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Both keep your files online so you can share them and get them back from anywhere. The difference is who runs it, where your files are kept, and how much you pay.
| Google Drive (Google One) | JDrive | |
|---|---|---|
| Who runs it | Google LLC, part of Alphabet, runs Google Drive and Google One. | Your hosting company, under its own name |
| Where your files are kept | Not published | On your hosting company's own server, in the country they chose |
| How you pay | Google accounts include free Drive storage; Google One sells personal storage by plan, while Google Workspace business plans are priced per user. | Set by your hosting company. No price per person. |
| Cheapest personal plan | Google One Basic: $1.99 a month for 100 GB | Set by your hosting company |
| Cheapest business plan | $7.00 per person a month | No price per person |
| Free storage | 15 GB | Your hosting company decides |
| App that syncs to your computer | Yes | No, works in the browser |
| Phone app | Yes | No, works in the phone browser |
| Two-step login | Yes | No, not yet |
| Edit documents live with others | Yes | No |
| Run it on your own server | Not listed | Yes |
| Sell it under your own name | Not listed | Yes, with resellers built in |
People and organizations already centered on Gmail, Google Photos, Docs, Sheets, and real-time Google Workspace collaboration.
Usually, for a team. Google Drive (Google One)'s cheapest business plan is $7.00 per person a month, so 10 people pay $70.00. A hosting company runs JDrive for well under a dollar a month per customer and sets its own price, with no charge per person.
For keeping, sharing and getting back files in a browser, yes. If you want your files synced to your computer automatically, Google Drive (Google One) is the better choice today.
From a hosting company that offers it. If you are a hosting company, you can download it and run it on your own server.
Sources for Google Drive (Google One): pricing and free storage: Google One Basic is 100 GB at $1.99/month; a Google account includes 15 GB (2026-09-13), business pricing: Workspace Business Starter is $7 per user/month on an annual commitment and includes 30 GB pooled storage per user (2026-09-13), desktop_sync_app: Google Drive for desktop syncs files between the computer and Drive (2026-09-13), mobile_app: Google Drive is documented for Android and iPhone/iPad (2026-09-13), two_factor_login: Google Accounts support 2-Step Verification (2026-09-13), live_document_editing: Google Docs, Sheets and Slides support multiple people working in the same file at the same time (2026-09-13), end_to_end_encryption: eligible Google Workspace organizations can use client-side encryption; Google states those files are encrypted end-to-end and Google cannot decrypt them (2026-09-13).