Being able to backup and store your files online is the reality with being online or having substantial documents, movies, and pictures these days. Have you ever misplaced your thumb drives? I have, many times actually (including my wife’s!). When you have your files and other data backed up online you never have to worry about your hard drive crashing. There are computer viruses out there that will literally render your hard drive useless. Have no fear, because the capability of storing your files online with reputable companies has never been easier and cheaper. Below , I have compiled a list of the best free online file storage sites and file backup sites. These companies will gladly store your files for you in the hope that one day you will start paying them for additional storage and extra features such as being able to backup and restore entire hard drives in some instances. As a suggestion, I would recommend that you buy an external storage device and periodically backup all of your important online life and keep it in a firebox.
DropBox.com
Definitely the most popular of all cloud based storage solutions. Free Plans start at 2GB however, you can earn extra storage at all levels for inviting people to join Dropbox. [visit]
Google Drive
I am sure you are familiar with Google, chuckle! Google has integrated Docs into their storage offering called GoogleDrive. You get 5GB of storage for free and 25GB for $2.50 per month. You can create your documents online and sync them across all devices. I love Google Drive and they have the GDrive available across all popular platforms. [visit]
Amazon Cloud Drive
Amazon offers 5GB of storage for free. The cool thing about the Amazon cloud is that the music that you buy from Amazon store is not counted against your capacity making it ideal for music lovers. Another plus of the Amazon Cloud Drive is that there is no software to download to your computer. When you plan to get additional storage, plans range from $20.00 per month for 20GB to $1000 per month for 1000GB. [Visit]
Zoho Docs
Zoho Docs is ideal for businesses or professionals who need ultra secure online storage and collaboration with a well established institution. They offer 1 GB of storage for free. ZohoDocs has many features making it a strong competitor to the likes of Google and MicroSoft. [visit]
Box
Box.net is very popular among businesses. However, they have services that the individual will find rivals Dropbox and Google. Box offers 5GB of storage for free.[visit]
Adrive
Adrive has a variety of storage solutions for personal and business use. They offer 50GB of free storage. However, if you want access to their mobile app to work with your free plan you will have to upgrade to the paid version starting at $6.95 per month.[visit]
Sugarsync
Offers a wide variety of plans for personal and business use. The free plan comes with 5GB of storage. They are available on all popular platforms. [visit]
mozy
There are no free plans offered here. However, their service is competitively priced for home, business and large enterprises. [visit]
syncplicity
Offers the synchronization of your files among your personal computers and your Android and Apple Apps. The personal free plan offers 2GB of free storage. [visit]
SpiderOak
SpideOak offers 2GB of free storage and backup for free and a paid service for $10.00 per 100 GB of storage. [visit]
Opendrive
Open Drive provides 5 GB of storage for free. They have additional storage available. [visit]
Safesync
Brought to you by the people behind TrendMicro. They have no free plans available, however, you try the free trial and move on to the paid versions which start at $40.00 per year for 20GB. [visit]
MyOther Drive
MyOtherDrive offers free offering for 2GB and the paid versions start at $5.00 per month for 100GB. [visit]
Carbonite
Carbonite takes the no nonsense approach to data backup. They only offer unlimited backup of data starting at $59.00 per year for home use. For businesses they offer backup for all of your computers starting at $229.00 per year. [visit]
Idrive
Idrive offers 5GB of free storage that syncs your data across the most popular mobile platforms. Also, they have a cool deal for students and educators at a 50% dicount when you sign up through the education link here. [visit]
Microsoft Skydrive
Brought to you by the good folks at Microsoft. They offer all users 7GB of free storage and the paid versions adding extra storage on-top-of their free offering. The SkyDrive is availble for PC’s and mobile devices (Apple, Android and Windows Phones) as well. [visit]
Ubuntu
Ubuntu offers 5GB of free storage and the paid service starts at $40 per year for 20 GB of storage and music streaming for $4.00 per month. [visit]
Wuala
Wuala offers sync and collaboration of files. They offer 5GB of free storage and paid versions starting at $20.00 per year. Wuala is compatible with MAC, PC and Linux users. Also, they have mobile apps for Android and Apple users.[visit]
Minus
Provides up to 50GB of storage for free for your media files and documents. This is also a great community much like Flickr to share and discover photos. [visit]
Tonido
Offers free file syncing up to 250 MB from any computer or device [visit]
4shared
Makes it a snap to share files. You are allowed 15 GB of free storage. [visit]
SME Storage
SME Cloud File Storage provides many options for both personal and business use. SMS provides a free plan that comes with 5GB of storage. A cool feature of SMS storage is that you can integrate their storage with other online storage providers. [visit]
CX
CX offers 10GB of storage for free. There are apps for Android, Apple, Kindle Fire, Windows and MAC computers. There are other paid plans available for additional storage. Some advantages that CX offers is the ability to create groups and connect with other users online. (get extra storage by referring friends)[visit]
Power Folder
Geared for business clients, they offer mobile applications and onsite cloud storage and backup solutions. [visit]
MegaCloud
I like MegaCloud, they offer 8GB of storage and 8GB data backup for free, 30GB of storage and backup for $5.00/month, 60GB of storage and backup for $10.00/month and 160GB of starage for $20.00 per month. You will also be able to take advantage of their mobile applications and earn an extra GB of storage per device for free. [visit]
Storegate
Storegate does not offer a any free packages. However, you can test their service with the 30 day free trial. After 30 days you will be billed at $79.00 per year for 25 GB of storage. They too offer synchronization via mobile applications (IOS and Android phones). [visit]
HiDrive
HiDrive offers 5 GB of data storage for free, 100 and 500GB of storage for the equivalent of $12.25 and $37.60 respectively. Syncs all of your data across your computers and mobile devices (Android, Windows and IOS). [visit]
Files Anywhere
Provides 1 GB of Free storage. Filesanywhere.com is jam packed with features making it ideal for businesses. [visit]
Comodo Cloud
Allows for the synchronization of files among devices. They have 2 plans available: a free plan that allows up to 5GB of free file storage and a paid service provides up to 250 GB of storage. This is a very well established organization that provides a lot of computer services, especially as far as it relates to security software. [visit]
Egnyte
Ideal for businesses and they do not have a free version. Very easy to get large files onto storage using FTP and other file transfer software. Allows for the syncronization of files among devices through their various mobile Apps. [visit]
BDrive
BDrive allows you to access data direct from their starage facilities threfore there is no need for you to sync any of your data. In essence, their stage facility is your harddrive. There was no indication as to the amount of data that you can store on their servers. They currently have Apps that work with Apple and Android phones.[visit]
Syncables
Syncables allows you to sync data between your computers and mobile devices. You simply download the software and select the device that you want to share with. Syncables works with Blackberry, Apple and Android Apps.[visit]
SOS Online Backup
This award winning software backs up all of your data. Automatically back up data for up to 5 PCs, Macs, iPhones, Android tablets or phones and your Facebook data. You can share your files anywhere. If you signup for their business plan you will get the mobile Apps included in your package. [visit]
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