Compare 9 free cloud storage tools, free tiers, and developer deals. We could not confirm today's terms for 2 of them: on 1 the page we cite did not answer, and on 1 our own read did not confirm them. Each row says why. Nothing on record contradicts our terms for Google Drive, Google Photos and more.
What this name holds: Consumer file-sync drives a person keeps documents and photos in — not storage an application writes to.
2 other names here answer “where do my files live”, and each holds a different list: CDN (20), Storage (55).
We track 9 cloud storage services with a free tier we hold as current. This category has been stable — no pricing changes recorded across any vendor.
| Vendor | Tier | Description | Read / catalogue date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Drive | 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. | 2026-11-07 |
| Google Photos | 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. | 2026-11-07 |
| iCloud | 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. | 2026-11-07 |
| OneDrive | 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.When we read the page we cite for this offer on 2026-10-16, we found a change we could not reconcile with the terms we publish, and we have read it again since, on 2026-11-07, without confirming them, so we cannot confirm these terms today. | 2026-11-07 / 2026-08-21 |
| Flickr | 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 2026-10-15, so we cannot confirm these terms today. | 2026-10-15 / 2026-08-19 |
| 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 via web (larger via desktop app). Dropbox Transfer up to 100 MB. | 2026-10-25 |
| MEGA | Free | Withheld: 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 correction record says they did not match MEGA's page. Read what we recorded ↓ | 2026-11-02 |
| pCloud | 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. | 2026-10-31 / 2026-10-06 |
| Internxt | Free | Free plan offers 1GB of encrypted cloud storage. | 2026-11-06 |