Box API allows developers to manage and interact with files stored in Box and use Box as a content management layer in their applications.įree Storage Capacity for free: 10 GB of storage (free for personal use) Box has grown to be used by more than 41 million users and 85,000 businesses.ĪPI Features: BOX offers an open platform with APIs and SDKs, known as the Box Platform, that developers can use for a variety of purposes. Based in Redwood City, California, Box was founded in 2005 by Aaron Levie who conceptualized the idea while he was a student of the University of Southern California in 2004. Prices: $9.92 monthly for 100 GB $19.99 per month for 200GB $49.99 per month for 500GB 3 BOX APIīox is a cloud content management and file sharing service for businesses.
Dropbox provides various APIs and SDKs that allow developers to easily access user data upon authorization.įree Storage Capacity for free: 2 GB of storage (free plan) Based in San Francisco California, Dropbox was founded in 2007 by Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi who where students in MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).ĪPI Features: Dropbox API allows developers to work with files in Dropbox, including advanced functionality like full-text search, thumbnails, and sharing. Prices: $1.99 monthly for 100 GB $9.99 monthly for 1 TB $99.99 monthly for 100 TB 2 Dropbox APIĭropbox is a creative collaboration space designed to reduce busywork, bring your files together in one central place, and safely sync them across all your devices.
For example you can use the COPY API to create a copy of a file and apply any requested updates with patch semantics.įree Storage Capacity for free: 15 GB of storage ( free plan) Files created and edited through the office suite are saved in Google Drive.ĪPI Features: Google Drive API allows developers to easily read, write, and sync files stored in Google Drive from their mobile and web apps. Google Drive provides SaaS (Software as a Service) services like Google Docs, Sheets and Slides, an office suite that permits collaborative editing of documents, spreadsheets, presentations, drawings, forms, and more. It allows users to store files on their servers and synchronize files across multiple devices. Offers support for uploading and downloading data, along with file management functions like listing and deleting data stored.ĭeveloped by Google in 2012, Google Drive is a file storage and synchronization service. $249 monthly (Unlimited uploads) maximum upload size of 25 GB With this API users can control the encryption, (they hold the key), It also allows them decide who to grant or deny access to their filesĪllows users to share files conveniently, anonymously and securelyġ00 daily file upload, with a maximum upload size of 100 MB ICloud drive API allows users safely stores any kind of file so it can be accessed in iCloud-enabled apps on iPhone, iPad, Mac, or PC. $5.80 monthly starter plan for 100 GB (minimum of 3 users maximum of 5 users)Īllows developers to connect their applications to content stored in OneDrive and SharePoint.Īllows developers to host and share any file type including documents, presentations, videos, and images.Īmazon Drive API enables your users to access the photos, videos, and documents that they have saved in Amazon Drive, and provides you the ability to interact with millions of Amazon Drive customers. APIĮasily read, write, and sync files stored in Google Drive from your mobile and web appsĪllows developers to work with files in Dropbox, including advanced functionality like full-text search, thumbnails, and sharing.Īllows developers to manage and interact with files stored in Box and use Box as a content management layer in their applications TL DR: Here’s a table summarizing our findings. Ultimately, we created the following list of top 10 best messaging APIs. Price: We consider their costs and payment plans for users who need a lot more storage space.Free Storage capacity: We consider the amount of free storage capacity a user is given.API features: We assessed the various features of each of the APIs.We looked at several Cloud Storage APIs based on the following three main criteria ĭevelopers can access these service via a browser UI or through an API (Application Programmable Interface) developed by the vendor to help collect, manage, secure and analyze data at massive scale.
These services are provided by a cloud vendors who own, manage and operates data storage capacities and delivers it over the Internet so users can pay to use them –or use them for free in some cases. Cloud storage is simply “a cloud computing model that stores data on the Internet through a cloud computing provider who manages and operates data storage as a service”. In recent years cloud storage has become one of the safest and most convenient ways of storing data and hosting services.