--- description: The price of Amazon Prime may be increasing, but not everything on the web is getting more expensive. Google announced a series of major price... title: Google Drive Cloud Storage Service Sees Major Price Drops image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Google Drive Cloud Storage Service Sees Major Price Drops by [Techlicious](/author/techlicious/) ## Techlicious Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 14, 2014 2:05 PM CUT by [Techlicious](/author/techlicious/) ## Techlicious Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 14, 2014 2:05 PM CUT The [price of Amazon Prime may be increasing](http://www.techlicious.com/blog/amazon-prime-price-hike-announced/ "undefined"), but not everything on the web is getting more expensive. Google announced a series of major price cuts to its Google Drive [cloud storage service](http://www.techlicious.com/guide/best-cloud-sync-storage-services/ "undefined"). Google Drive’s 100GB storage plan is now priced at $1.99 per month ($23.88 per year), while a more robust 1TB plan now runs $9.99 monthly ($119.88 per year). The first 15GB of storage space on Google Drive remains free. Existing Google Drive customers will “automatically move to a better plan at no additional cost,” says Google Director of Product Management Scott Johnston on the [Official Google Blog](http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2014/03/save-more-with-google-drive.html "undefined"). A cloud service like Google Drive is a terrific option if you need to access a diverse number of files over a number of different devices. Drive also interfaces well with the [Google Android mobile phone ecosystem](http://www.techlicious.com/review/8-reasons-you-should-consider-switching-to-android/ "undefined"). Just be warned, though: Once you start paying a monthly fee for cloud storage, it’s hard to turn back. You can learn more about Google Drive by visiting [drive.google.com](http://drive.google.com/ "undefined"). _This article was written by Fox Van Allen and_ [_originally appeared on Techlicious_](http://www.techlicious.com/blog/google-drive-cloud-storage-service-sees-major-price-drops/ "undefined")_._ **More from Techlicious:** * [What’s Draining Your iPhone Battery?](http://www.techlicious.com/tip/whats-draining-your-iphone-battery/ "undefined") * [What’s Draining Your Android Battery?](http://www.techlicious.com/tip/whats-draining-your-android-battery/ "undefined") * [World Wide Web Creator Pushing Internet Bill of Rights](http://www.techlicious.com/blog/web-at-25-and-web-we-want-tim-berners-lee/ "undefined") * [Starbucks Mobile App for iPhone Adds Tipping Option](http://www.techlicious.com/blog/starbucks-mobile-app-for-iphone-adds-tipping-option/ "undefined") * [A Better Way to Try on Clothes](http://www.techlicious.com/blog/a-better-way-to-try-on-clothes/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/24828/google-drive-cloud-storage-service-sees-major-price-drops/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/24828/google-drive-cloud-storage-service-sees-major-price-drops/"},"headline":"Google Drive Cloud Storage Service Sees Major Price Drops","datePublished":"2014-03-14T14:05:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:01:43.753Z","description":"The price of Amazon Prime may be increasing, but not everything on the web is getting more expensive. Google announced a series of major price...","url":"https://time.com/24828/google-drive-cloud-storage-service-sees-major-price-drops/","keywords":["Tech","Google","Web","storage","cloud"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Techlicious","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/techlicious/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/24828/google-drive-cloud-storage-service-sees-major-price-drops/","name":"Google Drive Cloud Storage Service Sees Major Price Drops"}}]}] ```