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.
This comparison does not include self-hosted file hosting platforms such as NextCloud and Seafile. File hosting services
+Web hostStorage sizeMax. file sizeTraffic or bandwidthlimitClient-sideencryptionRemote uploading?Developer API?FTP upload possible?File versioningrowspan="2"rowspan="2"Append-onlysupport?Append-only is a property of computer data storage such that new data can be appended to the storage, but where existing data is Immutable. This feature is especially important to mitigate the risk of data loss for backup policies in the event that the computer being backed-up becomes infected with ransomware capable of deleting or encrypting the computer's backups.rowspan="2"Misc. notes Free Paid Free Paid Free Paid Amazon S3 GB 12-month free trial with credit-card(paid bandwidth) Unlimitedcolspan="2" TBcolspan="2" Amazon S3 limits REST, SOAP Apple iCloud GB GB to TB paidcolspan="2" GBcolspan="2" 200/400/600 GB per month No GB for previous MobileMe account subscriptions Backblaze B2 GB Unlimitedcolspan="2" colspan="2" Baidu Cloud GB TB GB GBcolspan="2" 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. Currently in China only Box 10 GB 100 GB paid (Starter),Unlimited Business,Unlimited Enterprise. 250 MB Personal 5 GB paid Personal,5 GB Business,5 GB Enterprise 10 GB/month. 2 TB/month paid 30 MB per file via IFTTT Business and Enterprise customers only (premium) 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 Cloudflare R2 10 GB Unlimited. colspan="2" colspan="2" Limits can be adjusted for Enterprise customers CloudMe GB,+500 MB for referrals up to 16 GB, GB MB Unlimitedcolspan="2" REST, SOAP, WebDAV (60 days) Primarily focused on media files, synchronization and backup with web sharing. Dropbox GB free,+500 MB for referrals up to 18 GB TB, 2 TB, or unlimitedcolspan="2" GB;Unlimited usingclient application GB/day GB/day 30 days by default,1 year w/ add-on Synchronization, backup and websharing. Does support Linux OS25 GB free with HTC Sense 4 & 5,100 GB free with Samsung device Fast.io Unlimited (Credit-based)colspan="2" 1 GB (Free) / 25 GB (Pro) / 50 GB (Bus) Unlimited (Credit-based) Unlimited (Credit-based) Workspace-centric storage with HLS video streaming, real-time presence, and AI-powered semantic search. Supports AI agent accounts directly. FileJoker GB Unlimited GB GB Speed limited to ~50 KB/s GB/day (Premium), GB/day (VIP) Premium accounts only Premium / Affiliate only Free downloads have countdown waiting time, captcha, and bandwidth limits. Resuming interrupted downloads supported on premium accounts. Inactive files deleted after 30 days (free) or 90 days (premium).filen.io10 Google Drive GB free Paid plans with varied storage per user or per Workspace account (pooled storage)colspan="2" TBcolspan="2" 750GB/day upload; 5TB/day download OAuth2 Additional space for limited time period with some devices and services. HCL Connections Files Cloud (60-day free trial)IBM Connections Files Cloud - Pricing - United States. Accessed 2019-01-12. TBcolspan="2" GBcolspan="2" CMIS, REST, Atom (standard) and OAuth2 Subscription costs US$6/year Jumpshare 2 GB 1 TB 250 MB Unlimited 5 GB/month 200 GB/month Real-time file sharing with built-in utilities for screenshots, screencasts, notes, and voice clips. Keep2Share GB Unlimited GB GB (Premium), GB (Premium Pro) Speed limited to ~50 KB/s GB/day (Premium), GB/day (Premium Pro) Premium accounts only Premium / Affiliate only Free downloads have waiting time, captcha, and restricted download speed. Inactive files deleted after 30 days (free) or 90 days (premium).koofr.eu10 MediaFire GB TB Pro accounts; TB Business accountscolspan="2" GBcolspan="2" TB pro plan,Business plans receive an amount of bandwidth per month equal to ten times the account’s storage space.Mediafire states on their knowledgebase that there's a bandwidth limit for premium users Resuming of interrupted downloads possible. Mega GB,additional GB per achievements Up to TB paidcolspan="2" Available cloud drive space GBMega (service) Up to TB per monthMega (service) Apps for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry, Chrome, Firefox, Safari Supports HTML5 browsers. Microsoft OneDrive GB (since 31 January 2016)+500 MB for referrals up to 5 GB GB paid1 TB with paid Office (Paid) 365 account by default, can register 5 accounts for up to 5TB combined. colspan="2" GB colspan="2" (Office files only) 25 GB free for grandfathered accounts before April 2012 colspan="2" Mostly operating in ChinaOracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage10 GBUnlimitedcolspan="2" TiB? Proton Drive GB (subject to annual bonus) TB via Proton Family colspan="2" colspan="2" End-to-end encryption SecureSafe 100 MB 100 GBcolspan="2" 2GB limit for SecureSendcolspan="2" Offers Data Inheritance SugarSync 5 GB GB personal paid,Unlimited GB professional paid colspan="2" 10 GB/file/day 250 GB file/day REST If you hit the limit your links will be disabled for 24 hours. The bandwidth limits only apply to public links. Synology C2 (30-day free trial) colspan="2" Free upload but with limited data center selection. Tarsnap 0 Unlimited; $0.25/GiBcolspan="2" Unlimited Emphasis on carefully-constructed security model. File are encrypted client-side. Tencent Weiyun GB TBcolspan="2" 1 GB regular upload,32 GB Power Upload plug-incolspan="2" In English and Chinese (free version in Chinese only) TitanFile 0 Unlimited MB GB paid, GB professionalcolspan="2" for paid plans No For enterprise clients only Yes HIPAA-compliant, group messaging, audit logs, granular security control, embedable on website. Tresorit 3 GB (free trial) 100-1000 GB paid plans 500 MB 5 GB premium,10 GB rest of paid planscolspan="2" Files are client-side encrypted; zero-knowledge principles are used to prevent Tresorit itself from reading the files. Wasabi colspan="2" colspan="2" Yandex Disk colspan="2" colspan="2" : REST, WebDAV, SDK 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.
Former services Amazon Drive Copy.com Bitcasa Drop.io Fileserve Hotfile Humyo iDisk IFile.it Megaupload Pogoplug RapidShare SteekR Ubuntu One Wuala MobileMe Xdrive Yahoo! Briefcase ZumoDrive
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