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A free Lunch from Google

I love everything free so I was exited when Google introduced Google Drive with 5GB free storage.

But to be honest Google are a little late to the party. Dropbox is the golden standard for Cloud Storage and Apple and MicroSoft has already launched their services.

So how is Google doing? Tech Guardian had a nice comparison of the different options out there:

Service	Free storage	Cost for 25GB	Cost for 50GB
Apple iCloud	5GB	$3.33	$8.33
Box	5GB	$9.99	$19.99
Dropbox	2GB		$9.99
Google Drive	5GB	$2.49	$4.99 (100GB)
Microsoft SkyDrive	7GB	$0.83 (27GB)	$2.08 (52GB)

And now platform support:

	Web	Android	Black berry	iOS	Linux	Mac	Windows	Windows Phone
Apple iCloud	✓	X	X	✓	X	✓	Limited	X
Box	✓	✓	✓	✓	X	✓	✓	X
Dropbox	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	X
Google Drive	✓	✓	X	✓	X	✓	✓	X
Microsoft SkyDrive	✓	X	X	✓	X	✓	✓	✓

Dropbox still supports most platforms but Google is close and with the integration with Google Docs I would bet that Google will be the winner in this space.