7 Best Free Cloud Storage Options in 2019

Now that most of us have extremely high-quality cameras for photos and videos on our phones, we’re documenting more of our daily lives than at any time in history.

Saving all of those photos and videos for posterity takes up a lot of space in the form of computer memory. That is where cloud storage comes in.

In this article, we’ll take a look at where you can get free cloud storage and how much you can get without spending a single dollar.

Here Are the Best Places to Store Your Photos and Videos in the Cloud for Free

When you take photos and videos on your phone, those images take the form of data. In many cases, people accumulate so much of that data that they run out of memory on their phone and even their home computers or laptops.

With cloud storage, you can upload that data to a third party, who will then host it in the cloud.

The “cloud” is basically a collection of data centers that could be located anywhere. Those data centers can collectively host far more data than any person could fathom storing locally.

All of that said, here are the cloud storage options that allow you to store the most photos and videos for free:

1. Google Drive

We lead off our list with Google Drive, which offers a whopping 15 GB of free cloud storage just for signing up for a Google account. For perspective, that’s enough space to hold around 9,000 photographs, on average.

Google Drive allows you to upload, share and access your files on any device, from anywhere in the world.

2. MediaFire

MediaFire lets you store up to 10 GB of any kind of file for free, allows you to access them from anywhere and share them via email, link or social media.

Downloads of those files are “ad-supported,” though, so if you find advertisements annoying that’s something to consider.

3. pCloud

pCloud offers 10 GB of free storage and claims to be used by people working for Nike, Twitter, Coke and dozens of other high-profile companies.

4. Microsoft OneDrive

Tech behemoth Microsoft offers 5 GB of free cloud storage through their OneDrive Basic plan. They promise “lightning-fast search” of your files and a “premium web-based experience” when you access your files with Office apps.

5. Sync.com

Sync.com offers 5 GB of storage for free, also with the promise that you can access your files from anywhere and using any device.

Sync claims to have “end-to-end” encryption to protect your privacy and offers other security features like the ability to control permissions for access to your files.

6. Amazon Drive

Amazon Drive has what might be the best “free” storage options going, but there’s a catch — you have to be a member of Amazon Prime to qualify for it.

If you are, you get the ability to store an unlimited number of photos and 5 GB of video at no additional cost.

7. Apple iCloud

Apple’s iCloud is another free storage option that comes with a catch. If you’re the owner of an Apple product and have an Apple ID, you automatically get 5 GB of free cloud space.

Everyone else, however, is eligible to sign up for 1 GB of free space if you’d like.

Comparing the Free Cloud Storage Options

For easy reference, this chart shows our top free cloud storage picks and how much space you get from each. All of them do offer more storage for a fee, so we’ve included that information as well.

*1 TB = 1,000 GB

Final Thought

There are a lot of services out there that will provide you free cloud storage space for your photos and videos.

In fact, if you take advantage of one or more of these options and use them in combination, it’s likely you could have all of the space you need without shelling out a dime.

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