![]() ![]() If you need more pure storage space for files and the like over the initial 5GBs, it’s $2.99 per month or $29.99 per year per 20GBs of storage. The Ubuntu One music streaming service, which currently comes with 20GBs of storage, is completely fee-based. Ubuntu One is also available on both Android and iOS. This service, which offers 5GBs of free storage and music streaming is also available on Windows. Ubuntu One: You might think that this service would be for Ubuntu Linux users, or at least Linux users, only. You can push all the way up to a 500GB plan that starts at an introductory price of $39.99 a month or $399.99 a year. If you're willing to pay for more storage, the SugarSync paid plans start at 30GB for $4.99 a month of $49.99 a year. ![]() If you can talk them into paying for a 30GB or larger account, you both get an additional 10GB and there's no limit to how much bonus space you can get. If they open a 5GB free account, you both get a free 500MBs with a maximum of 32GBs. Like Dropbox, the more customers you bring to SugarSync, the more free space you get. It looks like you can drag and drop files to the SugarSync file manager, but it requires an additional step, “Add Sync Folders” before you're actually moving files to your new cloud synchronized directories. SugarSync also looks easier than it actually is. It does not, however, have a Linux client yet. ![]() SugarSync works on Mac, Windows, and most mobile operating systems via an application. It also positions itself as a cloud-backup service ala Carbonite and SpiderOak. SugarSync offers 5GB of free personal cloud storage. That’s far more than the others.įor Windows users, SkyDrive may soon be the cloud storage solution of choice. That said, the one thing you can’t argue about is its price: SkyDrive comes with 25GBs of free storage. To really use it you pretty much have to be committed, ala iCloud, to up to date Microsoft software. Microsoft, however, is also trying to sell it, together with Office Web Apps and local Microsoft Office software, as a project collaboration package in the same way that Box works with Google Apps. The word is that SkyDrive will be integrated into the Windows 8 file manager in the same way Dropbox already works with almost all operating system file managers. It appears that, like iCloud and Ubuntu One, Microsoft will integrate SkyDrive with its operating system. True, it lets you save, share and access files but you must use it through a browser, IE by choice but it will work with others. SkyDrive is Microsoft's personal cloud drive offering. If you’d already gotten people to give Dropbox a try, you'll get this space retroactively paid accounts now earn 1 GB per referral, for a total of 32 GB of extra space. With a free account, you can invite up to 32 people for up to 16 GBs of extra space. How much more? For every friend you’d invite who installed Dropbox, you’d both get 500 more MBs of free space. Of course, Dropbox also recently doubled the amount of free space you got for inviting friends to Dropbox. If you want more, Dropbox charges $9.99 a month for 50GBs and $19.99 for 100GBs. On the other hand, sometimes that’s all you need and since it lets you easily get to your most important files no matter what device you’re using I find it extremely handy.ĭropbox only comes with 2GBs of free storage, but since it’s primary for documents and not music or video that may be all you need. Dropbox offers file storage without any frills. Unlike the other services, there are no extras. What I really like about Dropbox is that I can use it just like it was any other network drive with my file manager. ![]()
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