Free Cloud Storage for College Students

Has your computer/laptop ever just stopped working on you? I mean, right in the middle of a heated paper or assignment, just go BLACK. Try adding “final paper” or “thesis” or “dissertation” and you can almost taste the world coming down on you.

My very first experience of my computer leaving me out in the cold was during my final year of undergraduate study. It was a narrow miss for me; I just finished what I was working on when it gave up. Till tomorrow, I fear to wonder what would have happened if I didn’t click the “submit” button.

I was sore afraid because I had no backup for storage. My laptop was IT. If that black box didn’t turn on, any assignment, paper, project, etc was just GONE. After that experience, I learned the importance of having backup storage. More importantly, having online storage. Since then, I haven’t looked back.

Then came the question of price. I know every smart brain that has gone through the pain of developing something useful, should make money; but as students, we do our best to cut cost.

Below is a list of free cloud storage you can use to store up anything you want.

The sum total of this can get you through any length of education if you don’t use it to store movies *side eye*.

#1 Dropbox

Dropbox has been in my life for the longest period. All you need to do is create an account and you get 2GB of storage with absolutely no strings attached. Sign up here.

#2 Google Drive

google gave us free storage, for the longest? It’s funny thinking about it now because I had a Gmail account for a while before I figured it out. Please don’t be like me. If you haven’t already, sign-up, get a google account, and you have 15GB of free storage. This has been an absolute life saver. Sign up here.

#3 OneDrive

OneDrive is owned by Microsoft. If you are as clueless as I was, and you have Microsoft account, you have access to OneDrive. You get 5GB of free storage; just like that! Sign up here.

#4 Amazon Drive

Amazon? I hope that’s a rhetorical question. Everyone I know has an Amazon account. If you don’t, please get one today. Amazon offers a few juicy benefits, especially for students. One of them is 5GB of free storage. Sign up here.

#5 Apple iCloud Drive

iCloud storage. It’s not nearly enough if you have one apple device, but you can definitely use it in addition to your other free cloud storage. Sign up here.

#6 Backblaze

Backblaze and it was so apt because I have nearly exhausted my other ones. I know, please ask me what I’m storing. I’m a picture hoarder! So, Backblaze is my latest sweetheart. They offer 10GB of free storage. I know – a whole T.E.N. Sign up here.

#7 Box

Box during my Ph.D. program. My school actually offered us secure storage with it. So, first find out if your university has something similar. If not, Box offers 10GB of storage, free. The only thing I don’t like about their offer is that they have a 250MB file upload limit. This means you can’t upload any file that is larger than 250MB at a time. Dear Box, please change this. If you just need to store documents, pictures, or other small files, Box is absolutely great. Sign up here.

#8 Sync.com

Sync is also another darling in the mix. They offer 5GB of free storage. I discovered Sync when I was hungry for what other free storage was available out there. It is absolutely worth it. Sign up here.

#9 Syncplicity

Syncplicity (giggles). They also offer 10GB of free data. It’s also very ‘Syncsimple’ – you can use and sync on all your devices. Sign up here.

#10 4Shared

4Shared with files you use frequently and not pictures from Donkey years ago, you just want to forget about. That way, you don’t have to worry about keeping track of the last time you logged in. Sign up here.

#11 hubiC

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Writing this post made me really excited. Let’s do a little math; if you create an account with these eleven sites today, you get 107GB FREE… College Students, you are welcome!

Until we talk in the comment section,

Make it a Winning-Day

Wine

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