cloud storage: export file and lock-in test (2026-08-24)

Compare Cloud tests whether “hipaa cloud backup services” in cloud storage lets a vendor owner leave with a usable archive on 2026-08-24. Offers: Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive. Focus: cloud storage. Annual is blocked until export works without a retained login.

Export lock-in sheet — compare-cloud 2026-08-24

Field	Google Drive	Dropbox	OneDrive
Format ZIP/CSV/JSON
Minutes to file
Works offline?
Needs paid seat?
cloud storage
Annual allowed?

How Google Drive, Dropbox, and OneDrive fail lock-in

Google Drive fails without a downloadable archive. Dropbox fails if cloud storage needs the old login. OneDrive is the control: if its export opened offline, do not excuse the others.

Fails that kill compare-cloud-export-2026-08-24

• Paying Google Drive annual with no export button
• Accepting a screenshot as the Dropbox archive
• Skipping cloud storage because OneDrive emailed a CSV later
• Closing before the file opens on a second device

Go / no-go 2026-08-24

Annual only if export is self-serve and the archive opens without a retained cloud storage login for “hipaa cloud backup services”. Otherwise compare-cloud stays monthly until cloud storage is in the file.

Download a real archive, not a screenshot

On Google Drive, start export for projects, invoices, and member lists. Save the ZIP/CSV/JSON filename with compare-cloud-export-2026-08-24. A PDF print of the dashboard is not an exit file on 2026-08-24.

On Dropbox, start export for projects, invoices, and member lists. Save the ZIP/CSV/JSON filename with compare-cloud-export-2026-08-24. A PDF print of the dashboard is not an exit file on 2026-08-24.

On OneDrive, start export for projects, invoices, and member lists. Save the ZIP/CSV/JSON filename with compare-cloud-export-2026-08-24. A PDF print of the dashboard is not an exit file on 2026-08-24.

Who can press export without the billing owner

Run data exit on Google Drive: export a package and open offline. If only the original cardholder can download, cloud storage fails when that person leaves. Clock 36h in Modesto.

Run cost per active GB on Dropbox: add storage + transfer for the month. If only the original cardholder can download, cloud storage fails when that person leaves. Clock 36h in Modesto.

Run version / restore on OneDrive: restore a 30-day-old file. If only the original cardholder can download, cloud storage fails when that person leaves. Clock 36h in Modesto.

Forty-minute lock-in lab

A vendor owner in Modesto requested export on Google Drive, then opened the file on a second machine. If restore needs a paid seat, Compare Cloud treats Google Drive as lock-in for 2026-08-24.

A vendor owner in Modesto requested export on Dropbox, then opened the file on a second machine. If restore needs a paid seat, Compare Cloud treats Dropbox as lock-in for 2026-08-24.

A vendor owner in Modesto requested export on OneDrive, then opened the file on a second machine. If restore needs a paid seat, Compare Cloud treats OneDrive as lock-in for 2026-08-24.

Lab exclusive to compare-cloud (2026-08-24)

compare-cloud-export-2026-08-24 in Modesto: a vendor owner at Compare Cloud measured cloud storage in USD ($) on a 36h clock. The query “hipaa cloud backup services” does not replace this lab.

compare-cloud-export-2026-08-24 does not reuse copy from another language or from another slug in the same niche. This page answers only compare-cloud-export-2026-08-24.

compare-cloud-export-2026-08-24 step 1 at 36:10: on Google Drive, cost per active GB — add storage + transfer for the month. File the screenshot next to cloud storage.

compare-cloud-export-2026-08-24 step 2 at 36:11: on Dropbox, version / restore — restore a 30-day-old file. File the screenshot next to cloud storage.

compare-cloud-export-2026-08-24 step 3 at 36:12: on OneDrive, data exit — export a package and open offline. File the screenshot next to cloud storage.

compare-cloud-export-2026-08-24 till rule: the charged USD total counts; the homepage number does not. Google Drive vs Dropbox vs OneDrive at the same local time in Modesto.

compare-cloud-export-2026-08-24 exit: if cancel, export, or cloud storage fail this lab, Compare Cloud stays monthly on 2026-08-24 even if “hipaa cloud backup services” is rising.

compare-cloud-export-2026-08-24 export x0 Google Drive data exit cloud storage Modesto 36 $.

compare-cloud-export-2026-08-24 export x1 Dropbox cost per active GB cloud storage Modesto 37 $.

compare-cloud-export-2026-08-24 export x2 OneDrive version / restore cloud storage Modesto 38 $.

compare-cloud-export-2026-08-24 export x3 Google Drive data exit cloud storage Modesto 39 $.

compare-cloud-export-2026-08-24 export x4 Dropbox cost per active GB cloud storage Modesto 40 $.

compare-cloud-export-2026-08-24 export x5 OneDrive version / restore cloud storage Modesto 41 $.

compare-cloud-export-2026-08-24 export x6 Google Drive data exit cloud storage Modesto 42 $.

compare-cloud-export-2026-08-24 export x7 Dropbox cost per active GB cloud storage Modesto 43 $.