Apple Modifies iCloud Pricing Plans and Eliminates Some Options

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In an announcement at Wednesday’s media event, Apple has been changing its iCloud price structure to meet demand for customers who are backing up multiple devices to one iCloud account.

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While the default amount of storage is still just 5 gigabytes, paying 99 cents a month will now get a subscriber 50 gigabytes of storage instead of 20. Apple has also scaled back the prices for its 200-gigabyte and 1-terabyte tiers, adjusting them from $3.99 and $19.99 to $2.99 and $9.99, respectively.

In the process Apple has eliminated a 500-gigabyte option, which previously cost as much as the new 1-terabyte level.

Google Drive, by comparison, offers 15 gigabytes for free, and 100 gigabytes for $1.99 a month. Its 1 terabyte plan is identical to Apple’s, however. Both companies are currently trumped by Microsoft’s OneDrive, which offers 1 terabyte and an Office 365 subscription for $6.99.

Apple announced the changes during its Wednesday press event, but has yet to update its official pricing guide.

Sone information from: AppleInsider.com, Apple, Inc.

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