(Mashable) -- Now that Google Drive is finally a reality, how does it stack up against the cloud competition? Google's new cloud-based document and storage solution is priced aggressively and boasts best-in-class integration with other Google services -- including Google Docs. As you can see from our hands-on, Google Drive is an impressive product. Still, the cloud storage and collaboration space is more competitive than ever before. Google faces competition not just from cloud companies such as Box and Dropbox, but from Apple, Microsoft and Amazon as well. Storage and Pricing Google is pricing Google Drive at a VERY aggressive level. For $30 a year ($2.50 a month), users get 25GB to use for Google Drive and Picasa, plus 25GB of Gmail storage.
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For $30 a year ($2.50 a month), users get 25GB to use for Google Drive and Picasa
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Google Drive offers in-browser access to files and folders, including document editing
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Ultimately, neither offering from Apple nor Amazon is likely to compete with Google Drive
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