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OneDrive pricing

OneDrive is tracked by HelpCompare in the Cloud Storage category. This page collects every pricing fact, rating and switching guide we publish about OneDrive, and links each one back to the comparison it was verified in.

Entry price
Microsoft 365 Basic $1.99/mo (100 GB); business from $7/user/moPer account per month (Microsoft 365 Basic, 100 GB)Verified in onedrive-vs-google-drive
Free plan
Free plan5 GB
AI feature
None tracked
How AI is billed
Not trackedThis tool is not yet in The AI Tax dataset.
G2 rating
Not tracked
On HelpCompare
1 comparison2 migration guides

Everything we have verified about OneDrive

Every row was recorded on a HelpCompare comparison page. The Source column links to the page it was verified on and the date it was last checked.

AttributeValueSource & date
Entry price Microsoft 365 Basic $1.99/mo (100 GB); business from $7/user/mo onedrive-vs-google-drive
Free plan 5 GB onedrive-vs-google-drive
Business plan Microsoft 365 Business Basic $7/user/mo (yearly), 1 TB each onedrive-vs-google-drive
1 TB personal Microsoft 365 Personal $9.99/mo or $99.99/yr, with desktop Office apps onedrive-vs-google-drive
Family Microsoft 365 Family, up to 6 people, 1 TB each, $12.99/mo onedrive-vs-google-drive
Verified data

OneDrive security, offline access & remote work

Compliance reports, sign-in controls, offline access and the setup details that matter for remote, hybrid and in-office teams. Each value links to the vendor page it came from. OneDrive’s own security documentation: microsoft.com. Scope: OneDrive as included in Microsoft 365 business plans (Business Basic and up); compliance and identity controls are Microsoft 365 tenant-wide and come from the same Microsoft sources as the Microsoft 365 record. Personal Microsoft 365 plans are consumer services and are not covered by these business attestations.

Security & compliance

SOC 2 report
SOC 2 Type IIsource
ISO/IEC 27001
Certifiedsource
Other certifications
ISO/IEC 27017, ISO/IEC 27018, ISO/IEC 27701source
HIPAA (BAA)
BAA availablesource
GDPR data processing agreement
DPA offeredsource
Single sign-on (SAML/OIDC)
YesBusiness Basicsource
SCIM user provisioning
Not published
Two-factor authentication
YesEnforcement: All Business plans via security defaults; Conditional Access MFA policies need Entra ID P1 (Business Premium)source
Admin audit log
YesBusiness Basicsource
Data residency choices
Not published
Encryption
BitLocker and per-file encryption at rest; TLS and IPsec in transitsource
Self-hosting option
Not published

Offline access

Offline mode
Works offlineWith Files On-Demand, files marked "Always keep on this device" are stored on the computer and open without internet; files created on the device are available offline by default. On mobile, files marked offline can be read anywhere and Office files edited, with changes syncing on reconnect.source
Desktop apps
Windows, macOSsource
Mobile apps
iOS, Androidsource
Offline limits
Online-only files need a connection to open. On iPhone and iPad, taking whole folders offline needs a Microsoft 365 subscription.source

Remote, hybrid & in-office

IP allowlisting
YesBusiness Premiumsource
Device & session controls
YesBusiness PremiumBusiness Premium adds Intune Plan 1 endpoint management, Defender for Business device protection and Windows 11 Pro upgrade; Basic and Standard do not include Intune.source

OneDrive: worth knowing

  • OfflineOffline edits made on iPhone or iPad sync the next time the device connects, so the file stays current. source
  • OfflineOn Windows, files created on the device are available offline by default. source
  • RemoteBusiness plans let you share files inside and outside the organisation with password-protected or expiring links. source

Checked September 25, 2026 against each vendor’s own trust center, help docs and app pages. Hover or tap “source” to see the exact wording we relied on. “Not published” means we could not find the vendor saying it on its own site; it doesn’t mean the feature is missing. Plan names are the lowest plan the vendor says includes the feature. Security · Offline · Remote vs office · Download the data

OneDrive in context

How OneDrive connects to the rest of the software we track — head-to-head research, switching paths, and the closest alternatives in its category.

Head-to-head comparisons

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Switching away from OneDrive

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Switching to OneDrive

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Where this data comes from

HelpCompare records pricing and feature data from vendor pricing pages and documentation at the time each comparison is researched, then re-checks it on a published schedule. This entity page is generated from those records — it does not introduce any figure that has not already been verified on a comparison page.

  • Vendor pricing and documentation — www.microsoft.com, checked September 25, 2026.
  • HelpCompare research — 1 comparison page listed above, each with its own verification date.
  • G2 — aggregate rating and review count (none recorded for this tool). Review counts change daily; treat them as a snapshot.
  • Machine-readable copy — /data/tools.json, /data/tools.csv, and the open data hub.
Prices change often and vendors do not always announce it. Every figure here carries the date it was last checked — confirm current pricing with the vendor before you buy. If you find something out of date, the comparison page it came from is linked in the table above.
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