Google is sharpening its pencil in a bid to take on fellow cloud storage providers:
The technology titan is cutting the cost of its Drive monthly storage plans — which work across Drive, Gmail and Google+ Photos — to keep current customers happy as well as gain new users.
“Whether it’s all the footage of your kids’ baseball games, the novel you’re working on, or even just your grocery list for the week, we all have files that are too important to lose,” Google Drive director of product management Scott Johnston wrote in a blog post.
“Today, thanks to a number of recent infrastructure improvements, we’re able to make it more affordable for you to keep everything safe and easy to reach on any device, from anywhere.”
The company’s 100GB plan has dropped to $1.99 a month from $4.99, while the 15GB plan remains free.
Those with greater storage needs will also see a savings. The cost for the one 1TB has been slashed $30 — from $49.99 to $9.99. The 10TB plan will cost $99.99 while 20TB will cost $199.99 and 30 TB $299.99 a month.
A terabyte, Google says, offers “enough storage for you to take a selfie twice a day for the next 200 years and still have room left over for… shall we say… less important things.”
Google’s new pricing, for the most part, stacks up favorably against its chief competitors: Dropbox and Box.
Dropbox offers only 2GB of free space and 100GB for $9.99 a month. It also offers unlimited storage for $15 per month per user for businesses with five or more users (which would equal a minimum of $75 per month). Box offers 10GB of free storage,100GB for $5 a month, 1,000GB for $15 and unlimited for $35.
Those who already pay for storage will automatically be moved to a better plan at no additional cost, Johnston said
The technology titan is cutting the cost of its Drive monthly storage plans — which work across Drive, Gmail and Google+ Photos — to keep current customers happy as well as gain new users.
“Whether it’s all the footage of your kids’ baseball games, the novel you’re working on, or even just your grocery list for the week, we all have files that are too important to lose,” Google Drive director of product management Scott Johnston wrote in a blog post.
“Today, thanks to a number of recent infrastructure improvements, we’re able to make it more affordable for you to keep everything safe and easy to reach on any device, from anywhere.”
The company’s 100GB plan has dropped to $1.99 a month from $4.99, while the 15GB plan remains free.
Those with greater storage needs will also see a savings. The cost for the one 1TB has been slashed $30 — from $49.99 to $9.99. The 10TB plan will cost $99.99 while 20TB will cost $199.99 and 30 TB $299.99 a month.
A terabyte, Google says, offers “enough storage for you to take a selfie twice a day for the next 200 years and still have room left over for… shall we say… less important things.”
Google’s new pricing, for the most part, stacks up favorably against its chief competitors: Dropbox and Box.
Dropbox offers only 2GB of free space and 100GB for $9.99 a month. It also offers unlimited storage for $15 per month per user for businesses with five or more users (which would equal a minimum of $75 per month). Box offers 10GB of free storage,100GB for $5 a month, 1,000GB for $15 and unlimited for $35.
Those who already pay for storage will automatically be moved to a better plan at no additional cost, Johnston said
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