One Drive

OneDrive functionalities are similar to Dropbox, with apps available for Mac, Android, Windows and iOS. Microsoft also offers 500MB of free storage for each person you get to sign up to the account. An additional 3GB storage is also offered, if OneDrive is linked to the mobile phone camera. Microsoft’s syncing and back up service is flexible and is integrated with Office apps, both installed and on the web.

Anyone who has already signed up for a Hotmail, Live, or Outlook.com can get a free OneDrive account. OneDrive offers online storage accessible from the web, if you need an access to documents or media files. If you need the same files to be replicated on multiple computers, it offers folder syncing. For Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone users, it backs up settings.

OneDrive enables the Windows users to upload images and videos taken with their phone’s camera to OneDrive's camera roll, so that images are quickly available online. OneDrive boasts app for not only Windows 7 and 8, but for iOS, Android and Mac OS X as well. A mobile web interface is available for other mobile platforms such as Blackberry. For desktop access, if you are not at your PC, a full feature web app is available.

Apple iCloud

If you are an iOS user, you can set up this free iCloud account. As Google Drive is integrated with Google features, so is Apple’s iCloud with iOS functions and features. This service provides the user with 5 GB of free storage. Similar to all other cloud storage services, iCloud also enables the user to store and access files, music, photos and more. iCloud offers an integrated email client, address book and calendar that users can keep synced with all their iCloud compatible phones.

The latest Add on to iCloud is iWork, which is now available for free via their website. The three apps such as Keynote, numbers and pages boast clean interface and sync with corresponding apps on your Mac or iOS phone. These apps enable the users to create word docs, presentations and spreadsheets, while iCloud keeps the files updated on the web and device.

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