MediaFire - Helping you storing and sharing files - Helping you to get organized!
November 18, 2016
MediaFire - Helping you storing and sharing files - Helping you to get organized!
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with MediaFire
We use MediaFire in our small team. When we are working together on projects that require file storage and sharing, MediaFire is essential. Our demand is just for text and presentation files (generally small size) so the free accounts are suitable for us. We can easily upload files through a browser and generate a link to anyone to download it. This is much better than sending tons of emails with documents attached making our documents much more organized.
- FileDrop feature. This is an amazing functionality that increases collaboration among our team. People can drop files in a specific folder related to a project and we can keep it organized.
- Mobile Apps for Android and iOS. The apps works pretty well and you can carry your files everywhere.
- Regular and Instant Uploads - MediaFire checks for the exact same file in the cloud. If it finds it, the upload will be instant. Otherwise, it proceeds with regular upload.
- Multiple Upload Types - Basic, Flash and HTML5
- Download Page - When you generate a link to download some files it redirects users to a specific page where they can download the file. The page is sometimes confusing and with a lot of ads which can be a little bit annoying.
- Customization Option - you can find a customization section in "Settings", but there are just a few things that you can really customize. Maybe improving this would be nice to allow you personalize your environment (for companies, for instance).
- Blocked options for the free version - There are a lot of interesting options that are available just for business and pro versions. If you could at least test it before upgrading your version it would help users decide.
- Lack of PC sync client - Would be great if you could install a PC client that would synchronize your files.
- Problems when refreshing your files list in the browser. Sometimes it gets slow and you have to refresh the entire page to continue.
- Increase in collaboration between team members and productivity
- Documents organization that can be quickly accessed from anywhere at anytime
MediaFire is similar to software like Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Mega and ownCloud. All of them share similar features. I particularly like MediaFire's usability because it has a smooth, simple and responsive interface. The pricing by MediaFire is also good and the company frequently offers upgrades with discounts (I got 50% to upgrade to Pro Version).