Why switch
Cheaper than Google at the same size. And they can read your files.
Every FastDrive plan costs less than Google One, Microsoft 365 or iCloud+ at the same storage — and every plan comes with a Vault that nobody, including us, can open. Checked against their own price and security pages on 12 September 2026.
Price, size for size
Only plans of the same size are compared. A 2 TB plan is not a fair comparison for 200 GB — and we do not sell 1 TB or 2 TB, because at those sizes the big providers charge less than our storage costs us. We would rather say so than be the dearest name on this page.
100 GB · STARTER
£14.99a year
- Google One£15.996% less
- Microsoft 365 Basic · with Outlook£19.9925% less
200 GB · ESSENTIAL
£22.99a year
- Google One£24.998% less
- iCloud+ · monthly only£35.8836% less
- Proton Drive£47.8852% less
500 GB · STANDARD
£54.99a year
- Proton Unlimited · with mail and VPN£94.8042% less
- pCloud · one payment, ever — dearer than us until year three£157.0065% less
What you get that they don’t
Personal plans compared with personal plans. Where a rival has the feature, it says so.
| FASTDRIVE | GOOGLE DRIVE | ONEDRIVE | ICLOUD DRIVE | DROPBOX | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Can the company read your files? | Yes: Not in the Vault — encrypted in your browser, we hold no key | No: Yes | No: Yes — Personal Vault is a locked folder, not encryption | No: Yes, for UK accounts since Feb 2025 | No: Yes on personal plans |
| Zero-knowledge encryption on a personal plan | Yes: Every plan, no extra charge | No: Business plans only | No: Not offered | No: Withdrawn in the UK | No: Business team plans only |
| Lock your private files to your office’s IP address | Yes: Every plan | No: Enterprise only | No: Enterprise only | No: Not offered | No: Enterprise only |
| Auto-delete rules per folder (keep 1 year, 6 years…) | Yes: Every plan | No: Business plans only | No: Not on personal plans | No: Not offered | No: Not on personal plans |
| A page clients drop files onto, no account needed | Yes: Essential and above | No: Not built in | No: Business only | No: Not offered | Yes: File Requests, all plans |
| Password on a shared link | Yes: Standard | No: Not offered | Yes: Microsoft 365 subscribers | No: Not offered | Partly: Professional and above, not Plus |
| Where your files are stored | Yes: EU (Netherlands), by a UK company | Partly: Their choice, worldwide | Partly: Their choice, worldwide | Partly: Their choice, worldwide | Partly: Their choice, worldwide |
| Save an email attachment in one click | Yes: From GetInbox | Partly: Gmail only | Partly: Outlook only | Partly: Apple Mail only | No: Needs an add-on |
Competitor details are our reading of their public plans and documentation as of 12 September 2026 — check theirs before you decide.
THE VAULT
Encrypted before it leaves your machine
Your passphrase never reaches us. We store scrambled files and a key we cannot open. If a court asks, we hand over noise — that is not a policy, it is arithmetic. Apple used to offer this in the UK and had to withdraw it in 2025. We still do.
THE IP LOCK
Your Vault only opens from your office
Pin the Vault to the addresses your business works from. A stolen passphrase is not enough on its own; it has to be used from somewhere you named. The big providers sell this to enterprises. We give it to everyone.
THE MOVE
Half an hour, no lock-in either way
Export from where you are — they all give you a zip. Drop it on FastDrive; folders stay as they were. And if you ever leave us, one click gives you everything back, Vault included.
Start with 2 GB freeNo card. The Vault is on every plan, the free one included.