Top 3 Best Cloud Storage Providers of 2015

(Best Cloud Storage Providers) – Choosing the best cloud storage provider is a tough decision, there are many options online now so we have created this website to allow cloud storage users to add comments and feedback about their experience so you can make an informed decision on the best cloud storage company for you.

We have reviewed over 50 of the world’s leading cloud storage companies testing their service for speed, reliability, security, ease of use, cost and their support. We believe trust, reliability and security to be the most important factors so use this guide to help you find the best cloud storage provider. View the current top 10 best cloud storage services below:

Best cloud storage services 2015: Google Drive

Google combines a complete set of office tools with cloud storage in Drive. You get a little bit of everything with this service, including a word processor, spreadsheet application, and presentation builder, plus 15GB of free storage space.

If you already have a Google account, you can already access Google Drive. You just have to head todrive.google.com and enable the service. You get 15GB of storage for anything you upload to Drive, including photos, videos, documents, Photoshop files and more. However, you have to share that 15GB with your Gmail account, photos you upload to Google+, and any documents you create in Google Drive.

While you can access any of your files from the Drive Web site, you can also download the Drive desktop app for Mac and PC to manage your files from your computer. You can organize all of your files in the desktop app, and they’ll sync with the cloud so you can get to them anywhere.

Drive is built into Google’s Web-based operating system Chromium, so if you have a Chromebook, Google Drive is your best cloud storage option. Like other cloud storage services, Drive has apps for iOS and Android for viewing and managing your files from your phone.

Google Drive has the benefit of a built-in office suite, where you can edit documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, even if you created the document in another program. The service also a large collection of extras, such as third-party apps that can send faxes or sign documents.

Best cloud storage services 2015: Google Drive

Best cloud storage services 2015: Dropbox

Dropbox is one of the only services to offer clients for Linux and Blackberry, alongside the usual Windows, Mac OS X, Android and iOS standards. There’s an official Windows Phone app too.

The free Basic account comes with a paltry 2GB of storage. For documents this is huge, but if you want to store any kind of media – photos, music, or video – it will disappear very fast. You can upgrade to the 1TB plan for £7.99 per month, but Dropbox offers 500MB of additional free storage for each friend you get to sign up to the service – with a limit of 16GB.

You can gain 1GB more by setting up a Mailbox account and you’ll get 250MB just for taking a tour of the Dropbox basics, too. Enabling the camera upload feature will gain you 3GB, and automatically backup your smartphone/tablet photos to the cloud. We’ve seen deals where you get 50GB of Dropbox space for two years when you buy certain phones and tablets.

Best cloud storage services 2015: Dropbox

Best cloud storage services 2015: Microsoft OneDrive

Much of the functionality in OneDrive (previously SkyDrive) is similar to Dropbox, with apps available to Windows, Mac, Android, iOS, and of course Windows Phone users. Microsoft has also introduced a referral incentive whereby users gain 500MB of storage for every friend that signs up to an account through them. There’s also an additional 3GB offered if you link OneDrive to your mobile phone’s camera roll (are you spotting the theme here?), enabling it to automatically back up your photos online.

One deviation from the Dropbox model is that OneDrive offers 15GB of free space, although the referral system is limited to 5GB. That means OneDrive tops out at 20GB of free space, but it’s still very useful. Office 365 users get 1TB of OneDrive storage as part of the subscription.

Selective sync was introduced with Windows 10, meaning you don’t have to have all of your OneDrive files taking up space on every laptop and PC.

The OneDrive interface uses Microsoft’s Modern UI design. Lines are clean and you can select between the boxy style or a more traditional file tree. Folders and files can be created on the web, including Office and OneNote formats thanks to tight Office Online integration.

There’s also a social element to the web version, as various popular social networks are available to be linked to your OneDrive account. This might not improve productivity, but it will make it easy to share files with colleagues. In doing this you can set permissions for each user ranging from read-only to complete editing ability, even if you’re using the free version (unlike Dropbox which requires Dropbox Pro).