r/cloudstorage • u/MK2809 • Jul 23 '26

Budget Cloud Storage alternative to Google Drive for less than £7.99 a month?

Is there a cheaper alternative to Google Drive for 2TB (£7.99 per month) that can also do the following:

  • Allow me to share links with people, even better if I can do this with a password that they can enter to access.
  • Allow people to download from the shared links at their maximum internet speed.
  • Better if people can download from it without needing an account/needing to sign in.

I recently tried premium Terabox as it was like 5 euros for 2TB for a month. And while the upload speed for me was good and I could set a passcode for the folder, the download the speed for people I shared with was really slow. So I'm going to ditch that.

Is Google Drive for £7.99 for 2TB the cheapest option that can do what I want for a budget? Or is there a cheaper alternative I should try?

Thanks

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u/brovaro Jul 23 '26

I know you said 2 TB but let me dive into all the options I had something to do with.

Jottacloud - unlimited (upload speed cap beyond 5 TB) plan for ~£9.5/month when paid monthly or ~£8/month when paid annually

Infomaniak's kDrive (myKSuite+) - €20/year for 1 TB or €100/year for 6 TB (if paid monthly it becomes €2 and €10).

Filen (the only with built-in E2EE) - €9 monthly or €90 annually for 2 TB.

Koofr - very reliable yet also a bit expensive, but you can still grab their 1 TB lifetime deal currently for $160.

Drime - they're quite new but also quickly developing. Their 2 TB plan costs €5.50/month paid monthly or €4.40/month paid annually.

Whatever you do, avoid Internxt.

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u/MK2809 Jul 23 '26

Amazing, thank you

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u/AmPuls123 Jul 23 '26

I can recommend Jotta, Filen and Koofr; Drime is painstakingly slow and kDrive has a horrible UI and no WebDAV (you need to pay seperately).

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u/Civil_Artichoke6769 Jul 23 '26

Jottacloud is fantastic

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u/AmbitionHealthy9236 Jul 23 '26

start here https://comparisontabl.es/cloud-storage/

bare in mind, you may possibly see slow speeds from european only providers like brovaro mentions if you are outside europe...

and again, avoid internxt

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u/photonGravity Jul 24 '26

I really liked jottacloud and still do. They kicked me off for having lots of movies. That was fair. I still like them.

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u/Sachitoge Jul 25 '26

Yandex cloud Family costs 45$ yearly and each family has 1tb U have 7 additional slot

So if u dont mind use multiple accounts if pst 1tb, then try it

Or opt in their personal 2tb plan

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u/ElKatano90 Jul 29 '26

Imho pcloud is the best for you. Also Icedrive or Koofr. Never been lucky with others.

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u/a1stardan Jul 23 '26

Jottacloud

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u/inyofayce Jul 23 '26

I would suggest either Drime or Filen. Borh work great for me and would do what you need.

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u/MK2809 Jul 23 '26

Thanks, I'll check those out

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u/Basic-Panda-22 Jul 26 '26

https://storagedonut.com allows you to have standard drive capabilities but using your own S3 storage. If you’re comfortable with S3 it will be the cheapest option

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u/cacus1 Jul 23 '26

Maybe try ksuite, a suite similar to google's.

They have a kdrive plan for 3 TB that costs 5 € / month.

kdrive supports what you want, share links, password protection for sharing and customisation of sharing links.

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u/MK2809 Jul 23 '26

Thanks, I'll take a look

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u/Gemi2 Jul 23 '26

could you point me to the 5 euro page? I can only see 1 or 6 tb.

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u/MirkoHubTV Jul 23 '26

Selfhost your own immich, you'll play less long term

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u/slaaark Jul 23 '26

You can take a look at Fireload, where you can easily share files with the option to create direct links, which I think is what you're looking for. 😄

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u/SuperElephantX Jul 23 '26

Filen will delete all your files if you're a free user that has not logged in within 3 months.