- Comparison of file hosting services
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A comparison of file hosting services.
Web Host Language Storage size Max. file size Direct access[1] Traffic/bandwidth limit File expiration[2] Misc. notes Remote uploading? Developer API? Date of last row update (added or revised) 1fichier BU, CN, EN, FR Unlimited 10 GB Yes Limited for registered and non registered users. Unlimited for premium users. No expiration for paid accounts, 60 days of inactivity for unregistered users, 90 days of inactivity for registered users no login required FTP/ HTTP[3]Yes 2011-11-10 4shared EN, ES, FR, IT, JA, KO, CN, RU,... 15 GB
(free, after e-mail verification)
10 GB
(free, unauthenticated)
100 GB
(paid)200 MB
(free)
5 GB
(paid)No, wait 20 seconds (for non-paying users) Traffic limit, no parallel downloads (not applicable to desktop client), download limit per 24 hours (free), unlimited (paid) No expiration for paid accounts 30 days of inactivity (no login to your account) for free accounts Offers 4shared Desktop client which permits multiple uploads and downloads with high speeds, and automatic synchronisation of local content with that hosted on server Partial
Only for pro users? 2010-07-03 ADrive EN 50 GB
(free)
50 GB–greater than 1 TB
(paid)2 GB No,
Both unpaid and free trial of paid services enforces download of a html page before file download.none for paid users, 1 TB sharing limit with max. 10 concurrent downloads per file for free accounts none Offers ADrive Desktop client (only for paid accounts) for PC, Mac, Linux for automatic backups. FTP/WebDAV access, geographically diverse backup. No Ads for Paid users. Yes WebDAV 2010-04-07 Amazon S3 EN Unlimited 5 GB per file, unlimited files per bucket Yes Amazon S3 limits None, pay for storage each month No REST, SOAP 2009-01-27 ASUS WebStorage EN, ZH, DE, ES, FR, RU, PT, KO 2 GB (free), Unlimited (paid) Unlimited Yes Unlimited N/A Yes 2011-03-31 Badongo EN, DE, FR, IT,... Unlimited 1 GB No,
CAPTCHA,
wait 45 s (15 s with free registration)Traffic limit, no parallel downloads (free)
Unlimited downloads (paid)90 days of inactivity for free users, none (premium users) Partial
Only for premium users? 2009-05-29 BarracudaDrive EN (self hosting only) 10 GB Yes (self hosting only) No expiration Users setup their own secure file sharing site or use the automated online installer WebDAV, drag/drop AJAX, HTTP, JSON Yes 2010-10-24 Box.net AF, AR, BG, ZH, CS, DA, DE, NL, EN, ES, FA, FR, EL, HE, HU, IT, JP, KR, MS, PL, PT, RO RU, SL, SV, TH, TR, UK 5 GB
(free)
5000–Unlimited MB
(paid)25 MB
(free)
2000 MB
(paid)Yes 10 GB (free)
Unlimited (paid)120 days of inactivity (free)
None (paid)1 GB (free), 5 GB – 15 GB+ (paid) Yes Yes OpenBox 2011-04-02 CloudSafe EN, DE 2 GB
(free)
5–50 GB
(paid)[4]2 GB Yes none none Encrypted Storage. Free WebDAV access. Under german online security laws. Keeps all data on their own servers Yes No 2011-06-16 Dropbox EN 2 GB plus 250 MB for each referral (free) person (up to 8 GB) 350 MB
Unlimited using
client applicationYes 10 GB/file/day (free)
250 GB/file/day (paid) The bandwidth limits only apply to public links.90 days of inactivity for free users [5] Primarily as backupservice but websharing possible. Yes Yes 2010-9-17 Extabit EN, RU Unlimited 2 GB No,
CAPTCHA, waiting time for non-paying users 60 secondsnone No expiration for paid accounts, 20 days of inactivity for free accounts Resuming of interrupted downloads only available to premium members. Direct links for premium members. FTP/HTTP/Torrent No 2010-07-23 FiberCloud EN 1 GB
5 GBUnlimited Yes Ideal for large file transfers , Ad-hoc workspaces 2011-04-14 FileDen EN 1 GB 100 MB Yes 5 GB per month 60 days of inactivity for free users free No No 2010-12-22 File Eater EN Unlimited 100 MB Yes None 20 days free, no login required No No 2011-09-20 FileFront[6] EN Unlimited
(paid)2 GB Yes none Automatic Deletion after one months without download / No automatic deletion if you upload a file to your GameFront account Premium advert-free service available via FastPass. All files formats are allowed. No ? 2009-06-12 Files.Inbox.lv EN, RU, LV 10 GB 1.5 GB No, html page before dowload Traffic limit, no parallel downloads none login required to upload files No No 2011-05-03 Files.Mail.ru EN 1,000 MB 100 MB
(without registration)
1 GB
(registered users)Yes none 30 days Storage size is 10 GB per user after sign up. No ? 2008-09-17 Fileserve EN 500 GB
(free)
Unlimited
(paid)1 GB
(free)
2 GB
(paid)No,
CAPTCHA required for free usersTraffic limit, no parallel downloads (free)
Unlimited downloads (paid)No expiration for paid accounts. 90 days of inactivity for free users Yes ? 2010-11-12 Filesonic EN, DE, FR, IT, AR, ES, RU, JA, PL, PT, ... Unlimited 400 MB
(free)
Unlimited
(paid)[7]No,
CAPTCHA required for free usersTraffic limit, no parallel downloads (free)
Unlimited downloads (paid)No expiration for paid accounts. 30 days of inactivity for free users Yes Yes 2010-10-13 FileSplat.com EN 5 GB[8] 2 GB Yes, HTTP and FTP Trasfer speed cap at 50kb/s download for free accounts No expiration. Resuming of interrupted downloads possible. Supports SSL and FTP/SFTP. Can be used to host single HTML pages. Free Hot-Linking. No premium accounts. Sign-up not required for HTTP access. No Advertising. No No 2011-09-03 Google Docs EN 1 GB
(free)
up to 16 TB
(paid)1 GB Yes none none General file hosting has been promised during 2010[9] Hotfile EN, DE, FR, IT,... Unlimited 400 MB
(free)[10]Yes,
Hotlinking available for extra cost, CAPTCHA required for free usersTraffic limit, 1 file per 30 minutes (free)
Unlimited downloads (paid)No expiration for paid accounts. 90 days of inactivity (i.e. no login to your account/files accessed)[11] Resuming of interrupted downloads only available to premium members. FTP ? 2010-11-27 iDisk (Apple MobileMe) EN 20/40/60 GB 1 GB Yes 200/400/600 GB per month None Subscription to MobileMe costs US$99/year[12] Yes WebDAV 2010-03-05 iFile.it EN Unlimited 1 GB No Unlimited 7 days minimum free No No 2011-04-06 Kiwi6 EN Unlimited 100 MB Yes Unlimited None free No No 2010-12-22 Live Mesh EN 5 GB
(free)5 GB Yes none none Synchronizes files between PC, Mac, and Mobile devices. Developer platform in CTP will allow sync for any feed based data across user devices via REST/Atom protocol. Yes ? 2008-12-4 Livedrive EN 2 TB
(subscription)Yes none none Synchronizes files between PC, Mac, and Mobile devices. Yes 2011-04-11 MagicVortex EN 2 GB 2 GB
(subscription)Yes none 7 or 14 days based on subscription Peer-to-peer file transfer service; offers free Windows desktop client with resumption of interrupted transfers, transfer pausing, & live data streaming Yes ? 2009-03-09 MediaFire EN Unlimited 200 MB
(free)
2 GB
(paid)[13]Yes, only for paying users none No expiration for paid accounts. 60 days of inactivity (i.e. no login to your account) / 30 days of inactivity (i.e. files accessed)[14] Resuming of interrupted downloads possible. Partial
Only for pro users? 2011-10-28 Megaupload EN, DE, FR, IT,... 200 GB
(free account)
Unlimited
(paid account)1 GB download
(without account)
infinite file-size
(paid account)No,
25s wait (free account), 45s wait (no account)Traffic limit, parallel downloads is not allowed (free), Unlimited downloads (paid) 1. Premium Users: none, 2. Free users: 90 days after their last download, 3. Anonymously Upload: 21 days after their last download Resuming of interrupted downloads possible.[15] No ? 2010-12-05 Partage-Facile FR Unlimited 1 GB Yes none No expiration for paid/free accounts. 90 days of inactivity on the file for no accounts. Yes - Scraping, FTP No 2011-07-05 PutLocker EN Unlimited 1 GB
(free)
5 GB
(paid)Yes, wait 10 seconds (for non-paying users) none No expiration for paid accounts. 30 days of inactivity on the file for free accounts. Resuming of interrupted downloads possible. Yes - Scraping, FTP, API Yes 2011-04-24 RapidShare EN, DE Unlimited (also unlimited files)
(RapidPro Account)2 GB
(free)
Unlimited
(paid)Yes,
Also no Speed limitations for non-paying users.none 30 days of inactivity for non-paying users, none for RapidPro users. Resuming of interrupted downloads only for RapidPro users Yes up to 300 jobs, 5 at a time Yes 2011-09-14 SafeSync EN 20+ GB
(only paid)none Yes none None Automatic backup and sync (premium user), Access via web, mobile phone, PC and Mac ? ? 2011-04-11 SendSpace EN — 300 MB
(free)
1.5 GB
(premium)No ? 30 days of inactivity (free) none (premium) ? Yes SendSpace Wizard Yes ? SkyDrive (Microsoft Windows Live) EN 25 GB 100 MB per file Yes none none Yes WebDAV 2009-06-27 Smartbins EN 1 GB (free)
Up to 10GB per user1.5 GB / file Yes none none Simply upload and tag your files for easy organizing and archiving. Share a file (or group of files) securely by sending a custom URL via email. Workflow management. Built for businesses. Yes No 2011-01-17 SugarSync ZH, DE, EN, ES, JP, KR 5 GB
(free)
5–Unlimited GB
(paid)none
(Using Send File feature)
25 MB(public link)Yes 10 GB/file/day (free)
250 GB/file/day (paid) The bandwidth limits only apply to public links.90 days of inactivity for free users Primarily a backup and access service, but file sharing is possible Yes Yes [1] 2011-06-01 The Transfer Vault EN 2 GB
(free)
20
(paid)[16]2 GB Yes,Paid users can set their files to have hotlinking capabilities none No file expiration for paid accounts. Public files shared by free users expire after 60 days. Yes No 2010-06-22 Thexyz EN 100 MB
(free)
2000
(paid)[17]2 GB Yes, Free and Paid users can set their files to have hotlinking capabilities none No file expiration for paid accounts. Public files shared by free users expire 30 days after last download. Yes No 2010-08-17 TooFiles EN, FR, TH Unlimited 1 GB No Unlimited 3 months no login required FTP/HTTP Yes 2010-08-26 Ubuntu One EN, Others 5 GB
(free)
Unlimited
(paid)? Yes Unlimited none Can be used by Windows but more useful for Ubuntu users. Integrated music streaming Yes ? 2011-09-02 WorNet TrinityBox DE includes 100 GB (TrinityBox Basic),
600 GB (TrinityBox professional)
extendableNo Limit Yes via local netdrive provided by local nas unlimited traffic / unlimited bandwidth (TrinityBox enterprise only) none Includes a nas for your local fileaccess. With bandwith management, transmission encryption, monitoring, webaccess. Meets European data protection laws. Yes local nas automatically syncs data onto online storage No 2011-11-01 Wuala EN/DE/PT/FR/et al 1 GB
(free),
extendable for free or a price14 GB Yes none none [18] Uses Social Networking, and has file sharing features similar to Bittorrent. Yes ? 2011-06-21 Wupload EN 750 GB
(free),
Unlimited for premium users2 GB,
10 GB for premium usersYes,
CAPTCHA for free users5 GB per month ? ? Yes ? 2010-12-22 XtremUpload[19]Yes,
CAPTCHA required for free usersTraffic limit, no parallel downloads (free)
Unlimited downloads (paid)No expiration for paid accounts.
60 days of inactivity for free users200 GB storage (free) Unlimited (paid). Uses Social Networking, Bittorrent dowload, Streaming HD Yes Yes 2011-11-10 ZumoDrive EN, ES, FR, IT, JA, KO, zh_CN 1 GB + up to 2 GB
(free)
10–500 GB
(paid)none Yes none none Cloud appears local to file system, file sync between devices (Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone), content streaming, predictive caching, delta sync Yes ? 2009-11-26 Web Host Language Storage size Max. file size Direct access Traffic/bandwidth limit File expiration Misc. notes Remote Uploading? Developer API? Table-entries (Added or Revised) Date (YYYY-MM-DD) Former services
References
- ^ For paying users there is usually a direct access possible.
- ^ For paying users there is usually no file expiration.
- ^ http uploading doesn't work as per 10-11-2011
- ^ https://secure.cloudsafe.com/pages/product_pricing.html
- ^ Dropbox Terms of Service
- ^ FileFront/GameFront upload page
- ^ Filesonic.com: Filesonic features
- ^ FileSplat sign up page: size restrictions
- ^ Upload your files and access them anywhere with Google Docs, Google Blog, 12 January 2010, http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/upload-your-files-and-access-them.html
- ^ Hotfile.com: Hospedagem de ficheiros com um clique (Portuguese)
- ^ Hotfile FAQ: How long does HotFile store my files?
- ^ "MobileMe pricing". Apple Computer. http://www.apple.com/mobileme/pricing/. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
- ^ Mediafire FAQ: Why can't I upload files larger than 100 MB with a free account?
- ^ Mediafire FAQ: How long will my uploaded files be stored?
- ^ See Megaupload FAQ
- ^ http://xfer-vault.com/?op=payments
- ^ http://thexyz.net/premium.html
- ^ Wuala FAQ - Availability
- ^ site down on 10-11-2011 | EN, DE, FR, IT, AR, ES, RU, JA, PL, PT, TU, ... | style="background:#90ff90;"| Unlimited | style="background:#90ff90;"| 2 GB
(free)
Unlimited
(paid)xtremupload.com: xtremupload features
External links
- File hosting services at the Open Directory Project
- The File Hoster Wiki List and comparison of file hosting services, online file storage providers, 1-click-hosters and cyberlockers
- File hosting websites list Big list of file hosting services and online file storage providers.
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