When comparing HiDrive vs Cloudup, the Slant community recommends Cloudup for most people. In the question“What are the best cloud storage services?” Cloudup is ranked 24th while HiDrive is ranked 37th. The most important reason people chose Cloudup is:
When uploading videos, photos or audio, CloudUp will transcode a version of the media so that it can be viewed right from within the app without requiring a download.
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Pros
Pro FTP and WebDAV
Supports FTP and WebDAV
Pro Based in the EU
HiDrive is operated by a German company, therefore European Union legislation on protection of personal data applies.
Pro Media can viewed instantly
When uploading videos, photos or audio, CloudUp will transcode a version of the media so that it can be viewed right from within the app without requiring a download.
Pro Easy to use
After dragging & dropping files, a link for sharing will be in your clipboard. You can also paste from your clipboard into the web view. When you share a stream with someone they can start viewing it even before all files have been uploaded. All this makes it easy and straightforward to use.
Pro Password-protected files and streams
You can choose to put up a password for certain files and streams.
Pro Works on every platform
CloudUp is a web-based HTML5 app and website meaning it can be viewed from any modern browser form any device. There's a native desktop Mac and Windows app available and native iPhone and Android apps being worked on.
Pro Free
Each user can upload 1000 items that are not bigger than 200MB for free.
Cons
Con Support absent
Support doesn't answer questions (even from paying customers)
Con No sync
Impossible to sync files on PC to the cloud, or files on the cloud to PC