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

20 of the 60 sites closest to 4shared match.

  1. 01
    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 →
  2. 02
    Catbox catbox.moe English No trackers

    Catbox

    The cutest free file host you've ever seen

    Compare Catbox with 4shared →
  3. 03
    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 →
  4. 04
    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 →
  5. 05
    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 →
  6. 06
    Proton proton.me Top 10K English No trackers

    Proton: Privacy by default

    Over 100 million people use Proton to stay private and secure online. Get a free Proton account and take back your privacy.

    Compare Proton with 4shared →
  7. 07
    Wikidot wikidot.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Wikidot - Free and Pro Wiki Hosting

    Polish wiki hosting corporation

    Compare Wikidot with 4shared →
  8. 08
    Postimages postimages.org English No trackers

    Postimages — free image hosting / image upload

    Provides free image uploading and hosting integration for forums. Free picture hosting and photo sharing for websites and blogs.

    Compare Postimages with 4shared →
  9. 09
    IDrive® idrive.com English No trackers

    Cloud Backup and Storage solutions for home and business - IDrive®

    IDrive provides Online cloud Backup for PCs, Macs, iPhones, Android and other Mobile Devices all into ONE account for one low fee

    Compare IDrive® with 4shared →
  10. 10
    DreamHost dreamhost.com Top 1K English No trackers

    Web Hosting Built for Growth - DreamHost

    DreamHost offers domain names, web hosting, managed WordPress hosting, business email, and much more. 100% uptime guarantee, 24/7 support. Sign up today!

    Compare DreamHost with 4shared →
  11. 11
    ImgBB imgbb.com English No trackers

    ImgBB — Upload Image — Free Image Hosting

    Free image hosting and sharing service, upload pictures, photo host. Offers integration solutions for uploading images to forums.

    Compare ImgBB with 4shared →
  12. 12
    Audiomack audiomack.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Audiomack - Music platform empowering artists & fans | Audiomack

    Audiomack is a youth-driven, artist-first music streaming platform that allows creators to share unlimited music and podcast content for free.

    Compare Audiomack with 4shared →
  13. 13
    Plex plex.tv Top 10K English No trackers

    streaming media service

    Compare Plex with 4shared →
  14. 14
    Appwrite appwrite.io English No trackers

    Appwrite · The open-source cloud for developers and agents

    Appwrite is an open-source developer platform with Auth, Databases, Storage, Functions, Messaging, and Sites. The open-source cloud for agents and developers.

    Compare Appwrite with 4shared →
  15. 15
    iCloud icloud.com Top 100 English No trackers

    iCloud

    Log in to iCloud to access your photos, mail, notes, documents and more. Sign in with your Apple Account or create a new account to start using Apple services.

    Compare iCloud with 4shared →
  16. 16
    Beget beget.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Beget — Hosting and Cloud Services | IT Infrastructure Rental

    Beget is a Russian cloud provider ☁️Cloud services rental for businesses and IT projects: dedicated servers, VPS/VDS, S3 storage, DBaaS, hosting, and domain registration.⚡️ High speed ⚡️ Guaranteed 99.98% Uptime ⚡️ 24/7 Support

    Compare Beget with 4shared →
  17. 17
    Jellyfin jellyfin.org English No trackers

    The Free Software Media System | Jellyfin

    The volunteer-built media solution that puts you in control of your media. Stream to any device from your own server, with no strings attached.

    Compare Jellyfin with 4shared →
  18. 18
    Raindrop.io raindrop.io English No trackers

    Raindrop.io — All-in-one bookmark manager

    For your inspiration, read later, media and stuff

    Compare Raindrop.io with 4shared →
  19. 19
    WhatsApp whatsapp.com Top 100 English No trackers

    WhatsApp | Secure and Reliable Free Private Messaging and Calling

    Use WhatsApp Messenger to stay in touch with friends and family. WhatsApp is free and offers simple, secure, reliable messaging and calling, available on phones all over the world.

    Compare WhatsApp with 4shared →
  20. 20
    JustPaste.it justpaste.it Top 10K English No trackers

    JustPaste.it - paste text and share with your friends

    The quickest way to share text and images with other people

    Compare JustPaste.it 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 = 60
Sites searched
9,203
Vector
384-d
Query
31 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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Fonts
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Email hosting
  • Google Workspace TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.4shared.com include:_spf.google.com -all
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)