4shared.com

4shared

Who runs 4shared, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest file hosting alternatives.

Who’s behind it
Not stated
Online since
Unknown
Trackers
Prices
No pricing page
Last price change
–
Closest alternative
MediaFire

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs 4shared

4shared 4shared.com

Online file sharing and storage - 15 GB free web space. Easy registration. File upload progressor. Multiple file transfer. Fast download.

Wikidata: file-sharing platform

Company
No imprint we could read
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive
Audience
In English

02 · Privacy

What 4shared tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

tracker that follows visitors

7 of the 19 alternatives below have fewer, 7 have more.

Privacy-friendly alternatives →
Cookie banner
None found
US company
2 tools
  • Visitor analytics

    Counts and follows visits, usually with cookies.

  • Third-party embeds

    Videos, maps or fonts from other companies, which receive the visitor’s IP address.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to 4shared

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to 4shared, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Fewer trackers than 4sharedNo ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English
  1. 01
    MediaFire mediafire.com Top 1K English 3 trackers

    File sharing and storage made simple

    MediaFire is a simple to use free service that lets you put all your photos, documents, music, and video in a single place so you can access them anywhere and share them everywhere.

    Compare MediaFire with 4shared →
  2. 02
    Rapidgator rapidgator.net English 1 tracker

    Rapidgator

    Download file from Rapidgator. Cloud hosting solutions, safe and secure file hosting

    Compare Rapidgator with 4shared →
  3. 03
    MEGA mega.nz Top 10K 1 tracker

    MEGA

    MEGA provides free cloud storage with convenient and powerful always-on privacy. Claim your free 20GB now

    Compare MEGA with 4shared →
  4. 04
    MEGA mega.co.nz Top 1K No trackers

    MEGA

    MEGA provides free cloud storage with convenient and powerful always-on privacy. Claim your free 50GB now!

    Compare MEGA with 4shared →
  5. 05
    Dropbox dropbox.com Top 1K English 2 trackers

    Dropbox: Secure cloud storage, file sharing, and more

    Discover Dropbox – secure, easy cloud storage for file sharing and collaboration. With Dash, save time and organize all your company content in one place.

    Compare Dropbox with 4shared →
  6. 06
    Gofile gofile.io Top 10K No trackers

    cloud storage and file hosting service

    Compare Gofile with 4shared →
  7. 07
    TeraBox terabox.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    TeraBox - Free Cloud Storage Up To 1 TB, Send Large Files Online

    TeraBox offers 1 tb free cloud storage & online file transfer. Login or Download TeraBox app to get 1 tb storage and use it on your PC, Mac, iPhone & Android.

    Compare TeraBox with 4shared →
  8. 08
    pixeldrain pixeldrain.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Cloud storage and data transfer services ~ pixeldrain

    Pixeldrain is a file transfer service, you can upload any file and you will be given a shareable link right away. pixeldrain also supports previews for images, videos, audio, PDFs and much more.

    Compare pixeldrain with 4shared →
  9. 09
    Catbox catbox.moe English No trackers

    Catbox

    The cutest free file host you've ever seen

    Compare Catbox with 4shared →
  10. 10
    Sync sync.com English 9 trackers

    Secure Cloud Storage & Internet Storage Services | Sync

    Secure cloud storage and collaboration that helps you stay secure and connected in the cloud. Learn about our online storage options today!

    Compare Sync with 4shared →
  11. 11
    pCloud pcloud.com English No trackers

    pCloud - Secure Cloud Storage for Files, Photos & Documents

    Store, sync, and share your files securely with pCloud. Get up to 10 GB of free secure cloud storage and access your files from any device, anywhere.

    Compare pCloud with 4shared →
  12. 12
    Photobucket photobucket.com Top 10K

    American photo storage and image hosting website

    Compare Photobucket with 4shared →
  13. 13
    WeTransfer wetransfer.com Top 10K English 4 trackers

    WeTransfer | Skicka stora filer snabbt

    Det enkla, snabba och säkra sättet att skicka filer till hela världen utan ett konto. Dela filer, foton och videor idag helt gratis.

    Compare WeTransfer with 4shared →
  14. 14
    Filemail filemail.com English 1 tracker

    Send Large Files - Any Size - Up To 5 GB Free - Filemail

    Send large files of any size fast. Share files up to 5 GB free with no account required. Trusted on all platforms for secure file transfers and sharing.

    Compare Filemail with 4shared →
  15. 15
    Xender xender.com English 1 tracker

    A Secure File Transfer & Share App | Xender: Speedy, Smart, Share

    Xender is a fast and free file transfer and sharing app that allows you to transfer files between Android, iOS, and PC devices.

    Compare Xender with 4shared →
  16. 16
    SendSpace sendspace.com English No trackers

    Free File Transfer | Send Large Files Instantly | SendSpace

    Send and share large files for free with SendSpace. Fast, secure uploads with no registration required — share download links by email or direct link.

    Compare SendSpace with 4shared →
  17. 17
    Send Anywhere send-anywhere.com English 2 trackers

    Send Anywhere

    The easiest way to share files across all of your devices. Send files of any size and type, as many times as you want, all for free!

    Compare Send Anywhere with 4shared →
  18. 18
    Box box.com Top 1K English 2 trackers

    Box | AI-Powered Content Management, Workflow & Collaboration

    Intelligent Content Management makes it easy to automate workflows, collaborate internally and externally, and protect your sensitive data, all on one platform.

    Compare Box with 4shared →
  19. 19
    Seafile seafile.com English No trackers

    Seafile - Open Source File Sync and Share Software

    Seafile is an open source, self-hosted file sync and share solution with high performance and reliability. Sync, access, and collaborate on files on your own server or private cloud.

    Compare Seafile with 4shared →
  20. 20
    Streamable streamable.com Top 10K English 3 trackers

    Upload Video Online - Free Video Hosting - Streamable

    Upload your video in seconds on Streamable. We accept a variety of video formats including MP4, MOV, AVI, and more. It's free, try it now!

    Compare Streamable with 4shared →

Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles 4shared’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones 4shared uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what 4shared adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.

The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 6 technologies
Neighbours
k = 20
Sites searched
9,192
Vector
384-d
Query
33 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to 4shared’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

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Email hosting
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