Comparison of file hosting services explained

This is a comparison of notable file hosting services that 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.

File hosting services

Web host	Storage size	Max. file size	Traffic or bandwidth limit	Client-side encryption^[1]	Remote uploading?	Developer API?	FTP upload possible?	File versioning	Follows symlinks	Free GB (number only)	Append-only support?^[2]	Lifecycle Policy support?	Misc. notes
Amazon S3^[3]	GB 12-month free trial with credit-card (paid bandwidth), unlimited paid	TB per file, unlimited files per bucket	Amazon S3 limits	?		REST, SOAP	?		?
Backblaze B2	^[4]	?	?	?	?		?		?
Baidu Cloud	TB (6 GB free)	4 GB free, 20 GB paid	Traffic limit is not stable, after going over the traffic limit, there is a bandwidth limited to 500 KB/s then 10 KB/s after another traffic limit.	?									Currently in China only
Box^[5] ^[6]	free trial, 100 GB paid (Starter), Unlimited Business, Unlimited Enterprise^[7]	250 MB free Personal, 5 GB paid Personal, 5 GB Business, 5 GB Enterprise	10 GB/month free, 2 TB/month paid^[8]	?	30 MB per file via IFTTT^[9]	^[10]	Business and Enterprise customers only^[11]	(premium)^[12]					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^[13]	GB free, +500 MB for referrals up to 16 GB, 500 GB paid^[14]	MB free, Unlimited premium		?	^[15]	REST, SOAP, WebDAV^[16]	^[17]	(60 days)^[18]	?				Primarily focused on media files, synchronization and backup with web sharing.
Dropbox^[19]	GB free, +500 MB for referrals up to 18 GB; 1 TB, 2 TB, or unlimited paid^[20]	GB, Unlimited using client application	20 GB/day free, 200 GB/day paid^[21]				^[22]	30 days by default, 1 year w/ add-on^[23]					Synchronization, backup and websharing. Does support Linux OS 25 GB free with HTC Sense 4 & 5, 100 GB free with Samsung device
Google Drive^[24] ^[25]	GB free, Paid plans with varied storage per user or per Workspace account (pooled storage)	TB^[26]	750GB/day upload 5TB/day download			OAuth2		^[27]					Additional space for limited time period with some devices and services.^[28] ^[29] ^[30] ^[31]
HCL Connections Files Cloud	TB paid (60-day free trial)^[32]	GB		?		CMIS, REST, Atom (standard) and OAuth2			?				Subscription costs US$6/year^[33]
Apple iCloud^[34]	GB free,  GB to  TB paid	GB	200/400/600 GB per month	?			No						GB for previous MobileMe account subscriptions^[35]
Jumpshare	2 GB free, 1 TB paid	250 MB free, Unlimited paid	5GB per month free, 200GB per month on paid plan										Real-time file sharing with built-in utilities for screenshots, screencasts, notes, and voice clips.
MediaFire^[36]	GB, + GB for referrals up to  TB Pro accounts;  TB Business accounts	GB^[37]	TB pro plan, Business plans receive an amount of bandwidth per month equal to ten times the account’s storage space.^[38]				^[39]		?				Resuming of interrupted downloads possible.
Mega^[40]	GB free, additional  GB per achievements,^[41] up to  TB paid	Available cloud drive space^[42]	GB free, Up to  TB per month paid.^[43]					^[44]	?				Apps for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry, Chrome, Firefox, Safari^[45] Supports HTML5 browsers.^[46]
Microsoft OneDrive^[47]	GB free (since 31 January 2016) +500 MB free for referrals up to 5 GB;  GB paid^[48] 1 TB with paid Office 365 account by default, can register 5 accounts for up to 5TB combined.	GB^[49]		?		^[50]	^[51]	(Office files only)	^[52]				25 GB free for grandfathered accounts before April 2012^[53]
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage^[54]	10GB always free, unlimited paid	10 TiB	?	?	?	Yes	?	Yes	?	10	?	Yes
SecureSafe^[55]	100MB free, up to 100GB paid^[56]	? 2GB limit for SecureSend							?				Offers Data Inheritance^[57]
SugarSync^[58]	GB personal paid, Unlimited GB professional paid		10 GB/file/day free, 250 GB file/day paid			REST^[59]	?		?				If you hit the limit your links will be disabled for 24 hours. The bandwidth limits only apply to public links.^[60]
Tarsnap^[61]						^[62]		^[63]	^[64]		^[65]		Emphasis on carefully-constructed security model. File are encrypted client-side.
Tencent Weiyun^[66]	TB (10 GB free)	1 GB regular upload, 32 GB Power Upload plug-in							?				In English and Chinese (free version in Chinese only)
TitanFile	No free space, unlimited paid	MB free,  GB paid,  GB professional		for paid plans^[67]	No	^[68]	For enterprise clients only	^[69]	?				HIPAA-compliant, group messaging, audit logs, granular security control, embedable on website.
Tresorit^[70]	3 GB free trial, 100-1000 GB paid plans^[71]	500 MB free, 5 GB premium, 10 GB rest of paid plans^[72]		^[73]				^[74]					Files are client-side encrypted; zero-knowledge principles are used to prevent Tresorit itself from reading the files.
Wasabi	unlimited. paid only.^[75]	5 TB ^[76]	Should be equal to the storage amount ^[77]	^[78]	?				?
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			: REST, WebDAV, SDK^[79]			?				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	Client-side encryption	Remote uploading?	Developer API?	FTP upload possible?	File versioning	Follows symlinks	Free GB (number only)	Append-only support?	Lifecycle Policy support?	Misc. notes

Former services

Amazon Drive Copy.com^[80] Bitcasa Drop.io Fileserve Hotfile Humyo iDisk IFile.it Megaupload Pogoplug^[81] RapidShare SteekR Ubuntu One Wuala MobileMe Xdrive Yahoo! Briefcase ZumoDrive

See also

• Cloud storage
• Comparison of file synchronization software
• Comparison of online backup services
• Comparison of online music lockers
• List of backup software
• Remote backup service
• Shared resource

Notes and References

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2. [Append-only]
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4. Web site: Cloud Storage Pricing Comparison: Amazon S3 vs Azure vs B2 .
5. Web site: Yegulalp . Serdar . 6 November 2013 . Review: Box beats Dropbox – and all the rest – for business . 12 July 2014 . InfoWorld.
6. Web site: Duffy . Jill . Box (Personal) Review & Rating . 12 July 2014 . PCMag.
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9. Web site: Upload file from URL - Box . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170317153513/https://ifttt.com/channels/box/actions/72-upload-file-from-url . 17 March 2017 . 22 January 2019 . IFTTT (archived) . IFTTT.
10. Web site: Platform Developer Documentation . 15 December 2013 . Box.
11. Web site: I'm having trouble using FTP with Box . 15 December 2013 . Box . 10 October 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151010143701/https://support.box.com/hc/en-us/articles/200520058-FTP-Details . dead .
12. Web site: Tracking Your File Versions – Version History . 15 June 2014 . Box . 4 January 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150104043108/https://support.box.com/hc/en-us/articles/200519698-Version-History . dead .
13. Web site: CloudMe 1.8.4 . 12 July 2014 . PC Advisor.
14. Web site: 31 January 2013 . The European Sync / Storage Service . 14 June 2013 . CloudMe.
15. Web site: FTP support (Page 1) - Feature Requests - CloudMe Forum .
16. Web site: The European Sync / Storage Service . 14 June 2013 . CloudMe.
17. Web site: FTP support . 30 March 2018 . CloudMe Support Forum . CloudMe.
18. Web site: 30 January 2014 . CloudMe FAQ » I lost files, what do I do? . 16 June 2014 . CloudMe.
19. Web site: Duffy . Jill . Dropbox Review & Rating . 12 July 2014 . PCMag.com.
20. Web site: Dropbox - Upgrade your account . 14 June 2017 . Dropbox.
21. Web site: Banned links or file requests . 14 June 2017 . Dropbox Help center . Dropbox.
22. Web site: Do you offer WebDAV, Email Attachments, or FTP support? . 15 December 2013 . Dropbox.
23. Web site: Extended version history—a Dropbox Plus add-on . 14 June 2017 . Dropbox Help center . Dropbox.
24. Web site: Leonhard . Woody . 29 May 2014 . Review: Google Drive leads in features, lags in ease-of-use | Cloud Computing . 12 July 2014 . InfoWorld.
25. Web site: Duffy . Jill . Google Drive Review & Rating . 12 July 2014 . PCMag.com.
26. Web site: Drive . 19 March 2013 . Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides size limits - Drive Help . 14 June 2013 . Google Inc..
27. Web site: View activity & file versions - Computer - Google Drive Help . support.google.com.
28. Web site: Updating to HTC Sense 5.5? Claim 25GB of free Google Drive space | Android Central . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714121238/http://www.androidcentral.com/updating-htc-sense-55-claim-25gb-free-google-drive-space . 14 July 2014 . 12 July 2014.
29. Web site: Get 10GB extra space on Google Drive for linking with Quickoffice .
30. Web site: 22 October 2012 . How to claim free Google Chromebook goodies: 100GB Google Drive storage, 12 Gogo in-air Wi-Fi passes .
31. Web site: 9 June 2014 . Two-Year Chromebook Users: Your Free Google Drive Space is Ending Soon .
32. https://www.ibm.com/us-en/marketplace/connections-files-cloud/purchase#product-header-top IBM Connections Files Cloud - Pricing - United States
33. Web site: Plans and pricing . 14 March 2014 . IBM.
34. Web site: Duffy . Jill . Apple iCloud Review & Rating . 12 July 2014 . PCMag.com.
35. Web site: MobileMe pricing . 5 March 2010 . Apple Computer.
36. Web site: 4/09/14 9:00am 4/09/14 9:00am . 9 April 2014 . MediaFire Launches Desktop Apps, Offers 1TB of Space for $2.50 a Month . 12 July 2014 . Lifehacker.com.
37. Web site: MediaFire . MediaFire.
38. Mediafire states on their knowledgebase that https://mediafire.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/207100597-Bandwidth-and-Direct-Downloading there's a bandwidth limit for premium users
39. Web site: 28 March 2013 . Can I upload files via FTP? . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054057/http://knowledgebase.mediafire.com/article.php?id=94 . 21 September 2013 . 19 September 2013 . MediaFire.com.
40. Web site: 21 January 2013 . Review: What to expect from Mega's free 50GB of cloud storage . 12 July 2014 . ZDNet.
41. Web site: MEGA Review - Updated 2018 . 2018-04-29 . Cloudwards.
42. Web site: MEGA . mega.nz.
43. [Mega (service)]
44. Web site: 6 October 2017 . Can I manage versions of my files in MEGA? . 12 October 2017 . MEGA.
45. Web site: MEGA . mega.co.nz.
46. Web site: MEGA update browser . 29 May 2014 . . Your browser seems a bit outdated. Please update to the latest version or switch to a recommended browser, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome. . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055612/https://mega.co.nz/update.html . dead .
47. Web site: Muchmore . Michael . Microsoft OneDrive Review & Rating . 12 July 2014 . PCMag.com.
48. Web site: 23 June 2014 . Microsoft OneDrive: Cloud Storage Price Showdown . 12 July 2014 . InformationWeek.
49. Web site: 10 September 2014 . Ignite 2019: OneDrive adds support for 100GB files, differential sync . 9 May 2020 . Microsoft.
50. Web site: 15 May 2013 . SkyDrive core concepts (Live Connect) . 14 June 2013 . Msdn.microsoft.com.
51. Web site: How to access with ftp to OneDrive? . 30 March 2018 . Microsoft Answers . Microsoft.
52. Web site: Symbolic links in Skydrive - Microsoft Community . 11 April 2014.
53. Web site: 4/25/12 1:00pm 4/25/12 1:00pm . 23 April 2012 . Upgrade from 7GB to 25GB of Free Microsoft SkyDrive Storage While You Can . 12 July 2014 . Lifehacker.com.
54. Web site: Using Retention Rules to Preserve Data . 2022-04-15 . docs.oracle.com . en.
55. Web site: Lohnash . Mike . SecureSafe Review . 27 April 2016 . 30 June 2017 . backupreview.com.
56. Web site: Pricing . 30 June 2017 . SecureSafe.com.
57. Web site: 14 April 2016 . Data Inheritance: valuable help for loved ones . 30 June 2017 . SecureSafe . SecureSafe.com.
58. Web site: Duffy . Jill . 1 January 1970 . SugarSync Review & Rating . 12 July 2014 . PCMag.com.
59. Web site: Developers, Bring the Power of the Cloud to Your App! . 15 December 2013 . SugarSync.
60. Web site: SugarSync Help Portal - My Public Link is no longer available .
61. Web site: 28 August 2024 . Tarsnap . 28 August 2024.
62. Web site: 28 August 2024 . libtarsnap.a . 28 August 2024.
63. Web site: 28 August 2024 . FAQ . 28 August 2024.
64. Web site: 28 August 2024 . tarsnap.1 . 28 August 2024.
65. Web site: 28 August 2024 . Partial archives . 28 August 2024.
66. Web site: 6 December 2016 . Tencent Weiyun . 6 December 2016.
67. News: 22 January 2014 . Client-Side Encryption – Explained . TitanFile . 1 November 2016.
68. Web site: Pricing . 23 March 2014 . TitanFile.
69. Web site: Pricing . 7 February 2014 . TitanFile.
70. Web site: Secure Cloud Storage with Client-Side Encryption .
71. Web site: Tresorit Pricing . 9 January 2015 . Tresorit.com.
72. Web site: File size limit - Tresorit Knowledge Base . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180422062438/https://support.tresorit.com/hc/en-us/articles/216113757-File-size-limit . 22 April 2018 . 21 April 2018 . Tresorit.com.
73. Web site: Client-Side Encryption . 9 January 2015 . Tresorit.com.
74. Web site: 3 April 2014 . File versioning has arrived to Tresorit Pro and Business! . 9 January 2015 . Tresorit.com.
75. Web site: Pricing FAQ Landing . Wasabi.
76. Web site: What are the minimum and maximum object sizes that can be stored in Wasabi. . Wasabi.
77. Web site: How does Wasabi's free egress policy work? . Wasabi.
78. Web site: Wasabi Security . Wasabi.
79. Web site: Yandex Disk API documentation . 2 April 2015.
80. Web site: Kovar . Joseph F. . 1 February 2016 . Barracuda Closes Copy.com, CudaDrive Services, May Be Looking To Sell Itself . CRN.
81. Web site: 21 September 2016 . Pogoplug unlimited cloud storage service is shutting down on September 28 . 23 October 2016.