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
Measured from 4shared’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit 4shared01 · 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.
20 of the 60 sites closest to 4shared match.
- 01
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.
Very close - 02
Catbox
The cutest free file host you've ever seen
Very close - 03
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.
Very close - 04
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.
Very close - 05
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.
Very close - 06
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.
Very close - 07
Wikidot - Free and Pro Wiki Hosting
Polish wiki hosting corporation
Very close - 08
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.
Very close - 09
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
Very close - 10
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!
Very close - 11
ImgBB — Upload Image — Free Image Hosting
Free image hosting and sharing service, upload pictures, photo host. Offers integration solutions for uploading images to forums.
Very close - 12
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.
Very close - 13
streaming media service
Very close - 14
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.
Very close - 15
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.
Close - 16
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
Close - 17
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.
Very close - 18
Raindrop.io — All-in-one bookmark manager
For your inspiration, read later, media and stuff
Very close - 19
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.
Very close - 20
JustPaste.it - paste text and share with your friends
The quickest way to share text and images with other people
Close
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
What changed
Price and policy 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
Built with
- CSS & UI
- Bootstrap asset https://static.4shared.com/js/plugins/bootstrap/js/bootstrap.min.js?ver=-2016413654
- Fonts
- Google Fonts asset https://fonts.googleapis.com/
- Analytics
- Google Analytics page source: googletagmanager.com/gtag/js
- Security
- reCAPTCHA page source: google.com/recaptcha/api.js
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.4shared.com include:_spf.google.com -all
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console meta google-site-verification: TAHHq_0Z0qBcUDZV7Tcq0Qr_Rozut_akWgbrOLJnuVo
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 18/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on 4shared.com 11/20
- Google Workspace 9/20
- nginx · not on 4shared.com 8/20
- Zendesk · not on 4shared.com 6/20
- Google Analytics 5/20
- jQuery · not on 4shared.com 5/20
- HubSpot · not on 4shared.com 5/20
- GlobalSign · not on 4shared.com 5/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on 4shared.com 5/20
- Cloudflare · not on 4shared.com 4/20
- Stripe · not on 4shared.com 4/20
- Amazon SES · not on 4shared.com 4/20
- Apple Business · not on 4shared.com 4/20
- DocuSign · not on 4shared.com 4/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on 4shared.com 3/20