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Introduction
This page attempts to introduce one-click hosters, and help you choose one by comparing the details of their service.
One-click hosters are websites that easily offer internet users a service to upload files, so they can access them from different computers, or share them with other people. A lot of them offer both free and paid accounts or instant usage that does not even require an account. Most of them seem to get their revenue from advertisement. Advantages of one-click hosters are:
- instant use
- no need to stay online to keep sharing your files
- only upload once, not a lot of bandwidth needed
- easy to use for the people that download stuff
Disadvantages are:
- Most of them have limitations, like: limited file size, wait times before downloading, no direct link to the file (you have to download it from a page they provide), files get deleted after some time not being downloaded, or after you have not logged in for some time.
- Bad search integration. Compared to p2p, rare things are currently much harder to find on one-click hosters. Often you have to collect the url from a blog or forum. See our search engine comparison for help.
Usually people sharing files on a one click hoster put the links to the files on some forum or blog. Sometimes the files will be encrypted to avoid hosters deleting them for terms of service violation. Some hosters are still active in seeking out files by searching on blogs and by referer logs, so special tools have been created to protect files against deletion, like the following:
- anonym.to This service redirects links so the original page cannot be found from the referer logs.
Comparison Chart
The following table provides you a list of one-click hosters.1 The intention is not to be complete, but rather to give you the best, most useful servers. We focus on free services, and all the sites listed provide at least some free service, but many have non-free less limited offers. The features compared in the table are for the free-est service provided. Eg, if there is a service which does not require signup, this service's details are listed. Obviously this excludes rewards programs, since you will always have to sign up before they could/would pay you. If signup leads to some extra's it will be mentioned in the misc. notes. Sites with less than 100mb file size are not listed. I know it would be nice to be able to sort the table, but I don't think it is possible on wikidot for the moment, so try this bookmarklet if you want to sort any table on any website. Drag the button to your bookmarks toolbar to install.
| Web Hostl | Languagel | Max. file sizel | Waiting timel | Download limitsl | File expirationl | Misc. notesl | Signup neededl | Remote Uploadingl | Rewards Programl | Delete possiblel |
| 2sharedl | enl | 1000MBl | nol | unlimitedl | ?l | up and down speeds where 1.5MB when I tested. Is related to 4shared, but no signup or virtual drive and bigger filesl | nol | nol | nol | yesl |
| 4sharedl | enl | 100MBl | 10s.l | unlimitedl | 30 days of no loginl | Provides a directory structure. Good for sharing lots of small related files, like books on 1 subject. You get 5GB per account.l | yesl | nol | yesl | yesl |
| Axifilel | enl | 200MBl | 35sl | unlimitedl | 30 daysl | Slow upload.l | nol | nol | nol | yesl |
| Badongol | fr, en, de, cn, nl, it, jp, pt, es, trl | 1000MBl | 15sl | 4.8Gb/day, 500kbpsl | 50 daysl | Windows auto-splitting upload tool for registered users (“Buddy”)l | nol | nol | ?l | yesl |
| Bigfilezl | en, ru, esl | 500MBl | yes ??l | 100kbpsl | 30 daysl | -l | yesl | ?l | ?l | ?l |
| Biguploadl | enl | 500MBl | nol | Capped 100kbit/s download ratel | 60 days of inactivityl | presents you also with instant code to enter in forums, websites, etc. Upload 3mb/sl | nol | nol | yesl | yesl |
| Bitsharel | del | 100MBl | 15sl | 250kb/sl | 7 days of inactivityl | sign up for some extra'sl | nol | nol | nol | yesl |
| BOXSTr.coml | enl | 1GBl | nol | 1000MB Dailyl | 30 days of no loginl | Hotlinking. Multiple Upgrade Plans and Downloadable Desktop Manager. Free storage 5GB.l | yesl | nol | nol | yesl |
| CloneMyFilel | enl | 500MBl | nol | yesl | 30 days of inactivity unless you have freely signed up,so links will be maintained securely in your accountl |
Mirror your local or remote files up to more than 6 popular free hosts instantly:Rapidshare.com,Rapidshare.de,Easyshare, Netload.in, Megaupload and Badongo .l |
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| DepositFilesl | enl | 300MBl | 60s.l | 100kb/sl | 30 days of inactivityl | After downloading a file you have to wait before you can download another. Amount of time depends on number of MB downloaded.l | nol | nol | yesl | yesl |
| DivSharel | enl | 200MBl | nol | 50 GB/monthl | 7 daysl | sign up for folders, built-in flash mp3 and video streamer, image hosting and galleries, groups, profiles. Slow download speeds have been reported. 5GB per accountl | yesl | ?l | ?l | yesl |
| Drivewayl | enl | 500MBl | nol | unlimitedl | ?l | sign up for a folder with extra options and 2GB storagel | nol | nol | nol | nol |
| Dropboxl | enl | 2000MBl | nol | ?l | unlimitedl | Requires a client (win, mac, linux available). Is more like a synchronised backup folder, but you can share files with a public hotlink. DropBox is ad-free.l | yesl | nol | nol | yesl |
| drop.iol | enl | 100MBl | nol | unlimitedl | up to 365 days of inactivity of the drop spacel | This is an original one. You just have an url like drop.io/mydrop and you can add files to it, let others do the same or only view them, email files to it, call to it (it's like an answering machine), fax in our out of it (usa only)…l | nol | nol | nol | yesl |
| Egosharel | en, del | 300MBl | 15s.l | 500kb/sl | 60 days of inactivityl | Upload software is available. FTP also.l | nol | yesl | nol | yesl |
| EvilSharel | enl | 128MBl | nol | unlimitedl | 10 days of inactivity, 3 days if less than 5 downloadsl | -l | nol | nol | nol | yesl |
| Fastsharel | del | 200MBl | 10sl | ?l | 31 days of inactivityl | -l | nol | nol | nol | yesl |
| File.aml | enl | 200MBl | nol | unlimitedl | 30 days of inactivityl | Concurrent downloads/uploads. Unlimited uploads and downloads. Download-accelerators supportl | nol | yesl | nol | Yesl |
| Filefactoryl | enl | 300MBl | yes ?l | yes ?l | 30 days of inactivityl | -l | nol | nol | nol | nol |
| FileFrontl | enl | 1000MBl | nol | ?l | 6 months of inactivityl | fast uploadl | nol | nol | nol | nol |
| FlyUploadl | enl | 2000MBl | yesl | ?l | 30 days of inactivityl | Had to click 10 times on a link before i could downloadl | nol | nol | nol | nol |
| FreeFileServerl | enl | 100MBl | yesl | unlimitedl | 30 days minimuml | Sign up for extras. Deep linking is possible.l | nol | yesl | ?l | ?l |
| GigaSizel | en, es, frl | 300MBl | 60sl | 200 MB/10hl | 20 daysl | Sign up for some extras.l | nol | nol | nol | yesl |
| Good.netl | enl | 1000MBl | variablel | yesl | 90 days of inactivityl | Signup allows for unlimited downloading, hotlinking.l | nol | nol | nol | yesl |
| HyperFileSharel | enl | 250MBl | nol | unlimitedl | 30 days of inactivityl | -l | nol | nol | nol | yesl |
| in.solit.usl | enl | unlimitedl | nol | unlimitedl | unlimitedl | WebDAV supportl | yesl | yesl | nol | yesl |
| LaunchFilel | enl | 250MBl | 5s.l | unlimitedl | 180 daysl | downloader can only download 1 file per ip. ftp uploads.l | nol | yesl | nol | yesl |
| Load.tol | enl | 300MBl | 10s.l | ?l | 30 days of inactivityl | -l | nol | yesl | nol | yesl |
| MassMirrorl | enl | 1000MBl | yesl | yesl | 30 days of inactivityl | Mirrors your file on other free hosts.l | nol | yesl | nol | yesl |
| MediaFirel | enl | 100MBl | nol | ?l | unlimitedl | Does not allow password protected rar files. Multiple simultaneous upload & download. Virus scan of upload.l | nol | nol | nol | nol |
| Megarotic, MegaUploadl | enl | 1024MBl | 45s.l | yesl | 30 days of inactivityl | -l | nol | nol | yesl | nol |
| Megasharesl | enl | 10000MBl | nol | 250MB/2 hoursl | 30 days of inactivityl | Upload resume feature. Maximum file size 10000MB with Java uploader. Maximum file size 1500MB with HTML uploader. Up about 200kb/sl | nol | yesl | yesl | yesl |
| MiHD.netl | enl | 100MBl | nol | unlimitedl | 60 daysl | -l | nol | nol | nol | yesl |
| myDataBusl | enl | 1500MBl | nol | 1 GB/dayl | 14 days of inactivityl | 10GB of free space; store files, integrate with Facebook.coml | yesl | yesl | yesl | nol |
| myfile.chl | en, del | 100MBl | yesl | ?l | 30 days of inactivityl | -l | nol | yesl | nol | yesl |
| Nakidol | en, fr, de, ch, jp, it, es, chl | 2000MBl | 2 min+l | yesl | 90 days inactivity, unless Nakido members Flush them!l | Download speed is much faster with Nakido Flag, it is a plug-in (works on all browsers). They claim they take files up to 99GB, but that's not working.l | nol | nol | nol | yesl |
| NitroUploadl | en, ru, esl | 250MBl | nol | unlimitedl | 30 days of inactivityl | often inaccessablel | nol | yesl | nol | yesl |
| RapidSharel | enl | 200MBl | ?l | 50kB/sl | 90 days of inactivityl | Unusable for many due to ISP proxies.l | nol | yesl | yesl | yesl |
| rarhostl | enl | 150MBl | Nol | ?l | 30 days of inactivityl | Advanced file hosting for .RAR files.l | ?l | ?l | ?l | ?l |
| SendThisFilel | enl | unlimitedl | nol | Max 3 downloads/file, 8 MB/secondl | 6 daysl | Large number of useful features for business users.l | yesl | ?l | ?l | ?l |
| SendSpacel | enl | 300MBl | nol | Maximum of 50GB of traffic for each file.l | 7 days of inactivity (free service)l | Concurrent downloads possible from the same IP.l | nol | nol | ?l | Yesl |
| sharing.rul | rul | 1000MBl | ?l | ?l | ?l | -l | nol | ?l | ?l | ?l |
| Simpleuploadl | enl | 300MBl | 15s.l | yesl | 30 days of inactivityl | -l | nol | nol | nol | yesl |
| Speedsharel | del | 200MBl | nol | 150kb/sl | 190 days of inactivityl | Remote upload possible but long waiting.l | nol | yesl | nol | yesl |
| StoreWithl | enl | 500MBl | nol | unlimitedl | 60 days of inactivityl | Images can be hotlinked. Folder with nice gui for storing up to 5gig files if you signup.l | nol | nol | yesl | yesl |
| TinyLoadl | enl | 100MBl | N/Al | N/Al | N/Al | Uploads your file to other hosters (of your choice, can be multiple). Does not host itself.l | nol | nol | nol | nol |
| TransferBigFilesl | enl | 1000MBl | nol | ?l | 5 days or 20 downloadsl | Sign up for a dropzone desktop gadget and you can set optional settings to be notified of downloadl | nol | nol | nol | nol |
| Transfer.rol | ro, enl | 1000MBl | nol | unlimitedl | 10 daysl | Hotlinking.l | nol | nol | nol | nol |
| Upitus.netl | enl | 100MBl | Nol | ?l | 30 days of inactivityl | -l | nol | yesl | nol | yesl |
| UploadBox.coml | en, rul | 2000MBl | 30sl | unlimitedl | 30 days of inactivityl | -l | nol | yesl | yesl | yesl |
| Uploaded.Tol | en, it, del | 250MBl | nol | ?l | 60 days of inactivityl | Password protection possible for the downloads.l | nol | nol | yesl | yesl |
| Uploadingl | en, rul | 300MBl | 45sl | yes ?l | unlimitedl | -l | nol | yes l | yesl | yesl |
| Uploadingitl | enl | 100MBl | nol | 2 GB/dayl | unlimitedl | Hotlinking. Folder Service with max 10GB. Only certain file formats are allowed.l | yesl | nol | nol | yesl |
| Wualal | en, de, ru, pt, swe, frl | unlimitedl | nol | unlimitedl | unlimitedl | Social networking tool. Java client and signup even needed for downloading. 1GB free storage. You can trade disk space to get more.l | yesl | nol | nol | yesl |
| YouSendItl | enl | 100MBl | nol | 100 downloadsl | 7 daysl | You are obliged to give an email adress. Sign up for some extra's.l | nol | nol | nol | nol |
| Web Hostl | Languagel | Max. file sizel | Waiting timel | Download limitsl | File expirationl | Misc. notesl | Signup neededl | Remote Uploadingl | Rewards Programl | Delete possiblel |
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