Amazon already sells you almost anything under the sun, and it wants to be the place you store all your music, photos, videos and other files too. Amazon Cloud Drive has been around for several years, but the firm introduced new storage strategies in March 2015; one merely for pictures and one for all other types of files.
Neither plan is free, but both have three-month trials. Infinite Pictures is accessible for free for all Amazon Prime members or anyone with a Fire device. Should you not have a Fire cellphone or a Prime subscription or tablet, you will need to pay $12 per month for the storage.
There is no limitation for how many files you'll be able to upload, but each file needs to be under 2GB unless you use the Cloud Drive desktop apps.
The Cloud Drive desktop programs are accessible for PC and Mac, and let you upload or download files. Nevertheless, unlike other cloud storage services, the Amazon Cloud Drive program doesn't let you view your files from a folder on your computer. It's possible for you to upload individual files and download your complete library, but you'll have to go to Amazon's site, should you'd like to see them or make changes.
Amazon Cloud Drive has apps for Android and iOS with automatic upload videos and pictures you take with your cellphone get saved to the cloud. The service is also baked into telephone and Amazon's Fire tablets.
Where it excels:
In the event you already have an Amazon account, you don't need to sign up for a new service, you can just sign into Cloud Drive.
You can just view and handle files from the Cloud Drive site, but you cannot upload files bigger than 2GB there.
Finest for:
Anyone with an Amazon Fire tablet pc or Fire telephone, since it is part of the operating system. Infinite Pictures is not bad for Amazon Prime members, as you get it as part of that subscription.