Every free cloud storage tier that clears our bar in 2026: 7 offers meet the criteria and 2 offers are demoted with a named reason. Recorded changes and a published ranking method. We could not confirm today's terms for 3 of them: on 1 the page we cite did not answer, and on 2 our own read did not confirm them. Each row says why.

Best Free Cloud Storage Tools

Every free cloud storage tier that clears our bar today. Updated 2026-09-30.

7 offers meet our criteria for this category. Of those, 4 carry no recorded change to the terms we publish, 2 a recorded narrowing, and we publish no durability signal for 1. The Durability column below says which offer is in which group, and links the dated record behind every change. We withhold the class where the pricing page does not resolve or states no amount, tier or rate we can read, where we refused the last read, or where the listing is gated. We do not rank these by how much you get, because the limits are not comparable without reading each vendor's page. They are listed in an order that rotates daily. Here is how that order is derived. There is no top slot here to sell.
Why trust this data? Every free tier is verified against the vendor's pricing page with dates tracked. We monitor 476 pricing changes and flag vendors that have reduced or removed free tiers. Rankings start every offer at zero and can only demote. There is no signal a vendor can acquire, lobby for, or buy — there is nothing to add. A record reaches a function page when its category names the function or when it carries a subtype label that names the function. Adding a label to a record publishes it here; removing one withdraws it. No page holds a list of vendors. See all 9 cloud storage offers →
1
Free

Free plan offers 1GB of encrypted cloud storage. Note — discovered 2026-09-03: The free tier now offers 1GB of storage instead of 10GB. Source ↗

Recorded, but does not affect rank:
  • discovered 2026-09-03 · effective date unknown — limits reduced: The free tier now offers 1GB of storage instead of 10GB. Source ↗
2
Free

Superseded: As of 2026-09-05, mega.io/pricing reads: MEGA's pricing page, fetched 2026-09-05, renders its plan table as "Transfer | Free: Limited | Pro plans: Up to 20 TB | Pro Flexi: Flexible starting at 3 TB | Business: Flexible starting at 3 TB". The free storage figure is not readable from this page: it renders as the unresolved template variable !{freePlanStorage} in all three places the page states it, including the FAQ answer "Yes, our free plan includes !{freePlanStorage} of storage." Our stored description's 20 GB was not re-verified here and is not contradicted. We are not publishing our stored MEGA terms beside it — our own pricing change record, discovered 2026-09-05, names them as the previous ones. Read what we recorded ↓ Note — discovered 2026-09-05: MEGA's free transfer quota is now stated as "Limited" where our record held a 1 GB quota that replenishes. Source ↗

Recorded, but does not affect rank:
  • discovered 2026-09-05 · effective date unknown — pricing restructured: MEGA's free transfer quota is now stated as "Limited" where our record held a 1 GB quota that replenishes. Source ↗
3
Free

5 GB storage. File sharing and collaboration. Office for the web (Word, Excel, PowerPoint — basic editing). Personal Vault (3 files limit on free). Photo upload. Mobile app. Best for personal projects. When we last read the page we cite for this offer, on 2026-09-22, we found the page did not mention this offer, which is not evidence it ended, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

4
Dropbox stable
Free (Basic)

2 GB storage. Up to 3 devices linked. File sharing. 30-day version history. Dropbox Paper access. 100 MB max file size via web (larger via desktop app). Dropbox Transfer up to 100 MB.

5
Google Drive stable
Free

15 GB shared across Google Drive, Gmail, and Google Photos. Google Docs/Sheets/Slides don't count against quota. Real-time collaboration. File sharing with permissions. Max file upload 5 TB. Best for open source projects.

6
iCloud stable
Free

5 GB total across iCloud Drive, Photos, Mail, backups, Notes. Device backups, iCloud Keychain, Find My included. No iCloud Private Relay or Hide My Email on free tier. Best for open source projects.

7
Google Photos stable
Free

15 GB shared across Google Drive, Gmail, and Google Photos. Photos stored at original quality count against quota. Basic editing tools. Sharing, albums, face grouping. No unlimited storage saver quality since June 2021. Best for open source projects and unlimited usage needs.

Demoted — and exactly why

These offers reach this page too and rank below the list above. Each one names the recorded fact behind it. A recorded limit reduction, pricing restructure or new restriction is shown on every surface where the offer appears, with its date and summary — but it does not move rank. We have change records for only 16% of vendors, and disproportionately for well-known ones, so ranking on them would demote the vendors we happen to watch most closely.

−1
pCloud stable
Free

10 GB storage (unlockable via tasks). File sharing. Built-in media player. Automatic upload from mobile. Up to 5 GB additional via referral bonuses. Client-side encryption is a paid add-on. The page we cite for pCloud states in words that it is free, which confirms the price — the limits stated here come from our own record rather than from that page.

  • −1 stale_verification We cannot confirm this offer: 2 consecutive re-check attempts have failed (most recently 2026-09-18 — Could not parse AI response), never confirmed since it was indexed. This is our inability to verify, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
−1
Free

Up to 1,000 photos/videos. No storage size limit per photo (originals preserved). Community features (groups, comments, favorites). Basic stats. Ad-supported. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-02, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
Recompute today's order yourself. The order above is a permutation seeded only on the UTC date and the query key — no vendor name, slug, id or offer field is an input. The algorithm is published, so anyone can reproduce this page's order without asking us.
date
2026-09-30
query_key
best-of:Cloud Storage
seed
d5437b589c9ec6b7ce932b68fbe57f1330d4e7568dfbe2f7bcd41bb741c89f7b
tie_count
7

Quick Comparison

Vendor Free Tier Key Limits Durability Read / catalogue date
Internxt Free Free plan offers 1GB of encrypted cloud storage.
read found the page different · 2026-09-20
watch
discovered 2026-09-03 · effective date unknown
2026-09-20 / 2026-08-18
MEGA Free As of 2026-09-05, mega.io/pricing reads: MEGA's pricing page, fetched 2026-09-05, renders its plan table as "Transfer | Free… Our stored MEGA terms are superseded and withheld. watch
discovered 2026-09-05 · effective date unknown
2026-09-24 / 2026-08-21
OneDrive Free 5 GB storage. File sharing and collaboration. Office for the web (Word, Excel, PowerPoint — basic editing). Personal Vau... not published
change not established · 2026-09-22
2026-09-22 / 2026-08-21
Dropbox Free (Basic) 2 GB storage. Up to 3 devices linked. File sharing. 30-day version history. Dropbox Paper access. 100 MB max file size v... stable 2026-09-20 / 2026-08-19
Google Drive Free 15 GB shared across Google Drive, Gmail, and Google Photos. Google Docs/Sheets/Slides don't count against quota. Real-ti... stable 2026-09-22 / 2026-09-04
iCloud Free 5 GB total across iCloud Drive, Photos, Mail, backups, Notes. Device backups, iCloud Keychain, Find My included. No iClo... stable 2026-09-22 / 2026-08-19
Google Photos Free 15 GB shared across Google Drive, Gmail, and Google Photos. Photos stored at original quality count against quota. Basic... stable 2026-09-22 / 2026-09-04

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best free cloud storage tool in 2026?

We publish no ranking of these. Nothing we record measures popularity or generosity, so naming a best or a top few would be our preference rather than our data. We hold 7 free cloud storage offers that clear our bar, each listed with the terms we publish and the date we last read them. Our ranking rule is published at /criteria.

Which of these free cloud storage tiers have held their terms?

7 offers meet our criteria for this category. Of those, 4 carry no recorded change to the terms we publish, 2 a recorded narrowing, and we publish no durability signal for 1. The Durability column below says which offer is in which group, and links the dated record behind every change. We withhold the class where the pricing page does not resolve or states no amount, tier or rate we can read, where we refused the last read, or where the listing is gated. We do not rank these by how much you get, because the limits are not comparable without reading each vendor's page.

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