Google One Review | PCMag
Rather than a product per se, Google One is a subscription plan for a bundle of services, including cloud storage, from the online giant. All the tech giants—Adobe, Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft—now sell subscription packages for their various digital services, most of which include online cloud storage, as Google One does. Google’s package is generous, adding photo effects to its photo editing software, support by phone or chat, discounts on Google products, and now a VPN service for Android phones. None of its individual components is exceptional—you can find better pricing for online storage, more-powerful photo apps, and more-capable VPNs as standalone products, but Google One conveniently bundles the services to make it an appealing deal.
How Much Does Google One Cost?
You can start out with Google One’s Basic plan for the pittance of just $1.99 per month or $19.99 per year. That gets you 100GB online storage that’s shared among your Google Drive, Google Photos, and Gmail services. You also get some handy photo tools in the Google Photos mobile app, and support via phone and text chat from Google staff. Anyone can get 15GB of storage free with any Google account, but that doesn’t get you these Google One extras.
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For a buck more per month, the $2.99-a-month (or $29.99 per year) Standard plan bumps storage up to 200GB and you get a 3% discount in the Google Store on Pixel phones, Next smart home devices, and other products. If you’re interested in the VPN service, you need the $9.99-per-month (or $99.99 per year) Premium plan, which brings 2TB of storage and increases your discount at the store to 10%.
Some extra benefits and discounts are included with a Google One account.
Higher price plans go all the way up to $149.99 per month for 30TB of storage. All plans can be shared among five of your family members and friends. You get a slight discount if you pay annually rather than monthly for a Basic, Standard, or Premium plan.
For comparison, a $9.99-a-month…
