Showing posts with label Skydrive. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Skydrive. Show all posts

Saturday, 19 May 2012

Free Cloud Storage : Dropbox vs GoogleDrive vs SkyDrive vs SugarSync





Google Drive:
      
      Google Drive comes with 5 GB of free storage . It also include an option to turn on OCR(Optical Character Recognition ) text scanning , which helps you to scan the images for text and make them searchable when you upload a image. In Google Drive you can add files by "Drag-and-Drop" method. Google Drive has a built-in editor feature . Google Drive is available for Windows, Mac, Android and iOS is still on progress. In Google Drive you can open up to 30 file right inside your browser.
GoogleDrive for PC
GoogleDrive for Mobile - Android only









Dropbox:

     Dropbox comes with 2 GB of free storage on sign-up and you get 500MB of free storage for every referrals up to 16GB. So you can extend up to 16 GB of free storage for free account. The strength of the app is it's API built on . The dropbox is the one of the most developer- friendly storage since it helps you to access your files everywhere. The files are secured with SSL AES 256- bit encryption. Dropbox offer 50 GB and 100GB of storage for $9.99 and $19.99 which is expensive when compared with other could storage's. You can add file by Drag-and-Drop method. Dropbox is available for iphone ,ipad, Android ,Backberry , Windows , Mac , Linux.
Dropbox for pc
Dropbox for Mobile











SkyDrive:


     SkyDrive comes with 7GB of free storage (Free upgrade of 25GB , if claimed on time). SkyDrive are very good at synchronizing when the documents are created using Microsoft Excel,Word , PowerPoint and OneNote. In SkyDrive you can share public links , view or edit public links. SkyDrive has a special feature known as "Skydrive's Fetch" in which if you forgot to synchronize something and if you home computer is turned-on , you can still access the files.SkyDrive is available for Windows ,Mac ,ipad ,iphone ,Windows Phone.
SkyDrive for Pc- you need to sign-in to get the app.
SkyDrive for Mobile












SugarSync:


     SugarSync comes with 5GB of free storage on sign-up and you get 500Mb of free storage for every referrals up to 32GB , So you can extend up to 32 GB on free storage for free account . SugarSync let you to pick folders all over the computer to synchronize, then let you to choose whether you want to synchronize  each folder to all the devices or to a particular device.You can password protect the file when you are sharing them . It is secured with SSL AES 128- bit encryption.SugarSync is available for Windows , Mac ,iphone,ipad,Android ,Windows Phone,Symbian ,Blackberry.
SugarSync for Windows
SugarSync for Mac
SugarSync for Mobile


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Free Cloud Storage and Comparisons : Dropbox vs GoogleDrive vs SkyDrive vs SugarSync


Cloud Storage is a model of networked stored online where the information's are stored  in virtual space of storage that are hosted by third-parties. In this post we are going to see few cloud storage services GoogleDrive , Dropbox ,SkyDrive, SugarSync about their feature and are compared with one another.


GoogleDrive VS Dropbox VS SkyDrive VS SugarSync



Google Drive

DropBox

SkyDrive

SugarSync


Free Storage

5GB

2GB

(+ 0.5GB
per Referral up to 16 GB)


7 GB

(Free upgrade to 25GB.
If claimed on time)

5GB

(+0.5 GB per referral up to 32 GB)

Minimum Upgrade Price

25 GB at $2.49/Month

50 GB at $9.99/Month
(or)
$99/year


20 GB to your free storage at $10/year

30 GB at $4.99/month
(or)
$49.99/year


Monthly
Paid Space

25GB – $2.49
100GB – $4.99
200 GB – $9.99
400 GB – $19.99
1000GB – $49.99


50GB – $9.99
100GB – $19.99

20GB – $0.83
50GB – $2.08
100GB – $4.16

30GB – $4.99
60GB – $9.99
100GB – $14.99
250GB – $24.99
500GB – $39.99


File support

MS word ,Excel, PowerPoint, PDF
Photoshop, SVG ,
PostScript, XPS, ZIP, RAR, TIFF, Illustrator.




Photos , videos

MS word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Photos, Videos



Photos

Online File Manager


YES

YES

YES

YES

Desktop Access



Windows , Mac

Windows , Mac, Linux

Windows ,Mac

Windows ,Mac


Mobile Access

Android,
(ipad and iphone coming soon)

iphone ,
ipad,
Android , Blackberry

ipad ,
iphone ,
Windows Phone

iphone,
ipad,
Android ,
Windows Phone,
Symbian ,
Blackberry


Developer Tools


Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Share Folder


Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Shared Folders with permission and Password



Yes


No


No


Yes
Limitations

(i)File Size

(ii)Bandwidth


Unlimited

Unlimited



Unlimited

20 GB/day/File


2 GB

Unlimited


Unlimited

20 GB/day/File

Security


N/A

SSL AES-256 bit encryption

SSL

SSL AES-128bit encryption


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