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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.

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File hosting services

  No restriction   Limit on some types of accounts   Limit across all accounts   Total restriction across all accounts
Web hostStorage sizeMax. file sizeTraffic or bandwidth limitClient-sideencryption1Remote uploading?Developer API?FTP upload possible?File versioningFollowssymlinksFree GB(number only)Append-onlysupport?2Lifecycle Policysupport?Misc. notes
Amazon S335 GB 12-month free trial with credit-card(paid bandwidth),unlimited paid5 TB per file, unlimited files per bucketAmazon S3 limits?NoREST, SOAP?Yes?0—
Backblaze B210 GB free, unlimited paid4????Yes?Yes?10fileWrite allows existing files to become "hidden", which may get deleted with lifecycle rule daysFromHidingToDeletingYes
Baidu Cloud2 TB (6 GB free)54 GB free,20 GB paid6Traffic 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.?YesYesNoNoNo6Currently in China only
Box78free trial,100 GB paid (Starter),Unlimited Business,Unlimited Enterprise9250 MB free Personal,5 GB paid Personal,5 GB Business,5 GB Enterprise1010 GB/month free,2 TB/month paid11?30 MB per file via IFTTT12Yes13Business and Enterprise customers only14Some (premium)15No10Does not sync Mac files such as iWork (Keynote etc.). Does not support Linux OS. 50 GB free with Sony Xperia or HP Spectre 13
CloudMe163 GB free,+500 MB for referrals up to 16 GB,500 GB paid17150 MB free,Unlimited premiumNone?No18REST, SOAP, WebDAV19No20Rarely (60 days)21?3Primarily focused on media files, synchronization and backup with web sharing.
Dropbox222 GB free,+500 MB for referrals up to 18 GB;1 TB, 2 TB, or unlimited paid2310 GB,Unlimited usingclient application20 GB/day free,200 GB/day paid24NoNoYesNo2530 days by default,1 year w/ add-on26Yes2Synchronization, backup and websharing. Does support Linux OS25 GB free with HTC Sense 4 & 5,100 GB free with Samsung device
filen.io10
Google Drive272815 GB free,29Paid plans with varied storage per user or per Workspace account (pooled storage)5 TB30750GB/day upload 5TB/day downloadNoNoOAuth2NoYes31No15Additional space for limited time period with some devices and services.32333435
HCL Connections Files Cloud1 TB paid(60-day free trial)362 GBNone?NoCMIS, REST, Atom (standard) and OAuth2NoYes?5Subscription costs US$6/year37
Apple iCloud385 GB free,50 GB to 12 TB paid50 GB200/400/600 GB per month?NoYesNoPartlyNo525 GB for previous MobileMe account subscriptions39
Jumpshare2 GB free, 1 TB paid250 MB free, Unlimited paid5GB per month free, 200GB per month on paid planNoYes????2Real-time file sharing with built-in utilities for screenshots, screencasts, notes, and voice clips.
koofr.eu10
MediaFire4010 GB,+50 GB for referrals up to 1 TB Pro accounts;100 TB Business accounts20 GB4110 TB pro plan,Business plans receive an amount of bandwidth per month equal to ten times the account’s storage space.42YesYesYesNo43Yes?10Resuming of interrupted downloads possible.
Mega4420 GB free,additional 5 GB per achievements,45up to 16 TB paidAvailable cloud drive space4610 GB free,Up to 96 TB per month paid.47YesNoYesNoYes48?20Apps for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry, Chrome, Firefox, Safari49 Supports HTML5 browsers.50
Microsoft OneDrive515 GB free (since 31 January 2016)52+500 MB free for referrals up to 5 GB;200 GB paid53

1 TB with paid Office 365 account by default, can register 5 accounts for up to 5TB combined.

100 GB54None?NoYes55No56Yes (Office files only)No57525 GB free for grandfathered accounts before April 201258
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage5910GB always free, unlimited paid10 TiB???Yes?Yes?10?Yes
SecureSafe60100MB free, up to 100GB paid61? 2GB limit for SecureSendNoneYesNoNoNoNo62?0.1Offers Data Inheritance63
SugarSync6460 GB personal paid,Unlimited GB professional paidNone10 GB/file/day free,250 GB file/day paidNoNoREST65?Yes?0If you hit the limit your links will be disabled for 24 hours. The bandwidth limits only apply to public links.66
Tarsnap67No free space, unlimited paid $0.25/GiB16 EiB - 1No free bandwidth tier, unlimited paid $0.25/GiBYesNolibtarsnap.a68NoClient must manage archives69Optional with -H700Partial archives71NoEmphasis on carefully-constructed security model. File are encrypted client-side.
Tencent Weiyun722 TB(10 GB free)1 GB regular upload,32 GB Power Upload plug-inNoneNoNoNoNoNo?10In English and Chinese (free version in Chinese only)
TitanFileNo free space, unlimited paid100 MB free,1 GB paid,4 GB professionalNoneYes for paid plans73NoYes74YesFor enterprise clients onlyYes75?0HIPAA-compliant, group messaging, audit logs, granular security control, embedable on website.
Tresorit763 GB free trial, 100-1000 GB paid plans77500 MB free,5 GB premium,10 GB rest of paid plans78NoneYes79NoNoNoFor paid plans only80No3Files are client-side encrypted; zero-knowledge principles are used to prevent Tresorit itself from reading the files.
Wasabiunlimited. paid only.815 TB 82Should be equal to the storage amount 83Yes 84?YesYesYes?0YesYes
Yandex Diskup to 20 GB free (10 GB when registering), up to 1024 GB paid2 GB upload via Web or WebDAV, 50 GB upload via application200% of storage size per dayNoNoYes: REST, WebDAV, SDK85No14 days with free accounts 90 days with paid ones86?10English, 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 hostStorage sizeMax. file sizeTraffic or bandwidth limitClient-sideencryptionRemote uploading?Developer API?FTP upload possible?File versioningFollowssymlinksFree GB(number only)Append-onlysupport?Lifecycle Policysupport?Misc. notes

Former services

See also

Footnotes

References

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