How to Migrate G Suite to OneDrive?
Want to know how to migrate G Suite to OneDrive? This article will present solutions to move G Suite to OneDrive. Furthermore, you can also know which is best for you between G Suite to OneDrive from this article.
August 9, 2021 | 4 mins read
Why Migrate G Suite to OneDrive?
As two tools that can integrate collaboration tools, software, and products, G Suite and OneDrive may become indispensable file sharing and storage assistants for many people in their lives and work. Next, this article will introduce the two products separately and compare the features of the two products to help you choose the right one.
Introduction
G Suite is a collection of cloud computing, productivity and collaboration tools, software and products developed and sold by Google. Recently, Google officially renamed its product G Suite to Google Workspace. It was first launched in 2006 as a Google application for your domain name and was renamed G Suite in 2016. And the Google workspace includes Gmail, Contacts, Calendar, Meet, and Chat communication; Currents for employee engagement; Drive for storage; the Google Docs suite for content creation.
Microsoft OneDrive (formerly known as SkyDrive) is an Internet-based storage platform operated by Microsoft as part of its Office web version. OneDrive was first launched in August 2007. OneDrive provides a large amount of storage space for free to any user with a Microsoft account. Users can store files and personal data, share files, and sync files across Android, Windows Phone, iOS mobile devices, Windows and macOS computers, Xbox 360, and Xbox One consoles. And Users can upload Microsoft Office documents to OneDrive.
G Suite VS OneDrive
You can process various types of documents through Google Docs provided in Google Workspace. Although OneDrive is a file hosting assistant, users can also process various files with Microsoft Office by subscribing to Office 365.
Of course, the vast majority of users choose these two products on the basis that the two products have good collaboration functions in learning and work. Users are more inclined to use Google Docs in G Suite and Microsoft Office in OneDrive. So, what is the difference between them? Which points do you usually pay attention to when choosing? Next, this article makes a comparison from the following aspects.
| Features | G Suite | OneDrive |
|---|---|---|
| Platforms supported | Web-based; iPhone app; Android app | Web-based; iPhone app; Android app; Windows Phone app |
| Typical customers | Freelancers; Small businesses; Mid-size businesses; Large enterprises | Freelancers; Small businesses; Mid-size businesses; Large enterprises |
| Customer support | Online; Knowledge base; Video tutorials | Phone; Online; Knowledge base; Video tutorials |
| Pricing | Starting from $6.00/month; Free trial available; No credit card required; Subscription base | Starting from $5.00/month; Free trial available; No credit card required; Free account; Subscription base |
| Integrations | Gmail; Google Calendar; Zapier | Gmail; Microsoft 365; SharePoint; Slack; Trello; Zapier |
| Security | Advanced spam and malware detection features | Advanced threat protection and user control |
This article, through the table, compares the user's focus on the two products when choosing them, and the comparison shows that OneDrive has more advantages than G suite in price and integration aspects.
In summary, OneDrive may be your best choice. Then, there may be a difficult problem next. Many enterprise users have a large amount of data in their cloud accounts. If they choose another cloud drive as a data storage assistant, so many files need to be migrated, which will greatly shake the users’ decisions on file moving. Some users may give up their determination to move. In response to this problem, this article will elaborate on how to migrate files from G Suite to OneDrive in the next section.
How to Migrate G Suite to OneDrive?
When encountering the file migration situation, many users will consider using downloading and uploading steps for file migration, but using this method is simply a nightmare for enterprise users! The cumbersome operation steps will directly affect the work efficiency of enterprise users, and the time cost that comes with it will indirectly harm the interests of the enterprise. Next, this article provides more convenient solutions to move files from G Suite to OneDrive.
Seeing this, many users may think: “Does the article want to provide me with many tools for me to choose?”. Not that, a single product that can achieve file migration in many ways will be presented in this article. MultCloud, a multiple cloud storage manager, integrates four functions: “Add Clouds”, “Cloud Explorer”, “Cloud Transfer”, “Cloud Sync”.
With this tool, you can easily implement file migration. There are no tedious download and upload steps, and you will not be required to download the installation package. You can access and register through a browser for free, which should be quite convenient for users.
Next, you can perform the following steps accordingly to implement file migration.
1. Create an Account
Visit MultCloud and create a free account. You need to enter your preferred email, username, and password. Then click "Create Account".
Note: If you don't want to register an account by email, you can also try to select "Experience without signing up" to register a temporary account. To facilitate the next login, you'd better remember your temporary account and password.
2. Add Accounts to MultCloud
When you create an account with your email, then log in at MultCloud. You can start to add clouds. Click the "Add Clouds" to select G Suite to add. Follow the instructions to grant MultCloud access to the account you are connecting to. Then add a OneDrive account in the same way, and click the "Next" icon to go to the next step.
Notes:
- Before adding G Suite to MultCloud, you need to pay attention that the connection between G Suite and MultCloud is only available for G Suite administrators.
- Besides, you need to enter the G Suite Marketplace app first, enter "Cloud Transfer- MultCloud" in the search box, then click the icon pointed by the arrow, and finally follow the prompts to install.
MultCloud Domain Install
3. Migrate G Suite to OneDrive
For file migration, there are three solutions to choose from MultCloud. If you want to move some files, you can choose the first two methods. And the overall operation of these two methods may have fewer choices than that of the third one. The third method is more suitable for transferring a large number of files or folders between G Suite and OneDrive and has many smart options, which are more user-friendly for users. Next, this article will describe these three solutions separately.
Solution One: Checked the target file in G Suite, dragging the file to OneDrive by holding the left mouse button. If you want to drag and drop several files or folders at once, you can also tick multiple files or folders together.
Solution Two: Checked the target file in G Suite, right-click and select “Copy to” from the pop-up window.
Then select OneDrive and click "Transfer" to move the file. "Move" is an optional button. If you choose it, the file in G Suite will be deleted after transferring.
Solution Three: Unlike the first two, this method can allow you to move many files from G Suite to OneDrive, and allow you to perform more operations. Click "Cloud Transfer" to select G Suite to choose the file or folder you want to transfer and select OneDrive to choose the target directory. Then, click the "Transfer Now" icon to complete the file transfer.
Notes:
- In the "Options" interface, you can choose the ways of cloud transfer by checking the functions below "General", "Email" and "Filter".
Cloud Transfer Options - If you want to automatically move G Suite to OneDrive regularly, you can enable "Schedule" and MultCloud can run your tasks as scheduled.
- If many folders need to be transferred, you can close the page at the beginning of the task so as not to prevent you from handling other important things, because MultCloud can run the task in the background.
Final Words
Through this article, you have learned the difference between G Suite and OneDrive. And, through the three solutions provided in this article, you can easily migrate G Suite to OneDrive using the step-by-step guide. Of course, if you choose the last one, you will have many choices to select when performing cloud to cloud transfer, which is more intelligent than the first two methods.
When using MultCloud for file migration, you can transfer files from one cloud to another and manage all files on different clouds with just one login. Besides, the article mentions a lot of features of MultCloud. If you are interested in the “Cloud Sync” function, you can also add other cloud drives for file sync operations.
