Best alternative to MegaUpload
20 Jan 2012
The FBI has closed Megaupload without any warnings or notices and I, as many other people, have lost hundreds of backed up files I had hosted in there. So here’s a list of the best 25+ alternative sites where you can host your files (comparison information provided is for the free plans):
MediaFire link
Great website. No waiting time. No download limit. Files up to 200MB. No registration required to upload.
Minus link
Great website. Files up to 2GB. 50GB total storage.
Wupload link
20 second waiting time. Files up to 2GB. No file download limit. No storage limit.
BayFiles link
Files up to 5GB. 5 min waiting time.
Wupload link
20 second waiting time. Files up to 2GB. No file download limit. No storage limit.
JumboFiles link
No waiting time. Files up to 1GB. 500GB total storage. No captcha. Resumable links. 180-day storage time. (Thanks David)
FileFactory link
Some waiting time. Files up to 2,000MB. 90-day storage time. No registration required to upload.
SendSpace link
Files up to 300MB. 30-day storage time. No registration required to upload.
FileServe link
No download limit. Files up to 1,024Mb. 60-day storage time. Video streaming. (Update: massively deleting copyrighted content)
iFile.it link
Files up to 1,000MB. Unlimited uploads. Resumable downloads. 7 to 30-day storage time.
YouSendIt link
Files up to 50MB. 7-day storage time. 2GB total storage.
HotFile link
60 second waiting time. 30 minute wait between downloads. Files up to 400MB.
RapidShare link
2 minutes waiting time. 15 minute wait between downloads. Files up to 50MB.
4Shared link
30 second waiting time. Files up to 2,048MB. 10GB total storage. Video streaming.
DepositFiles link
60 second waiting time. Files up to 2Gb. 90-day storage time. No registration required (although recommended).
zShare link
50 second waiting time. 60-day storage time.
FileUpYours link
250MB total storage. Unlimited storage time.
TransferBigFiles link
Files up to 100MB. 5-day storage time.
Badongo link
Unlimited storage.
YourFileLink link
Files up to 5GB. 15-day storage time. No registration required.
2Shared link link
No registration required.
File Dropper link
Files up to 5GB. No registration required.
Uploading link
Files up to 2GB. No registration required. 1GB daily download limit. 4-month storage time. 10GB storage limit.
SpeedyShare link
No file upload limit (not tested).
WeTransfer link
Files up to 2GB. No registration required. 2-week storage time.
Uploaded.to link
Files up to 1,000MB. (Update: may not be available in the US)
WikiUpload link
Files up to 5GB. Some storage limit.
Uploadingit link
Files up to 200MB. 10GB total storage. 30-day storage time. 10GB daily download limit
FileSonic
Files up to 1GB. 30-day storage time. (Update: Closed on 22 Jan 2012)
BitShare
Netload
Freakshare link
Files up to 1024MB. 30-day storage time. 1 minute download wait. 2GB storage time.
Filejungle
UploadStation
That’s it. I’ve avoided adding other alternatives that are too limiting or too slow. If you know better services please let everyone know in the comments section below and I will update this post. All the information gathered has been collected from the information that these file storage services provide but I haven’t had time to test all of them personally. If you find some of the information here is inaccurate or out-of-date please let everyone know in the comments. Help the Internet by sharing this on Twitter and Facebook!
Google+
Personal MBA
Get out while you can
And death came third
Universal Principles in Design
Comments
7 comments to Best alternative to MegaUpload
DepositFiles has a limit of 300MB for unregistered and 2GB for free accounts.
Impressive list dude, thanks for sharing! Stop SOPA!
January 21st, 2012 at 1:55 pm@nrgizee: Updated info. Thanks!
January 21st, 2012 at 2:05 pmGreat list (except filesonic they closed down today), here’s one more, been using them for a few months already. They’re fairly large and IMHO one of the best sites for free users.
http://jumbofiles.com has 1GB upload size limit, 500GB account space, no wait times, no captcha, resumable links, 180 days storage time.
January 22nd, 2012 at 11:39 pm[...] A fantastic, compact compilation by Xavi Esteve. [...]
January 30th, 2012 at 3:05 amhow can i find the links in jubmofiles .
or any search engine with jumbofiles server .
plz help me.
February 6th, 2012 at 6:45 amthanks
Quite a few of these are US based sites, I wouldn’t use those considering US authorities have more influence and power/control over whomever uses them.
February 29th, 2012 at 1:15 amI’ve been hearing lately about this jumbofiles online storage, 500 gb is quite a lot, is it really free? if it is, I must say it’s pretty awesome and totally worth trying. speaking of which, i remembered this audials anywhere soft you can do file sharing with, between you and other people (browse, download from their collection etc.) -> I don’t think they released it yet but it’s good to keep in mind just in case
March 1st, 2012 at 1:03 pm