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Both share files by link. OneDrive comes with Microsoft 365 from $84 a year. Loop is $49 once, on your own domain.
You send files to people and want to see who read them, under your own brand.
Not for: editing documents together in real time, or sharing from a Windows PC.
You already use Microsoft 365 and want storage, Office apps and shared editing in one plan.
Not for: sharing links under your own brand, or seeing who opened an Anyone link.
Loop
Loop is a Mac app that turns any file into your own branded link, and follows every open, page and signature.
Loop gives each file you send its own branded page and tells you who opened it and how long they read each page. Readers open it in any browser without a Microsoft account, and can leave notes, mark it up or sign in order. Links carry your logo, colours and domain. It is a Mac app, $49 once, or $199 once for a team.
OneDrive
OneDrive is Microsoft's cloud storage that syncs your files across devices and shares them by link.
OneDrive comes with Microsoft 365. Business Basic gives each user 1 TB, version history, sync between PC, Mac and the cloud, and Word, Excel and PowerPoint on the web, and people can edit the same file together. You share a file or folder by link, with a password or an expiry date. Microsoft 365 Business Basic is $7 a user a month paid yearly, with a one-month free trial.
| Feature |  Loop | OneDrive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ||
| One person | $49 once | $84 a year |
| Five people | $199 once | $420 a year |
| Over three years | $49 | $252 |
| Free trial | 14 days | 1 month |
| Sharing | ||
| Your brand | Logo, colours, typeface, domain | Not listed |
| Where files live | Your Cloudflare account | Microsoft 365, 1 TB a user |
| Platform | Mac app | PC, Mac and web |
| Link settings | Password, expiry, watermark | Password, expiry |
| Tracking | ||
| What you see | Opens, pages, video, company | Names and view counts |
| Links anyone can open | Every open tracked | Viewers not tracked |
| Notifications | About 30 seconds after an open | Sharing events |
| Review | ||
| Editing together | Not offered | Real-time co-authoring |
| Office apps | Not offered | Web and mobile |
| Request files | Included | Admin turns it on |
Compared by the Loop team. Loop Pro against Microsoft 365 Business Basic, the cheapest paid plan a single business user would buy for sharing: $7 a user a month, paid yearly. Microsoft's plan pages list no own branding for shared links. OneDrive's figures read from microsoft.com and Microsoft Learn on 13 October 2026. Every price comparison.
Loop costs $49 once. Microsoft 365 Business Basic, the cheapest paid business plan, costs $84 a year. That is $7 a user a month paid yearly, so three years comes to $252. It also brings 1 TB, email, Teams and web Office apps. Microsoft's personal plan, $19.99 a year for 100 GB, is cheaper for two years.
For five people, Loop Team is $199 once and Business Basic is $420 a year. Loop's only running cost is Cloudflare storage, free up to 10 GB a month.
Loop shows who read your file and how far. OneDrive shows who viewed it and how many times. OneDrive's file card lists the names of people who viewed a file, with view counts, and Microsoft says you cannot track who accessed a file shared with an Anyone link. Loop adds time on every page, video watch time, readers grouped by company and which version they read, with notifications within about 30 seconds while Loop runs.
Both put a password or an expiry date on a link. OneDrive adds both on Microsoft 365 plans, and can block downloads on work accounts when editing is off. Loop adds required email, a watermark on PDF pages once the reader's email is known, allow and block lists, download control, and links that expire after 1 to 90 days or never.
If your team lives in Microsoft 365, OneDrive is the natural home for the files. It comes with the plan, alongside Word, Excel and PowerPoint on the web, and people can edit the same file together. Business Basic gives each user 1 TB with version history, and syncs between PC, Mac and the cloud. Loop has no editor, no Windows app for the sender and no storage beyond your own Cloudflare account.
For one person. Loop is $49 once. Microsoft 365 Business Basic is $7 a month paid yearly.
Yes, for sharing files by link. Both take a password and an expiry date. Loop is a Mac app you pay for once, with your own domain, tracking and signing, and your files in your own Cloudflare account. It does not edit files or replace Microsoft 365.
Microsoft 365 Business Basic is $7 a user a month, paid yearly, which is $84 a year. Business Standard with Copilot is $23.50. Personal plans start at $19.99 a year for 100 GB, and Microsoft 365 Personal is $99.99 a year with 1 TB. Prices checked 13 October 2026.
Not on the plans Microsoft lists. They start at $19.99 a year, and Business Basic has a one-month free trial. Loop has no free plan either: it has a 14-day free trial with everything included, then costs $49 once.
In part. OneDrive's file card shows the names of people who viewed a file, with view counts. Microsoft says you cannot track who accessed a file shared with an Anyone link. Loop shows each open, time on every page and which version they read, for readers with no account.
Yes. Microsoft's plan details list sync between PC, Mac and the cloud on Business Basic. Loop is a Mac app that needs macOS 14 or later, and its links open in any browser, on any device, with no account.
Microsoft's plan pages and sharing help list no custom logo, colours or domain for shared links. Loop links carry your logo, colours, typeface and your own domain, and show your card in Slack and iMessage.