When comparing Amazon Zocalo vs Microsoft OneDrive, the Slant community recommends Microsoft OneDrive for most people. In the question“What are the best cloud storage services?” Microsoft OneDrive is ranked 15th while Amazon Zocalo is ranked 36th. The most important reason people chose Microsoft OneDrive is:
It integrates with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc as if you were using OneDrive locally.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Simple Document Feedback
Amazon Zocalo lets users quickly access and gather feedback on files. Users can comment on files, send them to others for feedback, and upload new versions without emailing files as attachments. Teammates can leave comments by highlighting a section of a file, or specific text, and typing feedback. Users can set optional deadlines for feedback, track files that are out for review, and are notified by email when they have been asked to provide feedback. Amazon Zocalo automatically stores previous versions of every file so that users do not have to. Amazon Zocalo uses an innovative overlay technology that enables users to see all the comments from others that they have been working with consolidated in one place. Microsoft Word users who prefer working with comments directly in a Word document can download a version of the document with the comments included.
Pro Integrate your Corporate Directory
Amazon Zocalo can integrate with your existing Active Directory. This means that your users can easily access Amazon Zocalo using their existing Active Directory credentials, and allows you to control which users in your organization are permitted to access the service.
Pro Secure
Amazon Zocalo offers flexible security settings and access controls to manage data storage and sharing. You can use policies to control users’ sharing behavior, choose the AWS Region where your users’ data is stored, and view audit logs to track document and user activity. All data is encrypted in transit and at rest, and users don’t have to send documents as email attachments.
Pro Low Cost
Priced at $5 per user per month, including 200 GB of storage, Amazon Zocalo is a low cost solution that is also fully managed. This means that there is no hardware to purchase and maintain and no software to deploy. You simply enable Amazon Zocalo for your organization and invite users. A 30-day free trial for up to 50 users with 200 GB of storage per user is available to help you get started.
Pro Central Hub
Amazon Zocalo provides users with a central location for both the documents and files they are reviewing as well as those they own and are soliciting feedback on. With all these files in one location, reviewers have access to all of the related feedback in a single web view, making reading or contributing comments as simple as a few clicks.
Pro Access and Sync from Any Device
Users can access files stored in Amazon Zocalo and view and leave feedback on files anywhere, anytime, from the device of their choice. Users can leverage the Amazon Zocalo apps for iPad, Kindle Fire, and Android tablets. The Amazon Zocalo Sync client lets users have files saved on their computer automatically uploaded to Amazon Zocalo over an encrypted connection and synced across their other devices.
Pro Integrates with Microsoft Office software
It integrates with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc as if you were using OneDrive locally.
Pro Share files and folders easily
You can choose what files and folders to share with other people then send them a link.
Pro No setup for Windows 8/8.1/10
If you use Windows 8 or later, OneDrive is already built in your system and can be accessed via file explorer.
Pro Collaboration via Office 365
If you use Office 365 with OneDrive, you can share a file to edit collaboratively in real time.
Pro Photos taken with a smartphone can be set to automatically upload to OneDrive
When Android, iOS and Windows Phone users take a photo with their phone it can be set to automatically upload to OneDrive via app.
Pro Offers 15GB of storage for free
Pro Unlimited storage for Office 365 users
Cons
Con Currently in Limited Preview
Con No client for Linux
No client for Linux.
Con Old versions and deleted files aren't available online, just on one computer.
On some other services you can see previous versions and deleted files for a time, but with OneDrive, these are only available on the computer the edit was made. So if someone who has write permission on your shared folder deletes your stuff you just have to ask them to go in their recycle bin (and hope they didn't empty it!), which makes it less useful for teams.
Con Online OneDrive are slow
Compared to other cloud storage, the web interface of Onedrive is slow. It got a slight delay on every action like opening a folder, delete, etc.
Con Recycle bin doesn't support replace
Imagine you have 100 folders to be restored, and they cannot be restored because existing folder is already in your main folder and you intend to overwrite them but they don't support it.
Con Time limit for inactivity
Based on OneDrive's terms of service, no account login within one year will be automatically terminated.
Con Strictest code of conduct
Terms of Service forbid any kind of nudity, or that incites, advocates, or expresses pornography or racism among other things.