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# Privatta and Google Drive, side by side.

What happens to your file with each of them, and the two side by side, row by row.

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1. 01What happens to the file

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## What happens to the file

Drive stores every file in Google's cloud and shares it by giving other accounts, or anyone with the link, access to that stored copy. The file lives on Google's servers for as long as it is in Drive.

Privatta stores nothing. The file stays on your computer until the person you allowed asks for it, then travels directly to theirs. Nobody else's server holds it at any point, so there is nothing to revoke afterwards.

## Side by side

**Privatta compared with Google Drive on ten capabilities**

| Capability | Privatta | Google Drive |
| --- | --- | --- |
| True P2P — no cloud copy ever | Yes | No |
| End-to-end encrypted | Yes | No |
| LAN / local-network mode | Yes | No |
| Internet transfers (no own server) | Pro | Yes |
| Fully offline / air-gap capable | Yes | No |
| Per-user access control | Pro | Yes |
| Group / team permissions | Pro | Yes |
| Access audit log | Enterprise | Yes |
| Device / machine identity verification | Pro | No |
| Native desktop application | Yes | Partial |

A tick means every edition of Privatta, the free one included; an edition name means that edition or above. Google Drive’s column is its row from our [comparison of 26 file-transfer tools](https://royalsoftworks.com/products/privatta/compare/).

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