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Microsoft OneDrive for Business vs ownCloud comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 1, 2026

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

Categories and Ranking

Microsoft OneDrive for Busi...
Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms
4th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
4.9
Number of Reviews
38
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
ownCloud
Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms
22nd
Average Rating
10.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Content Collaboration Platforms category, the mindshare of Microsoft OneDrive for Business is 6.2%, down from 9.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ownCloud is 1.5%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Content Collaboration Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Microsoft OneDrive for Business6.2%
ownCloud1.5%
Other92.3%
Content Collaboration Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

PramodChaudharyDarwha - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager at TCS
Collaborative work has transformed team retrospectives and now saves us major planning time
I do not think that there is any improvement needed in Microsoft OneDrive for Business because a lot of features are already provided in the package that we have purchased, and we do not have anything that would be improved as of now. Speed-wise, Microsoft OneDrive for Business is very fast. Sometimes I think the auto-save feature of the things that we edit should also work in offline mode for some time, because once we get disconnected, I sometimes feel that the Excel or the Word document is trying to connect to Microsoft OneDrive for Business and trying to save it, but somehow the sessions expire. I sometimes want this to not happen. It can reconnect to the server when connection is up, but I can still work on the document.
SC
Solutions Architect at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Self-hosted file sync tool used to deploy custom web UIs.
I think it’s probably the best self-hosted file sync tool on the market. It’s a full web application platform, an indispensable tool for a business of any size that needs to deploy any kind of custom web UI. If you build an ownCloud app, you’ve got authentication, storage, security, caching, and database layers already fully baked for you. You just need to build your UI and custom logic. Your app doesn’t even need to interact with files, sync, or interact with other ownCloud features. Any web UI can be included without ownCloud. It can even be a portal to web interfaces of other applications within a business using the external app to display external sites within ownCloud. This is the case as long as that site allows itself to be displayed within a frame.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Being able to use OneDrive as a mapped drive in Windows Explorer is the most valuable feature. Rather than using OneDrive on a browser, you can also open up the Windows Explorer and I can see the file structure in the normal format."
"It gives you access to important files from virtually anywhere."
"This product helps me a lot, together with latest version of Office 365, to collaborate a little bit more instead of sending huge attachments via email to 10 colleagues etc."
"Some of the best features of Microsoft OneDrive for Business are the ability to ensure automatic saving, as 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."
"We have the Microsoft Office 365 solution and OneDrive is one of the products included."
"Because of this, we have saved 80% of our team's time."
"We have been able to save around 600 million Naira in staff costs on cloud and on-premise storage."
"The ability to share documents is a valuable feature of this product."
"I think it’s probably the best self-hosted file sync tool on the market."
 

Cons

"The solution can be complex to deal with at times."
"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 user interface of Microsoft OneDrive for Business could be improved."
"An online video player would be great, since sometimes you have to download the video to play it."
"I would advice not storage sensitive information since it could be prone to hacking."
"I think it should be more user-friendly with more tutorials on the full scale of the program."
"The interface could be more clean and more user-friendly."
"The website could be improved. Sometimes I try to login and the website has issues, I can't retrieve my documents."
"Even with fast disks, it still takes a fair bit of time to write most schema changes to multi-GB tables."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."
"The licensing is expensive and on a yearly basis."
"We pay a lot for the Enterprise version, but it is a premium service."
"The price of Microsoft OneDrive is reasonable and compatible with competitors."
"OneDrive comes with Microsoft 365 so it is just an added part of that package."
"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."
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Top Industries

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Construction Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Outsourcing Company
8%
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Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise18
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Microsoft OneDrive?
Microsoft OneDrive for Business has been a solid platform, but sometimes when dealing with larger files or folders, synchronization is not as perfect or as real-time as it could be. The user interf...
What is your primary use case for Microsoft OneDrive?
Our main use case for Microsoft OneDrive for Business is storing documents as a centralized storage system where we keep all our project documents so that everyone can access it from different team...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft OneDrive?
For setup cost, sometimes we get licensing and price assistance. They help us in every way, and the setup is really simple. For pricing, sometimes we have offers, so I feel that it is good enough, ...
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