10 Free Cloud Storage Services - A Quick Look!

Dear viewers, there are lot of cloud storage services which offers free storage of data ranging from 1GB to 50 GB. Are you using them? Let's see a few of them here in this blog, I recommend you to register for those services if you find them useful and get access to free cloud storage space.

1. DROPBOX

I don't think you need any introduction to this service, as I believe most of my viewers had heard of this. Dropbox provides a free storage space of 2GB. It allows users to create a special folder on their computers, which Dropbox then synchronizes so that it appears to be the same folder (with the same contents) regardless of which device is used to view it. Files placed in this folder are also accessible via the Dropbox website and mobile apps. 

I would like to put forward a misconception that Dropbox users do have. It is that users believe that an individual must have a dropbox account to upload files on to it. But it is possible to upload files without actually registering for this service. The thing is that a Dropbox user can request another person who doesn't have a valid dropbox account to share files which will be stored in your account. For example you are a group of students who went on a tour, and had clicked lot of photos during the tour, after coming back from the tour you want your friend to share all the pics that he has with him, so in that case you just need to send a file request link in the form of an email or any other medium. The other person irrespective of whether he have/doesn't have a dropbox account can simply share those files and these will be automatically get stored in your account. Use Create A File Request option on your dropbox account to do this.

Website Link: https://www.dropbox.com/

2. MEGA

This one service as the name signifies offers a mega storage space of 50GB on their platform for free. It also offers a google chrome extension MEGA. It has an encryption which protects the stored data in real time. Like Dropbox it too offers desktop application and android applications which can be downloaded and installed and then can be used in synchronization with the service. 

Website Link: Mega

3. MEDIAFIRE

With up to 50GB of free space, you can use MediaFire to backup all your important files—and even your not-so-important ones too. Your files are stored securely and privately and are always available to you. MediaFire stores all your media and makes it available to you anytime you want it, anywhere you go, on any device you have. It offers a desktop application for windows which can be used in synchronization with storage space available on the internet.

Google Chrome Extension: MediaFire

Website Link: MediaFire

Windows Desktop Application: Desktop

4. pCLOUD

Upload any file to your cloud storage space by registering on pCloud with a free plan of 10GB data storage space. There aren't any size limits - you can upload your large images or videos or entire folders. Interestingly, pCloud has an integrated video player so that you can watch all your favorite videos, directly from the cloud! pCloud has got 6th place in Cloudswave's Top 10 Document Management Software for 2016.  

Real time changes can be seen on all your devices. Every change you make in your pCloud can be seen immediately on your computer, phone or tablet. pCloud makes it super easy to receive large files online because of the Upload link. On top of that, sharing, uploading and downloading files have never been easier. One can also view files offline in the cloud by choosing to Favorite a document, photo or video will ensure the user it's full access.
Website Link: pCloud

5. BOX

Box is an online file sharing and content management service for businesses. The company adopted a freemium business model, and provides up to 10GB of free storage for personal accounts. Box offers a secure, effortless collaboration from any device. Box makes it easy to manage and share files across your business. Box offers three account types: Enterprise, Business and Personal. However personal account is the main focus of this blog but depending on the type of account, Box has features such as unlimited storage, custom branding and administrative controls. Also, other systems, such as Google apps, NetSuite and Salesforce can be integrated with Box.
Website Link: Box
Google Chrome Extension: Box

6. 4SHARED

Online file sharing and storage service which provides 15 GB free web space and an ease of registering for this service. It is best online storage where users can store their text, audio, video, photo, and other files and can share them to other peoples.
Website Link: 4Shared
Google Chrome Extension: 4Shared

7. ONEDRIVE

OneDrive is the one place for all your photos, videos, documents, and more.  And it’s the one place that is seamlessly connected across all the devices you use – whether that’s a PC, Mac, iPhone, Android device, or Windows Phone.
Get started with 7 GB of storage for free.  Earn and extra +3 GB when you backup your camera roll and up to +5 GB when you refer 10 friends (500 MB for each friend who signs up).
Access files across PC or Mac with OneDrive installed on all your computers, any file in your OneDrive folder will automatically sync across your other devices.

Work together with Office: View, create, and edit documents right in your browser with Office Online or using the latest version of Office installed on your computer.  Collaborate with anyone, even if they don’t have Office or a OneDrive account.
Interestingly, OneDrive can use geo-location data for photos uploaded to the service, and will automatically display a map of the tagged location. OneDrive also allows users to tag people in photos uploaded via the web interface or via Windows Photo Gallery. Photos uploaded to OneDrive can be played as an automatic slideshow.

Website Link: OneDrive
Google Chrome Extension: OneDrive

8. GOOGLE DRIVE

It is a matter of fact that this service is the most used cloud storage service in India as it allows users to store any file seamlessly irrespective of the type of file which is uploaded.
Drive starts you with 15 GB of free Google online storage, so you can keep photos, stories, designs, drawings, recordings, videos, for that matter, anything. Your files in Drive can be reached from any smartphone, tablet, or computer. So wherever you go, your files follow you. You can quickly invite others to view, download, and collaborate on all the files you want–no email attachment needed.
Some Special Features of Google Drive:
Create and collaborate:

• Google Docs is built right into Google Drive, so you can work together in real time on documents, spreadsheets and presentations. Share your stuff with others, add and reply to comments and even make edits on the go, which makes it to be most useful cloud storage service especially when working in a team.

Save Gmail attachments:

• Hover over an attachment in Gmail and look for the Drive logo. Here, you can save any attachment to your Drive to organize and share them in a single, safe place.

Powerful Search:

• Drive can recognize objects in your images and text in scanned documents. So you can search a word like “Eiffel Tower” and get text documents with that word, as well as images of the actual Eiffel Tower.

Google Photos:

• Store your photos in Drive and see them come to life with Google Photos. Get that expertly edited look without the effort, plus animations, movies, and more..

ChromeBooks:

• Google Drive is built-in to Chromebooks, so your files and photos are automatically backed up. You'll get 100GB of free storage for two years with most new Chromebooks.

Website Link: Google Drive

Google Chrome Extension: Google Drive

9. DIGI LOCKER (India only):

Surprisingly, this cloud storage service is handled by the Government of India as a part of it's prestigious Digital India programme. As easy as opening an email account, the free Digital Locker facility on a cloud, or cyberspace, allows any individual with an Aadhaar card and a linked mobile phone to sign up. It's a personal storage space to securely store e-documents and links of such official certificates.

Each Aadhaar-linked digital locker, which is hosted on such a cloud by the Indian government , comes with 1GB of free memory space. The locker has five components: My Certificates, My Profile, My Issuer, My Requester and Directories.

A Digital Locker account is a convenient way of storing certificates in a digitised format. A person can then conveniently see his/her certificates online. Various agencies will also be able to push documents into the locker. These can also be shared electronically.

Highlights of the scheme:

• Free space of 1GB to securely store documents and links of official e-documents.
• eSign service to digitally sign documents online.
• Sharing of e-documents online with any registered requester.
• Secure access for requesters to documents in digital lockers.
• Documents will have authenticity to eliminate fakes.
• People will be held liable for veracity of documents uploaded.
• Options for several documents: Educational certificates, PAN card, Voter ID card.
• Can eventually be used in a host of domains: Passports, college admissions, driving licences.

Website link: DigiLocker

10. FILE.IO

"It's like snapchat, but for files!" said by Ben A, Philadelphia. Simply upload a file, share the link, and after it is downloaded, the file is completely deleted. For added security, set an expiration on the file and it is deleted within a certain amount of time, even if it was never downloaded.

All files are automatically encrypted when stored on their servers. It has a file size limit of 5GB. 

Website Link: File.io

If you have noticed, these 10 services combinedly offers a free storage space of almost 170 GB. How amazing it is! right.