Alternatives to Torrific
With the newly imposed 6-strike law, copyright holders will begin to actively track millions of internet users throughout USA. In a move to tackle online piracy, Hollywood and Record industries will be able to monitor copyright infringement through file-sharing, particularly BitTorrent.
People have already started looking for VPN providers that allows torrent downloads while others started to look for Torrific alternatives.
Torrific is a site that allows users to download Torrent Files without using torrent clients on their computer. It is a commercial or you can call it a free Seedbox since they also offer it for free to users. It is basically a service that downloads and caches your torrent on their server then you can download the files from their server to your PC using your browser or any other download manager. Some people like to call it Torrent over HTTP. But unfortuntely Torrific suddenly went offline without explanation during the heat of MegaUpload take-down fiasco.
Enough with the history and explanation, Now lets view the top alternatives to torrific which lets you download torrent files without using any torrent client.
1. Zbigz
Zbigz is one of the best options after Torrific. It allows you to use Torrent without downloading any of its clients on your PC. It comes both in free as well as paid mode. In free mode, you will get 50-150 KBPS and you are limited to 2 torrents downloads at a time, meaning you can only leave two torrent links at a time on the site and in paid mode you will be given unlimited downloading bandwidth for Torrents.
2. PUT.Io
The best alternative to Torrific. obviously stands out among other sites offering similar services, as it offers free package as well as other good features. With free package, however, you can store files of 1 Gb only. To increase the space limitation, you can refer your friends to the site and for every new and valid referral, you get 350 Mb of extra space. You can earn upto 3 Gb's of space just by referring your friends. And guess what? Both of you receive permanent bump in space! Your referral and you, both will have an extra 350 Mb after joining the site! Isn't that great?
Update : Put.io has filled up to it's capacity. It is not accepting any more registrations for free plan. However, you can leave your email on Put.iO and it will notify you whenever the free plan returns.. It is compatible with almost all the download managers which is the another plus.
3. Boxopus`
It is a relatively new site still in its beta stage. You can register on the site with your Facebook, Twitter, or Dropbox account. If you don't want to login with those accounts, you'll require an invitation code. Since the site is in beta, there's no limitation as to how much you can download (however there is a file size limitation of 2 Gb/torrent) or how much bandwidth you can consume. However, you have to download the file to your computer within 24 hours after the torrent is transferred to the server. The site removes downloaded files within 24 hours whether or not you download them to your computer.
Although this services can help you prevent six strikes. It is still safer to use a vpn while using this services because this sites can still log your IP and they can report your IP to the authorities if they want to.
That's it. Enjoy downloading your torrent files.