Google Drive vs MEGA
MEGA comes out ahead of Google Drive on 3 of the 6 things that decide this, going by what each company publishes and what independent review sites report. The one that matters for you may be one the leader loses.
The verdict
MEGA takes it, 3–2 on rounds.
On the published figures and the independent review sites, MEGA takes 3 of 6 rounds. Treat that as a starting point and check the current figures on both pages, because prices and plans move.
Choose Google Drive if…
- • You want Google Drive's edge on how easy it is to use and what the cheapest paid plan costs
Choose MEGA if…
- • You want MEGA's edge on how much you get free and who can read your files
Round by round
- Round 1How much you get freeMEGA wins
MEGA wins this round on independent review-site data, not on its own claims.
- Round 2Who can read your filesMEGA winsGoogle Drive5/10
Not zero-knowledge
Google can read files on its servers
- Not zero-knowledge, against Zero-knowledge
Source: cloudslinker.com ↗
MEGA wins this round on independent review-site data, not on its own claims.
- Round 3How easy it is to useGoogle Drive winsMEGA5/10
4.5 out of 5
ease-of-use rating from Capterra reviewers
- 4.5 out of 5, against 4.7 out of 5
Source: capterra.com ↗
Google Drive wins this round on independent review-site data, not on its own claims.
- Round 4Paying once instead of monthlyTie
Nothing to separate them here.
- Round 5What the cheapest paid plan costsGoogle Drive winsGoogle Drive8/10
$1.99/mo (Basic 100 GB)
Google One Basic (100 GB) / Google AI Plus (2 TB), billed monthly (Monthly tab, US)
Source: one.google.com ↗
MEGA5/10$3.72/mo, charged yearly (est.)
Essential 200 GB, billed yearly (default Yearly toggle, USD selected; MEGA charges in EUR, USD is an estimate); feature rows from the 'Pro I to III' column
- $3.72/mo, charged yearly (est.), against $1.99/mo (Basic 100 GB)
Source: mega.io ↗
Google Drive wins this round on what the published sources say.
- Round 6Storage on the cheapest paid planMEGA winsGoogle Drive5/10
100 GB
Google One Basic (100 GB) / Google AI Plus (2 TB), billed monthly (Monthly tab, US)
- 100 GB, against 200 GB
Source: one.google.com ↗
MEGA8/10200 GB
Essential 200 GB, billed yearly (default Yearly toggle, USD selected; MEGA charges in EUR, USD is an estimate); feature rows from the 'Pro I to III' column
Source: mega.io ↗
MEGA wins this round on what the published sources say.
Side by side
- $1.99, against $0.99
- Not zero-knowledge, against Optional
- No lifetime plan, against Lifetime plans
- 2.3 out of 5, against 3.1 out of 5
- 4.5 out of 5, against 4.7 out of 5
- $3.72/mo, charged yearly (est.), against $1.99/mo (Basic 100 GB)
- 4 out of 5, against 4.3 out of 5
- $3.72/mo, charged yearly (est.), against $0.99/mo (Basic Extra)