Google Drive

Google Drive is file synchronization and storage service provided by Google enabling file sharing, cloud storage and collaborate editing. Google offers an initial 15 GB of storage space, which is shared across three services such as Google Drive, Gmail and Google Plus. For an additional storage, the 15GB storage can be upgraded using monthly paid subscription plan.

Google Drive works by creating a local folder on your device which is synced with a duplicate cloud version. Files are saved to the user’s computer in the forms of HTML, PDF, Microsoft Office, and Text. In order to avoid losing data, files are saved automatically to Google’s server and a revision history is also set automatically to view previous edits. Files can be archived and tagged for organizational use. This service is supported on the new version of Firefox, Internet explorer, safari and chrome running on Windows, Apple OS X, Linux operating systems.

The stored data on the drive is encrypted in 128-bit AES rather than 256-bit employed by Dropbox, Onedrive and Box. Google states that it won’t interfere into the Drive folder content, until it’s not forced by law enforcement agencies and two- step verification can also be added to the account for adding another layer of security.

BOX

Box is an online data sharing and content management service. Box enables the users to store their data online so that they can access, share and manage them anywhere. This service is accessible for iOS, Android, Blackberry and Windows phone. Box provides 10 GB of free storage, but to obtain 50 GB of free storage the users need to download Apple iOS version of their app.

The web portal enable users to create new files in MS Office, Google Docs or web based formats, which can be edited in Box using a free downloadable plug in.

The entire documents can be assigned tasks and comments from the main page, which will be very effective while you start collaborating with others. General security of the Box is standard 256-bit encryption on the servers, with SSL for data in transit.

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