When comparing Storj vs Google Cloud Storage, the Slant community recommends Storj for most people. In the question“What are the best Cloud Storage services for storing a large amount of data?” Storj is ranked 3rd while Google Cloud Storage is ranked 7th. The most important reason people chose Storj is:
Exploit the Blockchain to store your data.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Anonymous and Decentralized
Exploit the Blockchain to store your data.
Pro Free (kinda)
If you share your own hard drive space. Useful for users looking for resiliency.
Pro Cheap (about $0.01/GB/Month)
Same price a Google Drive, but more flexible as you pay for what you use (Google Drive you have to jump from 100 MB to 1 TB for example). Also supports larger backups.
Pro Optionally supports versioning
Versioning can be enabled at no extra cost so you may retrieve older versions or deleted files.
Pro Works with duplicity
duplicity allows to encrypt data locally using GPG and it supports Google Cloud Storage.
Pro Can be shared with other people
Via the Google Cloud Platform or their CLI tool, you can create publicly accessible URLs to parts of your data.
Cons
Con Still in Beta
Not a lot of adoption yet.