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    14 free MegaUpload alternatives

    By Andrew Couts | Digital Trends – Fri, Jan 20, 2012

    File-sharing giant MegaUpload is dead, following an international criminal sting spearheaded by the US Department of Justice. Prior to its closure, the site boasted 50 million users a day, and accounted for four percent of all Internet traffic, according to the DoJ. That means a lot of you out there are looking for a new way to  store and share your files. Here, a quick list of 15 sites that will fill the gaping hole in your life left by MegaUpload’s abrupt departure. Just don’t blame us if the feds seize one of these next.

    • RapidShare: The most like MegaUpload of the bunch, RapidShare lets users upload files of unlimited size, and share them via an emailable, tweetable, Facebookable link. There is also no storage limit, but files are automatically deleted after a certain period of time. Users who want to utilize RapidShare as a cloud storage service can upgrade to RapidPro for about $39 (29.9 Euro — RapidShare is based in Switzerland) for 150 days, or about $130 for two years.

    • MediaFire: A stripped-down version of RapidShare, MediaFire also lets users upload any type of file, with a max upload size of 2GB for free users. There is no storage limit, but also like RapidShare, your files will be deleted after certain period of time. Users can upgrade to a Pro account for $9 a month, which also ups max file size to 4GB. Files are shared via a link.

    • Dropbox: A popular, robust cloud storage service, Dropbox gives users 2GB of storage for free, and lets users share files with anyone via their public folder, or other Dropbox users through email invitation. Users can upgrade to 50GB for $10 a month, or 100GB for $20 a month.

    • Box: Like Dropbox, Box is primarily a cloud storage service, as opposed to a straight file-sharing service. Users get 5GB for free, and can share via a direct link to a file, or can invite users to view the contents of an entire folder by email. Free users can only upload files 25MB or smaller. Paid users can up their upload limit to 1GB-per-file for $10 a month, which also expands storage to 25GB, or $20 for 50GB.

    • YouSendIt: One of the original file-sharing services, YouSendIt offers 2GB of free storage, with a per-file upload limit of 50MB. (Free users also have to deal with ads.) Files can then be shared via email, but only five per month for free users. Up your storage to 5GB for $10 a month (or $50 per year), and you also get a maximum file size of 2GB, and 10 shares. Unlimited storage and unlimited shares (but the same max file size) is also available for $15 a month, or $150 a year.

    • Minus: One of the easiest options available, Minus lets users who sign up for an account simply drag and drop any file (up to 2GB) to upload, and gives users up to 50GB of free storage. Uploaded files can be shared via an automatically-generated link. It’s that simple.

    • Amazon Cloud Drive: Like a no-frills version of Dropbox or Box, Amazon’s Cloud Drive gives 5GB of storage space for free, and can be upgraded to 20GB, up to 1,000GB, for about $1 a gigabyte, per year. (Making it by far one of the least expensive options.) Max file size is 2GB. The biggest downside: No files sharing allowed (unless you give someone your Amazon password, of course).

    • Microsoft SkyDrive: Completely free, SkyDrive gives users 25GB of free storage, and the ability to share files with others via email. Unfortunately, users can only upload files up to 50GB. Also, you have to have a Hotmail (or other MSN) address. Lame!

    • SugarSync: Nearly identical to Dropbox and Box (for most intents and purposes), SugarSync gives away 5GB of storage for free, and offers paid plans that range from $5 per month (30GB) to $25 per month (250GB). Free accounts are limited to 25GB file uploads, or 1GB, if you are a paid user. Files can be shared via link, or by inviting users to join a folder.

    • Oron: Super stripped-down, Oron lets free users upload files up to 400MB, up to five files at a time. Uploaded files, which can be shared via link, are only kept for a short period of time, and upload speed is slow, for free users who don’t create an account. Registered users can get upload files up to 1GB in size, and have 250GB of storage. Premium accounts (which cost 10 Euros to 75 Euros, depending on how long you want the account) allow file uploads up to 2GB, with unlimited storage and much faster upload speeds.

    • Deposit Files: Similar to Oron, but max upload size jumps to 2GB for all users. Files are also not deleted, like they are with other services. Gold members get a number of perks, including faster download speeds. Prices for Gold accounts range from $12 for one month, to $75 for a year. No sign-up necessary for free users. Files are shared through a link.

    • FilePost: Remember all the stuff we just said about Deposit Files? File Post is that, but with a max upload size of 5GB for paid users. Everything else is basically the same.

    • FileSonic: A bit more polished and robust than either Oron or Deposit Files, FileSonic offers free users 30 days of storage time, and maximum uploads of up to 1GB. For $9 a month, users receive unlimited storage, unlimited storage time, maximum download speeds and max file uploads of up to 5GB. And yes, files are shared via link.

    • WUpload: WUpload sells itself as a “100 percent safe and anonymous” file-sharing site, that gives free users a maximum upload size of 2GB. But free comes at a price: no simultaneous downloads, and a mandatory delay before download can begin. Free users storage space is also limited to 750GB. Premium users can erase all the negatives, and up their max file upload to 10GB.

    [Image via Hasloo Group Production Studio/Shutterstock]

    This article was originally posted on Digital Trends

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    33 comments

    • Ricky C
      Ricky C  •  3 mths ago
      The guy is an idiot. Even files that we make our own video camera, that do not involve illegal activity, are uploaded to the above sites. Pretty soon, we won't be able to share our own unique creations.
      • Mike H
        Mike H 3 mths ago
        LOL. Nobody searches rapidshare for your home videos. Unless they involve you and your wife naked.
      • PeterAmthor
        PeterAmthor 3 mths ago
        Mike H the idea isn't about people searching for it and finding the videos. But there are MANY people who uses these sites for completely legit purposes. Like uploading family videos and then sending the download link to their other familly members. Others use it as a backup drive for projects they are working on, I know sever CG artists who do this.
    • TC
      TC  •  Birmingham, Alabama  •  3 mths ago
      Funny how the government goes after a file sharing site to appease Hollywood. But at the same time ID theft racks up more than a millions of dollars against American consumers.
      • Jon
        Jon 3 mths ago
        "racks up more than a millions of dollars" sounds legit...
      • PeterAmthor
        PeterAmthor 3 mths ago
        Well the folks currently paying off... er I mean donating to our senators and other elected officials aren't concerned with identity theft. They just want all the abilities for people to share files to be wiped out, even if they are using them for legit reasons.
      • TC
        TC 3 mths ago
        After what happened last year with Egypt, and other Middle East Countries, I believe our government running scared. The U.S. gov. would hate to see the same thing happen here. So where do they start, by chipping away the Internet and other freedoms that We The People have taken for granted.
    • disconnected
      disconnected  •  3 mths ago
      no mention of pirate bay?
    • Tony J.
      Tony J.  •  Mt Hamilton, California  •  3 mths ago
      I wonder if some people in the U.S. Dept of Justice or in Congress have invested interest in any of the other filesharing sites?
    • rustybucket55
      rustybucket55  •  Warren, Ohio  •  3 mths ago
      I paid for my puter and internet service. I'll use for what I want!!!
    • Employedsofar
      Employedsofar  •  Akron, Ohio  •  3 mths ago
      I don't keep anything in the cloud. The onlything I use dropbox for is to e-mail an attatchment that is to big. I certainly am not going to upload my music into the could, be it google, Apple, or microsoft's. I am keeping my music and video's on my own storage. It's cheap enough now. I don't need no stinking cloud!!!! The government will either just shut it down if it becomes to successful. Or someone will hack it.
    • ced1106
      ced1106  •  3 mths ago
      Gee, thanks. Now these sites are going to get closed, too. :(
      • Z
        Z 3 mths ago
        My thoughts exactly
      • Marat
        Marat 3 mths ago
        Haha, I hope not.
      • Hastiar
        Hastiar 3 mths ago
        from the first second i saw the article first thing in my thoughts was that
    • William S
      William S  •  Las Vegas, Nevada  •  3 mths ago
      The closure was just a pathetic attempt by US politicians to stop the flow of money that, they think, should be going into their pockets.
      Long live BT!
    • rev w
      rev w  •  3 mths ago
      Do you realize that the government has everyone's social security number and they know if two people are using the same number to work or receive benefits. So why is it so hard to find illegals? Because the government is happy taking double taxes. They only go after low hanging fruit. It takes a swat team to arrest one cancer-riddled marijuana smoker. But dangerous gangs run our state and federal prisons. What a country!
    • A Yahoo! User  •  Santa Clara, California  •  3 mths ago
      you left out FileServe. the speed of FileServe for free user is second to none (ok maybe MediaFire is faster but it is choked with ads), even faster than MegaUpload. it does have daily limit though and you need to wait for sometime and monkey in a verification code before downloading.
    • Son of man
      Son of man  •  3 mths ago
      Hahahaha! Thanks for the alternatives. Government enforcement FAIL! They cannot kill the will of the people. I'd like to see them try to close Microsoft Skydrive, just to see how the world would react.
    • Kevin
      Kevin  •  Los Angeles, California  •  3 mths ago
      Sneaky congress will make vague legislation and attempt to insert this somewhere else, keep an eye out people.
    • preppylilkitten
      preppylilkitten  •  Toronto, Canada  •  3 mths ago
      Don't tell the Feds!!
    • spastic horse
      spastic horse  •  Jerusalem, Israel  •  3 mths ago
      these sites are not what people are looking for, in terms of watching rapid streaming online "pirated" television shows and movies. maybe you can watch much of this on 'hulu' or the network sites legally, or, if you are the rare, morally ethical person who wants to pay to watch movies, can't comprehend why others would not. more power to you. however, hulu and the network sites do not permit streaming to internet users outside the continental USA, so some people can either watch pirated streaming versions, or wait a few years if and until the series comes out on DVI - this is unreasonable. the networks should see the purpose of gaining advertising revenue abroad, just as megavideo and the others do. what the writer doesn't tell you: gorillavid, novamov and zshare are still alive, but videobb, videozer seem to have gone down the drain with megavideo.
    • B
      B  •  New York, New York  •  3 mths ago
      LOL! Commenters think their favorite sites have been outed by the author. The best Megaupload-like site is MediaFire. They dont require waiting before download. The best personal file sharing site is Dropbox. You can show videos and pictures from a link without a need to download first. Same can be said for BOX, but it doesn't have the great app that Dropbox has for Mac.
    • nick s
      nick s  •  Tampa, Florida  •  3 mths ago
      Look guys! You can go to these sites too! That way we can arrest MORE people! yayyyy.... wow
    • I Is Ah Trini
      I Is Ah Trini  •  3 mths ago
      what about our #$%$ files and i prefer to use what i want
    • Tom
      Tom  •  3 mths ago
      And just how long will it be before big brother takes these sites down too?
    • EGO
      EGO  •  3 mths ago
      Andrew Couts #$%$ is your problem!!!!!!!!??? Don't be putting these sites on blast,
    • Josh
      Josh  •  Pensacola, Florida  •  3 mths ago
      the US government will eventually label pirate bay and other download sites and people who use them as terrorists so we can hunt them all over the world and since the NDAA is now law they can then hold them indefinitely without trial wait and see if this is not what happens DOWN WITH THE EVIL TYRANNICAL UNITED STATES
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