Comparison of file hosting services

This article compares many of the active file hosting services where files can be shared.

File hosting services with file-sharing possibility

This is a Comparison of 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.

  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 free,
unlimited GB paid		 None Yes Amazon S3 limits None No Yes ? No ? ? 5 N/A
Amazon S3[3] 5 GB 12-month free trial with credit-card,
paid bandwidth,
Unlimited paid		 5  TB 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,
Unlimited 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
Bitcasa 5-20 GB free, 1TB and 10TB Paid Plans None through desktop client.[9] Yes None None Yes Yes No Yes No ? 5 -
Box[10][11] 10 GB free,
25-50 GB paid,
1 TB Business,
Unlimited Enterprise[12]		 250  MB free Personal,
1  GB paid Personal,
2 GB Business,
5 GB Enterprise[12]		 Paid account types only[13] 10  GB/month free,
2 TB/month paid[14]		 None[15] No Yes[16] Business and Enterprise customers only[17] Depends (premium)[18] ? ? 10 Does not sync Mac files such as iWork: Keynote etc.
50 GB free with Sony Xperia or HP Spectre 13
CloudMe[19] 3 GB free,
+500 MB for referrals up to 16 GB,
500 GB paid[20]		 150  MB free,
Unlimited premium		 No[21] None None No REST, SOAP, WebDAV[22] ? Neutral (60 days)[23] ? ? 3 Primarily focused on media files, synchronization and backup with web sharing.
Copy 15  GB free,[24]
+5 GB free for referrals up to 40 GB		 None[25] Yes 40 GB/day free,[26] No expiration for paid accounts,
90 days of inactivity for free users[26]		 No ? ? Yes Yes Yes 15 Copy uses "Fair Storage for All"[27]
Dropbox[28] 2 GB free,
+500 MB for referrals up to 18 GB,
1TB Pro account,
Up to Unlimited on Business[29]		 10  GB.
Unlimited using
client  application		 Yes 20  GB/day free (links only),
200  GB/day paid (links only)[30] 		None No Yes No[31] 30 days free
Unlimited paid		 Yes No 2 Synchronization, backup and websharing.
25 GB free with HTC Sense 4 & 5,
50 GB free with Samsung device
FileDropper Unlimited 5 GB ? ? 30 days after the last time it was downloaded ? ? ? ? ? ? ∞ 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 ? Yes (except for non-accounts) Yes ? ? 500 N/A
Google Drive[32][33] 15  GB free,[34]
100  GB to 10  TB paid[35][36]		 5 TB[37] Yes[38] Limited None No OAuth2 No Yes[39] No No 15 Additional space for limited time period with some devices and services.[40][41][42][43]
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[44]
Apple iCloud[45] 5 GB free,
10 to 50 GB paid		 1  GB Yes 200/400/600 GB per month None No WebDAV ? ? ? ? 5 25 GB for previous MobileMe account subscriptions[46]
Infinit[47][48] Unlimited 5 TB Yes Amazon S3 limits None No No No No Yes Yes ∞ Unlimited and encrypted peer to peer file sharing application with pause and resume.
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.
MediaFire[49] 10  GB,
+50  GB for referrals up to 1  TB Pro accounts,
100  TB Business accounts		 10  GB free,
20  GB paid[50]		 Yes None 1 Year Minimum[51] Yes Yes No[52] Yes ? Yes 10 Resuming of interrupted downloads possible.
Mega[53] 50  GB free,
Up to 4  TB paid		 Only restricted by browser memory capability[54] No[55] 1 to 8 TB per month paid.[7] None No Yes No No Yes[56] Yes 50 Apps for Windows, OS X, Linux, iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry, Chrome, Firefox, Safari[57] Supports HTML5 browsers.[58]
OneDrive[59] 15 GB free,
+15 GB free for photo sync mobile app,[60]
+500 MB free for referrals up to 5 GB,
200 GB paid[61]


Unlimited* with paid Office 365 account [62]

 10 GB [63] Yes None 270 days of account inactivity[64] No Yes[65] ? Yes (Office files only) No[66] ? 15 Fetch files allows remote access of files on Windows with OneDrive installed[67]
25 GB free for grandfathered accounts before April 2012[68])
* Currently requires user to request "unlimited" storage (10TB, able to be increased upon request), otherwise 1TB for Office 365 subscribers.
SpiderOak[69] 2 GB free,
100 GB paid increments[70]		 ? Yes[71] None[72] None No Yes[73] No[74] Yes[75] No[76] Yes 2 File synchronization and backup service.
SugarSync[77] 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[78] ? Yes ? Yes 0 If you hit the limit your links will be disabled for 24 hours. The bandwidth limits only apply to public links.[79]
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[80][81] 10  TB
(10240 GB free)[82][83]
 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[84] None None, unless set by user[84] No Yes[85] Yes
For enterprise clients only		 Yes[86] ? ? 0.1 HIPAA-compliant, group messaging, audit logs, granular security control, embedable on website.
Tresorit[87] 3 GB free,
100-1000 GB paid plans[88]		 2 GB Yes None None No No No Yes[89] No Yes[90] 3 Files stored in Tresorit are encrypted using the most advanced encryption methods. No one, not even Tresorit administrators hold the users' decryption keys.
Wuala 2  TB paid 40  GB Yes None None No REST, read-only, no POST verb actions (Wuala REST API) No Yes ? Yes 0 Uses Social Networking, and has file sharing features similar to Bittorrent.
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 None None No YesREST, WebDAV, SDK [91] 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.
Web host Storage size Max. file size Direct access Traffic or bandwidth limit File expiration Remote uploading? Developer API? FTP upload possible? File versioning Follows symlinks Client-side encryption Free GB (number only) Misc. notes

Former services

See also

References

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ For paying users there is usually a direct access possible.
  2. ↑ For paying users there is usually no file expiration.

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