El cloud or cloud storage has been able to penetrate different sectors of the population so that many use Google Drive or Dropbox itself; and without counting on the great variety of platforms that we have today to have all our images, documents and more in the so-called «cloud».
That is why we are going to show you this wide variety of services that are increasingly determined for what we need. That is, Google Photos offers cloud storage, like Dropbox, but the two have a different purpose; one the images and videos, and another is more global and comprehensive like the second. Go for it.
Google Photos
Google Photos offers free cloud storage, although while until May we can upload photos in HD, it will limit it so that we have to throw away the 15GB that it gives for free when we create a Google account. The best aspect of Google Photos is that in its Android app it allows us to have a "smart" or "intelligent" gallery characterized by its AI or "Artificial Intelligence" that is capable by itself of classifying photos or videos according to what they contain. So in itself it becomes a great free cloud service for Android.
dropbox
We can almost say that It is one of the best "clouds" that we have today for both normal and professional users. Perhaps it can be blamed that between the free option and the premium there is no one in between that may be convenient. Since we can go directly to the 2TB of storage for 9,99 euros per month; while Google offers other better options with its Drive. In the free version Dropbox offers 2GB to be able to have it installed on a maximum of 3 devices. The interesting thing about Dropbox is that it is synchronized with a folder that we have in Windows, unlike other services.
Amazon Drive
Amazon's solution is more than significant, since like many of you have Amazon Prime, having this subscription you have 5GB free in your «cloud» and infinite storage of videos and images. Those who do not have Prime can opt for just over 10 euros a year of that infinite storage of images and videos. It offers 5GB for free just like Google and has some 100GB payment options for € 1,99 per month.
AutoSync
Here we are facing another alternative to cloud storage services. It is part of MetaCrtrl, and we have a app to partner with some of the cloud providers that we have available such as Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, Box or MEGA. Autosync works as a cloud storage manager to make copies of cloud storage between all your devices.
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Box
Another cloud service provider that It has two apps so you can enjoy it from your Android mobile or from your PC. For free Box offers us 10GB of storage and the truth is that it is not bad at all. For 6 euros per month, although now on offer with € 4,50, we can choose up to 100GB so that you can enjoy your cloud experience both on your mobile and on your PC. Yes, we can characterize it by how well it organizes our files and folders with its design in the app.
Google Drive
If we use Google Photos and Google Drive can become a very powerful duo, although the two will share the 15GB of storage offered by Google. Just as it uses its 360 solution with all those well-known apps like Gmail and more to make it our favorite. It is true that it handles very well that we can share folders and links to work collaboratively with other users. We have 100GB for 1,99 euros per month, 200GB for 2,99, and we go up to 2TB for € 9,99; You can take a look at their website for the rest of the prices.
MEGA
Another free storage service that came out of everything that was Megaupload many years ago. It is the one that offers the most space in its free version, and it is that gives you 15GB just for signing up. A more than interesting alternative with its app both on mobile and desktop and that works really well. A great alternative especially for the space it gives for free. Also interesting is its recommendation program, and all those details like the QR codes to share links.
Nextcloud
We are facing another way to undertake free or cloud storage services on our mobile. And it does it in such a way that it gives us all the power to let's use the space we have on our mobile or PC as that cloud. In other words, the app allows you to synchronize files between your computer and your mobile. So we have everything that happens between the two devices in our hands. A solution for those who do not want to relegate all their files to an external server and want to access them from anywhere. The handicap is that you will have to have your PC connected all the time.
Resilio Sync
If you liked the idea from before, wait for Resilio Sync's, since it is practically the best free cloud service currently available. What was previously BitTorrent Sync, allows you with its app to use your PC, laptop, NAS, tablet, or even the server that you have at home, so that you can synchronize all your files through your mobile. Like Nextcloud, your PC or device must be "on" all the time to receive the files.
Microsoft OneDrive
Another of the popular free clouds that we have and that integrates in a fascinating way with the rest of Microsoft products. If you are users of Excel, Word or other types of solutions such as OneNote, OneDrive is another great alternative to Google Drive. We have 5GB of free storage for free, but we can choose to expand it by 2euros for 100GB, or go to Microsoft 365 Personal for 69,00 or 7 euros per month for 1TB with the extra of adding Excel, Word, Outlook and Powerpoint in their professional format; we just include it in Outlook on this list of the best email apps.
Troubled
If there are some services like ProtonMail in the email that put the accent on data encryption, Tresorit walks along the same shore with your free cloud. It offers free sending of encrypted files of 5GB maximum to pass to the rest of the subscriptions. It is not a cheap app as you can see, as it offers end-to-end encryption for every file you upload to the cloud. This in itself is very important because these cloud services count between companies and professionals with uploaded documents. For € 10 a month you have 500GB, access from anywhere and 5GB of maximum file size.
Degoo
100GB of free storage is a great way to get noticed And so it is achieving it with its growing community of users. But it has a "but", and that is that to reach that amount you will have to go watching advertisements. For the rest, it has a fairly well-crafted and modern app on Android, and it offers unlimited sending in transfers. That is, if you have a 10GB file you can upload it without problems, something very different when we do the same task in other more popular cloud services. It also offers extreme encryption with Zero Knowledge Encyption.
pCloud
Another interesting alternative as a free cloud for Android that offers first 10GB of storage, although we can pay to extend it. It offers extreme encryption and allows the possibility of configuring files offline or offline just like Dropbox does from the paid version. An app that we have available on different platforms such as iOS, Windows, Mac or Linux. Another detail to take into account is that it offers an internal audio player for those who need it.
iDrive
And we finish this list of the best clouds on Android with one that stands out for its backups of everything that our device contains and for putting the accent on data privacy. It is not only capable of making backups of our mobile, but also of our PC or servers. It is true that It is not a typical cloud service, but it has the option of reaching 5TB to make backup copies of all our data, and it is that many times this is what we look for in this type of service.
