The best free cloud storage for what you keep
There is no single best free plan. Here is the best pick for each kind of need, and what each pick asks of you in return.
Updated 24 October 2026
The picks
- The most space: DeepStorage, with 2 TB free, and unlimited storage at no cost with our Telegram channel. TeraBox gives 1 TB, with ads on the free plan.
- Your phone's photos: the service built into your phone. iCloud gives 5 GB, and Google gives 15 GB, shared with Gmail and Photos.
- Documents you work on together: Google Drive, with Docs, Sheets and Slides.
- Privacy: MEGA, with end-to-end encryption and 20 GB free, or Proton Drive, with end-to-end encryption and 5 GB free.
- Windows and Office: OneDrive, with 5 GB, shared with photos and email attachments.
- Big files: DeepStorage, with no limit on the size of a file you upload from your browser. Google Drive takes 5 TB per file, only with that much storage to hold it.
- Torrents: DeepStorage, which downloads magnet links and .torrent files straight to your storage. Seedr does too, with 2 GB free.
Where DeepStorage fits, and where it does not
DeepStorage is for keeping a lot: big files, videos you want to stream, and downloads from links and torrents, with share links that open for anyone. It runs in your browser rather than as a phone app that backs up your photos by itself, it plays video in the formats your browser plays, and its paid plans are arranged on Telegram rather than at a card checkout.
Every plan, side by side
| Service | Free storage | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|
| DeepStorage | 2 TB, unlimited with our Telegram channel | No file size limit for uploads from your browser. |
| TeraBox | 1 TB | Ads on the free plan. 4 GB per file on Free. |
| MEGA | 20 GB | Ads in the app. |
| Google Drive | 15 GB, shared with Gmail and Photos | 5 TB per file, only with that much storage to hold it. An account unused for 2 years may be deleted. |
| Box | 10 GB | 250 MB per file. |
| Icedrive | 10 GB | |
| Koofr | 10 GB | |
| MediaFire | 10 GB | Ads on standard downloads. 5 GB per file. |
| OneDrive | 5 GB, shared with photos and email attachments | |
| iCloud | 5 GB | |
| Proton Drive | 5 GB | End-to-end encryption. |
| Dropbox | 2 GB | Up to 3 devices. |
| Seedr | 2 GB | No bigger than your free space (2 GB on Free). |
Their figures as their own pages showed them on 24 October 2026:
- apps.apple.com/us/app/terabox-1tb-cloud-ai-space/id1509453185
- blog.terabox.com/what-is-the-largest-file-size-you-can-upload-to-terabox
- apps.apple.com/us/app/mega/id706857885
- support.google.com/drive/answer/37603
- support.google.com/drive/answer/2423694
- support.google.com/accounts/answer/12418290
- one.google.com/about/plans
- box.com/pricing/individual
- icedrive.net/plans
- koofr.eu/pricing
- mediafire.com/upgrade
- support.microsoft.com/en-us/onedrive/microsoft-storage-quotas
- support.apple.com/en-us/108047
- proton.me/drive/pricing
- dropbox.com/basic
- seedr.cc/faq
Questions
What is the best free cloud storage?
The one that fits what you keep. For the most space, DeepStorage: 2 TB free, and unlimited at no cost when you link Telegram and join our channel. For a phone's photos, the service built into your phone.
Which free cloud storage is the most private?
MEGA and Proton Drive. Both are built on end-to-end encryption, so with either of them, only you can open your files.
Do I need more than one?
Many people use two: one for their phone's photos and one for everything big. Every account is another place to search, so keep the list short.
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