Top 25 Best Cloud Storage and File Hosting Services

A FILE HOSTING SERVICE, cloud storage service, online file storage provider, or cyberlocker is an Internet hosting service specifically designed to host user files. It allows users to upload files that could then be accessed over the internet from a different computer, tablet, smart phone or other networked device, by the same user or possibly by other users, after a password or other authentication is provided. Typically, the services allow HTTP access, and sometimes FTP access. Related services are content-displaying hosting services (i.e. video & image), virtual storage, and remote backup.

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• An obscure service provider briefly broke the internet Tuesday. It could happen again - "A giant chunk of the internet briefly broke on Tuesday because of an outage at a company most people have probably never heard of before. Reddit, CNN, Target (TGT), Amazon (AMZN), a UK government website and countless others all went dark after a technical issue at cloud service provider Fastly (FSLY)."
• Apple now makes it easier to switch from Google Photos to iCloud Photos - "Apple and Google have teamed up to introduce a new data portability tool that lets users transfer their Google Photos collections straight to iCloud Photos. This follows the launch of a tool that lets you transfer iCloud Photos to Google Photos back in 2021."
• Clean Out Your Google Drive or Gmail, You Won't Regret It - "No need to buy more space, just use these simple tips."
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• Dropbox is making its workforce 'virtual first.' Here's what that means - "The company's nearly 3,000 employees will continue to work remotely most of the time, but will occasionally go into the office for more collaborative and team-building work. To help facilitate this, the company will revamp its offices, turning them into what it calls 'Dropbox Studios.'"
• Fastly failure: Websites & apps around the world go dark - "Massive internet outage: Websites and apps around the world go dark."
• Fastly says single customer triggered bug behind mass internet outage - "Flaw was introduced in May and lay dormant until a customer updated their settings, firm says."
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• Get 10TB of Cloud Storage for Life for Just $100 - "This Degoo online backup solution offers a ton of space and no recurring monthly fees."
• How long will I be able to avoid the cloud? - The Guardian.
• How to Protect Your iCloud Account, Juuust in Case Those Hackers Aren’t Joking - Wired.
• How to Set Up All the iCloud+ Features in iOS 15 - "If you already pay Apple for extra iCloud storage beyond the 5GB default, or you start paying in the future, you get a bunch of extra features thrown in as part of a subscription Apple is calling iCloud+. iCloud+ has rolled out alongside iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, and will be part of macOS Monterey when it launches this fall."
• How to use an external storage device with your iPhone - "You can move files onto or off your iPhone by attaching an external disk."
• Inventor of world wide web creates new way to protect personal data - "The internet has come a long way since Tim Berners-Lee invented the world wide web in 1989. Now, in an era of growing concern over privacy, he believes it’s time for us to reclaim our personal data. Through their startup Inrupt, Berners-Lee and CEO John Bruce have created the 'Solid Pod' - or Personal Online Data Store. It allows people to keep their data in one central place and control which people and applications can access it, rather than having it stored by apps or sites all over the web."
• iOS System Data bug stealing your iPhone storage? Here are 5 solutions - "There's been an iOS bug for years that gobbles up a big percentage of an iPhone's available storage. The issue persists in iOS 17.4 and 17.5 but fortunately, there are solutions that don't involve wiping your iPhone. Here's how to fix the iPhone System Data storage bug."
• Is Extra iCloud Storage Worth Paying For? - "Cloud-based backups and media storage comes at a cost you should probably swallow. If you're heavily entrenched in the Apple ecosystem, iCloud is almost certainly worth it. Keep backups, sync media, free up your local storage, and get the most out of apps like Notes and more. But if you take a mixed approach to technology, you might find iCloud lets you down when it comes to non-Apple devices."
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• My Cloud - "Save anything. Access anywhere." A cloud of your own. Keep your content safe at home. Store, organize and back up your photos, videos, music and important documents all in one place. Free apps to upload, access and share from anywhere with your PC, Mac, tablet or smartphone.
• Need More iPhone Storage? You Can Get It Without Deleting Anything - "Stop removing photos, videos and apps from your phone to free up more storage on iOS."
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• OTIXO - "All your cloud files from a single login."
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• The iCloud loophole is back - "Can Apple live up to Apple’s privacy ads?"
• THIS STARTUP WANTS YOU TO CONTROL YOUR OWN DATA AGAIN - Wired.
• TREND MICRO - "Global leader in cloud security, Trend Micro develops Internet content security and threat management solutions that make the world safe for businesses and consumers to exchange digital information."
• Upon my death, delete: how to plan your digital legacy - "Whether you want your information destroyed, stored or memorialised, many tech platforms now offer options for handling users’ data after death."
• What Is Apple iCloud+? - "iCloud+ brings new features like Private Relay, Hide My Email, and unlimited security camera recording."
• Where’s the cheapest place to store 500GB of data online? - "Reeling from a Dropbox price hike, Kate wants somewhere cheaper to store her 500GB of photos and files."
• With Amazon Atop the Cloud, Big Tech Rivals Are Giving Chase - The New York Times.

Top 25 Best Cloud Storage & File Hosting Services

• altdrive - "Online Backup Service - Superb Unlimited Backup."
• Amazon Cloud Drive - since 2011. Web storage application from Amazon. "Unlimited Photos. Unlimited photo storage, plus 5 GB for videos and files for just $11.99 per year." & " Unlimited Everything Securely store all of your photos, videos, files and documents for just $59.99 per year."
• AMAZON S3 - (Simple Storage Service) is an online storage web service offered by Amazon Web Services. Amazon S3 provides storage through web services interfaces (REST, SOAP, and BitTorrent). Amazon claims that S3 uses the same scalable storage infrastructure that Amazon.com uses to run its own global e-commerce network. Amazon S3 is reported to store more than a trillion objects as of June 2012.
• backblaze - "Unlimited data backup for your Mac or PC for just $5/month."
• Backup genie - "Backup, Sync & Share... Access files anywhere." Simple online backup for your documents, music, photos and more. Backup your computer, backup your life. Sync your files across all your computers and mobile devices, access your documents anywhere at any time.
• Bitcasa - "Your External Hard Drive in the Cloud. Infinite Storage." Your Secure Cloud Accessible Everywhere. Your personal cloud storage platform. Simple, private & secure, as much space as you need, for all your devices.
• BOX - "Free Cloud Storage, Secure Contant & Online File Sharing." Online file sharing and Cloud content management service for enterprise companies. The company has adopted a freemium business model, and provides 5GB of free storage for personal accounts. A mobile version of the service is available for Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, iPad, WebOS, and Windows Phone devices.
• carbonite - "With unlimited cloud space, our Personal Plans safeguard everything from your favorite photos to family financials and everything in between."
• crashplan - "Online Data Backup - Offsite, Onsite & Cloud." Computer backup made simple.
• Cubby - "Cloud storage, syncing and sharing, with a smile." Work simply. Work Securely. Enterprise sync and share: IT tested, User approved. Now individuals, teams and enterprises can share files with the simplicity users demand and manageability IT needs. It’s productivity paired with peace of mind.
• DROPBOX - "Simplify your life." The easiest way to store, sync, and, share files online. free download.
• Evidence.com - offers digital storage in a highly secure, easily accessible environment. EVIDENCE.COM is a full featured digital evidence management solution that allows the agency to securely store and track access to any type of digital evidence including AXON Flex videos, digital photos, videos from still cameras, reports (such as officer reports and witness statements), and download records from all TASER CEW devices in a highly secure, easily accessible environment.
• Fastly - since 2011. "More confidence. More speed. More power at the edge." Build, secure, and deliver more powerful websites and applications with Fastly's edge cloud platform. American cloud computing services provider. It describes its network as an edge cloud platform, which is designed to help developers extend their core cloud infrastructure to the edge of the network, closer to users. The Fastly edge cloud platform includes their content delivery network (CDN), image optimization, video and streaming, cloud security, and load balancing services. Fastly's cloud security services include denial-of-service attack protection, bot mitigation, and a web application firewall. Fastly web application firewall uses the Open Web Application Security Project ModSecurity Core Rule Set alongside its own ruleset.
• flickr - since 2004. "Everyone gets a free terabyte." Image hosting and video hosting website, and web services suite.
• GitHub - since 2008. "Let’s build from here." The AI-powered developer platform to build, scale, and deliver secure software. Platform and cloud-based service for software development and version control using Git, allowing developers to store and manage their code. It provides the distributed version control of Git plus access control, bug tracking, software feature requests, task management, continuous integration, and wikis for every project. Headquartered in California, it has been a subsidiary of Microsoft since 2018.
• GLADINET - "File Server Mobilization." Has cloud migration failed or felt out of reach? Stuck with VPN? Discover our innovative approach to remote file access. Experience cloud-like capabilities without the complexity of migration, while maintaining compatibility with file servers, increasing efficiency, and ensuring compliance and security without disrupting existing practices. Unlock a new path to file access and mobile collaboration tailored for enterprises and service providers.
• GOOGLE DRIVE - file storage and synchronization service provided by Google, released on April 24, 2012, which enables user cloud storage, file sharing and collaborative editing.
• iCLOUD - cloud storage and cloud computing service from Apple Inc. launched on October 12, 2011. As of July 2013, the service has 320 million users.
• just cloud - "Free Online Storage." Store all your files in the cloud. Access your files from anywhere at anytime, from any device. Professional Cloud Storage from JustCloud is Simple, Fast and Unlimited. Just Cloud will automatically backup all your documents, photos, music, videos and more to the cloud so you are never without files again.
• livedrive - "Cloud Storage & Unlimited Online Backup."
• MEGA - since 2013. "Bigger. Better. Faster. Stronger. Safer." Free 50 GB End-to-End Encryption. Secure Global Access. We are a dedicated group of technologists who were given the time, opportunity and Internet access to build an awesome cloud storage service that will help protect your privacy. We have programmed this Internet service from scratch in Auckland, New Zealand. Unlike most of our competitors, we use a state of the art browser based encryption technology where you, not us, control the keys.
• mevvo - "Unlimited Online Backup."
• Microsoft Azure - since 2008. Commonly referred to as Azure, is a cloud computing service created by Microsoft for building, testing, deploying, and managing applications and services through Microsoft-managed data centers. It provides software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS) and infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and supports many different programming languages, tools, and frameworks, including both Microsoft-specific and third-party software and systems.
• Mozy - "Online Backup, Cloud Backup, and Data Backup Solutions." Protect your business from data loss.
• mypcbackup.com - "Backup your computer, Backup your life." Online Backup for your photos, music, emails, videos, documents & more!
• OneDRIVE - since 2007. (Previously SkyDrive, Windows Live SkyDrive and Windows Live Folders) is a file hosting service that allows users to upload and sync files to a cloud storage and then access them from a Web browser or their local device. It is part of the Windows Live range of online services and allows users to keep the files private, share them with contacts, or make the files public. Publicly shared files do not require a Microsoft account to access.
• PASTEBIN.COM - "#1 paste tool since 2002." Pastebin is a website where you can store text online for a set period of time. The most popular text sharing service on the internet. More and more people use a Pastebin type of service to share large amounts of text online.
• Solid - since 2016. "Solid: Your data, your choice. Advancing Web standards to empower people." Solid (Social Linked Data) is a web decentralization project led by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web. The project "aims to radically change the way Web applications work today, resulting in true data ownership as well as improved privacy" by developing a platform for linked-data applications that are completely decentralized and fully under users' control rather than controlled by other entities. The ultimate goal of Solid is to allow users to have full control of their own data, including access control and storage location.
• sos online backup - "Infinite Cloud Storage. Encrypted Automatic Backup." Take your cloud on the go. PC + Mac + Android + iOS.
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• SpiderOak - since 2007. "Store. Sync. Share. Privately." SpiderOak makes it possible for you to privately store, sync, share & access your data from everywhere. US-based online backup tool to back up, share, sync, access and store data using an off-site server. The software uses encrypted cloud storage and client-side encryption key creation, so even employees of SpiderOak cannot access users' information. In a July 2014 interview, former NSA contractor Edward Snowden recommended SpiderOak over Dropbox, citing its better protection against government surveillance.
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• SugarSync - since 2009. "File Sharing, Online Backup & Cloud Storage from Any Device." Access All Your Files.Anytime. Anywhere. Cloud service that enables active synchronization of files across computers and other devices for file backup, access, syncing, and sharing from a variety of operating systems, such as Android, BlackBerry OS, iOS, Mac OS X, Samsung SmartTV, Symbian, Windows, and Windows Mobile devices.
• Zip cloud - "Free Cloud Backup from Zip Cloud." Simple. Safe. Secure. Simple Cloud Storage for your documents, photos, music and more. Backup your computer, backup your life!
• zoolz - "Secure, Lifetime Storage Cloud Backup for Home and Business."