Microsoft OneDrive vs Office 365 comparison

Microsoft OneDrive and Office 365 are both solutions in the Content Collaboration Platforms category. Microsoft OneDrive is ranked #3 with an average rating of 10.0, while Office 365 is ranked #9 with an average rating of 8.0. Microsoft OneDrive holds a 11.0% mindshare in CCP, compared to Office 365’s 4.9% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Microsoft OneDrive users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Office 365 users who would recommend it.

Microsoft OneDrive

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90% willing to recommend

Office 365

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94% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Microsoft OneDrive and Office 365 based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Content Collaboration Platforms solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

Microsoft OneDrive

Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms

3rd

Average Rating

8.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Office 365

Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms

9th

Average Rating

8.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Content Collaboration Platforms category, the mindshare of Microsoft OneDrive is 11.0%, down from 13.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Office 365 is 4.9%, down from 6.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Victor Bayouwa

Owner at VBTECH-IT

I love the backup capabilities and the offline sync

We use OneDrive to share documents throughout the organization and collaborate. It is also used for backups. The backup capability is one feature I love about OneDrive. I also like how it syncs when you're working offline. Everything is updated once you connect again. It takes too long for…

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Minos Pitsillides

IT Director at IT-Flow ltd

Excellent technical support, easy to install, but the price, while affordable, could be improved

Office 365 is scalable, but it is dependent on the situation. We don't have a problem with it from an organizational standpoint. They started with 100 employees and then added another 500 after six months, for a total of 600 employees. The setup of new users, new emails, and new applications to be assigned to the new users is straightforward. They also provide the PowerShell command, which they provided more, development type, like, for example, you can create users, not manually, but through a script that can create users, for example, 100 users in two, three minutes, and you don't do it manually. They're fantastic. My portfolio contains approximately 50 companies. Office 365 is our primary platform for the 50 companies. I only have one on G Suite, and the majority of them will be migrating from G Suite to 365 in the coming month.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"It was extremely easy to setup."

"Ability to share documents."

"With this solution, the sharing of documents if very easy to do. There's a lot of collaboration you can do with your colleagues."

"It is free if you use Microsoft Office 365."

"It helps you keep organized."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is the amount of space allotted to each user that is issued a subscription."

"The feature that I have found the most valuable is that Microsoft OneDrive works with any Enterprise Cloud Solutions Office app. You can edit a document on the cloud, share documents with your colleagues, and monitor changes. You can access your work almost anywhere. You can also sync Microsoft OneDrive with your workstation so that whatever you are working on gets automatically backed up to the cloud at regular intervals. So even if your system crashes, you still have a copy of your documents in the cloud, which I found very useful."

"They have support for integration with a lot of tools."

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"The most valuable feature is Microsoft Exchange."

"It's very stable."

"The most valuable feature of Office 365 is automatic saving. If something happens on the computer your work is saved."

"I like that it is cloud-based, wherefrom any computer I can access my documents and continue working."

"My primary use case is for preparing presentations to teach, often on PowerPoint."

"The technical support is outstanding."

"Using Office 365 has allowed us to go digital and onboard people seamlessly for working at home during the COVID pandemic."

"Cloud-based management is valuable and software deployment is positive."

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Cons

"The file structure insight could be made more flexible like for creating more flexible folders."

"The online application is quite limited, for this and other Office offerings."

"The scalability has room for improvement."

"The user interface sometimes fails and when it cannot connect, it does not give the reason why."

"The initial setup is not easy."

"An online video player would be great, since sometimes you have to download the video to play it."

"Support has not been the same since the beginning of COVID lockdowns."

"The security is not as flexible as it is with Dropbox, which means that we can't share our OneDrive files."

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"Office 365 could be easier to use at first. Tutorials are needed to know how to use the solution."

"It seems like every other week when we log into the administrative portals, it doesn't matter which one, it could be the active directory portal, it could be the exchange admin center or SharePoint admin center, it seems like Microsoft is consistently updating with new versions of the admin centers, which can be frustrating."

"Microsoft Defender for Office 365 could use some customization, but this area for improvement is trivial."

"As a private user, I do not appreciate the cloud features, but I doubt that this is something Microsoft would consider a feature request."

"In the next release, I would like to have a more intuitive tutorial."

"I'd like to see them add more features in the future in order to continue to advance the product."

"Constantly evolving with new features, which can be challenging for users."

"Using Visual Basic, I have had a lot of trouble with relative paths when programming for Excel, and sometimes it is very difficult to debug programs."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"OneDrive comes with Microsoft 365 so it is just an added part of that package."

"The price of Microsoft OneDrive is reasonable and compatible with competitors."

"It is free if you are using Office 365, and you get a terabyte of storage with your account."

"Using this software, it has had an amazing impact moneywise on our business. It allows us to share documents without the need of extra hardware."

"We pay a lot for the Enterprise version, but it is a premium service."

"The licensing is expensive and on a yearly basis."

"Costwise, it is a great option. In most cases, it is a free space, which will be more than enough for most customers."

"This is a pricy solution, given that we are only using it at 50% capacity."

"The pricing is not really high, but one can get the software with the license key for free."

"I think that we pay $9.99 USD per user, monthly."

"Licensing fees are paid on a monthly basis, or we prepay them."

"I would rate the solution 3 out of 5 for the price. I think Microsoft presents a good solution concerning the price."

"Most of the time, we purchase Microsoft Exchange licenses, which are less expensive and provide only an email platform and 50 gigabytes of email storage for free."

"The pricing is high and has actually caused us to limit the number of licenses we purchase due to budgeting."

"The price of Office 365 is very expensive."

"Good reporting and good value subscriptions for international calls."

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Top Industries

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Educational Organization

58%

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Educational Organization

84%

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

Government

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Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Microsoft OneDrive?

The backup capability is one feature I love about OneDrive. I also like how it syncs when you're working offline. Everything is updated once you connect again.

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What needs improvement with Microsoft OneDrive?

It takes too long for OneDrive to synchronize various applications, especially when you are saving office data. It also requires too much bandwidth.

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What is your primary use case for Microsoft OneDrive?

We use OneDrive to share documents throughout the organization and collaborate. It is also used for backups.

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Also Known As

MS OneDrive

Microsoft Office 365, Office 365 Enterprise, Office 365 Enterprise E1, Office 365 Enterprise E3, Office 365 Enterprise E5, Office 365 ProPlus, Office 365 Business, Office 365 Business Essentials, Office 365 Business Premium, Office 365 F1

Overview

Microsoft OneDrive for Business gives you online storage that works seamlessly with the tools you use every day to create, communicate, and collaborate from your PC/Mac or your iOS, Android, or Windows device.

Microsoft

Office 365 is more than just Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. It provides powerful services like business-class email, online storage, and teamwork solutions that you can access from anywhere. Bring teams and resources together with solutions like Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business that make working together more productive and enjoyable regardless of where participants are located. Easily implement security and privacy controls to help protect business data and devices against malicious threats and help you meet your compliance obligations. Automatic updates ensure your employees will always have the latest features and security updates.

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