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@apoorvpal Why do you think a cloud service is just going to let customers upload and store stuff for free…?
May 30, 2021
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Suggestions for Free Cloud Storage
Hey,
This is not exactly a laravel question but I wanted to know if anyone here has used a free online cloud storage and if so, which one? I tried cloudinary but file types seem to be limited to just media files there. I want to store User-uploaded content without filling up my main hosting server. Thanks for your help!
Regards, Apoorv
Level 5
Marketing and advertisement? all within a certain limit of course !
Level 75
If it's a professional site where users upload files, then use a paid service. Dropbox is one, Google drive, etc.
Level 1
Well, I wanted a free online demo to be accessible to all with a basic upload feature. I could do it locally on the hosting server but I don't want it to fill up from the demo page. Once the product is subscribed to, I will link it up to a paid cloud storage service.
Level 80
@apoorvpal If it’s a demo project, then have it “reset” after a certain interval.
Lots of product demo sites will reset their data after say, a day. So you could do the same where you just run migrate:fresh --seed on your demo database, and empty your storage/app directory. That way, your storage directory isn’t going to continually fill up over time.
Level 75
@apoorvpal I mentioned Dropbox above, what would be wrong with something like that. They have a free amount of storage. As do several other services.
As far as suggesting one, that is very subjective.
Level 122
I wouldn't let anyone upload files that are not a full customer. You are leaving yourself open to all sorts of random crap and potentially copyright infringing or illegal images added to your service.
Level 1
Alright, thanks for your suggestions, everyone! @Snapey, that does sound sensible. I guess I will just display the box and not allow uploads for the demo and grant the permission to upload when potential clients request for it. I can use the server's file system for that.
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