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Difference between Google Drive and Ubuntu One

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1. Google Drive :
Google Drive is a file storage and synchronization service provided by the Google. It allows the users to store the files and personal data and to share the files. It offers 15 GB free storage space. It was launched by Google in 2012. It is used by almost each and every person which is somehow related to internet. Everyone uses this to store some professional and personal data.

2. Ubuntu One :
Ubuntu One was a file hosting service, file synchronization service and cloud service which was provided by Canonical Limited. It was an OpenID based single sign-on service. It provided services for storing files on cloud and also streaming of music from cloud. It was developed by Canonical Ltd. It was suitable for Windows, OS X, iOS, Ubuntu and Android. It offered 5 GB free storage space. It was launched in 2009.



Difference between Google Drive and Ubuntu One :

GOOGLE DRIVE UBUNTU ONE
It is owned by Google LLC. It was owned by Canonical Limited.
It was launched in 2012. It was launched in 2009.
It offers 15 GB free storage space. It offered 5 GB free storage space.
It was developed by Google. It was developed by Canonical Ltd.
It has the maximum storage size of 30 TB. Maximum storage size was unlimited here.
It is still in use. This service was suspended in 2014.
Files stored here are encrypted. Files stored in Ubuntu One were not encrypted.
Maximum file size is 5 TB here. Maximum file size was 5 GB per file.
It is a file hosting and cloud storage service. It was a commercial file synchronization service.
It has no traffic or band-width limit. It has Amazon S3 limits as traffic or band-width limit.
It supports Windows, OS X, Linux, iOS and Android. It supported Windows, OS X, iOS, Ubuntu and Android.
It has more number of users. It had comparatively less number of users.


Last Updated : 23 Jun, 2020
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