iCloud Drive

iCloud Drive is what you get with an Apple ID, whether you wanted it or not, and Apple has gradually turned it into a respectable cloud storage product. The 2026 plan ladder runs 5GB free (auto-bundled with every Apple ID), 50GB at $0.99/month, 200GB at $2.99/month, 2TB at $9.99/month, 6TB at $29.99/month, and 12TB at $59.99/month.

All paid tiers are technically iCloud+, which adds Private Relay (Apple's onion-routing replacement for a VPN), Hide My Email (burner email aliases), and HomeKit Secure Video support. Family Sharing lets up to five people share the storage pool while keeping individual accounts private.

For Mac-based podcasters editing in Logic Pro or GarageBand, iCloud Drive is genuinely useful: project files sync across devices, you can pick up an edit on an iPad, and the integration with the Files app on iOS makes mobile review reasonable. Photos and Messages are also handled, which keeps the storage usage messy in a way that catches people out.

The drawbacks are familiar. The 5GB free tier is laughably small and exists mostly to push you onto a paid plan. There's no proper team-collaboration model; you can share folders with other Apple users but anyone on Android or Windows has a much worse experience.

No version history beyond what individual apps provide, no workflow features, no business-grade admin tooling. For a solo creator who lives on Apple devices, it's a fine default. For teams or anyone with a mixed-OS workflow, Dropbox or Google Drive will serve you better.