This is a comparison of file hosting services which are currently active. File hosting services are a particular kind of online file storage; however, various products that are designed for online file storage may not have features or characteristics that others designed for sharing files have.
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Web host | Storage size | Max. file size | Traffic or bandwidth limit | Remote uploading? | Developer API? | FTP upload possible? | File versioning | Follows symlinks | Client-side encryption[1] | Free GB (number only) | Misc. notes |
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Amazon Drive[2] | 5GB 3 mo. free trial, up to 30 TB paid | 2 GB upload via Web, 50 GB per file via Drive app and third party clients [3] | Amazon S3 limits | No | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | 5 | Free 5GB for everybody, except Mexico and China. |
Amazon S3[4] | 5 GB 12-month free trial with credit-card, (paid bandwidth), unlimited paid | 5 GB per file, unlimited files per bucket | Amazon S3 limits | No | REST, SOAP | ? | Yes | ? | ? | 0 | N/A |
Baidu Cloud | 2 TB (6 GB free)[5] | 4 GB free, 20 GB paid [6] | None | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | ? | 6 | Currently in Chinese only |
Box[7][8] | free trial, 100 GB paid (Starter), Unlimited Business, Unlimited Enterprise[9] | 250 MB free Personal, 5 GB paid Personal, 5 GB Business, 5 GB Enterprise[9] | 10 GB/month free, 2 TB/month paid[10] | 30 MB per file via IFTTT[11] | Yes[12] | Business and Enterprise customers only[13] | Some (premium)[14] | No | ? | 10 | Does not sync Mac files such as iWork (Keynote etc.). Does not support Linux OS. 50 GB free with Sony Xperia or HP Spectre 13 |
CloudMe[15] | 3 GB free, +500 MB for referrals up to 16 GB, 500 GB paid[16] | 150 MB free, Unlimited premium | None | No [17] | REST, SOAP, WebDAV[18] | No[19] | Rarely (60 days)[20] | ? | ? | 3 | Primarily focused on media files, synchronization and backup with web sharing. |
Dropbox[21] | 2 GB free, +500 MB for referrals up to 18 GB; 1 TB, 2 TB, or unlimited paid[22] | 10 GB, Unlimited using client application | 20 GB/day free, 200 GB/day paid[23] | No | Yes | No[24] | 30 days by default, 1 year w/ add-on[25] | Yes | No | 2 | Synchronization, backup and websharing. Does support Linux OS 25 GB free with HTC Sense 4 & 5, 100 GB free with Samsung device |
Google Drive[26][27] | 15 GB free,[28] 100 GB to 30 TB paid;[29][30] Unlimited Storage for G Suite Business (1 TB per user if there are fewer than 5 users) | 5TB[31] | download: web client 750 MB/hour 1250 MB/day upload: 300 MB/hour 750 MB/day download from IMAP: 2500 MB download POP: 1250 MB Upload IMAP: 500 MB[32] | No | OAuth2 | No | Yes[33] | No | No | 15 | Additional space for limited time period with some devices and services.[34][35][36][37] |
IBM Connections Files Cloud | 1 TB paid (60-day free trial)[38] | 2 GB | None | No | CMIS, REST, Atom (standard) and OAuth2 | No | Yes | ? | ? | 5 | Subscription costs US$6/year[39] |
Apple iCloud[40] | 5 GB free, 50 GB to 2 TB paid | 50 GB | 200/400/600 GB per month | No | Yes | No | Partly | No | ? | 5 | 25 GB for previous MobileMe account subscriptions[41] |
Jumpshare | 2 GB free, 1 TB paid | 250 MB free, Unlimited paid | 5GB per month free, 200GB per month on paid plan | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | 2 | Real-time file sharing with built-in utilities for screenshots, screencasts, notes, and voice clips. |
MediaFire[42] | 10 GB, +50 GB for referrals up to 1 TB Pro accounts; 100 TB Business accounts | 20 GB[43] | 10 TB pro plan, Business plans receive an amount of bandwidth per month equal to ten times the account’s storage space.[44] | Yes | Yes | No[45] | Yes | ? | Yes | 10 | Resuming of interrupted downloads possible. |
Mega[46] | 15 GB free, up to 50 GB free trial,[47] up to 8 TB paid | Available cloud drive space[48] | 10 GB free, Up to 96 TB per month paid.[49] | No | Yes | No | Yes[50] | ? | Yes | 15 | Apps for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry, Chrome, Firefox, Safari[51] Supports HTML5 browsers.[52] |
OneDrive[53] | 5 GB free (since 31 January 2016)[Note 1] +500 MB free for referrals up to 5 GB; 200 GB paid[56] 1 TB with paid Office 365 account by default, but can be increased without limit.[Note 2][57] | 10 GB[58] | None | Yes | Yes[59] | No[60] | Yes (Office files only) | No[61] | ? | 5 | Fetch files allows remote access of files on Windows with OneDrive installed[62] 25 GB free for grandfathered accounts before April 2012[63] |
SecureSafe[64] | 100MB free, up to 100GB paid [65] | ? 2GB limit for SecureSend | None | No | No | No | No[64] | ? | Yes | 0.1 | Offers Data Inheritance [66] |
SugarSync[67] | 60 GB personal paid, Unlimited GB professional paid | None | 10 GB/file/day free, 250 GB file/day paid | No | REST[68] | ? | Yes | ? | No | 0 | If you hit the limit your links will be disabled for 24 hours. The bandwidth limits only apply to public links.[69] |
Tencent Weiyun[70] | 2 TB (10 GB free) | 1 GB regular upload, 32 GB Power Upload plug-in | None | No | No | No | No | ? | No | 10 | In English and Chinese (free version in Chinese only) |
TitanFile | No free space, unlimited paid | 100 MB free, 1 GB paid, 4 GB professional | None | No | Yes[71] | Yes For enterprise clients only | Yes[72] | ? | Yes for paid plans[73] | 0 | HIPAA-compliant, group messaging, audit logs, granular security control, embedable on website. |
Tresorit[74] | 3 GB free trial, 100-1000 GB paid plans[75] | 500 MB free, 5 GB premium, 10 GB rest of paid plans[76] | None | No | No | No | For paid plans only[77] | No | Yes[78] | 3 | Files stored in Tresorit are encrypted using the most advanced encryption methods. No one, not even Tresorit administrators hold the users' decryption keys. |
Yandex Disk | up to 20 GB free (10 GB when registering), up to 1024 GB paid | 2 GB upload via Web or WebDAV, 50 GB upload via application | 200% of storage size per day | No | Yes: REST, WebDAV, SDK[79] | No | No | ? | No | 10 | English, Russian, Ukrainian and Turkish interfaces. Service is tightly integrated with other Yandex services. Native apps for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android. Client-side encryption is available with 3rd party open source clients. |
Web host | Storage size | Max. file size | Traffic or bandwidth limit | Remote uploading? | Developer API? | FTP upload possible? | File versioning | Follows symlinks | Client-side encryption[1] | Free GB (number only) | Misc. notes |
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Footnotes[edit]
- ^Previously 15 GB[54] and 25 GB since 2008[55].
- ^Currently requires user to request 'unlimited' storage (10TB, able to be increased upon request), otherwise 1TB for Office 365 subscribers.
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- ^IBM Connections Files Cloud - Pricing - United States. Accessed 2019-01-12.
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- ^'MobileMe pricing'. Apple Computer. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
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- ^Plan Comparison
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- ^Mega (service)
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- ^https://mega.co.nz/#sync
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- ^'File versioning has arrived to Tresorit Pro and Business!'. Tresorit.com. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ^'Client-Side Encryption'. Tresorit.com. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ^'Yandex Disk API documentation'. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ^Barracuda Closes Copy.com, CudaDrive Services, May Be Looking To Sell Itself
- ^'Pogoplug unlimited cloud storage service is shutting down on September 28'. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
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