Microsoft OneDrive vs Office 365 comparison

Microsoft OneDrive and Office 365 are both solutions in the Content Collaboration Platforms category. Microsoft OneDrive is ranked #11, while Office 365 is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.5. Microsoft OneDrive holds a 9.8% mindshare in CCP, compared to Office 365’s 6.8% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Microsoft OneDrive users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Office 365 users who would recommend it.

Microsoft OneDrive

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90% willing to recommend

Office 365

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95% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Microsoft OneDrive and Office 365 based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Microsoft OneDrive

Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms

11th

Average Rating

8.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Office 365

Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms

2nd

Average Rating

8.6

Number of Reviews

143

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Content Collaboration Platforms category, the mindshare of Microsoft OneDrive is 9.8%, down from 13.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Office 365 is 6.8%, up from 6.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Victor Bayouwa

Owner at VBTECH-IT

I love the backup capabilities and the offline sync

We use OneDrive to share documents throughout the organization and collaborate. It is also used for backups. 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. It takes too long for…

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Gary Cook

Executive at Empowered Analytics

Access to advanced features boosts productivity despite pricing concerns in developing regions

I need to do maintenance for Office 365 very seldom, once a year. In the maintenance process for Office 365, we have about 12 people involved. For the maintenance side of Office 365, only one person is involved. Looking at Office 365's pricing, I would give it a 4 on a scale from 1 to 10. My overall rating for Office 365 is an 8 out of 10, but for the product itself, I would give it a 10. I would definitely recommend Office 365 to other businesses, probably a 9 out of 10 for recommendation. This is only because of its price and the fact that they do not take into account developing countries such as South Africa, where they should give us more favorable prices or local prices. We do not have a partnership with Microsoft, which is a sore point for us. We have reached out to Microsoft South Africa, and they are very hard to contact and largely uncooperative. We are a B-Level 2 and a B-Level 1, which are local affirmative action ratings that companies get. Level 1 is the highest, and Level 8 is the lowest. We hold amongst the highest BEE ratings, but we have not found Microsoft South Africa to be forthcoming or very open. We should have a partnership with them, and we run Power BI as we are a Power BI shop now. I strongly would want to see a box within Office 365 for our team to have ChatGPT through OpenAI as well. We use Excel as a data source for many tasks and find that it integrates really well with Python. We write a lot of Python code and use Excel as a data sheet many times, and we operate through SQL and other zero elements as well. From an Office 365 viewpoint, we find that with Copilot and Python and Excel's provision for Python, it is very useful.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It's pretty easy to learn. Once someone taught me, I was able to navigate it quite easily."

"They have support for integration with a lot of tools."

"It is good as a central hub for the storage of documents and sharing among team members."

"Ability to share documents."

"It helps you keep organized."

"It's quite easy to use and then of course it is quite well integrated to the rest of Office 365."

"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."

"It gives you access to important files from virtually anywhere."

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"As an email provider, I believe Office 365 is the best email provider."

"Great impact on project management and team collaboration."

"Adaptable solution with a good interface. It's easy to set up and easy to use."

"The most valuable feature of Office 365 is that it has many solutions bundled together."

"It's inexpensive to license."

"I like that it is cloud-based, wherefrom any computer I can access my documents and continue working."

"The way the ERP presents information for the user is very good."

"If you have a global solution, you can go from one product to the other very easily. And then you can share data between all the different tools of Office which is good because participation and sharing is very good. That's the most important aspect of Office 365."

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Cons

"An increase in the capacity of storage in the free version would be nice."

"The initial setup is a bit clunky."

"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."

"Support has not been the same since the beginning of COVID lockdowns."

"If I want to pick out certain criteria of pictures, Google enables me to do that whereas OneDrive is a bit sort of flaky."

"It is not very stable because there are a lot of bugs."

"The security is not as flexible as it is with Dropbox, which means that we can't share our OneDrive files."

"Performance is an issue when sharing a large number of files in a single folder."

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"As a private user, I do not appreciate the cloud features, but I doubt that this is something Microsoft would consider a feature request."

"It needs improvements around its compatibility with non-Microsoft products."

"I started working a lot on Microsoft Teams and I find it a bit vast. It should be divided out a bit so that someone can use it for basic functionality, like audio, video, and calls. Then, if someone wants more advanced functionality for file sharing and team creation, and so on, they could use a separate app."

"Could include integration with other single sign-on solutions."

"The online applications have limited functionality compared to the local applications."

"Security is still complex, but the admin console improving."

"I would like to see the macro functionality in Excel made simpler."

"There are some complexities to the initial setup if you use some of the more advanced features."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The licensing is expensive and on a yearly basis."

"We pay a lot for the Enterprise version, but it is a premium service."

"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 price of Microsoft OneDrive is reasonable and compatible with competitors."

"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."

"Costwise, it is a great option. In most cases, it is a free space, which will be more than enough for most customers."

"The pricing is not really high, but one can get the software with the license key for free."

"We have a license to use this solution. We have an E3 license which covers many different solutions."

"Licensing, billing, and accounting are available from the management interface."

"Licensing fees are paid on a monthly basis, or we prepay them."

"For the moment, we are paying on a monthly basis because we are still adapting the support and how we want to proceed. I think we will move to paying for the annual license."

"I think that we pay $9.99 USD per user, monthly."

"The pricing/licensing is easy to manage."

"I would rate the solution 3 out of 5 for the price. I think Microsoft presents a good solution concerning the price."

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Top Industries

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Educational Organization

36%

Financial Services Firm

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Government

Educational Organization

65%

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Also Known As

MS OneDrive

Microsoft Office 365, Office 365 Enterprise, Office 365 Enterprise E1, Office 365 Enterprise E3, Office 365 Enterprise E5, Office 365 ProPlus, Office 365 Business, Office 365 Business Essentials, Office 365 Business Premium, Office 365 F1

Overview

Microsoft OneDrive for Business gives you online storage that works seamlessly with the tools you use every day to create, communicate, and collaborate from your PC/Mac or your iOS, Android, or Windows device.

Microsoft

Office 365 is more than just Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. It provides powerful services like business-class email, online storage, and teamwork solutions that you can access from anywhere. Bring teams and resources together with solutions like Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business that make working together more productive and enjoyable regardless of where participants are located. Easily implement security and privacy controls to help protect business data and devices against malicious threats and help you meet your compliance obligations. Automatic updates ensure your employees will always have the latest features and security updates.

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