Gmail and Google+ Photos
So for less than $10, you can reserve enough space to back up your entire mobile photo library and then some. Or, using Google's own example, choosing the terabyte option would allow you "to take a selfie twice a day for the next 200 years and still have room left over."
Now, the base price of Google's Cloud Service is significantly lower than its competitors including Dropbox and Microsoft Corporation’s OneDrive
Google Drive already offered lower pricing than Dropbox, but the difference between the two services is now even greater.
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How do Google’s new prices compared to their rivals, you ask? A quick check at Dropbox reveals a 100GB plan sells for $9.99 while Microsoft charges $25 and $50 for 50GB and 100GB of storage, respectively. Of course, each service has its pros and cons to consider but at these new prices, it’ll be hard to pass over Google Drive for the value alone.
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