iCloud: The 5 best alternatives

In addition to iCloud, there are other online storage alternatives. In this practical tip, we present the 5 best cloud software solutions.

Google's alternative to iCloud: Google Drive

Google offers a whopping 15 GB free of charge with its in-house cloud service Google Drive. If you need more memory, you can upgrade relatively cheaply.
Google Drive is pretty easy to use. Even as a layperson, you can quickly familiarize yourself with the service. You can also edit your documents online, even together.
There is an Android and iOS app for the Google Cloud. You can also download Google Drive for your PC and Mac. You also have the option of accessing your files via the browser.
With the Google Photos app, you can also automatically back up your photos and videos on Google Drive and access them on any device.

At box you get 10 GB of free storage, which you can expand very cheaply with an account upgrade.
Box offers some great features such as file version management. Most of these features require an account upgrade. This allows you to retrieve old versions of files and undo changes.
The Box app is available for Android and iOS. A sync client is also available for Windows and your Mac. You can also access your files via the browser and via WebDav.

Mega gives you 50 GB of free storage. If necessary, you can expand it quite inexpensively.
The cloud service offers some useful functions, most of which are also available in the free version. You can also use Mega sensibly for free.
Mega offers a sync client for Windows and for your Mac. There is also an Android and iOS app, as well as the option to manage your files via the browser.

Microsoft's alternative to iCloud now offers 5 GB free after a recent memory reduction. You can upgrade the storage at any time for a fee - numerous packages are offered.
In the browser version of OneDrive you have the option to create and edit Office documents online. Several people can work on it at the same time.
OneDrive is available for Windows, Windows Phone, Android, iOS and for your Mac. Windows 8 or higher users have already installed the service.

The cloud provider Dropbox provides 2 GB of storage free of charge. However, you can expand it free of charge by doing various tasks, such as recommending the service to others. With camera uploads you can increase the capacity of your Dropbox. Of course, you can also upgrade for a fee. The cloud provider has various tariffs on offer.
Dropbox is pretty easy to use. Even inexperienced users will quickly make friends with the interface.
You can not only manage your files via the browser, there is also a sync client for Windows, Linux and OS X. Of course, Dropbox also offers an app for Android and iOS.

In the next practical tip, we will show you how to delete your iCloud account.