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Amazon WorkDocs vs Microsoft OneDrive for Business comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 23, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon WorkDocs
Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms
6th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.5
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Microsoft OneDrive for Busi...
Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms
4th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
3.7
Number of Reviews
32
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Content Collaboration Platforms category, the mindshare of Amazon WorkDocs is 7.5%, down from 14.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft OneDrive for Business is 9.4%, down from 12.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Content Collaboration Platforms Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Microsoft OneDrive for Business9.4%
Amazon WorkDocs7.5%
Other83.1%
Content Collaboration Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

DA
A great collaboration service for small organizations
The synchronization should be simplified. Other solutions like Dropbox and OneDrive have apps. I tried using the mobile version, but it didn't work properly, that needs to be improved. It was cumbersome. It's a good solution for a small organization like ours, but it really depends on your use-cases and the size of your organization. I had a very bitter experience with their mobile app. It was challenging to even download it and once I did, I wasn't even able to log into my system. The mobile app needs to improved for easy use.
Richard Griggs - PeerSpot reviewer
Long-term data security and automatic saving features improve efficiency with smooth setup and deployment processes
Some of the best features of Microsoft OneDrive for Business are the ability to ensure automatic saving. I've been in IT for over thirty years and have seen plenty of times when people forgot to hit file save and lost data, and having this automatically saved constantly is a very nice feature set. The synchronization capabilities of Microsoft OneDrive for Business certainly support my work as it is handy if you're concerned about people writing data on their local PCs and the laptops getting stolen or crashing, to have it sync everything up to your Microsoft OneDrive for Business account so that you're not having to worry about backing up locally. You try to make sure that people are putting things in the right folder to ensure they'll get backed up. Before using Microsoft OneDrive for Business, we were actually storing things locally and had shared folders or home folders out on the network. They made the change to Microsoft OneDrive for Business because they wanted to put it out in the cloud and get better performance, automatic backups, and all the rest of it.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"This solution is great for inviting and sharing documents with other users."
"It gives you access to important files from virtually anywhere."
"They have support for integration with a lot of tools."
"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."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the amount of space allotted to each user that is issued a subscription."
"Microsoft OneDrive for Business is easier to use because it has all the tools integrated with SharePoint and Teams, and Microsoft Office is already inside the office, making it the least problematic to implement."
"Ability to share documents."
"What I appreciate about Microsoft OneDrive is that internet access is all you need."
"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."
 

Cons

"I had a very bitter experience with their mobile app."
"An online video player would be great, since sometimes you have to download the video to play it."
"Microsoft OneDrive could improve because it doesn't support backing up .PST files, which are Outlook data files, and email archives. This is a substantial setback when it comes to Microsoft OneDrive."
"The solution has sub-folders, which are visible to various team members. If you want to ensure the information is private, you would need to have a certain level of seniority in the office."
"Technical support is not very impressive and is typical of large company software support."
"The online application is quite limited, for this and other Office offerings."
"I think it should be more user-friendly with more tutorials on the full scale of the program."
"An increase in the capacity of storage in the free version would be nice."
"The security is not as flexible as it is with Dropbox, which means that we can't share our OneDrive files."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's cheaper compared to similar products available"
"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."
"The licensing is expensive and on a yearly basis."
"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."
"It is free if you are using Office 365, and you get a terabyte of storage with your account."
"We pay a lot for the Enterprise version, but it is a premium service."
"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."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Government
7%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Construction Company
6%
 

Company Size

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Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise15
 

Questions from the Community

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What needs improvement with Microsoft OneDrive?
Regarding Microsoft OneDrive for Business's versioning control, sometimes there are syncing problems. Microsoft OneDrive for Business is available on the cloud as well as on my local machine. When ...
What is your primary use case for Microsoft OneDrive?
I have been working with Microsoft OneDrive for Business for three years; I started my job in that industry when I came and began with the Office 365 technology.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft OneDrive?
The pricing for Microsoft OneDrive for Business would be average. If we analyze deeper or require extra storage apart from other products in the market, I would rate it at 4 or 4.5 concerning the p...
 

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