20 Best Sites to Host Your Files for Free

Posted in Featured Article on Nov 16th, 2010 |

Are you the kind of person who just loves free services of any kind? File sharing has always been a large part of the internet, but recent years have seen an explosion in both the quality and quantity of these services which are available. Below is a roundup of the top 20 free file sharing providers.

1. UPShare.me

UPShare.me is a very good and reliable free online web host provider. It helps people to share their files across the internet easily.

Visit online: http://upshare.me/

2. Box.net

Box.net a web host provider was started in the year 2005 and till date it has more than two million users making use of its free 1 GB file storage and 10GB bandwidth limit for free.

Visit online: http://box.net/

3. File Factory

File factory allows its members to upload and host files as large as 300mb for free. The hosting of files is free but the free service download bandwidth is limited. Also, files which are not downloaded for more than 60 days are automatically deleted.

Visit online: http://filefactory.com/

4. FileFront

Filefront is another file hosting service provider which gives free hosting services for files up to 1GB in size. As far as the expiration of the files is concerned, every file is retained for six months.

Visit online: http://news.filefront.com/

5. ShareSend

The file hosting services provided by this company is accessed through a pretty straightforward and direct interface. Only a few simple clicks are required to get the uploading and hosting of large files completed. The free services are available for files less than 100Mb in size.

Visit online: http://sharesend.com/

6. MegaUpload

Megaupload is one of the most popular and globally recognized file hosting providers. It is run from Hong Kong and is available in multiple languages. The free hosting is provided for files of a size up to 1GB and the inactive period is 90 days. The usage limitation is strict though and if you are a non-paying member, then parallel downloads cannot be done.

Visit online: http://www.megaupload.com/

7. RapidShare

When one is talking about free file hosting, it is impossible to miss out rapidshare from the list. It is one of the most visited service providers and it has more than a million files hosted on its servers at any one time. As far as the numbers go, rapidshare provides free hosting for files of the size of 200mb and a 500kbs bandwidth free transfer.

Visit online: http://rapidshare.com/

8. YouSendIt

This company has more than five million registered users and it provides free file hosting services for files up to 100mb which can be downloaded 100 times before the file expires.

Visit online: http://www.yousendit.com/

9. FileSavr

Filesavr are one of the free file hosting service providers which give huge space for hosting files. The free upload size limit is up to 10GB. Although one is required to sign up for this service, sign up is free.

Visit online: http://www.filesavr.com/

10. SendSpace

Sendspace is mostly used for file transferring. One can send and receive huge files through this service provider, which is impossible using other regular file transfer options. The free downloadable and up loadable size is 300mb.

Visit online: http://www.sendspace.com/

11. Steek (currently F-Secure)

Steek is based in France and was founded in 2001. It provides its service in many European languages and can host files for free up to 1GB.

Visit online: http://www.steek.com/

12. Biz.ht

Biz.ht provides a free service of 150mb of storage and monthly transfer of 4GB. It also has FTP support.

Visit online: http://biz.ht/

13. File Dropper

The free upload limit is 5GB and the files can be retained upon the servers whilst they are still being actively accessed regularly.

Visit online: http://www.filedropper.com/

14. Easy-Share

The free file hosting limit with easy-share is 1GB and the files will be deleted automatically if they are not downloaded within 90 days.

Visit online: https://www.easy-share.com/

15. MissUpload

The free upload limit is 50MB with a 1 file maximum. Online storage and remote backup facility is also provided.

Visit online: http://missupload.com/

16. Mlfat4Arab

Only a single file may be uploaded with a 200Mb size limit.

Visit online: http://www.mlfat4arab.com/

17. MediaFire

Mediafire is suited for business professionals and students who require a robust file sharing service. Extremely simple to use with a 200Mb upload limit.

Visit online: http://www.mediafire.com/

18. Badongo

Badongo is a free service provider best suited for personal use, easy to use but with only a limited amount of offered space.

Visit online: http://www.badongo.com/

19. Share Big File

Share Big File is a reliable free service provider, although the upload limit of 50mb is quite limiting.

Visit online: http://www.sharebigfile.com/

20. Uploading

The free upload limit with this service provider is 500mb and the files are deleted if they are not downloaded within 30 days.

Visit online: http://uploading.com/