What are the differences between Google Drive and SecureSafe?


Let us understand the concepts of Google Drive and SecureSafe before learning the differences between them.

SecureSafe

SecureSafe was launched by DSwiss AG in the year 2009 and is one of the file hosting services and cloud storage. It also provides password safe, document storage and digital spaces for online collaboration. It is based on the basis of principles of security by design and privacy by design. It offers 100 MB storage space for free and for paid users, it offers 100 GB storage space.

Features

The features of SecureSafe are as follows −

  • Password manager

  • File storage

  • 2-factor authentication

  • Data rooms

  • Data inheritance

Google Drive

It is a file storage and synchronization service developed by Google in the year 2012. It allows users to store files, share files and synchronize files on different devices. In order to access and use a Google drive account, you would need to set up a G-mail account.

Once you've set up your Google account, you can access Google Drive by going to http://drive.google.com in your web browser.

Features

The features of Google Drive are as follows −

  • Sync Your All Files

  • Save to Google Drive

  • Save Gmail Attachments

  • Work Offline

  • Convert PDFs to Docs

  • Share with Others

  • Scan Documents

  • Upgrade to Google One from Drive

Advantages

The advantages of Google Drive are as follows −

  • Google drive is providing cloud storage to store your documents

  • No need to save your documents. Whenever you edit some documents in Google drive, there is no fear of not saving it, as it is automatically saved

  • Google Drive is also an offline feature for users with a Google Chrome Browser.

  • Google Drive initially gives 15 GB of free storage space to users, which is more than enough for the average user.

  • Documents that are created and stored on Google Drive are shared with other Google users with a single click. Documents can also be shared with the general public as Google will generate a custom hyperlink for you.

Disadvantages

The disadvantages of Google Drive are as follows −

  • If we want more than 15GB of storage users need to purchase the storage.

  • Even though Google is offering paid storage of up to 30 terabytes, it has a restriction in place that files larger than 5 terabytes cannot be viewed within Google Drive.

Differences

The major differences between SecureSafe and Google Drive are as follows −

SecureSafeGoogle Drive
It was launched by DSwiss AG in the year 2009
Google Drive is owned by Google LLC in the year 2012
It offers 100 MB storage space for free
Google Drive offers 15 GB storage for free
The maximum storage capacity of SecureSafe is 100 GB.
Maximum storage capacity is 30 TB.
SecureSafe offers file synchronization and a file hosting service.
Google Drive provides file hosting service and cloud storage service.
SecureSafe maximum file size is 2 GB
The maximum file size in Google Drive is 5TB.
SecureSafe provides limited storage space for paid.
Google Drive also provides limited storage space for paid.
SecureSafe does not support developer API
Google Drive supports developer API.
It has less number of users.
Google Drive has more users.
SecureSafe does not provide file versioning.
Google Drive provides file versioning.
SecureSafe provides less security on data
Google Drive provides more security.

Updated on: 23-Mar-2022

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