What is the best choice for free cloud storage?

kreiley

There are a number of choices for free cloud storage - Dropbox, SkyDrive, SugarSync, etc. I was wondering if anyone had compared them to see which is the best choice for free cloud storage. Is there anything particularly good or bad about any of them, or are they all pretty much the same?

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george68
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you should also consider a new kid in town. COPY! It's a new cloud storage service starting from 10GB free. Copy is from Barracuda networks, a reliable network appliance and security company coming into data storage. it seems like a better setup to me; as long as it is not a proof of concept, I think it will last.

george68

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george68

Barracuda has just boosted up the amount of free GB. Now you get at least 20 GB here https://copy.com?r=1CYg4t

george68

Barracuda has just boosted up the amount of free GB. Now you get at least 20 GB here https://copy.com?r=1CYg4t

george68

Barracuda has just boosted up the amount of free GB. Now you get at least 20 GB here https://copy.com?r=1CYg4t

iShawn
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It really depends on your usage environment, like what kind of files you intend to save and sync, what kind of platform you use the most during everyday life, and price matters. For example, if you need sync documents among all the platform, then dropbox maybe the choice, and can be increased space by referral. Consider specific platform, windows for skydive, linux for ubuntu one, mac or iOS for iCloud. If you have large data like photos, files need to store and not really need sync everywhere, box maybe the option.

 

http://www.boptek.com/best-free-cloud-storage-providers/

Ryan Northrup
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Really, the best answer depends on what you want to do with it.  Seamless integration with Windows or Mac OS X?  Pick Dropbox.  Seamless integration with Gmail and Google Docs?  Pick Google Drive.  Awesome mobile integration?  Go with Box.  Use Ubuntu?  Go with Ubuntu One.

 

My personal recommendation is Box.  It doesn't integrate as nicely as Dropbox does, but it has pretty good mobile integration, 5GB of free space (you used to be able to get 50GB of free space simply by installing the mobile app; I don't think that offer's available anymore...), sharing is very straightforward, and it's actually one of the most secure cloud storage sites (the only other site that I know of that offers two-step verification, for example, is Google Drive, and that's if you enable it for your whole Google account).

 

That said, I use pretty much all of the services mentioned here (and then some) other than SkyDrive (haven't gotten around to trying it) and that one from Apple (since I don't own a Mac) for different purposes.  Google Drive for documents, Ubuntu One for Ubuntu Software Center synchronization, Dropbox for Windows/Mac integration, Box for everything else.  They're all great services.

Agili Ron

Hello Friends,

Recently, Dropbox the popular cloud-storage company doubled the amount of free space you got for inviting friends to Dropbox. How much is that? For every friend you'd invite who installed Dropbox, you'd both get 500 more MBs of free space. With a free account, you can invite up to 32 people for a grand total of 16 GB of extra space. Pro, read paid, accounts now earn 1 GB per referral, for a total of 32 GB of extra space. Better still, you get this space retroactively if you'd already gotten people to give Dropbox a try.
That's great, but does it make Dropbox the best of the personal cloud storage services? Maybe. Everyone, and I mean everyone, is offering some kind of infrastructure as a service (IaaS) cloud services lately. In IaaS that you find file storage, ala Dropbox, but other companies like Apple, Google and Microsoft are also offering storage, media serving, and other IaaS ad hoc services for either free or minimal prices.

Thanks and Regards,
Agili Ron

rcook12
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I think for the most part they are all pretty similar.  Sure, there are differences in amount of free storage, integration in the Apple/Google/MS universe, etc., but in general figure on 5Gb+- of free storage to get you started.  Dropbox has had more than it's share of security issues in the past, but I know that they have made some improvements recently.  I personally use Google Drive because it was already integrated into many things I use every day.  The decision was based as much laziness as rational analysis, though.    

jimlynch
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Here's an article that might help.

The six best personal cloud storage choices for your stuff
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/networking/the-six-best-personal-cloud-storage...

"Recently, Dropbox the popular cloud-storage company doubled the amount of free space you got for inviting friends to Dropbox. How much is that? For every friend you'd invite who installed Dropbox, you'd both get 500 more MBs of free space. With a free account, you can invite up to 32 people for a grand total of 16 GB of extra space. Pro, read paid, accounts now earn 1 GB per referral, for a total of 32 GB of extra space. Better still, you get this space retroactively if you'd already gotten people to give Dropbox a try.

That's great, but does it make Dropbox the best of the personal cloud storage services? Maybe. Everyone, and I mean everyone, is offering some kind of infrastructure as a service (IaaS) cloud services lately. In IaaS that you find file storage, ala Dropbox, but other companies like Apple, Google and Microsoft are also offering storage, media serving, and other IaaS ad hoc services for either free or minimal prices."

Muhammad Ammar Naeem
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In my opinion Dropbox, medifire and Surdoc. They are best free online backup providers and offer upto 100GB free online storage. Though i have found out the list of top 100 free online backup providers that offer upto 100 GB free storage including all these big guns

Osmar Magalhães
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The Best Referral Program...(Copy Referral Program — In possibly the most rewarding referral program in cloud storage history, Copy users can earn 5GB of additional free storage for both themselves and the person they introduce to Copy for each referral, with no limit on the total capacity they can earn. The average Copy referrer has earned well over 60GB of free storage, with the largest referrers earning space in the 10s of TBs)

razarizvi1
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Regular Space =5 Gb + 5 Gb bonus spcae if following link is used to signup it have every think that DROPBOX have

even you can earn more spcae for free

link is :

cloudstores[dot]blogspot[dot]kr So i like it best

razarizvi1

Great offer now you can get 20 GB of Free space instantly by using this link

on copy storage

 

https://copy.com?r=U0s9Wf

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