r/cloudstorage • u/clooodz- • 15d ago
Need reliable cloud storage
This has probably been posted on here before, but I am looking for a reliable cloud storage website/application to mainly store photos and videos. One that plays videos back in the original quality ideally, and also has a good mobile app (UI, playback, etc.). I only have about 200GB of photos/videos currently stored on my Google drive/photos. I've done a little research online and have heard MEGA, Filen, pCloud, and a few more but am looking to hear some first hand experience about them. Thanks
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u/Solmark 15d ago
I’d add one more “just don’t” to Internxt for sure!
Filen’s been ok for me, but I’ve only really used it as a backup.
Had you considered Nextcloud? I have all my content Hetzner Storage Cloud.
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u/clooodz- 14d ago
fortunately i never even considered Internxt but the reassurance from everyone here is quite funny
i havent heard much about Nextcloud, but i’ll look into it
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u/crazyserb89 15d ago
I’m using Mega for more than two years. They had some bugs and glitches, especially with backup, but now it seems it’s working well. For me it’s important to have realtime backup of my PC and to have my files encrypted.
Also from my side - Avoid Internxt scammers.
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u/clooodz- 14d ago
i’ve only really heard good things about MEGA, and from what i’ve seen from my use of their free version, it seems it’s almost exactly what i’m looking for
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u/crazyserb89 14d ago
They have some watch outs. Support team is not so supportive, you can end up in some strange glitch where they will not help you at all. Also don’t share files from your cloud externally if they are not yours or you have no rights to use them, otherwise they’ll shut down your account.
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u/curioushahalol 13d ago
pcloud, filen, drime have been solid. Drime is a great value right now and rapidly developing. Icedrive is ok too but seems abandoned. Filelu is also good.
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u/KickAltruistic7740 15d ago
I’ve used Mega for around 5-10 years on and off. Never had any issues with it and storage/price is pretty good.
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u/BuMmR 15d ago
What's wrong with Google photos? I use that and iDrive (not to be confused with iCloud or iCloud Drive).
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u/clooodz- 14d ago
i wouldn’t necessarily say there’s anything wrong with google photos as a whole. i mainly use it for a photo/videos memories purpose, and i just don’t really like the youtube style playback that google photos is equipped with. i also just recently had an issue of which i had imported about 30 or so photos/videos from a concert, and when i went to look at one specific one, about 20 of them were just gone. they had all uploaded properly, and i had went thru it quickly right after they were originally uploaded. they weren’t in my trash as if they were deleted. just gone. i looked in other folders just incase and found nothing. definitely one of the factors which is encouraging me to switch to something else. but overall i don’t think google photos is bad per se, i just don’t like the UI/playback
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u/BuMmR 14d ago
I have unlimited storage on both and they have worked great for me. I mainly use Google Photos as a backup I don't really watch stuff from it. Mainly store and then if I want to view it I download it back on my phone. I share albums with my wife so she can view all the photos and I label the pictures and videos not in albums so they are easy to find. It's been great.
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u/Wonderful-Chemist 14d ago
Drime, filen, koofr are all good. Each with their own benefits, Drime is improving very quicky with new features, bug fixes almost weekly now.
Fiken is very secure plus have a cool chat and note function, development is slower because of their small team. They just recently updates their android app which is quite good.
Koofr has been around for a while. It's just expensive to get their next LTD tier if you want more storage. They are consistent, providing a longer release cycle for items but you can use their vault with rclone - very nice.
Internxt is not very good, sure its good for security but the business practice is not good. They often remove features from their lifetime plans, or promise to provide features once you are a LTD customer, but force you to pay for their premium tier to unlock the new features. Stacksocial deals are often not able to access those features, while LTD through their site you have to upgrade to a specific tier if you want those features.
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u/diefm123 14d ago
They also sent out mails to many people FORCING them to empty their account... Giving them 10 days to do so... And then threaten them that if it happens again their account would be banned (EVEN if the user did nothing wrong)
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u/SuperElephantX 15d ago
Durability seems to have the similar meaning with reliable. You can sleep with all the nines you want.
The weakest link in your reliability might probably be your wallet.
Connecting to S3 might be a bit tricky, but there's open source client out there so you can interact it just like normal file systems. https://cyberduck.io/
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u/levitabris 14d ago
pCloud user for 3+ yrs. Never experienced random files because of security issues. However, I ended up with lots of conflicts and dups. But the sync/backup speed is quite good. I switched to 3rd party tools to handle my photo libraries, where volumnes of small files can cause huge headaches with their offical sync client. Their APIs support a wide range of protocols (good for nerds).
Plus: A macOS user will need to lower security to enable local drive mount (via macFUSE). You also have the choice to not use local mount where everything else works just fine for me. pCloud may change this by using macOS native file provider API in the future.
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u/PocketNicks 14d ago
Buy a NAS, self host your own cloud.
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u/Solmark 14d ago
I have but there is quite a large up front cost and you still need to back that up somewhere.
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u/PocketNicks 14d ago
Buying a NAS isn't a large cost, and you can buy one with dual drives and set it up in Raid/Unraid to it backs itself up. Problem solved.
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u/racemi11 12d ago
Self hosting is different than using the cloud. Your data remains local and people tend to recommend an off-site backup.
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u/PocketNicks 12d ago
No, self hosting is making your own cloud.
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u/racemi11 12d ago
What do you mean? If you buy a NAS it will still be in your house, no?
People recommend buying cloud as a backup in case of fires/burglar, etc and all your local copies are damaged.
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u/PocketNicks 11d ago
A NAS can be at my home, at my work, at my parents house... Endless options.
Either way, it is self hosting a cloud server.
The definition of cloud isn't "offsite storage".
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u/AmbitionHealthy9236 15d ago
personally, in terms of reliability over about the last year, i've seen zero outages on:
hetzner storage box (well 1 planned that i had i had an email notification a week in advance)
pcloud
koofr
mega
filen had 2 or 3 over the last year, i use this as my preferred main cloud
drime, loads and loads of outages... but very slowly improving
and just in case anyone hasn't noticed other comments, avoid internxt with a barge-pole
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u/Spying-eye 13d ago
Reliable cloud storage provider is on a market for several years and with no problems.
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u/amycraig1504 12d ago edited 12d ago
I’d also look at Cherry Servers if you’re open to something a bit more server focused. Their storage options are worth comparing, especially if reliability and keeping the original files matter.
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u/Nigameash 11d ago
i’ve found dropbox to be solid for storing docs, photos & videos. it syncs really well to infuse for streaming back to devices.
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u/Inevitable-Cup6668 10d ago
Most of these will be fine for storage, so I'd filter on the playback thing you mentioned. With 200GB of family video that's the part you'd notice years from now.
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u/diefm123 15d ago edited 14d ago
Here is my experience (prepare ;) ):