WinZip launches Zipshare flagship cloud storage account management

Recently, the Windows platform, the famous file compression tool WinZip also joined the tide of cloud storage, the new set up a website called Zipshare.

As you would expect, Zipshare provides a compression tool for online files that users can compress and then share files with others by sharing a download link. Currently Zipshare is in the beta phase and is very different from Dropbox or OneDrive, which provides a combination of two features for file sharing and managing various online storage accounts. Zipshare currently supports account management for box, Cloudme, Dropbox,google drive,hightail,onedrive and SugarSync.

Zipshare currently provides a basic free account for users, and paying users will enjoy more functionality.

Free and paid

With a free version of the Zipshare account, users can compress and upload directly from their computers or pass them directly from a variety of cloud storage accounts, and then they can download links via email, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Basic account each compressed file or folder maximum of 50MB, files in Zipshare can be saved for up to five days.

Paid users will be able to enjoy more features, but all users can use the free pay feature during the test.

Most notably, users can use Zipshare Pro to move files directly from one cloud storage platform to another, and as a competitor, Jolicloud does not provide such functionality. In Zipshare users can also share, move, delete and rename folders, and even you can compress already uploaded files to save on the cloud storage space. Of course, users can also use passwords to protect file security.

In fact, Zipshare is the second attempt to integrate WinZip's cloud services. As early as the end of 2012, WinZip 17 provided a similar cloud storage service.

It is not clear how long the zipshare will last, but TechCrunch's report shows WinZip will end the test after Zipshare completes the optimization of the mobile device.

After the test is over, the Zipshare function will cost 40 dollars a year, or 10 dollars a month, which supports a maximum of 1GB compressed files.

The post-PC era of WinZip

WinZip has been in the PC for more than 20 years before and after, because as a charging tool also often face various challenges. Windows starts to provide its own compression program from Vista, and free 7Zip is a big threat.

Today, people are increasingly inclined to keep large files in the cloud, a trend that threatens WinZip's position in the desktop system. The good news for WinZip is that even the cloud storage space has its limitations, which means that the file compression tool is still available and provides useful storage management----a useful cloud management service is very useful in this crazy cloud era.