Cloud storage pricing is hard to compare at a glance: free tiers differ, providers sell different plan sizes, and prices change. This article compares what could be checked directly on each provider's own pricing pages on 9 October 2026, and says plainly what could not.
Free tier storage
- NGDS: 30GB free
- Google Drive (Google One): 15GB free, shared across Gmail, Photos and Drive
- Dropbox: 2GB free on the Basic plan
On free storage alone, NGDS's 30GB is twice Google's 15GB allowance and fifteen times Dropbox's 2GB Basic plan.
Which plans can be compared like for like
No provider sells exactly the same sizes. When we checked, Google One's India plans page listed a 30GB plan, a 100GB plan and a 5TB Google AI Pro bundle, and no plans in between. NGDS sells 50GB, 100GB, 200GB, 500GB, 1TB and 2TB plans. That makes 100GB the one paid size where both providers publish a price, so that is the fair comparison.
| Plan size | NGDS per month | Google One India per month |
|---|---|---|
| 30GB | Free (30GB free plan) | ₹59 |
| 50GB | ₹25 | No 50GB plan listed |
| 100GB | ₹35 | ₹130 |
| 200GB to 2TB | ₹65 (200GB), ₹100 (500GB), ₹150 (1TB), ₹230 (2TB) | No plans listed in this range |
| 5TB | Not offered (largest plan is 2TB) | ₹1,950 (Google AI Pro bundle, includes AI features) |
At 100GB, NGDS costs ₹35 a month against ₹130 for Google One, which is about 73% less. Google has offered other tiers in the past, so check its plans page for what is available today.
What the 100GB difference adds up to
Monthly prices feel small, so the gap is easy to underestimate. The table below multiplies the monthly list prices above, with no discounts, annual-plan pricing or taxes.
| 100GB plan | Per month | Per year | Over 3 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGDS | ₹35 | ₹420 | ₹1,260 |
| Google One | ₹130 | ₹1,560 | ₹4,680 |
On those figures, NGDS saves about ₹95 a month, ₹1,140 a year and ₹3,420 over three years at 100GB. Per gigabyte, that is roughly ₹0.35 per GB per month on NGDS against ₹1.30 on Google One. NGDS also offers annual billing: the 100GB plan is ₹385 a year, which is one month free compared with paying monthly.
What about Dropbox?
Dropbox publishes its pricing by country, and we could not confirm its current rupee prices from its own site. Rather than guess, this article leaves Dropbox out of the price tables. Check Dropbox's pricing page for your region, and compare its plan size to NGDS's closest tier the same way as above.
What the price doesn't tell you
Price alone isn't the full picture. Google Drive and Dropbox both have mature ecosystems: deep integration with tools like Google Workspace or Microsoft Office, large third-party app marketplaces, and years of enterprise feature development. If your team already lives inside one of those ecosystems, the switching cost might outweigh the savings.
Where NGDS tends to make the most sense is for users who don't need that ecosystem: individuals, small teams, and businesses primarily looking for storage, resumable large-file uploads and share links with optional passwords and expiry dates, with pricing in rupees. If that describes your situation, it's worth trying the free tier before committing to a paid plan on either side.
Costs that don't appear on the price tag
- Bandwidth or transfer limits: some plans throttle or cap downloads even when storage itself is generous.
- Per-file size limits: a cheap plan is not much use if it cannot hold your largest video or project archive.
- Seat pricing: team plans are often priced per user, so a five-person team pays five times the headline figure.
- Migration time: moving hundreds of gigabytes takes hours or days, and your files need to stay accessible in the meantime.
- Bundled tools: if you would otherwise pay separately for an office suite or an email account, a bundle can be better value than the storage price suggests.
A simple way to decide
- Measure what you actually store today - many people find they use far less than the plan they pay for.
- List the integrations you cannot live without, such as a specific office suite or a photo-editing app.
- Copy a small, non-critical folder to the new provider rather than moving everything at once.
- Confirm how you would export your files, then decide whether the savings justify the switch.
Prices in this article were checked on 9 October 2026: NGDS from its pricing page and Google One from its India plans page. Providers change prices, run promotions and vary them by region, so confirm the current figures on each provider's own pricing page before deciding.