What are the differences between MediaFire and Yandex Disk?


Let us understand the concepts of MediaFire and Yandex Disk before learning the differences between them.

MediaFire

MediaFire is a cloud storage service and file hosting service which became more popular as a platform for sharing large files. It was owned by MediaFire LLC in 2006. Actually, it has a reputation for having poor privacy which is difficult for it to overcome, and because of its limited capabilities it has been kept aside from the list of the best cloud storage services.

MediaFire is providing 10GB storage for free and up to 50 GB free with bonuses, we can store all our files, photos, audio and videos. It helps us to easily share large files through emails. It provides unlimited ad-supported downloads with no waiting times.

Features

The features of MediaFire are as follows −

  • Instantly recover deleted files

  • Share and collaborate files

  • Easily share large files and folders

  • File sharing management

  • Cloud storage security

  • Cloud Administration.

Advantages

The advantages of MediaFire are as follows −

  • 10GB free storage

  • Very large file size limit

  • More transfer speeds to and from MediaFire

  • Easy to use

  • Cost-effective consumption based-model

  • Very reliable and secure platform

Disadvantages

The disadvantages of MediaFire are as follows −

  • No file encryption

  • Too many ads

  • Very few features

  • Terrible design

  • Poor customer support

  • Data consumption is more customizable

Yandex Disk

Yandex is a Russian company which is famous for its Yandex search engine. It is one of the biggest technology companies which provide various kinds of products and services. It is also popular for owning Russia's most significant search engines and also contributes to various other technologies and internet-related things.

Yandex Disk is provided by Yandex a Russian company which is used as a cloud storage, file synchronization and file sharing service. It allows users to store the files on cloud and enable them to share everything online.

It was launched in the year 2012. The free storage space offered by Yandex Disk is 10 GB and also for paid it offers a limited maximum storage space. The maximum storage space it offers is 1024 GB.

Features

The features of Yandex Disk are as follows −

  • E-Commerce

  • App analytics

  • Music streaming

  • Smart home technology

  • Yandex Browser

  • A voice assistant

  • Artificial intelligence

  • Online advertising

  • App analytics

  • Data management

  • Self-driving cars

  • Maps via Yandex. Maps

  • E-mail services via Yandex.

Advantages

The advantages of Yandex Disk are as follows −

  • Decent pricing plans

  • Office Online

  • Online-only files

  • User experience

Disadvantages

The disadvantages of Yandex Disk are as follows −

  • No content control options

  • Weak security

  • Russian privacy laws

  • Not zero-knowledge

Differences

The major differences between MediaFire and Yandex disk are as follows −

MediaFireYandex disk
MediaFire was owned by MediaFire LLC in 2006.It was launched by Yandex a Russian Company in the year 2012.
MediaFire offers 10GB free storage space.It offers up to 20 GB free storage space.
MediaFire provides file synchronization service and File hosting service.Yandex offers a cloud storage service and a file hosting service.
MediaFire maximum storage size is 100TB.Yandex maximum storage size is 1024 GB for paid.
MediaFire maximum file size is 20 GB.Yandex supports maximum file size 2GB through the web and 50 Gb upload through application.
MediaFire supports remote uploading.Yandex does not support remote uploading.
MediaFire has client-side encryption.Yandex does not have client-side encryption.
MediaFire supports file versioning.Yandex does not support file versioning.
MediaFire has band-width limit of 10 TB.Yandex band width limit consists of 200% storage per day.

Updated on: 22-Mar-2022

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