Apple iCloud Pricingġ4453023 said:Best cloud service is your own server. The “free” iWork applications are a boon to casual office users, as they are available across platforms and through a browser interface. The two greatest issues – high cost of plans and slow photo browsing – should improve. This is not a “pure” cloud drive.īased on the investment Apple is making, take a cautious look at iCloud if you have an Apple device foundation, but also want platform-independent, browser-based access to documents along with polished templates. Downloaded presentations - even those in Microsoft PowerPoint format - have issues with fonts, objects and other formatting. For example, link sharing requires collaborators to have an iCloud account. Since iCloud is designed as a walled garden for Apple content, sharing documents or collaborating with others – key features embraced by other services – require extra steps or just aren’t available. The most challenging issue with iCloud is that it’s difficult to get documents out of the system.
Document synchronization across Apple iDevices is seamless and fast. Editing documents on iPhones and iPads has been improved dramatically in the past year. The Web interfaces are clean, fast and easy to use, without being too cartoonish. The Web-based versions are still in "beta" according to Apple, but do not appear to be works-in-progress. While Apple is more expensive for traditional non-developer consumers than the pure-player Cloud storage vendors, Apple also provides the iWork applications – and excellent templates – for owners of devices that ship with iOS 7 (a $99 value).
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