Cloud Storage Service reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 162 Reddit reviews across 16 subreddits and 31 posts to rank the best Cloud Storage Service brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/DataHoarder, r/cloudstorage, r/linuxquestions, r/iphone, r/ios. Top-rated brands include pCloud (4.1/5), Microsoft (4.1/5), Dropbox (3.6/5).
Stats
Reviews162
Subreddits16
Posts31
Brands64
Products43
162 reviews from
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By Brand
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#1
pCloud
4.1
(11)
"Pcloud does it for me"
"The Swiss company adheres to strict data protection laws, making it a reliable choice for cloud storage."
"I like Pcloud if you wait for a sale it is like $235 bucks for 2TB lifetime."
"PCloud supports syncing with up to five devices."
"Great option for users looking for free storage."
"Offers a variety of lifetime payment plans for cloud storage."
"Affordable one-time payment for 500GB of storage."
"Excellent value for 2TB of lifetime storage."
"Has a linux client and offers file versioning for free and premium accounts."
"PCloud offers affordable storage plans and good privacy features."
#2
Microsoft
4.1
(10)
"Excellent storage solution with 6TB space across multiple accounts."
"One drive cause you also get Microsoft suite with it. More $$$ for your $."
"For $100 a year you get unlimited storage plus office."
"Microsoft Office 365, SharePoint, and OneDrive generally operate well within China."
"OneDrive is the easy choice for most people."
"I think MS CS has additional cloud storage although I‘m not 100% sure"
"Is cheap and I believe reliable"
"OneDrive is a pretty good option for syncing files between devices and offers good photo upload quality."
"I like OneDrive for its simple integration and better browsing experience compared to Google Drive."
"I thought it was a good deal to get a few GB's for free."
#3
Dropbox
3.6
(11)
"Good client integrations for all platforms."
"I love it for photos and it works seamlessly across different platforms."
"Dropbox is great because it's able to be added as a widget to the notification center! Really handy."
"I use Dropbox and Google Drive regularly."
"Download the software that will display the files but not download them; it'll cache it when opened."
"Others---- Dropbox/Google Drive/Box"
"Dropbox is orders of magnitude faster, does lan sync, and is less buggy."
"You can use free cloud storages like Dropbox or Google drive"
"Dropbox is expensive and sometimes annoying."
"Lacks offline files (smart sync) but has file history and a native client."
#4
Google Drive
3.9
(10)
"I use Dropbox and Google Drive regularly."
"One Drive/Google Drive - Easy to use, easy to find directions on and are quite usable."
"You can get OneDrive and Google Drive (Gsuite) for free with ETH"
"I use Google Drive for more personal things such as letters and photos."
"I use a mix of google drive and OneDrive"
"Google Drive. Enables OCR search of images and PDF files."
"I like it too, but find Dropbox easier to use."
"If you have an .edu account, you get 10TB worth of cloud storage from Google drive."
"I have Google Drive as a standby."
"I don't have tons of music/movies."
#5
3.5
(11)
"Google Drive works well for personal and business use."
"Play large movies from browser, view docs online, etc."
"The 1 TB option is hella cheap with instant access for quick and easy data storage and retrieval."
"I like how it integrates with Gmail and syncs my photos."
"Google Drive is more friendly/consumer scale and has thorough Make connector."
"I'm a fan of ownCloud, but I would consider using Google Drive for its affordability at $20 per year."
"Google Photos compresses your images but offers unlimited storage for free."
"Google Drive is slow and adds spammy ini files."
"Google Drive has been okay, but the changes to Google Photos syncing are very annoying."
"Google Drive does not compress your data."
#6
MEGA
4.6
(7)
"MEGAsync allows seamless folder syncing across devices."
"MEGA is the only one in your list with end to end encryption and should provide the best security."
"I really love MEGA. The GUI is excellent."
"Offers a generous 50GB of free storage."
"Just using simple backup there is Mega"
"Mega, Sync.com, are options."
"Mega.nz"
#7
Nextcloud
4.5
(6)
"Build your own server, use own cloud or next cloud."
"I run my own nextcloud and love it."
"Nextcloud."
"Hosting a Nextcloud instance yourself is a great alternative for those who prefer more control over their data."
"You can host a VPS yourself and install Nextcloud."
"I like Nextcloud for its excellent webdav support."
#8
Backblaze
4.5
(6)
"I recently started using Backblaze's Computer Backup. It's $9/mo for all you can eat."
"I use Backblaze for my offsite data backups. Got it connected to my Synology and it copies during off peak hours."
"Absolutely love what they've been doing with their blogs and open sourcing their hardware!"
"Look into smth like Backblaze, Wasabi and etc."
"Backblaze Personal is a good option with extendable version history."
"Backblaze is a nice cloud backup solution with unlimited storage for personal use."
#9
Hetzner
4.6
(5)
"Hetzner Storage Share. And activate snapshots/backup"
"Hetzner Storage Share"
"Great value for 1TB storage at just under 50 bucks per year, with excellent support and privacy options."
"Hetzner is reliable, simple and cheap, linux based."
"I can recommend Hetzner for hosting stuff."
#10
Koofr
4.4
(5)
"It ticks all your boxes!"
"In Koofr you can manage your Google Drive, One Drive and Dropbox account too."
"I am completely satisfied with their superfast upload and download speeds."
"Maybe Koofr "Vault"? Then share the pw with them via text or snail mail."
"It's privacy oriented, so it won't auto backup apps and such."
#11
BackBlaze
4.5
(4)
"I also have an offsite backup through BackBlaze B2."
"If you need to store a lot of data, BackBlaze B2 is an excellent choice."
"I use Backblaze B2 and it covers my needs."
"Backblaze B2 is widely supported, no minimum buy."
#12
Wasabi
4.0
(4)
"Wasabi is also nice."
"Wasabi does not charge for egress but charges for early deletion."
"Wasabi offers enterprise-grade cloud storage with competitive upload and download fees."
"Remote access would be best to play with S3 object storage like Wasabi"
#13
OneDrive
3.5
(4)
"One Drive/Google Drive - Easy to use, easy to find directions on and are quite usable."
"You can get OneDrive and Google Drive (Gsuite) for free with ETH"
"I use One drive for school and work things such as essays, resumes."
"OneDrive has randomly deleted directories one time."
#14
rsync.net
4.7
(3)
"Great service. Very simple, ZFS-over-SSH As A Service."
"Rsync.net"
"Rsync.net is the best you can get with built-in versioning, more redundancy, and more server locations."
#15
Box
4.3
(3)
"Awesome interface. I use it for a big client, and we both love it."
"Box is excellent for webdav support."
"You can try that, I hear Box is pretty good too."
#16
Syncthing
4.0
(3)
"I run Syncthing and am looking into Resilio Sync, which appears to have a perpetual license that works without a device limit."
"This is just basic Linux-enthusiast weekend-warrior stuff. It sounds like you want some combination of syncthing, seafile, plex, and a wireguard vpn."
"Syncthing"
#17
Filen
4.0
(3)
"Filen is really good. You can share folders and you can sync your folders on the cloud directly to a folder on your computer"
"Tresorit.com or filen.io"
"Filen is quite solid though never audited."
#18
Amazon
3.7
(3)
"AWS S3 is highly recommended for large amounts of data."
"AWS S3 is a popular cloud storage product."
"S3 is very robust but complex, with limited Make modules and confusing API documentation."
#19
FileLu
5.0
(2)
"FileLu has features like a storage pool and an internal share folder."
"Is good with privacy, really simple. NO ADS and proper encryption."
#20
Spider Oak
4.5
(2)
"Can't beat Spider Oak for privacy."
"I have also heard good things about spider oak. It is encrypted locally before sending it."
#21
Office 365
4.0
(2)
"Great service but very expensive."
"Still happily paying for an Office 365 Home account with more than enough storage."
#22
Internxt
4.0
(2)
"Internxt has a virtual drive for Mac that is actually pretty decent now they’re more active on Reddit about posting updates"
"It's also clean and minimal, isn't bloated, can be used on multiple platforms, and it's apparently their 10th birthday so they have existed for long enough."
#23
Alibaba Cloud
4.0
(2)
"Alicloud have English interface if I remember correctly"
"They have an English interface."
#24
DigitalOcean
4.0
(2)
"It costs $5/month for 250GB and the account can be prepaid."
"Digital Ocean spaces is s3 compatible, has a built in CDN"
#25
Sync.com
3.0
(2)
"Sync.com is privacy based and gives you 5 GB for free."
"Sync.com does not look solid in his review."
#26
Infomaniak
5.0
(1)
"KDrive offers a great value for cloud storage with file versioning and cross-platform support."
#27
Least Authority
5.0
(1)
"Least Authority S4 is both fully open source and client side encrypting."
#28
Proton
5.0
(1)
"Proton.me offers secure and private cloud storage, along with email and VPN services."
#29
Synology
5.0
(1)
"I own a Synology NAS and have 3 android phones that backup to my NAS."
#30
NetApp
5.0
(1)
"Ranks first in the category of Public Cloud Storage Services according to tech professionals."
#31
Scaleway
5.0
(1)
"Scaleway's C14 and Deep Archive are fast and very easy to get data to and from of the Vault."
#32
TeraBox
5.0
(1)
"TeraBox might do all you need, for free."
#33
Seafile
5.0
(1)
"Seafile does everything you're asking for, and it's lightning fast and rock solid reliable to boot."
#34
1fichier
5.0
(1)
"Has great speeds, tons of storage options, and reasonably priced"
#35
Polybox
5.0
(1)
"You get access to polybox: 50 GB free, no registration."
#36
Apple
5.0
(1)
"ICloud, duh?"
#37
Google Workspace
5.0
(1)
"My University uses Gsuite, and alumni get to keep their accounts for life. Infinite cloud storage forever, for free."
#38
Cryptomator
5.0
(1)
"Cryptomator can be used to create an encrypted vault on any cloud storage. You fully control the access to it. It’s free."
#39
Microsoft 365 Family
5.0
(1)
"Microsoft 365 Family was designed for exactly this use case."
#40
Bitwarden
5.0
(1)
"Bitwarden allows you to attach documents and it has emergency access and 2FA, the paid version is $1/month."
#41
1Password
5.0
(1)
"Pay for 1Password Family - because you will need more than just documents, things like MFA."
#42
Ubuntu
4.0
(1)
"It's free and worth a try, but you have to pay to store more than 2GB."
#43
rclone
4.0
(1)
"You can sign up with any and use rclone (which also ships with a GUI). You need to be a bit technical tho."
#44
Air Explorer
4.0
(1)
"Air Explorer enables manual syncing across various cloud services."
#45
Jottacloud
4.0
(1)
"They have truly unlimited storage for 8 bucks a month."
#46
Storj
4.0
(1)
"It may be more secure to just store it on Storj or one of their partners."
#47
Ionos
4.0
(1)
"Ionos never failed me and has excellent support."
#48
Carbonite
4.0
(1)
"Easy to install and use."
#49
ownCloud
4.0
(1)
"I use owncloud and I host it at home. There are a lot of places you can pay to host it online too if that's not an option."
#50
CrashPlan
4.0
(1)
"I use both CrashPlan Small Business and Backblaze Personal."
#51
Third-party Encryption Software
4.0
(1)
"Unless they supply a private encryption key and client-side encryption tools, encrypt all critical data via a third-party software before uploading them to cloud storage."
#52
Cloud Storage Service
4.0
(1)
"I also made this table comparing between them: [Cloud storage comparison]"
#53
Cloudflare R2
4.0
(1)
"For a more robust solution try Cloudflare R2"
#54
Tresorit
4.0
(1)
"Tresorit.com or filen.io"
#55
SWITCH Drive
4.0
(1)
"100gb for all members of swiss universities"
#56
SyncTrayzor
4.0
(1)
"I use for years SyncTrayzor for sync between my laptop and minipc."
#57
Google Cloud
4.0
(1)
"Duplicacy + Google Cloud Coldline or Backblaze B2"
#58
SpiderOak
4.0
(1)
"Consider SpiderOak, Tresorit, OwnCloud (NextCloud), Sync, Arkham Storage, Peerio, & CryptoMator."
#59
Resilio Sync
4.0
(1)
"ResillioSync -Like o"
#60
Google Photos
4.0
(1)
"For photos--- google photos"
#61
JustCloud
2.0
(1)
"For an entire terabyte of combined data you'll definitely need to pay for something!"
#62
MyPcBackup
2.0
(1)
"I thought it was a good deal to get a few GB's for free."
#63
Degoo
2.0
(1)
"Degoo, 100GB but the service is bad."
#64
IceDrive
1.0
(1)
"IceDrive is bugged up. File deletions don't work, and the offending file/directory is simply re-downloaded."
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