Free Cloud Storage

One of the many challenges in our data-driven life is sharing large files. Some e-mail servers will allow rather large files to be sent, but many limit you to as few as 1-5 MB. That's barely one high resolution picture.

Fortunately, there are some very inexpensive options available in the form of cloud storage that allow you to share pictures or videos with family members, or collaborate with colleagues on projects. The following is a list of "free" cloud storage services. As with most "free" things they come with a catch.

ADrive: 50GB of free cloud storage.

Amazon Cloud Drive: 5GB free in S3; free unlimited photo storage for Amazon Prime customers.

Apple iCloud Drive: 5GB of free cloud storage.

Bitcasa: 5GB of free cloud storage.

Copy: 15GB of free cloud storage.

Cubby: 5GB of free cloud storage.

Dropbox: 2GB of free storage.

DumpTruck: 5GB of free storage.

Google Drive: 15GB of free storage.

HiDrive: 5GB of free storage.

Hive: Unlimited free storage.

IDrive: 5GB of free storage.

Mega: 50GB of free storage

Microsoft OneDrive: 15GB free storage

pCloud: 20 GB of free storage.

SpiderOak: 2GB of free storage

Syncplicity: 10 GB of free storage

All offer more storage, or even unlimited storage, for a monthly fee. Most of the “free” options are ad-financed, meaning you will have to endure advertising on the site or app used to access your information. Most likely you can live with the ads unless you are using this in a corporate setting or for your own business purposes. In this case you can either pursue a subscription to a service or create your own domain with as much storage as you have on your server.

Happy sharing to you! If you need any assistance in setting any of this up give me a call.

Dudley Harris

256.366.4201
dudley.m.harris@gmail.com