Alternatives to Google Drive for all platforms with any license

pCloud Sponsored

pCloud is a cloud- based digital asset management platform and cloud storage that provides access to all your digital content including images,video, audio,documents, and more- anytime, anywhere,on any device.

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Cloud based Crypto folder Encrypted backups High Level ... Integration Security & Privacy Backup Sync with Box Cloud Storage Sync with Dropbox End-to-End Encryption File-sync GDPR compliant Sync with Google Drive Sync with Onedrive Two factor authentication Virtual disk Virtual hard drive Support for WebDAV Add a feature

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Nextcloud

A safe home for all your data – Access & share your files, calendars, contacts, mail & more from any device, on your terms.
- secure, open source, self control, selfhostable violoncello • May 2018 • 9 agrees and 1 disagrees
- Open source, secure, self-hosted Gruak • Jul 2020
- Keeps your data under your control - no more forced agreeing to crazy terms! Guest • Jun 2018 • 8 agrees and 4 disagrees
- not a GAFAM, not closed source, host where you want. cbesot • Jun 2020
- Open source, free, easy to use, and you know were your data is physically stored ! Guest • Jul 2018 • 3 agrees and 1 disagrees
- It's free, open source and cross-platform. All is manageable by a cloud owner, you have full control. Guest • Jul 2018 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees
- You can use it to sync things from your phone to your server automatically Guest • Sep 2018 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees
- I prefer self-hosted cloud over remote commercial services. emadwebdev • Jun 2018 • 5 agrees and 2 disagrees
- Nextcloud requires that you install their software on a server, so you must pick a provider. These providers that will host your server can access to your data, so you are just placing your trust in somebody other than Google. The security of the server and data can be questionable. These providers usually have various plans that can have comparative costs to what Google is charging, after a certain amount of data. Lastly, setting up and managing your own server can be time consuming. Guest • Jun 2019 • 14 agrees and 26 disagrees
- Nextcloud is the best alternative if you want to self-host your files on your server. It is open sourced and free for all (if you have a server to install it of course). myst • Aug 2018
- Nextcloud is free, opensource, selfhosted, private, highly maintained and easily updateable. Guest • Jun 2018 • 1 agrees and 2 disagrees
- Nextcloud is awesome file sync if you care about privacy and want to keep all you file safe. einverne • Jun 2018 • 1 agrees and 2 disagrees
- Nextcloud is the best open-source alternative to Google Drive. And when I say best, it actually offers much more granularity and control. Back by a good community. Great platform! Guest • Mar 2017 • 2 agrees and 2 disagrees
- Nextcloud is the best option for people who care about privacy and wish to set up their own cloud storage server. Guest • Feb 2017 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Android Tablet iPad Self-Hosted F-Droid Cloudron
Privacy focused Calendar integration Sync Contacts File-sync ... Self-hosted in intranet or private cloud Two factor authentication Cloud sync Ad-free Customizable On-premises software Security focused CalDAV End-to-End Encryption Integrated Email Client Integrated File Sharing Mobile friendly Multi-platform support Calendar Sync Support for ActivityPub Built-in RSS reader Collaborative Text Editor Custom applications Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Federated Cloud File sharing LDAP Services Openstack swift integration Secure File Sharing Sync notes Team Collaboration Video calling Support for WebDAV Auto Updates Bookmark organization Built-in Download Manager Built-in Note Taker CardDAV Cloud Storage Sync Contacts Cross-platform Support for Docker Embedded apps Encryption is optional Extensibility Fast motion File management File Tagging Hostable In built video player Integration Keepass integration LDAP support LibreOffice Integration Local server Local Storage MarkDown support Modular extensions Music Player News aggregator Notetaking OCR One Time Passwords Onlyoffice integration Permission system Photo synchronization Privacy Protected Real time collaboration Real-Time Synchronization Security & Privacy Large File Transfer Shared calendars Social feed Storage control Sync across Devices Sync phone location Sync SMS Tablet support Task time tracking Two-Step verification 2 way sync Unlimited private repos Unlimited storage Unlimited users Video calling Add a feature

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Dropbox

Worlds leading online storage and file sync service. You get 2GB free. Apps for all major platforms.

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Selective synchronization Unlimited storage File-sync Centralized model repository ... Scan documents Backup Cloud sync Works Offline Real-Time Synchronization Ad-free Built-in player Built-in viewer Cloud Storage Drag n drop Windows Explorer integration File sharing Folder sync IFTTT integration Integrated PDF Viewer Compatible with Microsoft Office Office Online integration Podcast Hosting Selective synchronization Shared folders Shared links Add a feature

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MEGA

MEGA, the successor of MegaUpload , is a cloud storage and file hosting service produced by Mega Limited. This cloud-storage solution...
- Secure and a lot of free space. Mansampard01 • Jan 2019 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Private, does not spy on you at all. Guest • Nov 2018 • 3 agrees and 5 disagrees
- Mega gives much more free space than GoogleDrive, it is fast enough and has a strong management of the upload/download bandwidth (as much as GoogleDrive though). Good the streaming feature. saveriogccostanzo • Oct 2018 • 0 agrees and 3 disagrees
- It is offering 50 GB free & also has a better sync app that runs on low end laptops running win xp Guest • Mar 2018 • 1 agrees and 5 disagrees
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End-to-End Encryption File-sync AES encryption Encryption ... Cloud sync Encrypted backups File Storage Works Offline Video Hosting Accept Bitcoin as payment Cloud Storage Command line interface File sharing Firefox Extensions Support for Large File Selective synchronization Shared folders Split and merge PDF files Add a feature

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ownCloud

A safe home for all your data – Access & share your files, calendars, contacts, mail & more from any device, on your terms.
- Perfect solution for keeping a secure cloud Guest • Jul 2018 • 3 agrees and 4 disagrees
- Offers all majors features, plus it's self-hosted (=data under control), but can be a bit tricky to set up for a non tech-savvy. Guest • Aug 2015 • 7 agrees and 4 disagrees
Freemium Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Blackberry Android Tablet iPad Self-Hosted Software as a Service (SaaS) Raspberry Pi Cloudron
Calendar integration Autotagging Self-hosted in intranet or private cloud Bookmarks ... Built-in Note Taker Built-in RSS reader Cloud Storage Delta Backup Delta Update File management File sharing File-sync Music Streaming No installation required Image Preview SAML Single Sign-On Calendar Sync Virtual filesystem Support for WebDAV Add a feature

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Syncthing

Syncthing replaces proprietary sync and cloud services with something open, trustworthy and decentralized. Your data is your data alone and you deserve to choose where...
- Google Drive is a centralized location of where you can put your data and provide public links to selected data or folders. Syncthing is decentralized, where you can have a copies of your data and folders on multiple computers (making it somewhat like backup software). Syncthing does not provide public links to your data, but rather others must have Syncthing software installed and the person must share their private ID. Guest • Jun 2019 • 4 agrees and 1 disagrees
- It's open source, secure & cross platform. Guest • Sep 2019
- For transferring a large amount of data between your computers every now and again, Synthing is brilliant: free, private, open source and MUCH faster speeds (I've seen up to 80MB/second). JohnFastman • Jan 2017 • 4 agrees and 3 disagrees
- It has everything that google drive has but the great thing is it does not have google. wookahn624 • Apr 2017 • 2 agrees and 5 disagrees
- Syncthing is only for decentralized filesync. Google Drive is for centralized filesync PLUS filesharing PLUS collaboration. Guest • Aug 2015 • 6 agrees and 5 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android Android Tablet ... BSD Self-Hosted Cloudron
Peer-To-Peer Decentralized Real-time sync Encryption ... Command line File Searching File sharing File-sync Folder sync Mesh network No need to register an account Self-hosted in intranet or private cloud Add a feature

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Microsoft OneDrive

Get to your files from anywhere, on any device, with Microsoft OneDrive. Share and work together with anyone in your work and life.

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Encrypted folder Online Cloud Storage Backup Cloud Storage ... File Storage File-sync IFTTT integration Integrated Search Microsoft Office integration Office Online integration Works Offline Selective synchronization Unlimited storage Support for WebDAV Add a feature

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Box

SIMPLIFY HOW YOU WORK One platform for secure content management, workflow, and collaboration WORK FROM THE CLOUD Easily secure, manage and share all your files ...
- Very similar to Google Drive, has 10 GB free space, mobile app, one can create/upload/edit Microsoft Office files. Additionally one can tag these files. Encryption is possible, even though you have to pay for this. Guest • Oct 2017 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees
- Enough space to upload, may be smaller than Google drive, but it is not Google thankfully :) Guest • Jun 2017 • 3 agrees and 2 disagrees
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Office Online integration Sync between devices Built-in viewer Cloud Storage ... Encrypted Notes File sharing File Storage IFTTT integration One-link file sharing Selective synchronization Team Collaboration Unlimited storage Add a feature

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Resilio Sync

Resilient, fast and scalable file synchronization for enterprises and individuals.

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File-sync Peer-To-Peer Backup Multiple backups and version history ... Cloud Storage Decentralized Distributed File sharing File Storage Peer-To-Peer Selective synchronization Add a feature

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MediaFire

MediaFire is the simple solution for uploading and downloading files on the internet. It focuses on providing a positive experience for downloaders, but does not offer...

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Unlimited bandwidth Cloud Storage Add a feature

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Spideroak One Backup

SpiderOak provides an easy, secure and consolidated online backup, storage, access, sharing & sync tool for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux (Ubuntu, Debian &...
- Back up and synchronization. It's not seemless or without its quirks, but overall it's very powerful and flexible. Their support has been pretty good as well. bph84 • Jan 2019
- One of the services that takes your privacy seriously, unlike Google Drive. SpiderOak uses end-to-end encryption to make sure your data can't be read by the service, whereas GD can, can analyze, lose it to hackers and the NSA. Check also Sync.com, Tresorit, iDrive and Cryptomator. JohnFastman • Jan 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
Commercial $ $ $ Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone iPad Xfce
End-to-End Encryption Encrypted backups File Versioning Encryption ... Incremental backup Automatic Backup Backup Cloud Storage Folder sync Works Offline Real-time backup Security focused Selective synchronization Unlimited storage Add a feature

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Google Drive Comments

Read the Terms > Your content in Our Services

about Google Drive · Apr 2012 · Helpful Not helpful 12 Helpful Report as spam

This is what Google terms says for Google drive for users with Google personal account.
"When you upload or otherwise submit content to our Services, you give Google (and those we work with) a worldwide license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works (such as those resulting from translations, adaptations or other changes we make so that your content works better with our Services), communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such content. "

jj123321 · Sep 2014

omg....that's super scary...thank u

Kovah · May 2018

To be fair, Google literally has to ask for these rights to be able to provide their services.
"use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works" > Store your files on their servers and make copies of them on various servers.
"communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such content" > make a file or multiple files public if you share files with others or actually make them available to the public.
If they do not ask for these permissions in the first place you would have to accept custom terms for every single file you upload or share.

Comment by gabo08

about Google Drive · Jun 2018 · Helpful Not helpful 4 Helpful Report as spam

Google has a back door for NSA, this is prooved by Snowden leaks

use it all the time

Comment by sophiaschuler600

about Google Drive · Aug 2016 · Helpful Not helpful 3 Helpful Report as spam

i keep documents here, you can make them, share and this really makes life easier.

question...

Comment by jj123321

about Google Drive · Sep 2014 · Helpful Not helpful 1 Helpful Report as spam

I'm having trouble trying to figure out if i should save stuff to my Gdrive or my verizon cloud.
A couple things I've noticed, (bare with me here i'm not really good with comp stuff)

verizon cloud on my PC won't allow me to play,watch or open files. It does allow me to on my android phone though.

Gdrive also did not allow me to open a MS Office document that i really needed at the moment. That's when i gave up on it. I do, however, enjoy the fact that i can access it easier through my PC Chrome/Google web browser. (more convenient)

Basically my question is: Which one is better? (pros and cons)

Thanks

~~JJ

Comment by Purifier

about Google Drive · Jul 2020 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

Certainly the best to keep data, easliy for a cheap price.

Comment by ikhosid

about Google Drive · Apr 2020 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

Storage

Comment by KairiThornton

about Google Drive · Jan 2020 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

I use it daily, sharing with team members. Saves work instantly so I never lose anything.

Comment by soniasinghal318

about Google Drive · Jun 2019 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

It more useful to store lot of data in long time.

Basically, just a 5GB ugrade to Docs storage on the Web

Comment by arahman56

about Google Drive · May 2012 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

If you don't have Drive yet, select "notify me" on GDrive page, and the Docs space will automatically be upgraded to 5GB.

Comment by arahman56

about Google Drive · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

Has a great online editor, great collaboration features, and now lets you upload any file.

Storage is limited to 1GB, but allows paying for more storage.

danmorrow · Jul 2011

and most people do not realize just how cheap google storage is. At the moment is starts at $5/yr for 20GB, and the value only gets better as you move up. If you are committed to the google apps, storage will never be a problem.

love it

Comment by louisbeckler784

about Google Drive · Aug 2016 · Helpful Not helpful -2 Helpful Report as spam

i really like how google drive works, it keeps all my things safe and is very useful

Comment by erinmiller

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The best for sync off lost or stolen phones

great

Comment by rondapuck1206

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i really like this, i truly needed this because i have everything in hand and organized. i use it for work and is great.

good

Comment by ParisFitts

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i really like it, works great, i keep all my work stuff in here

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