Free Cloud Hosting

Looking for the best free cloud hosting options? Below are some of the best on the internet.

Dropbox Dropbox is one of the oldest and most reliable cloud file sharing services around. They have fun quests to educate users and help them increase their free storage. Free accounts start with 2 GB of file space but you can get this increased with 16 GB of additional space by referring your friends. Recently Dropbox has increased their referral storage rate to 500 MB to be more competitive with the new Google Drive, so just by referring your friends and taking the tour you can get yourself around 20 GB of free storage space.

Box Like Dropbox with 5 GB of free cloud storage at your disposal. It has been around for while, but hasn't quite got the popularity that Dropbox has. It has more of a business cloud hosting demographic and prides itself on it's security and encryption. This would make it a great storage option for sensitive files or website and mysql backups.

Google Drive Previously this was Google Docs. Now it has been integrated into the new Google Drive to synchronize your files to Google's online cloud storage. On joining you get 5 GB of storage. They also have some fantastic priced plans staring with the 25 GB plan for only $2.49 per month! Good value for money and a trusted world brand to give you piece of mind that your files are in good hands.

Microsoft SkyDrive Very similar to dropbox and Google Drive. This cloud solution from Microsoft is offering a generous 7 GB for free users. Early adapter can get this increased to 25 GB of free storage

Minus Minus is a fairly new cloud file sharing service, but is very generous with their space allowing up to 50 GB of free space for free accounts. Get 1 GB of space for every friend you refer. It is a little different to the others as it is purely on the cloud and not synchronized to your computers. However, this may be a great option for people with websites or blogs. As you can store your large images and videos on the minus cloud server and embed them into your site. This can save you a fortune in hosting fees as it will allow you to reduce your monthly bandwidth.