Rythmike: what are the Clouds worth?
Introduction :
This page contains information about different cloud services: What are they used for? How to use them
effectively?
Is your data well protected? Here you'll find the main cloud providers, their approximate pricing, capacity,
and potential limitations.
The general operation of servers :
The principle is: we send data or files to an online storage service. This storage service keeps this data
for us, for a fee, and we retrieve it on demand. This allows us to work on it and save it again.
This, of course, requires an internet connection when sending and receiving this data
(images,various files, calendars, etc.). Cloud providers offer an advantage: backup of your valuable files
and
protection "against hacking" of your personal computer, phone, etc.
Indeed, in case of loss, theft, or crash of your device(s), the cloud keeps everything safe for you!
Another advantage is, of course, collaborative work. Documents are shared in the cloud and can then be
accessed by your colleagues, with their permission, to work on them independently.
These services sometimes offer remote computing services, a kind of "remote PC rental", more used for work
(AI computing remotely), or gaming (then called Cloud Gaming).
Cloud service ratings :
These notes describe, in the first part, the compatibility (1), in the second the capacity of the services
(2), their speed (and bug stability) then (3), and finally, if it exists, a free version (4) of the cloud
services.
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- Evaluation of the compatibility of iOS, Android, but also PC, macOS, Linux services...
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- The capacity within their environment for various ancillary cloud services (e.g., integration of
Exchange at Microsoft, Calendar or Photos on MacOS), compatible with AI or not, etc..
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- Cloud bandwidth, as well as errors during bulk copies, or too frequent incomplete copies...
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-This criterion, which I evaluate, is: the availability of free versions of cloud services, and the
overall price, a kind of Quality/Price ratio of Cloud services..
But also professional cloud services :
Professional cloud services are primarily used for database storage, backups, and email.
And now (in 2026), AI services. But this is more about remote computing than storing your data..
The three largest cloud providers in the world are AWS (Amazon Web Services), Microsoft Azure, and Google
Cloud,
which together handle 60% of global traffic. These three services compete in computing, storage, networking,
and virtualization.
However, there are many other players in this market. It is the very large companies that
use these services.
Professional cloud services are compared to each other using almost the same criteria as personal cloud
services...
For SMEs and SMIs, the preferred option, which is cheaper and quicker to implement, is
the professional offers from internet local, services providers.
