Amazon Drive is shutting down by the end of 2023. Its Android and iOS apps have been discontinued since Oct 31, 2022. A large number of people are looking for a way to quickly transfer their data from the dying service.
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What if you could transfer your Amazon Drive data to OneDrive instead of downloading it to your PC? Surely, the convenience of transferring data over the cloud will help you save a lot of time, local storage and Internet bandwidth.
Amazon Drive V/s Microsoft OneDrive
Both Amazon Drive and Microsoft OneDrive provide equally 5 GB of free storage. While Amazon Drive is primarily used for storing photos, OneDrive is used for all file types.
Both the cloud services are secure enough. However, OneDrive comes with additional security features such as the Personal Vault. This feature lets you securely store your highly confidential documents that can only be accessed with identity verification. You’ll receive a code on your registered mobile number, email address, or authentication app every time you want to access anything from the Personal Vault.
Transfer Data from Amazon Drive to OneDrive Using CloudHQ
CloudHQ is a web service that provides cloud backup, cloud synchronization between unlimited cloud accounts. You can use it to transfer data from Amazon Drive to OneDrive without downloading to your PC. Here’s how:
- Create an account on a cloud transfer site CloudHQ. To avoid the inconvenience of entering your email, password and verifying your account, simply sign-up with your Google account.
- Click on the Sync & Backup tab.
- Select Amazon Drive in the source drive, and click on Add Amazon Cloud Drive.
- Sign in with your account, and provide the access permissions by clicking on Allow.
- Be sure to select the checkbox for I’d like to sync the entire Amazon Cloud Drive account option, and then click Next.
- Now, in the destination drive, select Microsoft OneDrive.
- Sign in with your OneDrive account and provide CloudHQ permission to access your account.
- Now, click on the Select button.
- Choose a location where you wish to transfer contents from your Amazon Drive. For example, you may use the root folder to store files. Or you may create a new folder, or select an existing folder on your OneDrive.
- Once you’re done, click on Next.
- If you’ve chosen to create a new folder, specify the new folder name.
- Click on Create > OK > Start Sync.
Is CloudHQ Free?
CloudHQ is not entirely free. It offers a free plan that supports unlimited transfers between different free cloud accounts.
If you’ve got a premium Amazon Drive or OneDrive account, or if you’re using a OneDrive for Business account, the CloudHQ free plan may not work. Also, the maximum supported file size in the free plan is only 100 MB. If you’ve got files with bigger size, the free plan is not for you.
The paid plans start from $149 with no freeware restrictions. The $149 plan offers many additional features such as unlimited backup and synchronization between premium cloud accounts and email support. Unfortunately, it doesn’t support business cloud accounts such as OneDrive for Business.
If you’re using OneDrive for Business, you will have to use the $399 plan that supports all the features in the $149 plan in addition to the unlimited backup and sync between business cloud accounts.
| Amazon Drive | Microsoft OneDrive | |
| Launch Year | Launched in 2011 | Launched in 2007 |
| Free Storage | 5 GB | 5 GB |
| Popularity | Not much popular | Highly popular |
| Invite Links | Doesn’t allow users to invite other users to view or access shared files and folders | Allows users to invite other users to view or access shared files and folders |
| Content Type | Primarily used for storing photos (although other files can also be stored) | Used to store all file types including documents, photos, videos, etc. |
| Additional Storage Plans | Higher storage plans cost lesser | Higher storage plans cost more |
| Security | Secure. But lacks additional security features | Highly secured. Provides additional security features like Personal Vault |