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Difference between OneDrive and Ubuntu One

Last Updated : 17 Nov, 2022
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1. OneDrive : 
OneDrive or Microsoft OneDrive is a file hosting and synchronization service provided by Microsoft. It gives convenience to users for storing files, personal data and sharing files. It offers 5 GB free storage space. It was launched by Microsoft in 2007. It is mostly used by professional workers to store the data related to work which might need more security. 

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 OneDrive and Ubuntu One :

ONEDRIVE UBUNTU ONE
It is owned by Microsoft Incorporation. It was owned by Canonical Limited.
It was launched in 2007. It was launched in 2009.
It offers 5 GB free storage space. It also offered 5 GB free storage space.
It was developed by Microsoft. It was developed by Canonical Ltd.
It has the maximum storage size of 6 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 250 GB 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.

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