Compare Microsoft OneNote vs. Microsoft OneDrive

Microsoft OneNote transforms traditional note-taking into a smart, collaborative, and AI-powered experience. With Copilot, you can quickly generate outlines, action items, study plans, or summaries from your notes with just a prompt. The platform supports text, drawings, images, audio, and digital ink—offering full flexibility for capturing ideas in any form. The new Sticky Notes experience makes quick capturing effortless and recalls related notes automatically when you revisit a topic. Collaboration is frictionless: teams, students, and families can co-edit and share notebooks in real time across devices. For educators, OneNote in Education streamlines lesson planning, student feedback, and digital handwriting exercises in interactive notebooks. Voice transcription captures spoken content instantly, while annotations and highlights bring visual clarity to complex ideas. Fully integrated with Microsoft 365 and OneDrive, OneNote keeps every idea synced, secure, and accessible anywhere you work.

Access, share, and collaborate on your files from virtually anywhere with ease. OneDrive seamlessly connects you to all your documents within Office 365, allowing for effortless sharing and teamwork, while safeguarding your projects. You can quickly store, access, and search through both personal and shared files, including those in Microsoft Teams, on any device you choose. Any changes made while offline will be automatically synchronized the next time you go online. Enhance your productivity by collaborating efficiently with colleagues, whether they are inside or outside your organization. You can securely share files and engage in real-time collaboration using Word, Excel, and PowerPoint across web browsers, mobile devices, and desktops. With the OneDrive mobile application, you can create, view, edit, and share documents on the go. Additionally, it allows you to easily capture whiteboards and scan various paper documents like receipts and business cards for safekeeping. OneDrive also prioritizes the protection of your files, offering simple recovery options for accidental deletions or security breaches, while enabling administrators to enforce security protocols to ensure your data remains secure. By using OneDrive, you not only streamline your workflow but also enhance the safety of your information.