The best cloud storage for every use case
Our editorial picks across six categories: lifetime, free, photos, privacy, value, and European. Each pick is judged on the live pricing and specs the rest of the site runs on.
pCloud has sold lifetime plans longer than anyone still standing, and it keeps honouring them. Swiss jurisdiction, clear pricing, and clients on every platform.
MEGA's 20 GB free tier is the most generous on the market, and it keeps zero-knowledge encryption switched on even for free accounts.
Google One backs the photo library most people already use, with the strongest search and organisation tools and apps everywhere.
Proton Drive is end-to-end encrypted by default under Swiss law, from a company that has run privacy infrastructure for over a decade.
iDrive has the lowest cost per terabyte we track, and it bundles full device backup rather than plain sync-and-share.
kDrive is run by Infomaniak, a long-established Swiss host, with genuine EU data residency and a GDPR-native posture.
Updated 29 May 2026 Methodology