Alternatives to MEGA

End-to-end encrypted cloud storage with a large free tier. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as MEGA.

  • Proton Drive

    End-to-end encrypted cloud storage from Proton for backing up, syncing and sharing files and photos.

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    Proton Drive keeps end-to-end encryption with automatic photo backup and expiring share links, but it requires a Proton account and has limited free storage.

  • pCloud

    Swiss cloud storage with lifetime plans and optional client-side encryption.

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    pCloud adds Swiss storage, lifetime plans and a virtual drive, but its client-side encryption is a paid add-on instead of the default.

  • Sync.com

    Canadian zero-knowledge encrypted cloud storage.

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    Sync.com also encrypts everything with zero knowledge by default and adds download limits on share links, but it has no Linux client.

  • Filen

    German end-to-end encrypted cloud storage with open-source clients.

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    Filen keeps zero-knowledge encryption with open-source clients and German storage under EU rules, though it is smaller and some clients still have rough edges.

  • Internxt

    Open-source, end-to-end encrypted cloud storage and photo backup.

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    Internxt offers open-source clients with client-side encryption and lifetime plans, but its free tier is small and its sync reliability has been uneven.

  • Dropbox

    The original file sync service, with clients on every platform.

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    Dropbox has a mature sync engine with smart sync on every platform, but files are not encrypted from the provider's point of view and the free tier is small.

  • Google Drive

    Google's cloud storage and file sharing service with desktop sync and mobile apps.

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    Google Drive gives 15 GB free with Docs integration, but its files are not end-to-end encrypted by default and there is no official Linux client.

  • Tresorit

    Swiss zero-knowledge encrypted storage aimed at businesses.

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    Tresorit keeps zero-knowledge encryption and adds business access controls and European data residency, but it has no meaningful free tier and costs more.

Also worth comparing

These listings name MEGA as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • iCloud Drive

    Apple's cloud storage, integrated across macOS, iOS and Windows.

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    MEGA has end-to-end encryption by default across all platforms and a large free tier, but transfer quotas apply, and losing the recovery key loses the data.

  • Microsoft OneDrive

    Microsoft's cloud storage, built into Windows and Microsoft 365.

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    MEGA has a Linux client, a large free tier and end-to-end encryption by default, but transfer quotas apply on free and lower paid tiers.

  • Peergos

    Self-hostable encrypted storage that hides sharing metadata as well as content.

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    MEGA provides end-to-end encrypted hosted storage with a large free tier and clients everywhere, but it is closed source and applies transfer quotas.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.