The cloud is great if you need access to files on multiple devices, locations, or operating systems, and you want it synced and backed up. However, not all cloud storage is alike. We asked you which you thought were the best, highlighted the five best cloud storage providers, and now we're back to feature the winner.
It shouldn't surprise anyone that
Dropbox took the crown here. It's the juggernaut in the category, and clearly the most popular among Lifehacker readers—it brought home over 53% of the votes cast. It's not just about popularity though—many of you praised Dropbox for working across platforms and operating systems seamlessly, and fostering a broad development community and tons of third party apps thanks to open APIs.In second place with over 22% of the overall vote was a relative newcomer to the world of cloud storage but still a huge name:
Google Drive, which offers you both storage for your files as well as productivity tools like Google Docs and Google Spreadsheets, and tight integration with Google's own services. With over 14% of the vote in third place was
Microsoft SkyDrive, which offers similar integration for Microsoft Office and Windows 8 users, and made a great name for itself with an impressive overhaul last year. With 6% of the vote,
Bitcasa Infinite Drive took fourth place, offering a modest amount of storage for free, but virtually unlimited storage if you're willing to pay a monthly fee—and when we say unlimited, many of you reported you store terabytes with Bitcasa because of this. Bringing up the rear in fifth place is
SugarSync, one of the oldest and well loved by oft-overlooked cloud storage services by comparison, with just shy of 5% of the vote. The Hive Five is based on reader nominations. As with most Hive Five posts, if your favorite was left out, it's not because we hate it—it's because it didn't get the nominations required in the call for contenders post to make the top five. We understand it's a bit of a popularity contest, but if you have a favorite, we want to hear about it. Have a suggestion for the Hive Five? Send us an email at tips+hivefive@lifehacker.com!
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