Rakuten launches cloud storage with unlimited file transfers, targets businesses and individuals, with free 10GB storage
Rakuten launches cloud storage with unlimited file transfers, targets businesses and individuals, with free 10GB storage
Rakuten Drive also lets users view and edit documents and spreadsheets in Microsoft 365
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.
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I am inclined to think the privacy protections on this would be awful.
Encrypt everything before uploading it.
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.
Hetzner Storagebox is $3.5/M for 1TB
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?
Cryptomator is free and about as easy as encryption comes.