iCloud Drive vs MEGA
MEGA comes out ahead of iCloud 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 iCloud Drive if…
- • You want iCloud 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 winsiCloud Drive5/10
Optional
end-to-end encryption needs Advanced Data Protection to be switched on
- Optional, against Zero-knowledge
Source: cloudwards.net ↗
MEGA wins this round on independent review-site data, not on its own claims.
- Round 3How easy it is to useiCloud Drive winsMEGA5/10
4.5 out of 5
ease-of-use rating from Capterra reviewers
- 4.5 out of 5, against 4.6 out of 5
Source: capterra.com ↗
iCloud 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 costsiCloud Drive winsiCloud Drive8/10
$0.99/mo (iCloud+ 50 GB)
iCloud+ 50 GB (iCloud+ 2 TB for the 2 TB price), billed monthly
Source: apple.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 $0.99/mo (iCloud+ 50 GB)
Source: mega.io ↗
iCloud Drive wins this round on what the published sources say.
- Round 6Storage on the cheapest paid planMEGA winsiCloud Drive5/10
50 GB
iCloud+ 50 GB (iCloud+ 2 TB for the 2 TB price), billed monthly
- 50 GB, against 200 GB
Source: apple.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
- 5 GB, against 15 GB
- $9.99, against $8.33
- 1.3 out of 5, against 2.3 out of 5
- 50 GB, against 100 GB
- 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)