Google Drive Storage Details Part-5

Individual user account storage

Google gives every user 15 GB of free storage though Google One, Google Docs, Google Sheets and Google Slides files do not count towards the storage limit.

This cloud storage is also shared with Gmail and Google Photos.An unlimited number of photos at maximum 16 megapixels and videos at maximum 1080p resolutions are stored for free using the "High quality" setting in Google Photos. Using the "Original quality" setting uses Google Drive quota.

Users can purchase additional space through either a monthly or yearly payment. The option of yearly payments was introduced in December 2016, and is limited to the 100 GB, 200 GB or 2 TB storage plans.[28] Furthermore, the yearly payments offer a discount.[31] In May 2018, Google announced that storage plans (including the free 15 gigabyte plan) would be moved over to Google One.