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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 23, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

BlackBerry Workspaces
Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms
24th
Average Rating
7.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Microsoft OneDrive for Busi...
Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms
5th
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 October 2025, in the Content Collaboration Platforms category, the mindshare of BlackBerry Workspaces is 0.4%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft OneDrive for Business is 9.1%, down from 12.0% 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 Business9.1%
BlackBerry Workspaces0.4%
Other90.5%
Content Collaboration Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

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Facilitates monitoring and control of our repositories, but would benefit from the inclusion of workflows
Our primary use case for this solution is secure file sharing All of our different repositories of documents, like SharePoint and Box, were linked to Workspaces to ensure that sharing content was monitored, controlled, and secure. The most valuable features are the ability to revoke rights after…
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

"The most valuable features are the ability to revoke rights after sending the document, and shoulder browsing protection."
"What I appreciate about Microsoft OneDrive is that internet access is all you need."
"It is well integrated with other Microsoft products."
"Ability to share documents."
"It's quite easy to use and then of course it is quite well integrated to the rest of Office 365."
"It gives you access to important files from virtually anywhere."
"The most valuable feature is to be able to modify the file online and keep it stored on the cloud, since it is not necessary to download it to make modifications."
"With this solution, the sharing of documents if very easy to do. There's a lot of collaboration you can do with your colleagues."
"Scalability is good just because it is a cloud-based product."
 

Cons

"I would like to see workflow implementation, as well as a lite version for non-business users."
"An increase in the capacity of storage in the free version would be nice."
"There are not enough ways to assign permissions to shared folders and files."
"It is not very stable because there are a lot of bugs."
"The scalability has room for improvement."
"It takes too long for OneDrive to synchronize various applications, especially when you are saving office data. It also requires too much bandwidth."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"The area that can be improved is to be able to share easily with folks outside the organization and with folks who don't have an office account. Sometimes, when you send a link, you might have some form of repetition. If you don't know how to share it properly, whoever you are sharing it with will have issues using it. Also, the link that you use to share a document can be made a bit shorter. It doesn't have to be long. Typically, when you want to share a document, it has everything, such as the name of the organization, SharePoint, etc. A short URL will be easier to use, and it will just make life easier, especially because a lot of people are now going mobile. I'm not sure if there's a mobile version of Microsoft OneDrive, similar to Google Drive. If they don't have a mobile app, it would also be nice to have a mobile app because that would help in checking out your documents. It would be easy to check your documents on the go on your phone."
"The website could be improved. Sometimes I try to login and the website has issues, I can't retrieve my documents."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"We pay a lot for the Enterprise version, but it is a premium service."
"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."
"This is a pricy solution, given that we are only using it at 50% capacity."
"OneDrive comes with Microsoft 365 so it is just an added part of that package."
"The licensing is expensive and on a yearly basis."
"The price of Microsoft OneDrive is reasonable and compatible with competitors."
"Costwise, it is a great option. In most cases, it is a free space, which will be more than enough for most customers."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
10%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Construction Company
7%
 

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Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise15
 

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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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