CD and DVDs are ....

Hard disk drives and tapes are ...

SSD hard drives, memory drives are ...

What are becoming obsolete, breakable when dropped, heavy and has moving parts. Slower than SSD but also cheaper.

What has no moving parts, faster, low power, more durable but more expensive.

What is more personal, easily customized, easily portable, no electric, low tech. Not easy to change neatly and difficult to produce professional results.

What is more stable storage, portable and affordable. Needs a special drive to access it. Surface scratches easily, damaging the data.

What is used to make quick notes, brainstorm, draw concepts. Or is used in situations when tech is not available.

What is good for to sell or store graphics, video, files and software, including games.

What is used in portable devices due there being no moving parts and lighter weight. Used to store and transfer files.

What is used less and less for day-to-day backups, but businesses still use it for archiving and off-site storage.

More recent advances make this a more stable option to store data, the purpose being to be able to access it from anywhere on any device with an internet connection.

Accessible from anywhere with internet or ability to edit online. Higher security risk and compatibility issues and slower access to files.