Best Personal Cloud 2018 Free Cloud Storage

Today, there are dozens of cheap or free cloud storage services.

How do you choose which one is right for you You could just pick on the basis of how much free storage space you get from them.

As youll see, some work much better with some operating systems and business plans than others.

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Amazon Drive now has sync services for Android, iOS, MacOS, and Windows.

There is a third-party program, odrive, which enables you to sync between Amazon Drive and your Windows, Mac, or Linux desktops.

On the plus side, Amazon moves files by using block-level file copying (aka differential sync or delta sync).

With this method, which Dropbox uses as well when you sync a file, you only send and receive the differences, the delta, between files.

This makes syncing files much faster on these services than their rivals.

Amazon Prime members get 5GB of storage for use with Amazon Drive and unlimited photo storage with Prime Photos.

If you want more, Amazons current annual storage plans start at 100GB for 19.99 and 1TB for 59.99.

Other Amazon cloud plans will take you up to 30TB for, brace-yourself, 1,799.70.

If youre an Amazon Prime member, Amazon Drive is worth it.

For 10 a month, the Box Personal Pro Plan lets you upload files up to 5GB and provides you with 100GB of space.

But, while Box is a fine cloud storage service, where it really shines is as a groupware or work-flow application.

Used that way, it enables you to share files with colleagues, assign tasks, leave comments on someones work, and get notifications when a file changes.

The Box Business Plan for small and medium-sized businesses offers unlimited storage.

Yes, thats right, unlimited storage, for 15 per month per user with a minimum of three users.

Sure, its free storage is only 2GB, but you can use it on any platform.

You can get to your files from Dropboxs website, desktop applications for Mac, Windows, and Linux, the native file systems, the iOS, Android, Kindle Fire mobile apps, and even Blackberry phones are still supported.

Its a snap to set up, and you dont need to worry about syncing files for a second.

If you need more storage, Dropboxs personal plans move up to 2TB for 9.99 a month and 3TB for 16.58 a month.

Dropbox Business plans start at 3TB for 12.50 a month.

If you need even more, Dropbox offers unlimited storage starting at 20 per user per month.

Where Dropbox shines the most is its sheer simplicity -- and the simple fact that you can use it on almost any platform you care to name.

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