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Additional Storage:
There are no free cloud data storage service expansion plans in Box.

Paid Subscription Plans:
For $10 per month, users can get 100 GB of storage with a file size limit
of 5 GB, which is apparently good enough for even professional purposes.

Amazon Cloud Drive:
Not many people know that cloud computing is a big business for Amazon
but Cloud Drive offers rather limited cloud data storage service options,
one must say. We say this because Amazon Cloud Drive is really good
enough only for storing photos and videos because even if you store
document files including Word, PDF or XLS formats, it won’t open on
mobile devices.
In terms of storage, 5GB of free space is offered in which photos and videos
can be shared easily by turning on camera rollback on Fire tablets or
phones.

Amazon’s Storage Plans:
Speaking of Amazon’s cloud offerings, it must be kept in mind that in
March 2015, the company announced two new plans called Unlimited

Photos and Unlimited Everything. Both these plans primarily offer three-
month trial versions which can be continued by paying $12 per year for
Unlimited Photos and $60 per year for Unlimited Everything. However, if
you are an Amazon Prime member or own a Fire tablet or phone, Unlimited
Photos can be availed for free.
It would be important to clarify that Unlimited Photos offers unlimited
storage for photos plus 5GB of storage for videos and all other types of