harbor0 vs Google Drive
Google Drive is cheap and everywhere. harbor0 is for files you’d rather nobody else could read — with end-to-end encryption, a Linux app and plan sizes in between.
Sign up freeUpdated October 2026
01 — At a glance
| harbor0 | Google Drive | |
|---|---|---|
| Free storage | 10 GB, just for your files | 15 GB, shared with Gmail and Google Photos |
| Plans | 200 GB $2.49 · 500 GB $4.99 · 2 TB $11.99 · 5 TB $29.99 a month | 100 GB $1.99 · 2 TB $9.99 a month |
| 2 TB, paid yearly | $119.90 a year | $99.99 a year |
| End-to-end encryption | Optional, for files and their names | Not on personal accounts |
| Desktop apps | Mac, Windows and Linux | Mac and Windows |
| Folder backups with every version | Yes, on every plan | Sync, with 30 days or 100 versions per file |
| Open your drive without syncing it | Local WebDAV drive in the desktop app | Streaming in Drive for desktop |
| Office documents in the browser | No | Yes — Docs, Sheets and Slides |
| Ads or profiling from your files | Never | See Google’s privacy policy |
US prices, before tax. Google Drive’s from its pricing page in October 2026; annual harbor0 plans cost ten times the monthly price.
02 — Where Google Drive is the better pick
- Price at 2 TB
- Google’s 2 TB plan costs about $20 a year less than ours. If price per terabyte is all that matters, it’s hard to beat.
- Docs, Sheets and Gmail
- If you write and edit in Google Docs, or share with people who do, Drive is built around that. harbor0 stores files; it isn’t an office suite.
- Family sharing
- Google One plans can be shared with family members. harbor0 plans are for one account.
03 — Where harbor0 is
- Only you can read your files
- Turn on end-to-end encryption and your devices encrypt files and names before upload. We can’t read them, and neither can anyone who gets into our servers.
- Your files aren’t a product
- We don’t look inside your files to profile you, don’t use them to train models and don’t show ads. You pay for storage, and that’s the business.
- Linux, and real backups
- The desktop app runs on Mac, Windows and Linux. Back up any folder and every version is kept — not just synced, so a deleted file isn’t gone everywhere.
- Sizes that fit
- 200 GB, 500 GB, 2 TB or 5 TB, and every plan — free included — gets every feature.
04 — Moving from Google Drive
- 01
Export with Google Takeout
At takeout.google.com, choose Drive (and Photos, if you want them) and export as .zip files. Large libraries arrive in several parts.
- 02
Unzip and upload
Unzip the parts on your computer, then drag the folders into harbor0 on the web, or add them to a sync or backup folder in the desktop app.
- 03
Keep Google until you’ve checked
Once everything shows in harbor0, compare folder sizes, then delete from Google — or keep the free 15 GB for Gmail.
05 — Questions
Is harbor0 cheaper than Google Drive?
At 200 GB and 500 GB our plans are small and cheap; at 2 TB Google is about $20 a year cheaper. We also offer 5 TB, and every feature on every plan.
Can Google read my Google Drive files?
Personal Google Drive files aren’t end-to-end encrypted, so Google holds the keys. With end-to-end encryption on in harbor0, only your devices hold them.
Does harbor0 open Google Docs files?
Takeout converts Docs, Sheets and Slides to Word, Excel and PowerPoint files, which you can store, preview and download in harbor0.
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