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This article compares file hosting services where files can be shared.

File hosting services with file-sharing possibility

  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] Traffic or bandwidth limit File expiration[2] Remote uploading? Developer API? FTP upload possible? File versioning Follows symlinks Client-side encryption Free GB Misc. notes
Amazon Cloud Drive 5 GB (free)
up to 1000GB (paid) 		2 GB No Amazon S3 limits None No No ? ? ? ? 5 —
Amazon S3 5 GB (12-month trial, free storage with credit-card details supplied, unfree 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 —
ASUS WebStorage 5 GB (free)
Unlimited (paid) 		500 MB (free)
1-2 GB (paid) 		No[3] Daily limit: 0.5 GB (free), 10/20 GB (paid)[4] ? No No ? ? ? ? 5 —
Baidu Cloud 2 TB
(2048 GB) free[5] 		? Yes None None ? ? ? ? ? ? 2048 Currently in Chinese only
Box 10 GB (free Personal)
50 GB (free with Sony Xperia device)
25-50 GB (paid Personal)
1000 GB (Business)
Unlimited (Enterprise)[6] 		250 MB (free Personal)
1 GB (paid Personal)
2 GB (Business)
5 GB (Enterprise)[6] 		Yes[7] 10 GB/month (free)
2 TB/month (paid)[8] 		None[9] No Yes[10] Business and Enterprise customers only[11] Depends (premium)[12] ? ? 10 Does not sync Mac files such as iWork: Keynote etc.
ByteShot Unlimited[13] 2 GB Yes None None ? ? ? ? ? Yes 0 browser rendering for certain file types
CloudMe 3 GB plus 500 MB for each referral person up to 16 GB (free)
500 GB (paid)[14] 		150 MB (free)
Unlimited (premium) 		No[15] None None No REST, SOAP, WebDAV[16] ? Neutral (60 days)[17] ? ? 3 Primarily a media focused file synchronization and backup service with websharing.
Dropbox 2 GB(free)
18 GB (free, 500 MB for each referral person up to 18 GB)
25 GB (free with HTC Sense 4 & 5 device)
50 GB (free with Samsung device)
100-500 GB (Pro accounts)
1 TB-Unlimited (Business accounts)[18] 		10 GB.
Unlimited using
client application 		Yes 20 GB/day (free)
200 GB/day (paid) [19] 		None No Yes No[20] 30 days (free)
Unlimited (paid) 		Yes No 2 Primarily a file synchronization and backup service but websharing possible.
FORLINKS Unlimited[21] official website. Retrieved 2014-06-17. None Yes None 5 days (free)
Never (paid) 		Yes Yes Yes No ? ? - Good file hosting to store and share video, audio, photo, documents, etc... Have additional features like video streaming, backup storage tariff plan.
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 —
Firedrive 50 GB (free)
up to 1 TB (Pro accounts)
Unlimited (Executive accounts) 		50 GB No None 60 days after last download (free) Never (paid) Yes for all users No Yes No ? ? 50 Allows users to upload to each other's accounts without having to sign up using filedrop
Google Drive 15 GB (free)[22]
10 GB (free for Quickoffice mobile)
25-50 GB (free with HTC Advantage)
50 GB (free with Motorola device)
100 GB (free with Chromebook)
2 TB (free with Chromebook Pixel)
up to 16 TB (paid) 		1 TB[23] Yes[24] None[citation needed] None No OAuth2 No Yes[25] No No 15 —
Handy Backup Up to 250GB. (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 scenarios, i.e. auto backing up documents, databases, settings, system snapshots, and other things to cloud. New backup scenarios can be generated and shared by users.
Hightail 2 GB (free)
Unlimited (paid)[26] 		50 MB (free)
2 GB (Pro)
Unlimited (Business)[26] 		Yes None 7 days (free)

14 days ($9.99/month or $99.99/year)
None (Business)[27]

No Yes No Yes ? ? 2 Allows synchronization of files across devices. Business version comes with administrative and security features.
IBM Connections 5 GB
additional space avail (paid) 		2 GB Yes None None No CMIS, REST, Atom (standard) and OAuth2 No Yes ? ? 5 Subscription costs US$6/year[28]
iCloud 5 GB (free)
25 GB (for previous MobileMe accounts)
10, 20, 50 GB (paid) 		1 GB Yes Error in Template:Nts: Fractions are not supported GB per month None (paid users) No WebDAV ? ? ? ? 5 Subscription to MobileMe costs US$99/year[29]
MagicVortex 2 GB 2 GB
(subscription) 		Yes None 7 or 14 days based on subscription No ? ? ? ? ? 2 Peer-to-peer file transfer service; free Windows desktop client with resumption of interrupted transfers, transfer pausing & live data streaming
MediaFire 10 GB up to 50  via referrals (free)
up to 1 TB (Pro accounts)
up to 100 TB (Business accounts) 		10 GB (free)
20 GB (paid)[30] 		No (free);
Yes (premium)[31] 		None 1 year but "no data warehousing"[32] Yes Yes No[33] Yes ? ? 10 Resuming of interrupted downloads possible.
Mega 50 GB (free)
Up to 4 TB (paid) 		Only restricted by browser memory capability[34] No[35] Free (50 GB storage): 10 GB traffic/30 minutes
Pro I (500 GB storage): 12 TB traffic/month
Pro II (2 TB storage): 48 TB traffic/month
Pro III (4 TB storage): 96 TB traffic/month 		None No Yes No Yes Yes[36] Yes 50 Resuming of interrupted downloads possible. Downloads must be done through their HTML5 web application, which doesn't fully support Safari or Internet Explorer.[37]
OneDrive 15 GB (free)
3 GB (free for sync photos with mobile app)
5 GB (free, 500 MB for each referral person up to 5 GB)
20 GB (free for Office 365 users)
200 GB (free with Surface 2 and Surface 2 Pro)
Up to 1 TB (paid)[38]


25 GB (free for grandfathered accounts before April 2012[39])

 2 GB Yes None 270 days of account inactivity[40] No Yes[41] ? Yes No[42] ? 15 Allows remote access of files on running Windows PCs with SkyDrive installed ("Fetch files") without having to upload the contents of the shares to SkyDrive[43]
RapidShare 10 GB Standard (free)
300 GB Standard Plus (€8.21/month)
700 GB Premium (€16.43/month)[44] 		100 GB No 12.5 kB/s speed limitation for non-paying users. *01/10/2012* Speed limitation was removed for undetermined break (setting by 1100 kbit/s). None for any Rapid users. Up to 300 jobs, 5 at a time Yes ? ? ? ? 10 Resuming of interrupted downloads only for RapidPro users
SpiderOak 2 GB (free), up to 5 TB (paid)[45] ? Yes[46] None[47] None No Yes[48] No[49] Yes[50] No[51] Yes 2 File synchronization and backup service.
SugarSync Free only for 60 days, after: 60 GB (personal tier)
Unlimited GB (professional tier) 		None Yes 10 GB/file/day (free)
250 GB/file/day (paid)
If you hit the limit your links will be disabled for 24 hours. The bandwidth limits only apply to public links.[52] 		No expiration for paid accounts;
90 days of inactivity for free users 		No REST[53] ? Yes ? Yes 0 —
Suyara Up to 30TB 5 concurrent files of 20GB each Yes None None No No ? ? ? ? 0 —
Synaptop 5 GB (free) Unlimited (paid) 5 GB Yes None None Yes for enterprise No No 5 Access your files from anywhere on any internet enabled device using Synaptop
Tencent Weiyun 10 TB
(10,240 GB) free[54][55]
 4GB (regular upload)
32GB (Power Upload plug-in) 		Yes None None No No No No ? No 10,240 In English and Chinese
TitanFile Unlimited Free:100 MB
Pro:1 GB
Enterprise:4 GB 		Yes[56] None None, unless set by user[56] No Yes[57] Yes
(For enterprise clients only) 		Yes[58] ? ? 0.1 HIPAA-compliant, group messaging, audit logs, granular security control, embedable on website.
Wuala 5 GB up to 2 TB (paid) 40 GB Yes None 90 days of inactivity for free users[59] 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.
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 Misc. notes

References

  1. ^ For paying users there is usually a direct access possible.
  2. ^ For paying users there is usually no file expiration.
  3. ^ Feature request: http://forum.asuswebstorage.com/showtopic.aspx?topicid=1467&forumpage=1
  4. ^ "Online backup, file sync, for pad, PC, Android and iPhone - ASUS WebStorage". Service.asuswebstorage.com. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  5. ^ Baidu Yun official website. Retrieved 2014-04-23.Template:Zh icon
  6. ^ a b "Box Plans & Pricing". box.com. Retrieved 2013-08-07.
  7. ^ https://support.box.com/hc/en-us/articles/200519908-Direct-Linking
  8. ^ "What is the bandwidth limit?" support.box.com. Retrieved 2013-08-07.
  9. ^ "inactivity rule?" support.box.com. Retrieved 2013-08-07.
  10. ^ "Box Platform Developer Documentation". Box. Retrieved 2013-12-15.
  11. ^ "I'm having trouble using FTP with Box". Box. Retrieved 2013-12-15.
  12. ^ "Box: Tracking Your File Versions - Version History". Box. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
  13. ^ ByteShot official website. Retrieved 2014-06-06.Template:Zh icon
  14. ^ "The European Sync / Storage Service". CloudMe. 2013-01-31. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  15. ^ "Add ability to download media file(s) (Page 1) - Feature Requests - CloudMe Forum". Forum.cloudme.com. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  16. ^ "The European Sync / Storage Service". CloudMe. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  17. ^ "CloudMe FAQ » I lost files, what do I do?". CloudMe. 2014-01-30. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
  18. ^ http://www.dropbox.com/plans
  19. ^ "Why did my link stop working?". Support. Dropbox. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  20. ^ "Do you offer WebDAV, Email Attachments, or FTP support?". Dropbox. Retrieved 2013-12-15.
  21. ^ Forlinks
  22. ^ Lockhart, Joshua (2013-05-14), "Google Introduces Unified Cloud Storage: 15GB For Google Drive, Gmail, & Google+ Photos [Updates]", MakeUseOf, retrieved 2013-06-05
  23. ^ Drive (2013-03-19). "Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides size limits - Drive Help". Support.google.com. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  24. ^ Public link looks like https://docs.google.com/file/d/ your-file-code/ You have to change the link to https://googledrive.com/host/your-file-code
  25. ^ About file versions
  26. ^ a b "Compare Plans". YouSendIt. Retrieved 2013-06-05.
  27. ^ Kabey, M. E. (July 24, 2007). "YouSendIt Provides Useful, Secure Transfer Service". NetworkWorld. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
  28. ^ "Plans and pricing". IBM. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  29. ^ "MobileMe pricing". Apple Computer. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
  30. ^ Plan Comparison
  31. ^ "MediaFire - Online Space for your documents, photos, videos, and music". Support.mediafire.com. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  32. ^ Mediafire states on their knowledgebase there isn’t a time limit on how long files will be stored. However, "MediaFire Free accounts holders must log in at least once a year to protect their accounts from deletion". Also, free accounts cannot store "huge amounts of files without significant download activity".
  33. ^ "Can I upload files via FTP?". MediaFire.com. 2013-03-28. Retrieved 2013-09-19.
  34. ^ Mega Help Centre: Basics: Are there any file size limits on Mega?
  35. ^ "Help Centre - Sharing". Mega (service). Retrieved 2014-05-02. How do I link to a file on MEGA?...select one or multiple files in your file manager, then right-click and use "Get link". However, the link they give you goes to their downloader interface, not the direct file.
  36. ^ "MEGA Terms of Servce". Mega (service). Retrieved 2014-05-29. (8): Our service may automatically delete a piece of data you upload or give someone else access to where it determines that that data is an exact duplicate of original data already on our service. In that case, you will access that original data.
  37. ^ "MEGA update browser". Mega (service). Retrieved 2014-05-29. Your browser seems a bit outdated. Please update to the latest version or switch to a recommended browser, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome.
  38. ^ http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9249305/Microsoft_to_double_OneDrive_free_space_slash_extra_storage_prices_up_to_73_
  39. ^ http://lifehacker.com/5905111/upgrade-from-7gb-to-25gb-of-free-microsoft-skydrive-storage
  40. ^ Microsoft states in their Terms of Service: "Portions of the services require that you sign into your Microsoft account at least once every 270 days. Failing to do so will (unless provided otherwise in an offer for paid services) result in a closure of your access to and use of that portion of the services, and you may permanently lose your content on that portion of the services."
  41. ^ "SkyDrive core concepts (Live Connect)". Msdn.microsoft.com. 2013-05-15. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  42. ^ http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/onedrive/forum/sdfiles-sdsync/symbolic-links-in-skydrive/42def14d-17d3-4431-8512-8a5e2464051c. Retrieved 2014-04-11. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  43. ^ "Fetch files on your PC - Microsoft Windows Help". Windows.microsoft.com. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  44. ^ https://www.rapidshare.com/offering
  45. ^ "Personal Pricing". SpiderOak.com. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  46. ^ User must create a ShareRoom from within the desktop app, then copy the link off the download page within the ShareRoom (direct links are not automatically generated)
  47. ^ "SpiderOak Help". SpiderOak.com. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
  48. ^ "How do I use the SpiderOak Web API". SpiderOak.com. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
  49. ^ "Why doesn't SpiderOak just use web or FTP access?". SpiderOak.com. Retrieved 2013-12-15.
  50. ^ "Does SpiderOak keep multiple versions of files?". SpiderOak.com. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
  51. ^ "SpiderOak and backup of Symbolic Links". SpiderOak.com. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
  52. ^ "SugarSync Help Portal - My Public Link is no longer available".
  53. ^ "Developers, Bring the Power of the Cloud to Your App!". SugarSync. Retrieved 2013-12-15.
  54. ^ Forget Box, SkyDrive, and Dropbox, Tencent’s 10TB of free cloud storage is hands down the best. techinasia.com. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  55. ^ Official website. Tencent Weiyun. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  56. ^ a b "Pricing". TitanFile. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
  57. ^ "Pricing". TitanFile. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
  58. ^ "Pricing". TitanFile. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
  59. ^ Wuala Terms

Former services

See also

References

External links

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