What | Where | Limits | How |
Documents : .html, .txt, .rtf, .doc, .odt, .csv, .xls, .ods, .ppt | Google Docs | Documents: 500 KB. Spreadsheets: 1 MB. Presentations: 10 MB. Maximum 5000 documents and presentations, 200 spreadsheets. | One by one or by email. |
Photos: .jpg, .gif, .png, .bmp | * Picasa Web Albums * Blogger * orkut | * Picasa Web: 20 MB per image. 1 GB free space. * orkut: 5 MB per image, up to 25 images. | One by one, by email, using an ActiveX control, a Mac uploader or using Picasa. The photos uploaded in Blogger are hosted by Picasa Web. |
Videos: .mpg, .mp4, .avi, .wmv, .rm | * Google Video * Picasa Web Albums * Blogger * YouTube | * Google Video: 100 MB per video for the web uploader. Unlimited size for the desktop uploader. * For Picasa Web, the maximum space is 1 GB. * For YouTube, you can upload videos that have less than 100 MB and less than 10 mins. | * Google Video: from the web or using a desktop uploader. * For Picasa Web, you can only use Picasa. * For YouTube, you can only upload videos from the web interface. |
Any file | * Google Page Creator * Google Groups * Google Project Hosting * Google Base * Gmail | * Pages/ Groups/ Project Hoting: Maximum 10 MB per file. 100 MB free space for a site/group/project. * Google Base lets you attach up to 15 files and less than 20 MB to an item; it has restrictions for file types. * The maximum size for Gmail's attachments is 20 MB. You can't upload executable files. | * Only from the web interface. No way to group files. * Google Project Hosting should be used to host open source software. * You can use Gmail Drive, a 3rd party software "that creates a virtual filesystem around your Google Gmail account, allowing you to use Gmail as a storage medium". Don't upload too many files in a short time. |
{ Idea by Philipp Lenssen. }