Highlights:
- Rakuten Drive offers free 10GB storage and unlimited file transfers, unlike competitors.
- Integrates with Microsoft 365 for document viewing and editing.
- Targets both individuals and businesses with separate plans.
- Paid “PRO” version increases storage to 1TB, allows bigger file uploads, and extends transfer link expiration.
- Future integration with Rakuten’s loyalty program planned.
For 10 GB of storage? Meh. It feels like setting this up would be a headache unless someone really needed it for something iffy. It’s so tiny.
1TB for $8/month isn’t bad. Cheaper than Google anyway.Never mind, it’s actually more expensive than Google and others. See below.I’d rather go for something with E2EE anyway.
What are you basing that off of??
Google is 2TB for $10/month.
$8.33/month with the annual plan.
This says $20/month. https://one.google.com/about/plans
Is there a cheaper drive-only option?
The page you linked shows an annual plan of 100$ for 2 TB which means 8.33 per month.
Doh, I misread. I saw $20 and thought that was the monthly price, but that’s actually for 2 months, before annual discount. Never mind.
So…yeah, who is Rakuten trying to compete with?
Hetzner Storagebox is $3.5/M for 1TB