Storage & Archiving Product List

Top Products

Cloud file storage and synchronization service.

Parent organisation: Microsoft
Type of organisation: Publicly-listed company (or group)
Market share: One of the leading products (#3-7)

Pricing: Free-$9.99/month or $99/annum
Factors driving pricing: Additional features, More users (publishing-side)
Skills needed to set-up: Plug & play (any non-technical user can do it)
Skills needed to use: Plug & play (any non-technical user can do it)

Pros

Open Source alternatives available

Releases new features regularly

Transparent pricing model

Clear data policies

Allows data export

Allows data deletion

Has accessibility statement

Shares diversity data

Cons

Monopoly platform - does not aid a diverse media ecosystem

Microsoft OneDrive

Heroku

Cloud-based hosting platform for apps and code.

Parent organisation: Salesforce
Type of organisation: Publicly-listed company (or group)
Market share: One of the leading products (#3-7)

Pricing: Free-$1,000/month
Factors driving pricing: Additional features
Skills needed to set-up: Software developer
Skills needed to use: Software developer

Pros

Open Source alternatives available

Releases new features regularly

Transparent pricing model

Clear data policies

Allows data export

Allows data deletion

Shares diversity data

Cons

Lacks accessibility statement

Heroku

Internet Archive

A non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.

Type of organisation: Non-profit organisation
Market share: Market dominance

Pricing: Free
Skills needed to set-up: Plug & play (any non-technical user can do it)
Skills needed to use: Plug & play (any non-technical user can do it)
Requires audience sign-in to use: No, sign-in is optional

Pros

Releases new features regularly

Transparent pricing model

Allows data deletion

Cons

Lacks accessibility statement

Does not share diversity data

Internet Archive