The best cloud storage, according to hackers
14 cloud storage were recommended on Hacker News between November 2025 and November 2026. We rank them by how many separate people recommend each one, and 2 earn the Hacker Approved badge.
Top picks
The two most recommended cloud storage with the badge. Each figure is 2 people. RecommendsCriticizes One comment
Simple, reliable SSH and ZFS storage
People recommend rsync.net as a simple, reliable SSH and ZFS storage service for offsite backups, with plain pricing and good support. The main caveat is the lifetime plan's long break-even time and a higher recent minimum order.
Low price per terabyte
Cheap SFTP storage that people use for backups, with 1TB for under 5 euros a month. The main complaint is slow transfer speeds.
All 14 cloud storage, ranked
Select a column heading to sort. Approval share is recommenders out of everyone who gave an opinion; the tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs. Months counts the months, out of 13, in which someone recommended it.
| Rank | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apple iCloud | 144 | 231 | 38% | 13 | 3 yrs7 owners | — |
| 2 | Dropbox | 140 | 166 | 46% | 12 | 12 yrs16 owners | — |
| 3 | OneDrive | 86 | 370 | 19% | 12 | 8 yrs6 owners | — |
| 4 | Google Drive | 66 | 130 | 34% | 12 | 5 yrs3 owners | — |
| 5 | rsync.net | 34 | 3 | 92% | 7 | — | Approved |
| 6 | Hetzner Storage Box | 27 | 5 | 84% | 9 | — | Approved |
| 7 | Google One | 26 | 23 | 53% | 11 | — | — |
| 8 | Apple Advanced Data Protection | 25 | 27 | 48% | 9 | — | — |
| 9 | Proton Drive | 24 | 32 | 43% | 9 | — | — |
| Tied 10 | iCloud Drive | 8 | 23 | 26% | 6 | — | — |
| Tied 10 | Filen | 8 | 2 | 80% | 6 | — | — |
| Tied 10 | Hetzner Storage Share | 8 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
| 13 | pCloud | 7 | 8 | 47% | 7 | — | — |
| 14 | Mega | 5 | 3 | 63% | 5 | — | — |
How we rank
Rank is the number of separate people who recommend a product in a Hacker News comment over the past year. Someone who praises the same cloud storage in five threads counts once.
The badge goes to cloud storage that at least 10 people recommend, with recommenders outnumbering critics at least 2 to 1, recommended in at least 4 of the 13 months.
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