Which is the best cloud storage service for Linux? We list several free cloud storage services that you can use in Linux. A couple of years back, Copy was the best cloud storage for Linux. It gave over 300 Gb storage and came with native apps for desktop platforms including Linux and mobile platforms as iOS and Android.

Storing files and data in the cloud used to be prohibitively expensive, but as storage prices have come down and Internet speeds have gone up, it's become much more commonplace. The proliferation of smartphones and tablets is another reason why connecting to iCloud or Google Drive is now part of everyday life for most of us. With that increased adoption has come an increase in the choice of cloud storage providers out there.

Microsoft, Apple and Google have all been improving and polishing their own offerings, and there are several independent choices to pick from too. Here we lay out the options available (and some emerging ones too), along with the benefits and drawbacks of each. • Check out our guide to the OneDrive • • Platforms: Web, Windows, Mac, Android, iOS, Windows Phone • Price: 5GB for free; 50GB for £1.99 per month up to 5TB (and Office 365) for £79.99 per year Microsoft's cloud storage offering got off to a shaky start (under the name SkyDrive) but with Windows 8 and now Windows 10 integration it's been finding its feet. As with its other apps (Cortana, Office), Microsoft is keen to get OneDrive on as many platforms as possible, so whether you have an Android phone or a MacBook Pro you can still make use of it. Feature-wise, the desktop and web apps aren't much to write home about, but they do the job and fit in with the modern-day Windows design aesthetic, and the online versions of the Office apps are very useful too. There's perhaps not enough to make you switch from an alternative service but it works well for Office and Windows users in particular.

ICloud • • Platforms: Web, Windows, Mac, iOS • Price: 50GB for £0.79, 200GB for £2.49, 1TB for £6.99 and 2TB for £13.99 per month iCloud is slightly different to the other services here, because it originally focused on background syncing and storage rather than consumer-facing apps. There is now a web interface for your emails, files and documents though, and there's even a rudimentary online office suite, so it's moving closer to OneDrive and Google Drive in that respect. As usual with Apple, support for devices not made by the company is limited. There is a basic Windows desktop client, and the web interface we've already mentioned, but Android users can't really connect with iCloud. If you do use iPhones, iPads and Macs for the majority of the time though, iCloud works seamlessly across all your devices.

If you use both a Mac and a Windows PC in your home, you might sometimes want to share files between them. Want windows 7 to login for mac file sharing. Whether its photos, music, or documents, it's actually fairly easy to set up file sharing between macOS and Windows so long as the two machines are on the same network.

Google Drive • • Platforms: Web, Windows, Mac, Android, iOS • Price: 15GB for free; 100GB for $1.99 per month up to 30TB for $299.99 per month Google Drive is an online office suite first and a cloud storage system second, and the desktop clients for syncing files up to the cloud from Windows and Mac computers are still fairly basic. Ideally, Google wants you to be spending all of your time inside the browser, and if that's your number one criteria then Google Drive ticks all the right boxes.