Alternatives and competitors
Sites like 4shared
The 20 closest file hosting alternatives to 4shared, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 6 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to 4shared? The closest matches are MediaFire, pixeldrain and WeTransfer. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.
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01 · Entity
About 4shared
4shared 4shared.com
4shared - free file sharing and storage
Online file sharing and storage - 15 GB free web space. Easy registration. File upload progressor. Multiple file transfer. Fast download.
Wikidata: file-sharing platform
Summary by Claude
Online file storage and sharing service offering 15 GB of free space, where users can upload, store, search and download files such as music, videos, apps, images and books, with mobile apps for Android and iOS.
- Who it’s for
- General consumers sharing files
- Business model
- Advertising and premium subscriptions
02 · Embedding space
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). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to 4shared
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to 4shared, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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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.
Very close cos 0.957 - 02
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 cos 0.930 - 03
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.
Very close cos 0.919 - 04
Unlimited photo hosting @iMGSRC.RU
Your free and unlimited host iMGSRC.RU presents Unlimited photo hosting
Very close cos 0.920 - 05
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.
Very close cos 0.911 - 06
ImageShack: Image Hosting & Photo Sharing
Image hosting and photo storage for your high-res photos. Upload, organize into albums and share anywhere with ImageShack. Plans from $3.99/month.
Very close cos 0.912 - 07
YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Very close cos 0.911 - 08
Client Challenge
American hosting service, owned by Scribd, for professional content including presentations, infographics, documents, and videos
Very close cos 0.907 - 09
Free email accounts | Register today at mail.com
Email how it is supposed to be: ✔ Free, simple and secure ✔ Manage multiple mail accounts in one place, from any device ✔ Sign up today!
Very close cos 0.903 - 10
Vimeo - All-in-One Video Platform
The video platform trusted by 287 million creatives, entrepreneurs, and businesses. Everything you need to create, manage, and share stunning videos.
Very close cos 0.902 - 11
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.
Very close cos 0.899 - 12
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.
Very close cos 0.897 - 13
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 cos 0.899 - 14
tidal.com
subscription-based music streaming service
Very close cos 0.898 - 15
website for sharing musical scores
Close cos 0.893 - 16
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 cos 0.896 - 17
JustPaste.it - paste text and share with your friends
The quickest way to share text and images with other people
Close cos 0.892 - 18
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
Very close cos 0.895 - 19
Spotify - Web Player: Listen to Music, Podcasts, and Audiobooks Online
Spotify is a digital music service that gives you access to millions of songs, podcasts, and audiobooks. Listen to your favorites online now.
Close cos 0.892 - 20
Domains, Hosting, Websites & Email in One Place | one.com UK
Everything you need to get your business online: domain, hosting, AI website builder and email. Hosting from £1.99/mo with a free domain for a year.
Close cos 0.893
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to 4shared.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones 4shared uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What 4shared is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
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
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what 4shared adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 18/20
- Google Workspace 13/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on 4shared.com 10/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on 4shared.com 7/20
- Zendesk · not on 4shared.com 7/20
- Atlassian · not on 4shared.com 7/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on 4shared.com 6/20
- Apple Business · not on 4shared.com 5/20
- GlobalSign · not on 4shared.com 5/20
- Cloudflare · not on 4shared.com 4/20
- Google Fonts 4/20
- Stripe · not on 4shared.com 4/20
- Notion · not on 4shared.com 4/20
- nginx · not on 4shared.com 4/20
- HubSpot · not on 4shared.com 4/20
- Amazon SES · not on 4shared.com 4/20