The company is eliminating a $4-a-month, 200 gigabyte plan. It will charge $2 US a month for 50 gigabytes of storage, including the free allotment, rather than the 100 gigabytes it currently offers at that price. Microsoft is also effectively doubling prices for some storage plans. Google Photos offers free, unlimited photo and video storageĮarlier this year, Amazon eliminated a free 5 gigabyte storage plan, although it still offers that amount to those who pay for its Prime loyalty program.

Free cloud storage online: Where to get more gigabytes.

Microsoft says the new allotment is enough for about 6,600 Office documents or 1,600 photos. Starting next year, Microsoft will cut its free option to 5 gigabytes, down from 15 gigabytes now.

The company just cut the free space it offers through its OneDrive service by two-thirds, making it the second major company to retreat from a consumer cloud-storage boom that tempted users with price cuts and ever-larger free offers. Microsoft is getting stingy with online storage.

Onedrive cloud storage pricing