End-to-end data encryption Cons Lacks HIPAA compliance Pros & Cons Compare Specs Cloud storage is a lot more than just a place to dump your company's data. Sure, it's another drive letter where users can share files, but with a managed cloud service behind them, these platforms offer several other capabilities that local storage simply can't because it wasn't meant to. We're talking about things like elastic capacity, inline editing with multi-user versioning, and beefier security. Most of them also offer app integration with the rest of your cloud service portfolio, especially with other storage and business backup providers. If your employees are still working from home due to the pandemic, and especially if that might become permanent for them, a cloud storage resource is a bedrock component when building a hybrid work online collaboration space or if you're moving to a full-on desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) environment. You'll need one of them not just to store and organize your data, but also to handle basic collaboration, especially data protection and granular permissions. Integration means even if the primary work is being done in another app, such as Salesforce or Slack, all those benefits still apply.