No matter if it’s the photos, videos or even study assignments and learning material you want to keep safe, Cloud storage provides a great solution. Not to mention the fact that most of the studies happen online now, you can further improve it by storing your presentations and research papers in the Cloud.

This is because hard drives can malfunction and leave you high and dry for your exam. The added bonus of saving files to cloud is that you would save a lot of storage space on your hard disk as well.

Our list is consisted of top cloud options aimed for multiple uses.

Dropbox

Dropbox is one of the industry leaders of Cloud storage and you can save almost any type of digital file over here. The simplistic interface of the website allows easy use by anyone even if they are not that tech savvy. It is easy to organize, sort and manage files and you can access those anytime with their smartphone app for iOS and android. You get all of these free perks along with 2 GB free storage on a Basic account with Dropbox. It is good for basic use, plus you can get 500 MB more storage upon referring a friend.

Enough about the basic plans, let’s talk premium. The premium Dropbox account goes by the name of Dropbox Plus and it offers you a storage of whopping 1TB at just $9.99 per month. You can save a bit of money when you get their yearly subscription for the same package, costing you a total of $99.99. Moreover, you get a straight 1GB per referral. The added perks include remote desktop wipe, priority email upload and 30 day version history.

Google Drive[i]

If you want to enjoy Cloud storage at its finest, Google Drive is the thing to get. This is because Drive is not your everyday Cloud storage provider, it also comes with powerful business-grade office apps. Just like in almost every other Cloud storage option, Drive lets you store files and give several users the ability to access and modify those. The ability to store photos is there but you won’t find the stylish interface and visually attractive buttons that several photography-based cloud storages offer.

You get a whopping 15GB of free storage with Google Drive but on a downside, this space is also occupied by other Google apps like Gmail etc. Talk about the accessibility, Google’s AI and Machine Learning labels people in the pictures. Furthermore, Drive uses the metadata of the pictures to make the searches faster and more effective and convenient. Google one is also available with the option to add an extra 100GB for just $1.99 per month. You also get access to experts if you need help with this Google product.

Microsoft OneDrive [ii]

The service and features of OneDrive are quite similar to that of Google Drive. Also, anyone who is used to working on Microsoft Office apps will fit right into OneDrive with integrated Office apps. Moreover, the look and feel of OneDrive is the same as of Windows 10, which makes the navigation easier for Windows users. On a downside, just like Google Drive, there are not fancy buttons and visually appealing interface for photographers. You get pretty much the same interface as Google Drive.

You get 5GB of free storage when you sign up for OneDrive, and the ability to add an extra 50GB for $1.99 per month. To get the best value for money, sign up for Microsoft’s 1TB option for only $6.99 per month. This deal comes with the Office 365 package. For just an extra 3 bucks, you can avail a bundle of exciting features. These features include Office 365 package, six licenses to use and 1 hour free talk time on Skype.

Flickr [iii]

Flickr is the game changer for photographers. While the other Cloud Storage providers charge you for a few extra GBs, Flickr provides 1TB for free! Yes, that is actually true, but the policy is about to change in 2019 to 1000 photos and videos. Flickr is now owned by Verizon and covers to cost by showing unobtrusive ads to the users. Of course, nobody wants to see the ads, so if you want to go ad-free, pay a $6 monthly fee to go ad-free and get Flickr Pro+.

The unique selling proposition of Flickr is that it displays your photos in a visually appealing photostream. Flickr is more like a social network, in a sense as you have the ability to keep your photos private or public. If they are public, other users can comment on your photos. In a sense, Flickr is the best option for presenting your photos, not just displaying them. The supported file types currently are JPEG, PNG and GIF and also RAW images.

Adobe Creative Cloud [iv]

A rather unorthodox choice, as some of you might think. But, Adobe Creative Cloud offers some great cloud-based storage solutions for photographers. Then there are group libraries that give your friends and family to add photos to a shared folder. Of course, you have the authority to make any picture private. The best thing about Creative Cloud is that you get integration with Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Elements. Means that you can make quick edits in style, whenever necessary.

It costs you $119.88 per year for 1 Terabyte of storage. There is support for RAW images and you can easily upload images from your Windows mobile, iPhone and Android phone as well. If you think that Creative Cloud is expensive, you can settle for a lower capacity of 20 GB and get Photoshop CC for free.

What do you think about our picks? We carefully reviewed several cloud storage providers and picked these options for several reasons. No matter if your use is small, you need a cloud storage for the whole family or for a group of friends, you can find your solution here easily.

[i] https://www.google.com/drive/

[ii] https://www.digitalcitizen.life/simple-questions-what-windows-live-skydrive

[iii] https://www.flickr.com/account/upgrade/pro

[iv] https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud.html