Microsoft and Google charge the same price for different amounts of cloud storage

Should Microsoft offer more?

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Published onFebruary 20, 2024

published onFebruary 20, 2024

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Google Workspaces and Microsoft 365 are both very popular productivity platforms used by organizations and evengovernments. Both offer a plethora of tools, such as Google Docs, Word, Copilot, Gemini, etc, to help people everywhere get work done.

However, the platforms charge the same price for different amounts of cloud storage, and the culprit is not Google, but Microsoft.

Google currently asks users$9,99/monthfor 2TB cloud storage as part of the Premium plan, while Microsoft asks the same price for 1TB cloud storage, as part of theMicrosoft 365 Family plan, however, one person only gets 1TB of storage.

Google might also be a better choice for users because the company will only ask for $2,49 in the first 3 months of the Premium plan. Microsoft doesn’t do it.

It’s true: the Microsoft 365 Family plan comes with a plethora of tools. Users have access to all Microsoft 365 apps, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OneNote, Defender, Teams, Clipchamp, Outlook and OneDrive. Copilot was also recently added to the plan, and that means users get access to GPT-4-based AI that is capable of summarisation, content creation, and so on.

But while the family plan includes up to 6 TB of storage, one person only gets 1TB of storage. If you’re not part of a family, and you want to choose a personal Microsoft 365 plan, you will get 1 TB of storage and access to Microsoft 365 apps for $6,99/month.

Plus, not all Microsoft 365 subscribers use Outlook, or Defender, which is already on Windows, for free.

Google, on the other side, gives you access to all of the Suite apps,Gemini AI, and 2 TB of cloud storage for $9,99, with the first 3 months being only $2,49. If you want to access the AI plan (which includes Gemini Pro), Google will ask you for $20/month.

Microsoft, on the other hand, will ask you for $29/month (it includes the $9.99 Family plan + the $20Copilot Pro, because, yes, that’s paid separately).

So, in the end, Microsoft asks more than Google, but it provides less than the company. Should it change its ways? You be the judge.

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