As all of us take a much-needed break over the Christmas interval, we are able to begin to mirror on what a yr this has been – and the way we are able to hope subsequent yr is healthier. One firm that hasn't had a foul 2021 is Google and, particularly, Drive. An unique
SociallyKeeda Pro ballot carried out by OnePulse reveals that Google Drive is by far and away the hottest cloud storage supplier going, utilized by round 44.1% of respondents.
While this won't come as a shock, there may be a whole lot of competitors in the cloud storage market at the second. Apple, for instance, has been increasing the scope of iCloud this yr, introducing a bunch of privacy-focused options. Dropbox and OneDrive, too, are long-time rivals biting at Drive's heels.
One supplier to rule all of them
But the extent of the domination is spectacular and price pondering for some time, pushed a minimum of initially by Google's willingness to present away beneficiant providers without cost, alongside the total ecosystem lock-in for its providers and Android.According to OnePulse, round 44% of respondents use Google Drive's free or paid providers, adopted by iCloud (31.2% throughout free and paid), OneDrive (11.2% throughout free and paid), Dropbox (6.8% throughout free and paid), after which everybody else makes up the remaining 6.8%. So not that shocking total however you possibly can clearly see the affect of Apple's iPhone and Mac buyer base electing to make use of the tightly built-in iCloud providers. Digging deeper, the ballot discovered most individuals (48.7%) have been utilizing their service for between one and 5 years, with the relaxation both underneath a yr (16.3%) or over 5 years (35%). In phrases of storage, round 55.4% use between 1GB and 100GB, 30.8% do not know how a lot storage is left, and 13.8% use between 101GB and 1TB or more.
