This is a comparison of 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.
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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 | |
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Amazon Drive[3] | 5 GB 3 month free trial, up to 30 TB paid |
2 GB upload via Web, 50 GB per file via Drive app and third party clients [4] | Amazon S3 limits | ? | No | Yes | No | No | ? | 5 | Free 5 GB for everybody, except Mexico and China. | |||
Amazon S3[5] | 5 GB 12-month free trial with credit-card (paid bandwidth), unlimited paid |
5 TB per file, unlimited files per bucket | Amazon S3 limits | ? | No | REST, SOAP | ? | Yes | ? | 0 | — | |||
Backblaze B2 | 10 GB free, unlimited paid[6] | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | 10 | fileWrite allows existing files to become "hidden", which may get deleted with lifecycle rule daysFromHidingToDeleting | Yes | ||
Baidu Cloud | 2 TB (6 GB free)[7] |
4 GB free, 20 GB paid[8] |
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. | ? | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | 6 | Currently in China only | |||
BorgBase | 10 GB free, unlimited paid[9] | ? | ? | Yes (optional) | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | 10 | Yes | ? | Hosting for Borg repositories, not a general file hosting service | |
Box[10][11] | free trial, 100 GB paid (Starter), Unlimited Business, Unlimited Enterprise[12] |
250 MB free Personal, 5 GB paid Personal, 5 GB Business, 5 GB Enterprise[12] |
10 GB/month free, 2 TB/month paid[13] |
? | 30 MB per file via IFTTT[14] | Yes[15] | Business and Enterprise customers only[16] | Some (premium)[17] | 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[18] | 3 GB free, +500 MB for referrals up to 16 GB, 500 GB paid[19] |
150 MB free, Unlimited premium |
None | ? | No[20] | REST, SOAP, WebDAV[21] | No[22] | Rarely (60 days)[23] | ? | 3 | Primarily focused on media files, synchronization and backup with web sharing. | |||
Dropbox[24] | 2 GB free, +500 MB for referrals up to 18 GB; 1 TB, 2 TB, or unlimited paid[25] |
10 GB, Unlimited using client application |
20 GB/day free, 200 GB/day paid[26] |
No | No | Yes | No[27] | 30 days by default, 1 year w/ add-on[28] |
Yes | 2 | Synchronization, backup and websharing. Does support Linux OS 25 GB free with HTC Sense 4 & 5, 100 GB free with Samsung device | |||
FileCloud[29] | 1 TB & 100 GB per Additional User - Enterprise Online Essentials; Unlimited - Enterprise Server[30] | Unlimited | None | Yes[31] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes - Unlimited | 0 | Yes | Yes | Full content management and governance solution (including internal and external file sharing) for self-hosted or cloud file storage. | ||
Google Drive[32][33] | 15 GB free,[34] 100 GB to 30 TB paid;[35][36] unlimited storage for G Suite Business (1 TB per user if there are fewer than 5 users) |
5 TB[37] | 750GB/day upload 10TB/day download | No | No | OAuth2 | No | Yes[38] | No | 15 | Additional space for limited time period with some devices and services.[39][40][41][42] | |||
IBM Connections Files Cloud | 1 TB paid (60-day free trial)[43] |
2 GB | None | ? | No | CMIS, REST, Atom (standard) and OAuth2 | No | Yes | ? | 5 | Subscription costs US$6/year[44] | |||
Apple iCloud[45] | 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[46] | |||
Jumpshare | 2 GB free, 1 TB paid | 250 MB free, Unlimited paid | 5GB per month free, 200GB per month on paid plan | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | 2 | Real-time file sharing with built-in utilities for screenshots, screencasts, notes, and voice clips. | |||
MediaFire[47] | 10 GB, +50 GB for referrals up to 1 TB Pro accounts; 100 TB Business accounts |
20 GB[48] | 10 TB pro plan, Business plans receive an amount of bandwidth per month equal to ten times the account’s storage space.[49] |
Yes | Yes | Yes | No[50] | Yes | ? | 10 | Resuming of interrupted downloads possible. | |||
Mega[51] | 20 GB free, additional 5 GB per achievements,[52] up to 16 TB paid |
Available cloud drive space[53] | 10 GB free, Up to 96 TB per month paid.[54] |
Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes[55] | ? | 20 | Apps for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry, Chrome, Firefox, Safari[56] Supports HTML5 browsers.[57] | |||
Microsoft OneDrive[58] | 5 GB free (since 31 January 2016)[Note 1] +500 MB free for referrals up to 5 GB; 200 GB paid[61]
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100 GB[62] | None | ? | Yes | Yes[63] | No[64] | Yes (Office files only) | No[65] | 5 | Fetch files allows remote access of files on Windows with OneDrive installed[66] 25 GB free for grandfathered accounts before April 2012[67] | |||
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Object Storage[68] | 10GB always free, unlimited paid | 10 TiB | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | 10 | ? | Yes | ||
Privacy Vault[69] | 2 GB free, 500-Unlimited GB paid plans[70] |
Varies | None | Yes[71] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | 2 | Zero-knowledge encryption for your most sensitive and private data with a built-in password manager.[72] | |||
SecureSafe[73] | 100MB free, up to 100GB paid[74] |
? 2GB limit for SecureSend |
None | Yes | No | No | No | No[73] | ? | 0.1 | Offers Data Inheritance[75] | |||
SugarSync[76] | 60 GB personal paid, Unlimited GB professional paid |
None | 10 GB/file/day free, 250 GB file/day paid |
No | No | REST[77] | ? | Yes | ? | 0 | If you hit the limit your links will be disabled for 24 hours. The bandwidth limits only apply to public links.[78] | |||
Tencent Weiyun[79] | 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) | |||
Terabox[80] | 1 TB (1,000 GB free) |
4 GB regular upload, 20 GB Paid Upload | None | No | Yes | No | No | No | ? | 1,000 | 10 Languages supported | |||
TitanFile | No free space, unlimited paid | 100 MB free, 1 GB paid, 4 GB professional |
None | Yes for paid plans[81] | No | Yes[82] | Yes For enterprise clients only |
Yes[83] | ? | 0 | HIPAA-compliant, group messaging, audit logs, granular security control, embedable on website. | |||
Tresorit[84] | 3 GB free trial, 100-1000 GB paid plans[85] |
500 MB free, 5 GB premium, 10 GB rest of paid plans[86] |
None | Yes[87] | No | No | No | For paid plans only[88] | No | 3 | Files are client-side encrypted; zero-knowledge principles are used to prevent Tresorit itself from reading the files. | |||
Wasabi | unlimited. paid only.[89] | 5 TB [90] | Should be equal to the storage amount [91] | Yes [92] | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | 0 | Yes | Yes | ||
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 | No | Yes: REST, WebDAV, SDK[93] | No | 14 days with free accounts 90 days with paid ones[94] | ? | 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 | 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 |
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