Box Alternatives

iCloud is a cloud storage service provided by Apple, the service is provided freemium to all owners of Apple devices like iPone, iPad and Mac's. With iCloud users can store and acces their photos, videos, documents, notes, contacts, and more.

Store your files in the cloud with Dropbox and use them across all your devices or share them with friends. Dropbox is a cloud backup services that can be used to store your files online in a secure fashion. With Dropbox you receive 2GB of free storage space when your register, you also get 500MB extra storage for every friend you refer. If you want more you have to opt for a paid subscription.

Librevault allows you to transfer data directly from one device to another, securely. Librevault is a free and open-source peer-to-peer file synchronization software, designed with convenience. privacy and security in mind. The software encrypts all data with AES-256 and uses TLS for all transmissions. Their goal is to make a better alternative to BitTorrent Sync and Syncthing.

A cloud synchronization service for sharing files across computers and other devices. SugarSync allows you to backup, access, sync, and share files across variety of operating systems, such as Android, iOS, Mac OS X, and Windows devices. SugarSync also support Linux through third-party clients.

Syncthing is a free and open-source continuous file synchronisation software that utilise peer-to-peer technology. The software allows users to send files between two or more computers in real time, safely protected from prying eyes. Syncthing is available for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, Solaris, and BSD.

With pCloud anyone can enjoy 10GB of free cloud storage. pCloud is a secure, European cloud service provider based in Switzerland. The service follows Swiss laws, which are the strictest in the world when it comes to personal data protection. The service feature multi-device usability and multiple file sharing which allows you to send and receive multiple large files simultaneously from anyone.

With Nextcloud, users can host their own secure cloud solution for file storage, collaboration and communication for enterprise or personal purposes. Nextcloud gives you full control over your own data and where and how you host it. The software can be hosted on-premise or on any VPS or cloud instance provided by third-party web hosts. If you value privacy and security, Nextcloud might be the right choice for you. Nextcloud is both free and open source and developed in an open, transparent and trustworthy manner.

Amazon Drive is a cloud-based service that provides easy access and storage of your documents, music, photos and videos. With Amazon Drive you can store important and personal files in the cloud for backup or external storage. The service is avalible for Android, iOS  and the web browser. Which means that you can use Amazon Drive from your desktop computer or from your mobile phone.

The Auckland-based MEGA is a cloud service that provides 50GB of free storage space. With MEGA users can store, access and share files from anywhere. The company prides itself on building a powerful, convenient and privacy focused service that can be accessed via the web browser as well as natively on Android, iOS and Windows Phone.

With ownCloud, organizations can collaborate and be more production on their own secure enterprise file sharing (EFSS) platform. The ownCloud platform is self-hosted and allow for secure file sharing within an organization. The platform can be hosted on premise or on a cloud instance, controlled by the organization. The software is written in PHP and Javascript and is fully open source, released under the AGPLv3 license. ownCloud can run on most server hardware and operating systems, and the client for accessing ownCloud is available for Android, iOS, macOS, Linux and Windows.

With MediaFire you can store photos, documents, music, and video and share with others anywhere you go. MediaFire is a free file hosting, file synchronization, and cloud storage service with over 45 million registered users world-wide. MediaFire is primarly accessable over the web, but also has native clients for Android, Blackberry, iOS, macOS, Linux and Windows.

The InterPlanetary File System or IPFS for short is a distributed hypermedia protocol designed to be the new permanent web. IPFS uses peer-to-peer to distribute the network across machines and the globe. IPFS combines decentralized technologies like Git, BitTorrent, Kademlia and SFS to build what they think could be the new internet, or a subsystem of it.