Main Area and Open Discussion > General Software Discussion

Battle of the Free Online Storages

(1/8) > >>

city_zen:
I was searching the forum for the latest info and reviews of free online storage services. I found a couple of recent topics on the subject (SpiderOak offers 10Gb free online data backup account with promo code, Six Free Online Storage Services). I wonder if anyone has further information about these services. How's the user experience, limits you may find when using it, support, etc.

While googling this subject, I also found a very interesting post at This Could Be Living: Battle of the Free Online Storages, which includes a comparative chart and mini reviews of 13 such services.

P.S.: I'm not sure if "General software Discussion" is the right place for this topic, feel free to move it if it should go somewhere else

Lutz_:
This service looks interesting; up to 25 GB free storage; I believe it has not been mentioned on DC so far:

http://humyo.com/

It won the comparison test of the german CHIP magazine:
http://www.chip.de/artikel/Vergleichstest-Online-Festplatten_32846847.html
Disadvantages are: no Linux client, data transfer encryption is only available in the paid version.

tomos:
This service looks interesting; up to 25 GB free storage; I believe it has not been mentioned on DC so far:

http://humyo.com/

It won the comparison test of the german CHIP magazine:
http://www.chip.de/artikel/Vergleichstest-Online-Festplatten_32846847.html
Disadvantages are: no Linux client, data transfer encryption is only available in the paid version.
-Lutz_ (October 13, 2008, 11:25 AM)
--- End quote ---

says for free version

Features     
    * 25GB storage for media files
    * 5GB storage for non media files
    * Access via web browser or mobile phone

not sure how they define or differentiate between media/non-media files?

Basic paid version is 50euros (with special offer at the mo for under 40 euro) for 100GB -
this much cheaper than e.g. dropbox which I think is $99 for 100GB (cant find out on their website) and I've seen roughly that price ($99) on other online backup sites too.

They have quotes from good reviews in English papers (Guardian, Independent) and pc mags

kartal:
Adrive.com clearly is the winner for free storage(at least for now) But I am sure all these free services will end up like old geocities.

Crush:
The winner in the Test was humyo.com.
ADrive was only third.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page