Cloud storage allows you to upload and backup your Android content to an online source, saving your valuable space on your phone or tablet. These are some of the best cloud storage applications available to make a backup of your Android device.
Amazon Drive
The Amazon Drive service comes in two versions: Prime Photos and unlimited storage. Prime Photos, as you can probably guess, offers subscribers of Prime unlimited and free photo storage and the annual Unlimited Storage allows you to save an unlimited number of files that you like.
The Prime Photos option is interesting if you are a Prime subscriber, but it has little to highlight compared to Google Photos. However, it also offers 5GB of storage without images for free. There is also an easy way to see where you are using your storage space within the application settings menu.
Amazon’s Unlimited Everything offer is probably more interesting. For $60 per year, you can store unlimited amounts of what you want for less money than Google Drive ($100 per year for 1 TB), Dropbox ($99 per year for 1 TB) and most other annual subscription services unlimited.
Microsoft OneDrive
Probably, this is not a big surprise, since Microsoft has been working hard to make sure that OneDrive is closely integrated into many of its products in recent years. In its most basic aspect, OneDrive is a free online storage similar to that offered by Google Drive.
OneDrive, however, is ready to be used with Microsoft products such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint. It has also been integrated into third-party and Microsoft applications for easy access (such as the Microsoft Arrow Launcher application for Android) and to provide storage for all of your files. Includes automatic backup of photo and video (optional), as well as simple functions to share. It also integrates with Android Wear, if browsing images on your wrist is useful for you.
It’s free for limited personal use (up to 5 GB of storage), but you’ll have to pay some money to raise that limit. The $100 per year package includes 5 TB of file storage and access to Office 365 Home Edition. If you do not need up to five users, the $70 per year option that offers 1TB of storage and Office 365 Personal will be ideal.
Google Drive
This may seem a bit obvious to an Android user, but Google Drive offers a range of features that are worthwhile, as well as being the factory cloud storage option available on a new phone.
With 15 GB of free storage, its integrated range of documents, spreadsheets and presentation platforms and simple collaboration configurations, it is versatile enough to present a convincing argument for most users.
With deep integration into Android, as well as Google and many third-party applications, Google Drive is the logical choice for the average user who does not need to store his entire life in the cloud.
However, the best part of using Google Drive for storage is Google Photos storage, which allows you to back up unlimited images at reduced resolution or choose to back up full-resolution snapshots for your General storage fee.
Dropbox
Dropbox has been a favorite firm on Android for many years, despite its somewhat limited free storage capacity of 2 GB. However, this can be extended by doing things like leaving comments, following the company and referring friends without spending money.
For up to 1 TB of space, it will cost $99 per year or $9.99 per month in a continuing agreement. If you want more than 1 TB, you will need to look for a business plan. The Android application is largely hassle-free, fast and intuitive, and recently added a “No Connection” section that allows you to access documents and files when you do not have a connection.
It is by no means the most economical storage option, but a wide range of desktop applications, integration with other services, and its own set of business-focused tools are designed to make file sharing and collaborative work much easier. If you are a business user that is not yet linked to Microsoft or Google tools, Dropbox takes over.
Box
Box is free from Google Play Store and has a similar approach to Dropbox as a proposal. It offers 10 GB of free space with a load limit of 250 MB. In addition, you can pay $10 per month for up to 100 GB of cloud storage and a 5 GB load limit.
If that is not enough, business plans that cost $5 per user per month offer the possibility of adding more space, but they come with the requirement of having a minimum of three subscribed users.
Where Box’s Android application was once a featureless adventure, now it offers all the options you would expect to see in a cloud storage application, including offline access to specific files and a particular focus on making it easier for you to collaborate on documents while you are away from a desk.
MediaFire
MediaFire offers up to 50 GB of free space, which is a good amount of free storage, but you only have 12 GB to start and you have to earn the rest through things like references, if you do not want to spend money.
The Android application offers an automatic backup of the camera for photos and videos, and you can preview the documents and listen to the audio files from there as well. It is not perfect, however, and it is by no means the simplest or most pleasant to use.
If you want to save up to 1TB of storage, it now costs $3.75 per month if you choose an annual subscription, or $5 per month for a continuous payment plan.
MEGA
MEGA offers you 50 GB generous just for signing up, but it also offers a focus on privacy that others on this list do not shout out loud.
In short, what that means is that all your files are encrypted and decrypted on your device and not by the MEGA servers, keeping your information private as it should be: in private. However, it comes with the added complexity of bandwidth limitations.
If you need more than 50 GB of storage that is available for free, you can pay more per month up to 4 TB of space and 8 TB of bandwidth. If you value your privacy and do not need more than 50 GB, it’s worth checking out as a free user.
Conclusion
These are some of the best cloud storage applications that we list for you. Tell us what you think is the best of all, if you use any other that does not appear in this list tell us why you think it is better.