The Best Cloud Storage

This is not based on review reports that compiled from internet. This is my actual experience and I have all these accounts. I hilited winner for each item.

Clearly, I don't care about the paid services. There are so many free cloud service, why do we need to pay for it? Unless you really like a cloud service so much that you willing to pay for it. ADrive is the winner in this case, once you sign up, you get 50GB, no hassle, no need to like Facebook fanpage, no need to refer to your friends. Skydrive supposedly get the silver medal, but it reduced to 7GB after Google Drive debut, stingy Microsoft, boo! Congrats to those manage to get 25GB before it expired.

For second item, the total storage have I have on these cloud services, ADrive and Box.com are the winners. Box.com will offer free upgrade from time to time. iOS users was offered on 2011, and Android users was offered on beginning of 2012. What you need to do is install the mobile apps and sign up or login using the apps and you will get 50GB. There is no offer at the moment, except for certain brand of smartphone. Sugarsync can be a winner here as well, if you can refer Sugarsync to many people, and every free account being sign up, you will get additional 500MB. There is a famous blogger in Taiwan has over 100GB of storage on Sugarsync.

For upload file size limit, Pogoplug and Sugarsync are the winner, if the users are not limited by the browser and memory/RAM on the system users that using. This might be a catch here, if you are using lower end system, the upload limit might be less than 1G. I don't have the answer here, because I am using sandybridge with 4GB RAM. 115.com and ADrive clearly have stated 2GB is the file size limit, so they can be the winner as well.


Of all these cloud services, only ADrive does not have desktop client for free account. All the rest can sync using the desktop apps. 115.com and DBank only offer desktop client for Windows only, while mostly provide desktop client for both Windows and Mac. The winner in this category is Pogoplug because it also provide desktop client for Linux.

The winner on mobile apps category is Sugarsync, which includes Android, iOS, BlackBerry, Symbian and amazingly Windows Mobile (WinMo). WinMo is already an obsolete OS, but you still can upload files to Sugarsync from WinMo. Most of the cloud services have at least Android and iOS mobiles apps. Only ADrive does not have any mobile apps.

All cloud service allow syncing using desktop client or mobile apps, except ADrive.

All could service allow sharing. I remember there is one of them allow users to share within a limited time, however I can't remember which, I will update this when I find it.

Here is a table for the comparison, either you find one that is suitable for your usage, or like me just register with all of them. :P I have total of 170GB of cloud storage

Which Cloud	SkyDrive	Google Drive	Box.com	CX.com	115.com	ADrive	Pogoplug	SugarSync	DBank
Storage, free acc	7GB (25GB if signed up before Apr 22, 2012)	5GB	5GB	10GB	15GB	50GB	5GB	5GB	5GB
Storage that I own	25GB	5GB	50GB (snatched during Android offers)	10GB	15GB	50GB	5GB	5GB	5GB
Upload file size limit	300MB	1GB	100MB	200MB	2GB	2GB	No limit (limit by browser/local PC)	No limit (limited by browser/local PC)	200MB
Desktop client?	Win + Mac	Win + Mac	Win + Mac	Win + Mac	Win	No (Only for paid service)	Win + Mac + Linux	Win + Mac	Win
Mobile apps?	WP + iOS [no official for Android]	Android + iOS	Android + iOS + BlackBerry	Android + iOS	Android + iOS + WP	No	Android + iOS	Android + iOS + BlackBerry + Symbian + Windows Mobile!	Android + iOS
Syncing?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sharing?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Note	-	-	-	-	In Chinese Only	-	-	1. Referral bonus [500MB/free, 10GB/paid] 2. Upload via email	In Chinese Only

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Penang Uncle Free Cloud Storage Posts Roundups

This should be the last roundups for this time, some free cloud storage for you to try out:

http://outdatedpenanguncle.blogspot.com/2012/02/another-cloud-storage.html
http://outdatedpenanguncle.blogspot.com/2012/02/infinite-storage-on-your-hard-drive.html
http://outdatedpenanguncle.blogspot.com/2012/02/free-50g-for-life.html
http://outdatedpenanguncle.blogspot.com/2012/03/free-500gb-of-storage.html
http://outdatedpenanguncle.blogspot.com/2012/03/another-free-500gb-of-storage.html


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Another Free 500GB of Storage

I have posted about a Free 500GB of Storage, now there is another one, which actually is from a file server.

File Factory is giving out free 500GB of storage. There trick is you have to download it in full every 90 days to keep it on File Factory server, meaning the file has to be downloaded successfully, if I read it correctly.

It is better than Jumbo File in term of file size limit, which is 2GB, compare to 1GB limit on Jumbo File.

Depends on your need, this could be a good method to temporary store some huge files.

To sign up free account, go to this link:
http://www.filefactory.com


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Free 500GB of Storage

With many cloud storage service providing "some" GB of storage, from pathetic 2GB (many) to 25GB (skydrive), or 50GB (Box.com), these still not enough for some. Here is one that offer much more, JumboFiles offers 500GB.



What went well?
1. 500GB, that is 10x of box.com with promotion.
2. File size limit at 1GB, the best of other cloud storage support up to 100MB only.
3. Provide short and full URL for each of the files
4. Uploader that support resume upload (for Windows only). Many web based uploader will time out.
5. Simple and no-nonsense interface.
6. No restrictions on parallel downloads (can download as many files as you want at the same time), better than many file server.
7. No download limit for hourly/daily/etc. The limit is your local hard disk space.
8. Resume-able download.
9. No waiting time for download.
10. Support Download Managers or Accelerators
11. Upload up to 10 files at a time.
12. Minimum ads at the moment, since it is still new.
13. No captcha for download.
14. Support FTP upload.
15. Support remote URL upload, meaning you can transfer files from other server to JumboFiles without need to download it first into your local hard disk drive.


What can be done better?
1. No mobile apps
2. Does not automatically sync between devices (because no mobile apps).
3. Not sure about security of the files that being store here.
4. At least 1 download in last 30-180 days for free users to keep the file at JumboFiles. Read the faq.

Register here:
JumboFiles

Other note:
JumboFiles looks a bit like file servers that usually being use for sharing pirated stuffs, but you can made all files not available publicly, therefore should not violate any law(?). Please check your local authority to confirm.


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Free 50G for Life

50GB is not a lot nowadays if you compare with normal (magnetic) hard disk. However, it is still a big deal compare to Cloud Storage. The highest free storage is SkyDrive, and you don't need to beg others to sign up so that you can get extra. Others are pathetic 2GB to 5GB. What I mean here is free account, and does not include those paid service.

Okay. How about someone give you 50GB free, and the same "someone" said it is free for life. Well, free until you break some terms and conditions. Or free until they decided not to give you the free 50GB anymore. Or the company being shutdown or bankrupt or the owner being arrested by FBI or CIA or MI7. :P

Alright. It is Box.com that giving away 50GB for free. Wait, box.com is 5GB all this while, right? Yes. But now they are doing some promotion or celebration or just to get more subscribers, I don't care actually, just gimme the free 50GB.

But there is condition. Of course there is always terms and conditions. Everyone have to click agree to blah blah blah before installing a software on PC or installing apk on Android phone, right? Okay, enough crap.

You have to be on Android phone or tablet, install box apps from Android Market, sign up from the box apps and you are automatically getting 50GB for free! Hurry, the promotion end on Mar 23, 2012. It is less than 1 month from now.

LG Android phone/tablet owner is luckier, this same promo last until Jun 30, 2012.

Sony Tablet S or Tablet P, HP TouchPad, RIM PlayBook, and Sony Xperia phone owners are even more luckier, you have time until Dec 31, 2012 to get this promo.

No promo for Apple devices (iPhone, iPot Touch and iPad), hehehe.

If you already have box.com account with 5G only, all you need to do is install the box apps on any of lucky phone/tablet mentioned above and sign in using the apps and you are automatically getting 50GB.

Search for "box" at Android market, or use this link:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.box.android&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5ib3guYW5kcm9pZCJd

Read the faq for more detail:
https://support.box.net/entries/20768867-box-50-gb-promotion-faqs

I have installed this apps on my wife's Galaxy W and got the free 50GB 2 days ago! Today I login to box.com from my laptop, and verified that I am getting 50GB, yeah!


What are you waiting for? Go Go Go.

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Infinite Storage on Your Hard Drive?

Another cloud storage, again! Bitcasa is another upcoming cloud storage service company. They market them-self as "Infinite Storage on You Desktop".

How to do that? By installing their software on your PC/laptop/Mac (yes, Mac is supported), and then specific a folder to be "cloudify". Whatever files you put in that folder will be sync to the cloud at Bitcasa after that. Theoretically the storage on Bitcasa will be infinite and it is free during beta now, however I can't get into the invite list yet. Therefore I cannot really do any review on it.

I am on waiting list now to try the beta, would appreciate that if you kind people out there follow the link below to register with BitCasa beta. That would boast up my chance to get into Bitcasa. Thanks a lot!
http://www.bitcasa.com/beta-signup?share=1913710543

Marketing video of Bitcasa:




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Another cloud storage?

More and more could storage company is popping up like popcorn. Okay, not popcorn, but it is growing, fast. I saw this one at on some adsense at some website (don't ask, okay). So just give a try. Today I am sarcastic a bit about website review, see square bracket with italic font, heheh.

CX.com is giving 10GB storage for free plan. [Excuse me? Skydrive is giving 25G for free, unless I have allergy with Microsoft, why would I want to sign up CX? But still better than dropbox which offer 2GB only for free account, sigh]

Get up to additional 6GB storage when you refer your friend. Each referral you will get 300MB. [I remember there is one website offer up to 100GB storage with referral, too bad I lost the name, sigh]

Sync up across devices [Sugarsync is also doing that, CX can compete on the free storage, since Sugarsync only offer 5GB only]

Share [nothing special, every cloud storage also can share]

Collaboration [something new, you can share and let other comment on it, you can also create a group for discussion, the best selling point so far?]

Go ahead try it at cx.com or if you are nice people, please click the referral link to increase my storage, hahah.
https://www.cx.com/mycx/referral_signup/5t548UywEeGxORIBOQ7lQg


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Evernote - store almost anything online

I stumble to upon Evernote yesterday. They claim that you can store almost anything only and access it from your computer/laptop/desktop and smartphone and any mobile device that have internet access (well, note that "almost" keyword). You can also write notes with it.
See their video after the jump.





Good:
Can access files from different platform [any web browser; evernote software on Windows and Macs; apps on iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch, Android, BlackBerry, Palm Pre/Pixi, and amazingly it still have apps for Windows Mobile!]

Bad:
Not sure how long this company will be around?
Not support words and excel (and other microsoft office format) with free account [need to buy premium account].
60MB upload per month only [need to buy premium account for 1GB upload per month].

Verdict:
Can give it a try. Use google accounts like Google Docs to store the format that Evernote don't support.

p/s: let me know other website that offer similar service, so that I can add it here. :)

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