A Google Drive alternative
DropYourFiles and Google Drive, side by side.
Both share your client’s files with a link, and both take notes at a moment in a film. Here is where they differ, from each one’s own pages, with the date we read them.
Free up to 5 GB. No card. Read on each one’s own pages on October 21, 2026.
What you and your client get.
| What | DropYourFiles | Google Drive |
|---|---|---|
| Price a month | Free; Solo $20 ($220 a year); Studio $59; Enterprise from $149 | Free; Basic $1.99; Google AI Plus $9.99; Google AI Pro $19.99. Up to 16% less paid yearly |
| Room | Free 5 GB and 1 h of video; Solo 1 TB and 15 h of video; Studio 2 TB and 50 h of video; Enterprise 6 TB and 150 h of video. Add 100 GB for $5 a month | Free 15 GB; Basic 100 GB; Google AI Plus 2 TB; Google AI Pro 5 TB |
| What your client opens | A page of photos and films under your name, to watch, review and download | A shared folder or file in Google Drive |
| Your client’s notes on a film at a timecode | Yes, on a phone or a computer | Yes, since August 2026, made on the web. On a phone they show as comments on the file |
| Your client’s notes on a photo | Pinned to the spot, with drawing | Not covered on the pages we read |
| Approval opens the downloads | Yes. The review mark comes off and the full-size downloads open, on the same link | Downloads are a sharing setting you choose |
| A watermark while your client reviews | Yes, on every plan. It comes off when your client approves | Not covered on the pages we read |
| Your branding | Your logo, name and colors at the top of your client’s page, on every plan. The link is on dropyourfiles.com | Your client sees Google Drive’s page |
Google Drive’s side was read on its own pages on October 21, 2026, and prices are in US dollars. Plans change: check theirs before you decide, and tell us at support@dropyourfiles.com if a line here is out of date.
Which one suits you.
Google Drive may suit you better if
- You want the lowest price per terabyte for your own files.
- Your team already writes and shares in Google Docs, Sheets and Drive.
- Your client needs nothing more than a comment on a film, on a computer.
DropYourFiles may suit you better if
- Your client should open one page with your name at the top, not a folder.
- You want notes on a film and pins on a photo in one list, on a phone as well as a computer.
- You want your client’s approval to take the watermark off and open the full-size downloads, on the same link.
Sources.
- Google One plans, read October 21, 2026
- Google Workspace Updates: timestamped comments in Google Drive videos, read October 21, 2026
- DropYourFiles pricing and Final Cut markers, today
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Try it on your next client job.
Free up to 5 GB. No card. Your client never makes an account.