Every free storage tier that clears our bar in 2026: 27 offers meet the criteria and 25 offers are demoted with a named reason. Recorded changes and a published ranking method. We could not confirm today's terms for 22 of them: on 16 the page we cite did not answer, and on 6 our own read did not confirm them. Each row says why.

Best Free Storage Tools

Every free storage tier that clears our bar today. Updated 2026-11-14.

27 offers meet our criteria for this category. Of those, 21 carry no recorded change to the terms we publish, 2 a recorded narrowing, 1 a recorded widening, and we publish no durability signal for 3. 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, where the listing is gated, or where a narrowing in our records cites no source or no archived copy of the vendor's page has confirmed it. 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 513 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 55 storage offers →
1
twicpics.com stable
Free

Responsive images as a service. It provides an image CDN, a media processing API, and a frontend library to automate image optimization. The service is free for up to 3GB of traffic/per month.

2
degoo.com stable
Free

AI based cloud storage with free up to 20 GB, three devices, 5 GB referral bonus (90 days account inactivity).

3
Filebase stable
Free

S3 Compatible Object Storage Powered by Blockchain. 5 GB free storage for an unlimited duration.

4
Ente stable
Free

Ente is an end-to-end encrypted cloud for photos, videos and 2FA secrets. URL moved to ente.com.

5
Always Free

Always Free: 5 GB-months of Standard storage in us-east1, us-west1 or us-central1 only, 5K Class A ops/month, 50K Class B ops/month, 100 GB North America egress. The free 100 GB a month covers data sent from a bucket in us-east1, us-west1 or us-central1 to visitors anywhere except China and Australia, including Europe.

6
Cloudflare R2 stable
Free

Object storage with zero egress fees — 10 GB storage, 1M writes, 10M reads/month free. Standard storage beyond the free tier is $0.015 per GB-month, Class A operations $4.50 per million, Class B $0.36 per million. Standard has no egress or retrieval fee. Infrequent Access is $0.01 per GB-month, Class A $9.00 per million, Class B $0.90 per million, and retrieval $0.01 per GB. The free tier does not apply to Infrequent Access.

7
borgbase.com stable
Free

Simple and secure offsite backup hosting for Borg Backup. 10 GB free backup space and two repositories.

8
Free

Image optimization for website performance as a service, free 100 MB testing quota. Paid plans start at $5/mo.

Recorded, but does not affect rank:
  • discovered 2026-04-12 · effective date unknown — limits reduced: Free tier changed to 100MB testing quota only We hold no source for this record, so it does not set Kraken.io's rating.
9
Uploadcare stable
Free

File uploading API and image CDN — Free tier includes 1,000 operations per month, 500 MB max file size, uploading widget, basic image transformations, and adaptive bitrate streaming. Personal use only.

  • Uploadcare's Free plan is for personal use only. (From uploadcare.com/pricing, read 2026-10-04.)
  • Uploadcare's Free plan allows only image uploads without a card. Uploading any other file type requires adding a credit card to the account, which Uploadcare asks for as a Know Your Customer check. Uploadcare does not charge the card while the account stays on the Free plan. (From uploadcare.com/docs/uploading-files, read 2026-10-23.)
10
Free

Hosted Package Repositories for YUM, APT, RubyGem and PyPI — Maven Repository: Create a Maven repository for Java artifacts and SNAPSHOTS in 10 seconds, for FREE. Python Repository: Easy to use private hosted PyPi repositories. Works with all Python package types. Get started for FREE! Alpine Repository: Easy to use private hosted Alpine repositories. Get started for FREE! Helm Repository: Create a Helm repository for Helm charts in 10 seconds, for FREE.

Recorded, but does not affect rank:
  • discovered 2026-08-28 · effective date unknown — limits reduced: The free tier is now limited to specific repositories (Maven, Python, Helm, Alpine). Source ↗
11
npoint.io stable
Free

JSON store with collaborative schema editing

12
Cloudinary stable
Free

Media management — 25 credits/month (1 credit = 1 GB storage OR 1 GB bandwidth OR 1K transformations), up to 3 users

  • Cloudinary's Free plan needs no credit card. (From cloudinary.com/pricing, read 2026-10-23.)
  • Cloudinary launched Claimable Clouds on August 5, 2026. Its docs say: "A Claimable Cloud is a working Cloudinary environment that an AI agent can provision on a user's behalf, with no signup and no existing credentials." A Claimable Cloud expires in 24 hours if unclaimed and is deleted. Media delivery is limited to the provisioning machine's IP and up to three others, and usage caps are lower until a person claims it. Claiming converts it to a Free plan account with the same credentials. (From cloudinary.com/documentation/claimable_cloud_provisioning, read 2026-11-06.)
  • Cloudinary's usage limits are soft: warnings come near 90% of a quota, and an account that stays over after repeated notices may be disabled. A disabled account cannot upload or create new transformations; delivery may continue for a time but can also be blocked. (From cloudinary.com/documentation/programmable_media_asset_usage_data, read 2026-11-06.)
  • A disabled Cloudinary account can be restored within 30 days by choosing a plan that covers its usage. After 30 days, its environments, assets, metadata and settings are permanently removed. (From cloudinary.com/documentation/ts_why_is_my_account_disabled_and_how_can_i_recover_my_disabled_account, read 2026-11-06.)
13
Proton Drive stable
Free

Ultra-secure cloud storage for files and key documents. Free plan offers 5gb of storage space.

14
ImgBB stable
Free

ImgBB is a free image hosting service. It allows 32 MB per image, direct image links, BBCode and HTML thumbnails, and optional automatic deletion after 5 minutes to 6 months. Pro costs $3.99 a month on the 3-year plan, $7.99 a month on the annual plan, or $12.99 billed monthly. It adds no ads, unlimited space, and 64 MB per image.

15
Backblaze B2 stable
Free Allowance

Object storage — first 10 GB always free, free egress up to 3x average monthly storage, unmetered via CDN partners

Recorded, but does not affect rank:
  • effective 2026-05-01 — pricing restructured: On May 1, 2026 Backblaze raised B2 pay-as-you-go storage from $6 to $6.95 per TB a month and made Class B and Class C API calls free; they had been free for the first 2,500 a day per class and then charged per 1,000 calls. The first 10 GB of storage and free egress up to 3x average monthly storage did not change. Source ↗
16
podio.com stable
Free

Work management platform owned by Progress Software. The Free plan is $0 for up to 5 users, with unlimited workspaces and apps, 100 items per organization and 1000 API calls per hour.

17
file.io stable
Free

File.io is free to use with no gotchas and no hidden fees. Simply upload your files and share the link. You can upload as many files as you like up to 4 GB and get a link to share.

18
AIStor Free

S3-compatible object storage — AIStor Free is free to download and deploy and includes the full AIStor feature set for a single-node deployment. Redistribution is prohibited. AIStor is commercially licensed; the original AGPLv3 MinIO edition is no longer maintained, with no bug fixes or security patches. Note — 2026-02-12: MinIO marked its open-source repository "NO LONGER MAINTAINED" on 2026-02-12 and archived it on 2026-02-13, ending the AGPL community edition with no further bug fixes or security patches. Development continues in the commercially licensed MinIO AIStor. Community releases had been source-only since 2025-10-15, and the repository had been in maintenance mode since 2025-12-03. Source ↗

19
imgen stable
Free

Free unlimited social cover image generation API, no watermark

20
QuickChart stable
Free

Generate embeddable image charts, graphs, and QR codes

21
Free

Unlimited image chart generation with a watermark

22
Tigris stable
Free

S3-compatible object storage — 5 GB free, 10K writes + 100K reads/month, zero egress fees

  • Tigris's free tier needs no card to start; its free allowance resets monthly. (From tigrisdata.com/pricing, read 2026-10-23.)
  • Tigris announced on 2026-11-05 that Dropbox plans to acquire it. Tigris says nothing changes for its customers: the same product, the same S3-compatible API and the same pricing with zero egress fees. (From tigrisdata.com/blog/dropbox-plans-acquire-tigris, read 2026-11-11.)
23
ImageKit stable
Free

Real-time image and video optimization with CDN — Forever free $0 / mo. Includes: 20 GB bandwidth Monthly limit, 3 GB DAM storage Fixed limit, 500 video units Monthly limit, 650 extension units Monthly limit, 2 users Fixed limit, 500 purge requests Monthly limit.

24
Pinata IPFS stable
Free

IPFS pinning and file storage with an API. The Free plan is $0 a month with 1 GB of storage and 500 files in total, 10 GB of bandwidth and 10,000 requests a month, and 1 gateway. The next plan, Picnic, is $20 a month with 1 TB of storage and 500 GB of bandwidth.

25
4EVERLAND stable
Free

Compatible with AWS S3 - APIs, interface operations, CLI, and other upload methods, upload and store files from the IPFS and Arweave networks in a safe, convenient, and efficient manner. Registered users can get 6 GB of IPFS storage and 300MB of Arweave storage for free. Any Arweave file uploads smaller than 150 KB are free.

26
Free

New Free accounts can create up to 3 dynamic codes and get 14 days of Analytics and QR Studio access. After that, Pro is required to use those premium areas. Existing codes keep redirecting and scans continue to be recorded.

Recorded, but does not affect rank:
  • discovered 2026-09-19 · effective date unknown — limits reduced: The free tier now includes a limit of 3 dynamic codes and 14 days of full Analytics & QR Studio access. After that, a Pro subscription is required for those features. Source ↗
27
MConverter stable
Free

Convert files in bulk. Supports many formats, including [AVIF](https://mconverter.eu/convert/to/avif/) and JXL. Extract image frames from videos. Compress PDFs. Free for 15 files per 24h, up to 100 MB each, processed in batches of eight.

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
Free

End-to-End cloud storage service. 5 GB of free storage. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-10-13, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-10-13, 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)
−1
Free

Private or cloud storage, file sharing, sync, discussions. The cloud version has just 1 GB. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-10-11, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-10-11, 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)
−1
Free

TransferNow Free includes 5 GB per transfer with files available for 7 days and requires no sign-up. The Free plan has no account storage. Starter costs 3 euros a month on a 2-year plan and adds 10 GB per transfer, 100 GB of storage, and 30-day file availability.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-11-07, found the page different from the terms we hold. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
Recorded, but does not affect rank:
  • discovered 2026-08-28 · effective date unknown — limits reduced: The free tier now has a 5 GB transfer limit and files are available for 7 days. There are now paid tiers with increased limits and features. Source ↗
−1
Free

Share files up to 10 GB with end-to-end encryption. Files ≤5 GB are server-stored for 24 hours; files >5 GB use peer-to-peer transfer sent directly between endpoints. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-10-11, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-10-11, 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)
−1
Free

Simple cloud storage service. 10 GB free storage. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-10-30, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-10-30, 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)
−1
plot.ly stable
Free

Graph and share your data. Plotly's Free plan is $0 with no credit card required: a 10 Plotly credit trial (additional credits are $1 each), 1 Creator seat, 3 private viewers and 10 Dash or Plotly Studio apps.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-11-05, found the page different from the terms we hold. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
−1
Free

Accelerate your site's speed on autopilot with complete front-end optimization (caching, images and code optimization, CDN). Free for up to 5,000 pageviews/month. When we last read the page we cite for this offer, on 2026-11-04, we found a change we could not reconcile with the terms we publish, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-11-04, found the page different from the terms we hold. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
−1
Free

Create all the optimized versions of your images and videos. For Free. In bulk. For each image, you get the following formats: AVIF, WEBP and JPG in the three selected resolutions (desktop, tablet, mobile) For videos, you get: WebM (codec VP9), MP4 (codec HEVC aka H.265) and MP4 (codec AVC aka H.264) plus the cover image with the first frame. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-10-29, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-10-29, 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)
−1
Free

Straightforward file sharing service. Share unlimited files up to 5GB with as many peers as you want. We could not read the page we cite for this offer when we last looked, on 2026-11-09, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification We cannot confirm this offer: 8 consecutive re-check attempts have failed (most recently 2026-11-09 — page content too short (likely JS-rendered SPA); a rendering client read 171 characters), 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

Cloud storage sync and collaboration platform. Rebranded to We.Team. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-10-12, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-10-12, 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)
−1
Free

reSmush.it is a FREE API that provides image optimization. reSmush.it has been implemented on the most common CMS such as WordPress, Drupal, or Magento. reSmush.it is the most used image optimization API with more than seven billion images already treated, and it is still Free of charge. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-10-13, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-10-13, 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)
−1
Free

Free online tools. Convert or edit documents, images, audio, video, and more. The page we cite for this offer does not name it when we last looked, on 2026-11-11, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification We cannot confirm this offer: 13 consecutive re-check attempts have failed (most recently 2026-11-11 — the page never names freetools.site, on a domain that carries its name), 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

Zero-knowledge file sharing. End-to-end encrypted file sharing with AES-256-GCM encryption, client-side processing, and zero server-side data access. Free uploads for files up to 1GB with no data collection. We could not read the page we cite for this offer when we last looked, on 2026-11-11, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification We cannot confirm this offer: 8 consecutive re-check attempts have failed (most recently 2026-11-11 — page content too short (likely JS-rendered SPA); a rendering client read 470 characters), 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

Smart Image CDN with on-the-fly image optimization and resizing. The free tier includes 500 MB of storage and 2 GB of bandwidth. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-10-25, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-10-25, 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)
−1
Free

Handles file uploads and encoding of video, audio, images, documents. Free for Open source, charities, and students via the GitHub Student Developer Pack. Commercial applications get 2 GB free for test driving

  • −1 stale_verification We cannot confirm this offer: 2 consecutive re-check attempts have failed (most recently 2026-11-06 — The pricing page text is truncated and does not contain any explicit free tier, plan limits, or pricing details (e.g., 2 GB free, GitHub Student Developer Pack eligibility) needed to verify the stored deal info.), 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

API to compress and resize PNG and JPEG images, offers 500 compressions for free each month. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-10-13, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-10-13, 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)
−1
Free

Easily create custom QR codes for gift cards, gift vouchers, and promotions. Support custom styling, color, logo... The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-10-13, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-10-13, 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)
−1
Free

A simple JSON data storage API perfect for personal projects, hackathons, and mobile apps! The page we cite for this offer does not name it when we last looked, on 2026-11-12, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification We cannot confirm this offer: 6 consecutive re-check attempts have failed (most recently 2026-11-12 — the page never names getpantry.cloud, on a domain that carries its name), 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

Anonymous JSON storage for scripts and tiny apps. No signup required; uses Master AID for updates and Read-Only RID for public fetching. Free tier includes 1 bucket (1MB limit) with a 72h inactivity scavenger policy. When we last read the page we cite for this offer, on 2026-10-24, we found a change we could not reconcile with the terms we publish, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-10-24, found the page different from the terms we hold. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
−1
GoFile.io stable
Free

Free file sharing and storage by web UI or API, no account needed. Free files are kept for 10 days of inactivity and remain available as long as they keep being downloaded. After the storage period, content may move to cold storage and cannot be downloaded directly until imported back to an account space, which requires a Premium account. Free accounts get 100 GB of traffic per 30 days; past it, some downloads are restricted until usage falls back under the limit. Uploading and basic file management work on free accounts; most other API endpoints need Premium.

  • −1 stale_verification We cannot confirm this offer: 1 consecutive re-check attempt has failed (most recently 2026-11-02 — The pricing page text does not mention the stored free-tier specifics: it does not state the 10-day deletion policy, the 100 GB per 30 days traffic limit, download restrictions past that limit, or which API endpoints require Premium. It only says free files are kept temporarily and that no account is required, so the stored deal info cannot be fully verified against this page.), 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

S3 compatibility object storage. 15 GB free storage and 15 GB downloads per month. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-10-12, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-10-12, 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)
−1
gumlet.com stable
Free

Image and video hosting, processing and streaming via CDN. Provides generous free tier of 250 GB / month for videos and 30 GB / month for images.

  • −1 stale_verification We cannot confirm this offer: 4 consecutive re-check attempts have failed (most recently 2026-11-10 — The pricing page text does not include any plan details, free tier limits, or pricing information to verify the stored deal info.), 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)
−2
Trial

Distributed S3-compatible object storage. Free trial only: 25 GB free storage for 30 days, no credit card required, and 2 Object Mount licenses. After the trial, $7/TB storage and $7/TB egress with a $5 monthly minimum fee (waived while the trial is running and for accounts paying with USDC). Note — 2026-09-25: On September 25, 2026, Storj stopped accepting STORJ token deposits for its service bills and switched to USDC. Accounts that deposit USDC are exempt from the $5 minimum monthly fee, as STORJ payers had been. The 10% discount on STORJ deposits ended the same day. Source ↗

  • Storj Labs filed for Chapter 11 on July 26, 2026, in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of West Virginia. Storj says it will continue operating and does not anticipate interruptions in service to its customers. (From storj.io/blog/storj-announces-voluntary-financial-restructuring-to-resolve-legacy-liabilities-and-position-the-business-for-growth, read 2026-11-01.)
  • Storj Labs filed for Chapter 11 on July 26, 2026, in West Virginia; the case is now in the Northern District of Georgia. Storj Object Storage is being sold as a running business with customer contracts. A hearing on bidding procedures for Storj Object Storage is set for December 3, 2026. Storj Object Storage bids are expected December 20, 2026, auction December 21, 2026. Object Mount is offered for sale separately. The network runs as normal. (From storj.io/asset-sale, read 2026-11-10.)
  • −2 time_limited_offer Tier "Trial" is a trial that expires, not an ongoing free tier.
Recorded, but does not affect rank:
  • effective 2026-09-25 — pricing restructured: On September 25, 2026, Storj stopped accepting STORJ token deposits for its service bills and switched to USDC. Accounts that deposit USDC are exempt from the $5 minimum monthly fee, as STORJ payers had been. The 10% discount on STORJ deposits ended the same day. Source ↗
−6
Trial

Global image CDN with sub-60-second setup, AVIF and JPEGXL support, and WordPress/Magento/React/Vue plugins. 30-day free trial only — no credit card required. Flat-rate enterprise licensing after trial; no permanent free developer tier. We could not read the page we cite for this offer when we last looked, on 2026-11-07, so we cannot confirm these terms today. Note — 2026-04-09: ImageEngine withdrew its free Developer Program (10 GB of monthly traffic, one image origin) between captures of 2026-02-17 and 2026-04-09, when it replaced its SaaS plans with self-hosted ImageEngine Kube. The programme's page now redirects to a 30-day free trial with no credit card required. Source ↗

  • −3 free_tier_withdrawn Recorded free tier removal on 2026-04-09: ImageEngine withdrew its free Developer Program (10 GB of monthly traffic, one image origin) between captures of 2026-02-17 and 2026-04-09, when it replaced its SaaS plans with self-hosted ImageEngine Kube. The programme's page now redirects to a 30-day free trial with no credit card required. Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20260409213729/https://imageengine.io/developer-program/
  • −2 time_limited_offer Tier "Trial" is a trial that expires, not an ongoing free tier.
  • −1 stale_verification We cannot confirm this offer: 8 consecutive re-check attempts have failed (most recently 2026-11-07 — fetch failed), 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)
−6
Trial

File sync for Procore: syncs Procore project and company documents for offline use; Enterprise adds file server and SharePoint sync to Procore. No free plan since 2026-03-31, when odrive ended free consumer accounts. New users get a 30-day free trial with no credit card; Standard is $20/user/month or $200/user/year. Note — 2026-03-31: odrive free tier discontinued effective March 31, 2026. Previously free unified cloud storage sync across multiple providers (Google Drive, Dropbox, S3, etc.). Source ↗

  • −3 free_tier_withdrawn Recorded free tier removal on 2026-03-31: odrive free tier discontinued effective March 31, 2026. Previously free unified cloud storage sync across multiple providers (Google Drive, Dropbox, S3, etc.). Source: https://www.odrive.com/pricing
  • −2 time_limited_offer Tier "Trial" is a trial that expires, not an ongoing free tier.
  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-11-05, found the page different from the terms we hold. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)

Not on our ranked list

3 of the 55 offers matching this query are not on our ranked list — 1 requires an application or qualification, 2 have ended. Here is how that order is derived.

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
2026-11-14
query_key
best-of:Storage
seed
4947161ffe8cdbcec9621717c244a06056bbfdd5c9e9d17b225e57dc50316a00
tie_count
27

Quick Comparison

Vendor Free Tier Key Limits Durability Read / catalogue date
twicpics.com Free Responsive images as a service. It provides an image CDN, a media processing API, and a frontend library to automate ima... stable 2026-11-04
degoo.com Free AI based cloud storage with free up to 20 GB, three devices, 5 GB referral bonus (90 days account inactivity). stable 2026-11-12 / 2026-10-22
Filebase Free S3 Compatible Object Storage Powered by Blockchain. 5 GB free storage for an unlimited duration. stable 2026-11-02
Ente Free Ente is an end-to-end encrypted cloud for photos, videos and 2FA secrets. URL moved to ente.com. stable 2026-10-25
Google Cloud Storage Always Free Always Free: 5 GB-months of Standard storage in us-east1, us-west1 or us-central1 only, 5K Class A ops/month, 50K Class ... stable 2026-11-09
Cloudflare R2 Free Object storage with zero egress fees — 10 GB storage, 1M writes, 10M reads/month free. Standard storage beyond the free ... stable 2026-10-26
borgbase.com Free Simple and secure offsite backup hosting for Borg Backup. 10 GB free backup space and two repositories. stable 2026-11-12
kraken.io Free Image optimization for website performance as a service, free 100 MB testing quota. Paid plans start at $5/mo. — 2026-10-29
Uploadcare Free File uploading API and image CDN — Free tier includes 1,000 operations per month, 500 MB max file size, uploading widget... improving
effective 2026-05-17
2026-11-03
packagecloud.io Free Hosted Package Repositories for YUM, APT, RubyGem and PyPI — Maven Repository: Create a Maven repository for Java artifa... — 2026-11-08
npoint.io Free JSON store with collaborative schema editing stable 2026-11-12
Cloudinary Free Media management — 25 credits/month (1 credit = 1 GB storage OR 1 GB bandwidth OR 1K transformations), up to 3 users. Cloudinary's Free plan needs no credit card. (From https://cloudinary.com/pricing, read 2026-10-23.) Cloudinary launched Claimable Clouds on August 5, 2026. Its docs say: "A Claimable Cloud is a working Cloudinary environment that an AI agent can provision on a user's behalf, with no signup and no existing credentials." A Claimable Cloud expires in 24 hours if unclaimed and is deleted. Media delivery is limited to the provisioning machine's IP and up to three others, and usage caps are lower until a person claims it. Claiming converts it to a Free plan account with the same credentials. (From https://cloudinary.com/documentation/claimable_cloud_provisioning, read 2026-11-06.) Cloudinary's usage limits are soft: warnings come near 90% of a quota, and an account that stays over after repeated notices may be disabled. A disabled account cannot upload or create new transformations; delivery may continue for a time but can also be blocked. (From https://cloudinary.com/documentation/programmable_media_asset_usage_data, read 2026-11-06.) A disabled Cloudinary account can be restored within 30 days by choosing a plan that covers its usage. After 30 days, its environments, assets, metadata and settings are permanently removed. (From https://cloudinary.com/documentation/ts_why_is_my_account_disabled_and_how_can_i_recover_my_disabled_account, read 2026-11-06.) stable 2026-11-05
Proton Drive Free Ultra-secure cloud storage for files and key documents. Free plan offers 5gb of storage space. stable 2026-11-04
ImgBB Free ImgBB is a free image hosting service. It allows 32 MB per image, direct image links, BBCode and HTML thumbnails, and op... stable 2026-11-13
Backblaze B2 Free Allowance Object storage — first 10 GB always free, free egress up to 3x average monthly storage, unmetered via CDN partners. Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage sign-up needs no credit card. (From https://www.backblaze.com/sign-up/cloud-storage, read 2026-10-23.) Making a bucket public needs a payment history on file, or a small card payment that Backblaze credits to the account balance. Private buckets need neither. (From https://www.backblaze.com/docs/cloud-storage-create-and-manage-buckets, read 2026-11-06.) stable 2026-11-08
podio.com Free Work management platform owned by Progress Software. The Free plan is $0 for up to 5 users, with unlimited workspaces an... stable 2026-11-10
file.io Free File.io is free to use with no gotchas and no hidden fees. Simply upload your files and share the link. You can upload a... stable 2026-11-03
MinIO AIStor Free S3-compatible object storage — AIStor Free is free to download and deploy and includes the full AIStor feature set for a... volatile
effective 2026-02-12
2026-10-28 / 2026-08-24
imgen Free Free unlimited social cover image generation API, no watermark stable 2026-11-03
QuickChart Free Generate embeddable image charts, graphs, and QR codes stable 2026-11-04
image-charts.com Free Unlimited image chart generation with a watermark stable 2026-11-12
Tigris Free S3-compatible object storage — 5 GB free, 10K writes + 100K reads/month, zero egress fees. Tigris's free tier needs no card to start; its free allowance resets monthly. (From https://www.tigrisdata.com/pricing/, read 2026-10-23.) Tigris announced on 2026-11-05 that Dropbox plans to acquire it. Tigris says nothing changes for its customers: the same product, the same S3-compatible API and the same pricing with zero egress fees. (From https://www.tigrisdata.com/blog/dropbox-plans-acquire-tigris/, read 2026-11-11.) stable 2026-11-06
ImageKit Free Real-time image and video optimization with CDN — Forever free $0 / mo. Includes: 20 GB bandwidth Monthly limit, 3 GB DA... watch
effective 2025-08-03
2026-11-07
Pinata IPFS Free IPFS pinning and file storage with an API. The Free plan is $0 a month with 1 GB of storage and 500 files in total, 10 G... stable 2026-11-08
4EVERLAND Free Compatible with AWS S3 - APIs, interface operations, CLI, and other upload methods, upload and store files from the IPFS... stable 2026-11-13 / 2026-09-30
QRtracer Free New Free accounts can create up to 3 dynamic codes and get 14 days of Analytics and QR Studio access. After that, Pro is...
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MConverter Free Convert files in bulk. Supports many formats, including [AVIF](https://mconverter.eu/convert/to/avif/) and JXL. Extract ... stable 2026-10-24 / 2026-10-01

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best free 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 27 free 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 storage tiers have held their terms?

27 offers meet our criteria for this category. Of those, 21 carry no recorded change to the terms we publish, 2 a recorded narrowing, 1 a recorded widening, and we publish no durability signal for 3. 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, where the listing is gated, or where a narrowing in our records cites no source or no archived copy of the vendor's page has confirmed it. 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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