The short answer
Pick SendNow if
You send decks, proposals or deal documents outside your company and want to know who read them and keep them under control. From $6.25/mo.
Pick OneDrive if
You need storage, sync and collaboration for your own team's files.
Price, plan by plan
Each row matches a need with the cheapest plan that covers it on each side. Bars show the cost of one year.
Share files with people outside
SendNow costs $9 less a yearMicrosoft 365 Business Basic is $7 per user per month with an annual commitment (with Teams), from microsoft.com. SendNow prices are per month, billed yearly.
OneDrive can't tell you who read page 7. SendNow can.
Keep OneDrive for storage. Send the files that matter through SendNow, from $6.25/mo.
Feature table
A dot marks the side that is clearly ahead. Out of 5 rows, SendNow leads on 4, OneDrive leads on 1, and the rest are even.
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Where each one wins
Where SendNow is better
You see how it was read
Who opened it, which pages they read, how long they stayed, and when they came back.
Controls for confidential files
Email gate, NDA, dynamic watermark, screenshot blocker and download control.
Data rooms
Put several documents behind one branded link from $12.40/mo.
Where OneDrive is better
Part of Microsoft 365
Storage, Office apps and Teams together.
Co-editing
Your team edits Word, Excel and PowerPoint files together.
What is OneDrive?
OneDrive is Microsoft's cloud storage, included with Microsoft 365 business plans. Microsoft 365 Business Basic is $7 per user per month with an annual commitment (with Teams), from microsoft.com.
Can I use SendNow with OneDrive?
Yes. Keep your files in OneDrive, then upload the ones you send to investors, clients or buyers to SendNow and share the tracked link.
Who should pick which
Choose SendNow when
- You need to know who read your document
- You share confidential decks or deal files
- You want NDAs, watermarks or screenshot blocking
Choose OneDrive when
- You need storage and sync
- Your team collaborates on files
How to switch from OneDrive
- 01
Start the free trial
Sign up for SendNow. The trial lasts 24 hours and needs no card, so you can test it on a real document first.
- 02
Upload your files
Upload the documents you currently share through OneDrive. PDF, Word, Excel, CSV, PowerPoint, images and MP4 video all work.
- 03
Set the protection you need
Turn on an email gate, password, NDA, screenshot blocker, expiry date or watermark, link by link.
- 04
Share and watch
Send the new links and watch opens arrive page by page. Keep your OneDrive setup running until open conversations finish.
Questions people ask
Can OneDrive show who read my document?
OneDrive doesn't show you page-by-page reading data. SendNow does.
Is SendNow a replacement for OneDrive?
No. SendNow is for sharing and tracking documents. Keep OneDrive for storage.
Written by
Rifana Hameem
Founder of SendNow
Rifana is the founder of SendNow. She leads the team in building secure, compliant, and analytics-rich document sharing tools for finance and professional teams worldwide.
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Prices were read on each vendor's own pricing page on 21 Oct 2026 and are re-checked every month. SendNow features come from the plan settings the app itself uses. SendNow wrote this page, so we list where OneDrive is better too. Spot something out of date? Write to contact@sendnow.live.