Unidy vs Google Drive
Google Drive is bulk storage for all your files, built to work with Google Docs, Sheets and Gmail. Unidy is for your most important personal documents, like your passport or your lease, shared with a PIN and an end date, and for your contacts and your digital business card.
| Feature | Unidy | Google Drive |
|---|---|---|
| Price and free storage | 1 GB free for your documents. More space: $1 per GB a year. It costs more than bulk storage because Unidy reads and encrypts each document, and makes a new protected copy every time you share it | 15 GB free, shared with Gmail and Photos. 100 GB: $1.99 a month. 2 TB: $9.99 a month |
| Encryption when stored (at rest) and sent (in transit) | AES-256 at rest. TLS 1.3 with a hybrid post-quantum key exchange | AES-256 at rest. TLS in transit, version not stated |
| End-to-end encryption | Not end-to-end. One key per person, kept apart from your information. No master key | Not for personal accounts, where Google holds the keys. Client-side encryption is for Workspace, turned on by an admin |
| A copy for each recipient, with their name on it | A fresh copy for each person, company or government office, never your stored file, with their name, the purpose of the share and the date watermarked by default | People you share with open the same file. No watermark |
| PIN or password on a shared file | A 6-digit PIN, on by default. If you want, also a password on the PDF copy, which it still asks for once downloaded | Not available |
| End date and limit on openings for a shared file | Every shared copy stops opening after 7 days at most, and can be limited to 1, 3, 5 or 10 openings | Access expiry is for work or school accounts only. No limit on views |
| See who opened a shared file | Every opening of a shared copy, with time, approximate place and device, and refused attempts | Google’s Activity dashboard is for work or school accounts only |
| Share only some pages or some details | Chosen pages of a document, or chosen details such as name and photo | Not found on their site |
| Reads expiry dates and reminds you | Reads a document’s expiry date and reminds you months before, free | Not found on their site |
| Contacts that update themselves, and a digital business card | People you’re connected with on Unidy get your new details. A personal digital business card and up to 5 professional ones, free | Not found on their current pages, for contacts or a business card |
| Selling your data, or using it for ads | Unidy never sells your personal information and builds no ad profiles | Google says it never uses the content you store in Drive, Gmail and Photos for ad purposes |
Prices checked on October 13, 2026, in US dollars.
Where Google Drive is the better choice
- More free space: 15 GB, shared with Gmail and Photos.
- Writing and editing documents and spreadsheets together, in Google Docs and Sheets.
- Keeping every kind of file, with plans up to 5 TB.
- Stopping viewers from downloading, printing or copying a file you share.
Where Unidy is different
- Each time you share a document, Unidy makes a new copy just for that recipient, a person, a company or a government office, with their name and the date written across it.
- Every document you share has a PIN by default, an end date of 7 days at most and, if you like, a limit on openings, all free.
- You see each time someone opens a document you shared: when, roughly where, and on what device.
- You can share chosen pages, or only some details, such as a name and photo instead of a whole passport.
- Unidy reads the expiry date of a passport or driver’s license and reminds you months before it runs out.
- When you change your phone number or home address, you choose who should know, and the people you’re connected with on Unidy get the change.
Using both
Keep your files and shared work in Google Drive. Keep your important documents, such as your passport and ID card, in Unidy, and share them from there.
Unidy accepts PDF, photos (including iPhone HEIC), Word and Excel files, so you can add the documents you already have.
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Checked on October 12, 2026. Products change: tell us if something here is out of date.