FilesTube.com Top Alternatives & Competitors

What used to be a highly popular and useful metasearch engine for files and content has recently died. FilesTube shut down its operation on December 1, 2014 after seven years of providing users of a search tool that has retrieved countless files and other content from notable file sharing and uploading services including Mega. During its run, FilesTube has been a popular go-to platform for people seeking old and new video games, movies, lyrics, software, and so on.

For millions of users from around the world, the news of FilesTube’s demise was a sad tiding to bear. Poland-based company Red-Sky, owner and developer of FilesTube, has rebranded the engine and turned it into a free streaming platform for licensed independent documentaries and films.

However, while FilesTube has discontinued its service, there are other metasearch engines out there that can deliver the goods as FilesTube did before. Our very own insider’s guide to the challenges of file hosting is here to help you. Three alternatives listed below are worth checking out. Read on and rejoice, file seekers and content searchers.

1. FileDiva

While the Internet is teeming with sites that offer similar services to FilesTube, FileDiva is one of the select few that is highly popular with file searchers from all the world. FileDiva boasts of providing users with an easy solution that will aid them with their search for whatever file or content they are seeking, be it old or new films, audio, images, books, ebooks, software, and games to name a few.

On top of FileDiva’s capability to search multiple sites that offer file sharing and file hosting services, it also shows its results in a single page, enabling users to find what they are looking for faster so that they could go on to other tasks.

2. FileTram

Like most leading file search engines, FileTram allows users to search and retrieve files hosted and shared in over 50 file hosting and sharing sites like Rapidshare, 4shared, Mediafire, Hotfile, etc. Among the files commonly searched and downloaded via FileTram consist of audio, video, images, books, and software.

Although some search engines tend to maximize their results by cramming and jamming information in one single page, FileTram stands out by giving users the best results by omitting irrelevant and unrelated items. This will give users a narrower and more filtered results page that contains the best answers to their queries.

3. FileKnow

Just a clean file search engine that gets you the files you need and want. Sometimes, all you need is a file search and download platform that is bare and naked to the basics with less frills. And that is what FileKnow is all about.

By Jenny Chang

Jenny Chang is a senior writer specializing in SaaS and B2B software solutions. Her decision to focus on these two industries was spurred by their explosive growth in the last decade, much of it she attributes to the emergence of disruptive technologies and the quick adoption by businesses that were quick to recognize their values to their organizations. She has covered all the major developments in SaaS and B2B software solutions, from the introduction of massive ERPs to small business platforms to help startups on their way to success.