Comparison of file hosting services

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This is a comparison of active file hosting services. 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

  No restriction
  Limit on some types of accounts
  Limit across all accounts
  Total restriction across all accounts
Web host Storage size Max. file size Direct access[1 1] Traffic or bandwidth limit File expiration[1 2] Remote uploading? Developer API? FTP upload possible? File versioning Follows symlinks Client-side encryption[1] Free GB (number only) Misc. notes
Amazon Cloud Drive[2] 5 GB 3mo. free trial,
unlimited GB paid		 2 GB upload via Web, 10 GB download Yes Amazon S3 limits 90days after subscription expires data is deleted. No Yes  ? No  ?  ? 5 N/A
Amazon S3[3] 5 GB 12-month free trial with credit-card,
paid bandwidth,
Unlimited paid		 5 GB per file, unlimited files per bucket Yes Amazon S3 limits None, pay for storage each month No REST, SOAP  ?  ?  ?  ? 0 N/A
Asus WebStorage[4] 5 GB free,
Up to 5 TB paid		 500 MB free,
1–2 GB paid		 No[5] 500 MB per 30 min free,
1 to 8 TB per month paid[6][7]		 ? No No  ?  ?  ?  ? 5 N/A
Baidu Cloud 2 TB (6 GB) free[8] 20 GB Windows paid,
4 GB Mac & free		 Yes None None Yes Yes No No No  ? 6 Currently in Chinese only
Box[9][10] free trial,
100 GB paid (Starter),
Unlimited Business,
Unlimited Enterprise[11]		 250 MB free Personal,
1 GB paid Personal,
2 GB Business,
15 GB Enterprise[11]		 Paid account types only[12] 10 GB/month free,
2 TB/month paid[13]		 None[citation needed] 30 MB per file via IFTTT [14] Yes[15] Business and Enterprise customers only[16] Depends (premium)[17]  ?  ? 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[18] 3 GB free,
+500 MB for referrals up to 16 GB,
500 GB paid[19]		 150 MB free,
Unlimited premium		 No[20] None None No REST, SOAP, WebDAV[21]  ? Neutral (60 days)[22]  ?  ? 3 Primarily focused on media files, synchronization and backup with web sharing.
Web host Storage size Max. file size Direct access[1 1] Traffic or bandwidth limit File expiration[1 2] Remote uploading? Developer API? FTP upload possible? File versioning Follows symlinks Client-side encryption[1] Free GB (number only) Misc. notes
Dropbox[23] 2 GB free,
+500 MB for referrals up to 18 GB,
1TB Pro account,
Up to Unlimited on Business[24]		 10 GB,
Unlimited using
client application		 Pro account or "register before 2012/07/31" or "register after 2012/07/31 but active public folder function manually before Dropbox Inc. close it" only 20 GB/day free (links only),
200 GB/day paid (links only)[25]		 Template:12 monthj No Yes No[26] 30 days free
Unlimited paid		 Yes No 2 Synchronization, backup and websharing. Does support Linux OS
25 GB free with HTC Sense 4 & 5,
50 GB free with Samsung device
FileDropper 5 GB to 250 GB paid 5 GB  ?  ? 30 days after last download free,
Never paid		  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 0 N/A
Fileserve 500 GB free,
Unlimited paid		 1 GB free,
2 GB paid		 No None 60 days after last download free,
Never paid		 No  ? No Yes  ?  ? 500 N/A
Google Drive[27][28] 15 GB free,[29]
100 GB to 30 TB paid[30][31]		 5 TB[32] Yes[33] None[citation needed] None[citation needed] No OAuth2 No Yes[34] No No 15 Additional space for limited time period with some devices and services.[35][36][37][38]
Handy Backup 250 GB Free tier is just a limited-time trial 5 GB Yes None For paying users there is usually no file expiration. No No Yes Yes  ?  ? 0 Optimized for automatic backup-to-cloud usage.
IBM Connections 5 GB,
additional space paid		 2 GB Yes None 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 1 TB paid		 15 GB Yes 200/400/600 GB per month None No WebDAV  ? Partly  ?  ? 5 25 GB for previous MobileMe account subscriptions[41]
Infinit[42][43] 1 GB free, Unknown paid 5 TB Yes Amazon S3 limits None No No No No Yes Yes 1 Unlimited and encrypted peer to peer file sharing application with pause and resume.
Jumpshare 2 GB free, 1 TB paid 250 MB free, Unlimited paid Yes 5GB per month free, Unlimited on paid plan None Yes ? ? ? ? No 2 Real-time file sharing with built-in utilities for screenshots, screencasts, notes, and voice clips.
MagicVortex 30 MB free,
2 to 50 GB paid		 2 GB paid Yes None 7 or 14 days based on subscription No ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 2 Not a file hosting site - Peer-to-peer file transfer service with pause and resume, supports live data streaming.
Web host Storage size Max. file size Direct access[1 1] Traffic or bandwidth limit File expiration[1 2] Remote uploading? Developer API? FTP upload possible? File versioning Follows symlinks Client-side encryption[1] Free GB (number only) Misc. notes
MediaFire[44] 10 GB,
+50 GB for referrals up to 1 TB Pro accounts,
100 TB Business accounts		 10 GB free,
20 GB paid[45]		 Yes None 1 year account inactivity[46] Yes Yes No[47] Yes  ? Yes 10 Resuming of interrupted downloads possible.
Mega[48] 50 GB free,
Up to 4 TB paid		 Available cloud drive space[49] No[50] 10 GB free,
Up to 96 TB per month paid.[7]		 3 months account inactivity/failure to reply to email[51] No Yes No No Yes[52] Yes 50 Apps for Windows, OS X, Linux, iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry, Chrome, Firefox, Safari[53] Supports HTML5 browsers.[54]
OneDrive[55] 5 GB free (since 31/01/2016, previously 15 GB [56]),[57]
+500 MB free for referrals up to 5 GB,
200 GB paid[58]


1 TB with paid Office 365 account.[59]
For Business, Limited to maximum of 20,000 files.

 10 GB [60] No None 5 years of account inactivity[61] Yes Yes[62]  ? Yes (Office files only) No[63]  ? 5 Fetch files allows remote access of files on Windows with OneDrive installed[64]
25 GB free for grandfathered accounts before April 2012[65]
* Currently requires user to request "unlimited" storage (10TB, able to be increased upon request), otherwise 1TB for Office 365 subscribers.
PhotoChronica.com 2 TB 50 MB Yes Bandwidth throttled after 400 GB / Month None No No No No No No 2000 Only Images and some documents
Pogoplug Unlimited None Yes Bandwidth throttled after 1 TB uploaded[66] None No No No  ?  ?  ? 0 N/A
SpiderOak[67] 2 GB free,
100 GB paid increments[68]		  ? Yes[69] None[70] None No Yes[71] No[72] Yes[73] No[74] Yes 2 File synchronization and backup service.
SugarSync[75] 60 GB personal paid,
Unlimited GB professional paid		 None Yes 10 GB/file/day free,
250 GB file/day paid		 No expiration for paid accounts,
90 days of inactivity for free users		 No REST[76]  ? Yes  ? Yes 0 If you hit the limit your links will be disabled for 24 hours. The bandwidth limits only apply to public links.[77]
Synaptop 5 GB free,
Unlimited paid		 5 GB Yes None None Yes Yes Yes for enterprise No No Yes 5 Access your files from anywhere on any internet enabled device using Synaptop
Tencent Weiyun[78][79] 10 TB
(1024 GB free)[80][81]
 4 GB regular upload,
32 GB Power Upload plug-in		 Yes None None No No No No  ? No 10240 In English and Chinese
TitanFile No free space, unlimited paid 100 MB free,
1 GB paid,
4 GB professional		 Yes[82] None None, unless set by user[82] No Yes[83] Yes
For enterprise clients only		 Yes[84]  ?  ? 0 HIPAA-compliant, group messaging, audit logs, granular security control, embedable on website.
Tresorit[85] 3 GB free,
100-1000 GB paid plans[86]		 2 GB Yes None None No No No Yes[87]
for paid plans		 No Yes[88] 3 Files stored in Tresorit are encrypted using the most advanced encryption methods. No one, not even Tresorit administrators hold the users' decryption keys.
XXL Box[89] 2 GB free,

Pro Accounts from 300GB and up,
Up to Unlimited on Business

 No limitation

Unlimited using
client application

 Yes None None Yes No No Yes No Yes 2 Synchronization, backup and file-sharing. 10 GB free with Android and iOS Device
Yandex Disk up to 20 GB free (10 GB when registering),
unlimited paid		 2 GB upload via Web or WebDAV,
10 GB upload via application		 Yes 200 % of storage size per day None[citation needed] No YesREST, WebDAV, SDK [90] No No  ? No 20 English, Russian, Ukrainian and Turkish interfaces. Service is tightly integrated with other Yandex services. Native apps for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, iOS, Android. Client-side encryption is available with 3rd party open source clients.
hubiC up to 50 GB free (25 GB when registering),
up to 10TB paid		 No maximum file size,
 Yes None[citation needed] None[1 3] No OpenStack, OAuth[91] No No  ? No 25 English, German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Czech, Lithuan, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese interfaces. Native apps for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, iOS, Android, Windows Phone. Client-side encryption is available with 3rd party open source clients.
pCloud up to 20 GB Free, up to 5 TB with Professional Business Plan[92] Unlimited Yes None None Yes Yes[93] No Yes. 30 days for Free Users. 180 for Premium Users. No. Yes. Optional. Free for Business Users.[94] 20 Data center located in Dallas, Texas. The collocated service provided is certified for SSAE 16 SOC 1, Type II.[95]

Former services

See also

Footnotes

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  61. ↑ Microsoft states in their Terms of Service: "You must use your Microsoft account to keep it active. This means you must sign in at least once in a five-year period to keep your Microsoft account, and associated Services, active, unless provided otherwise in an offer for a paid portion of the Services. If you don’t sign in during this time, we will assume your Microsoft account is inactive and will close it for you."
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